The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-09 00:00:00

ROYAL - 7 - gOLTSH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Ender tfuTManagem-nt of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, 3Tellon's Opera of VICTOPINE. Miss Louits i'yne, Miss Thirlwail, Mr. H. Come, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr. A. St. Alhyn, and Mr. G. Horn-astle. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns. Messrs. 11. Aoleno, H. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux. &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. T ""Tng-IR.OVAI., HAYMARKFT. Legsee, Mr. J. 8 Bwikstone. THIS EVENING' the pertermsnees will entittrionee with DOES HE LOVE ME? Miss Vandeleur, Miss Fanny Stir ling; Bubble, Mr. Buckstone. Aft , r which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. 'RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Frarria THIS EVENING. the performances will commence with THE CORSIC A N BROTHERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the King of the Caribbe Islands :. in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. A DRT,PITT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole P►onrietor and 'Vfanager. Beni. Webster, THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roncicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganzisentitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT (W . HUE. Messrs. ,T. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and u!. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No eharot for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, XI. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Sta/IS, Ss. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. Ad. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d: - _ Acting' Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vininfr. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Rxtravaaanza, CRYSTABELLFI ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showine: THE VISIOV OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with T FIE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. John Drew. 4 STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HI THE ATRE.- Proprietor and Manager. Mr. WM. BATTY. By particular desire, a Grand .Ttryenile Fete on Friday, the 11th, commencing at 2 o'clock with the Pantomime. This Evening:, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION CONQUEROR; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri' ish Artistes. Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL TIOR SE ; or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery. by Mr. Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing in the comic scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harleouinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at half-Fast 6, pertormance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. HALL. CANTERBURY Open Every Evening at Seven. GRAND SELECTIONS from LA FIGTJA DEL REGI MENT° (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA and MARTHA. Principal Artistes Miss RussELL, Madame MARTA, Miss TYRRELL, MISS WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W BERNARD. and Signor TIVOLI. Musical Director..., Mr. F. JON G 1/31 AN S. The Comic Department compri.es Messrs. J. BLANCHARD, A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, and E. MARSHALL. The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., " THE GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH." "THE PLAINS of HEAVEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view until 12 o'clock at Night. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. OPERA, DRAMA. BURLESQUE, and PANTOMIME. EVERY EVENING. Clowti Columbine Mr. E. MARSHALL. Harlequin... Pantaloon Mr. F. BELL. SPRITES, by the celebrated BROTHERS CONRAD. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. Bm.—Afternoon, 12h. 38m. To-MORROW. -Morning, lh. 9m.—Afternoon, lh. 36m. TILT& WEATHER.—STN OFFICE, JAN. 9, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 32—highest since noon yesterday. 21--lowest this morning and during the night. 29—this day at noon. BAROMETER---30.34. WlND—Southerly—light ; with fine frosty weather. , 11 :01 2 I: z t! , :ik4 v ) j , • • t f:, " - •. * < , .. - cr . „.. 41: . 1.4"- --~~ ,~;._ ,~ THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1881. Our private information from America suggests difficulties from all sides in forming any safe con clusion as to the probable result of the crisis which has just arrived. It may yet take some time before the various passions and interests stirred by the Presidential election and the Secession movement have effervesced and fermented, cooled and settled, into some permanent result. A corre spondent from the border State of Pennsylvania, describes the city population there as prepared almost to re-enact slavery in the State, in order to save, as they suppos9, their commercial inte rests. In the cities of the North, it is to be feared, the dollar view of the whole question of slavery reigns supreme, and immense meetings can be convened to promote the most unworthy compromises. The country districts are, however, collectively, much the more populous, and they appear to be sound. They retain more of the feelings of early settlers—all the love of liberty which led them across the Atlantic ; they hate slavery with a deadly hatred, and their vote it is, chiefly, which has given the victory to the Repub licans, and to the limitation of slavery to its present boundaries—boundaries indeed only far too large, too fertile, and too fair to be blighted with sughla curse. It is this anti-slavery sentiment among the yeo manry of the North, indeed, among all that portion w hich city counting-houses do not influence, that slaveholders regard as render the more far - seeing ing permanent union between the North and the South hopeless. We have been specially s t ruck with this in reading the speech of the Democratic Senator for Georgia, Mr. ITERSON, on forming a committee of thirteen to consider and report on the present state of things. We see here a full and candid statement of a respectable Southerner's views on the whole question, and they all tend to the conclusion that sincere coalition between the North and the South is no longer possible. That the two sets of States are so diametrically op- posed in their conceptions of slavery that they cannot agree to differ on it ; one aide being devoted to it as to a blessing from Heaven, the other detest ing it as the offspring of Hell. He asks, what can Congress do which it has not done? It has given us a Fugitive Slave Law of which the South does not complain—no better Fugitive Slave Law could be devised, he says, by this Congress, or by any other; the defect is not in the law, " but it is in the fact, rip which no man can shut his eyes, that a vitiated public sentiment in the Northern States is so strong against Slavery that no enactment can ever be carried out while this state of public sentiment lasts. It is true that now and then a slave is reclaimed. But it has been done at the point of the bayonet, and at an expense of ten times the value of the slave." We on this side the water are certainly gratified to hear that the public sentiment is so much better in the community at large, than amongst the legislators who passed and do not repeal this infernal law. Some of the Southerners have:complained much of the Personal Liberty Acts of some of the I Northern States. Mr. IVERSON does not. He says, describing in a way which is very satisfac tory as regards public sentiment in the North, " Nor do I charge the failure of the execution of this law upon these Personal Liberty bills. No, sir, they have never operated to prevent the exe cution of the Fugitive Slave law. It is, as I said, mob law, in all circumstances, which has produced these results; and will, as long as the Union and Slavery last together. Whenever a fugitive slave shill be discovered in one of the Free States, and the owner goes in pursuance of law and the Con stitution to reclaim him, what follows They ob tain the arrest of the slave, but before the case comes before a justice, or before judgment can be rendered, there is a mob of free negroes, and whites, who are only one degree removed from their coloured brothers in brutality and ignorance. They assemble and wrest the negro from the possession of the owner, while the conservative masses, the "gentle men," those who are in favour of justice, who believe the owner is entitled, under the Constitu tion and the law, to reclaim the slave, what do they do ? They stand with folded arms, and look upon these mobs, and laugh to scorn these Southern people." He then adverts.to the proposal which has been made to enact as a remedy that the Free States, who secrete and refuse to bring bask our slaves, will be liable in damages. In the first place, what would such a law be worth ? You can't sue a State. A State in its sovereign capacity cannot be brought into Court. If a thousand slaves were received by Massachusetts, and refused to be returned, how can you sue the State of Massachusetts ? That would be impracticable and impossible. Besides, you would have to sue in a Court of Massachusetts. The jury who was to decide on your rights would be a jury of Abolitionists. The defendants who are to be mulcted and the parties who compose the Jury, and the Judges who decide on the claim of owners. All such propositions as that are mere mockery, and no man can suppose that such a remedy as that would be worth a dollar or a cent. As to the protection of slavery in the territories by Congress, that he considers now hopeless. The South will never be satisfied with anything less, but the North will never concede it. He shows how the result of this policy wiil be the rapid forcing all the slaves into the cotton States, and here is a Southern senator's view of the final consequences. " Now, sir, look at the process. We have now in the United States four millions and a half of slaves. They increase, according to the last Census Bill, at the rate of about thirty-two per cent. every ten years. If you precipitate all this population into 8 or 10 Gulf States, we will have, in ten years, 6,000,000, in twenty years we shall have 8,000,000 or 9,000,000, and in thirty years 12,000,000 to 15,000,000. In less than twenty years the slave population of the South will largely prepon derate over the white. Then will come universal emancipation by the Federal Government, and such scenes of murder between the two races as has never been seen or heard of in the whole world's history. Such, in my opinion, is the inevitable result, and such is the policy of the Free States." And, allowing a little for rhetorical exaggeration, Republicans would agree with him on the main point, that limitation of the territory of slavery will, under the circumstances of the States, lead to its ultimate extinction. Throughout his very long speech Mr. IVERSON reasons on the assumption that the sentiments of the North are so perverse, and corrupted, that no trans action with them could be of any binding value. Thus, on the question of " guarantees from the North to the South," he says, "of what value would they be, granted in a state of fear ? Ido not use this word in any offensive sense. But the North, if it yields at all, yields to the fear that the South is going to dissolve the Union. What value would such concessions be to the South ? Nay, I want to know what value any pledges or guarantees would be from the Northern States ? None, sir, as long as a vitiated public sentiment of Abolition exists. And when is that going to decay? Never, so long as the Union lasts. It is a part of their political creed. It enters into all their ramifications of society, into the pulpit, the schoolhouse. All teach this doc trine of the irrepressible conflict ;' and how many arguments in favour of Slavery, its morality, its social blessings, ever reach the Northern ear ? How are you going to reach this feeling ? There is but one way. That is, to let the South go out of the Union; and when the North sees its folly, then the feeling may recoil, and a sound state of feeling may arise, but not till then." From the letter and speech we have referred to, it is evident that the South cannot trust the North, and that the Republican majority, there, never can be reconciled to the vile institution of the South. It is, at the same time, plain that there is a large party in the North which, from pecuniary motives chiefly, would be glad to compromise with the South, while in the South, again, especially in the border States, there is a numerous party, if it dared but speak out, opposed to Secession. We hope the Republicans will remain true to their very moderate principles, but we confess we are not without fear of base and, possibly, successful attempts by the men of the dollsr to bring back again the Southern seceders. Although quite incidentally, and in the most unostentatious way imaginable, Lord PALMERSTON availed himself yesterday right well of an admirable opportunity for reviewing the situation of affairs generally prior to the re-assembling of the Legislature. Parliament will have met upon Thursday the sth of February—that is exactly four weeks from to morrow. And on Wednesday, the Bth January-- that is yesterday—the Prime Minister found the platform from which, and the audience through which, to address a few words to the nation at large upon some of the most important events of recent occurrence—more particularly, upon three of the most extraordinary incidents that have . taken place in our generation. The occasion upon which the Chief Minister of the Crown spoke thus directly to the point and to the purpose upon matters of the most vital import to Engla n d , to Europe, to both hemispheres, it will be seen, from the deeply interesting report of the proceedings given in another par t nre orfemoaurrkaimblpereisnsiiotnseloff than more evening, was no --- the laying of the foundation-stoneofaliterar literary and scientific edifice, to be called the Hartley Insti tution, down at Southampton. For Lord PALMERSTON himself this incident not unnaturally possessed an interest of a peculiar character. His connection with the locality which was the scene of it, being, as he himself remarked, not merely personal but in a manner hereditary—Lord PALMERSTON'S father having in his time represented the borough of Southampton in Parliament. Added to which the veteran Premier, besides having been some years back one of the representatives of the southern di vision of the county, is himself by residence and by sympathy a Hampshire man to the backbone. Beyond even this—there is that fact full of interest both to Lord PALMERSTON and to the i people of Southampton, the fact that upwards I, '• - , t tr r ' 74l ' ki-;--V -.A /.'l)j'lJ ThE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1861. of half a r.:entury has now elapsed since the noble v iscount was elected a burgess of that ancient corporation, Recollecting these things, rem , timbering too the great age attained by Lord PALM LERSTON without any appreciable dimi nution in the vigour, whether of his rare intellectual gifts or of his hardly less remarkable physical con stitution, it is interesting to every thoughtful citizen of this empire to note, from however remote a distance, the circumstances of this illustrious statesman's reception, in his supreme position as Prime Minister of England, of his cordial welcome yesterday by his friends and neighbours and brother burgesses of the ancient borough of Southampton. It is characteristic of the man himself, and significant of his singular and indomitable vitality, to read in the report of yesterday's proceedings down at Southampton, that during the procession to the site of the Hartley Institution the veteran Premier " walked slightly lame"—not from infirmity, the noble lord being in his " usually robust health" but simply " owing to an accident which happened to him while shooting on Saturday last at Broad lands." The accident, it is only just to add, arising from the shot out of the gun of another member of the party having glanced against the Premier's leg, and drawn blood—happily, it is added, producing no more serious consequences than the temporary lameness particularized. The incident is so vividly illustrative of the' unflagging energies of this man of almost undimmed adolescence—who has, nevertheless, already reached a period of life not quite one lustre removed from the patriarchal age of an octogenarian—that we have been unable to resist the impulse to allude thus conspicuously to it in our leading columns, regarding it as another of those frequent reminders (unde signedly afforded to his fellow-countrymen byLord PALMERSTON) of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S explanation in reference to him—" We are all proud of him !" Proud of him physically and intellectually. Proud of him we have often been, in past years as an administrator, as the chief diplomatic guardian of the honour of England and Englishmen. Let us yet hope that we shall have good reason this year to be proud of his policy at home and abroad, as the responsible chief of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Go vernment. Particularly towards the close of last session we had occasion to exult in Lord PALMERSTON'S utterance (in the House of Commons) of opinions and sentiments worthy in every re spect of his European reputation. Since then his responsibilities as Chief Minister of the Crown, as the recognised leader of the British Government, have increased rather than diminished. To understand upon the instant how they must by necessity 'have thus increased, it is only requisite to bear in remembrance those three events which have Foccurred ';between the close of last session and the commencement of the session now fast approaching, those three astounding events whirls were the principal subjects touched upon in Lord PALMERSTON'S speech yesterday at Southampton. The capture of the capital of China by the soldiers of England and France ! The progressive consolida tion of Italian Unity ! The beginning apparently of the disruption in North America of the Great Republican Confederation ! The reference made by Lord PALMERSTON to each of these three wonderful events will be found worthy of especial examina tion. His words, as indicative of the future policy of his Government, will be found not only worthy of particular"scrutiny, but here and there in a very peculiar manner most auspicious. Would thatiLord PALMERSTON could have vouchsafed to us auguries as welcome in regard to the financial policy of his Administration, as in reference to its Foreign Policy. Upon Mr. GLADSTONE'S department, however, the Premier wisely touched not at all. Ho had genial words of praise to lavish with outspoken gene rosity upon the Secretary for War, upon the Foreign Secretary, upon H.R.H. the Commander in -Chief, upon the Governor-General of India, upon Admiral HOPE, upon Sir HOPE GRANT, upon the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE—he had not one syllable of a complimentary kind to articulate in reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That right honourable gentleman, according to a growing belief, is be ginning to be regarded, (it is said, by the Premier himself, and by not a few of the Premier's Minis terial colleagues) as the JONAH of the good ship of the Government. Whether—to right the cargo which he is for ever shifting about so very rashly and perversely—he ►ill come at length to be himself summarily pitched overboard as one needlessly imperilling the fortunes of the Cabinet and the finances of the nation cannot much longer be left as at present, entirely problematical. February will soon bring the labours of the session of 1861 upon us—and then but a brief interval will have to elapse before we shall have an opportunity of judging how far the future financial policy of the Coalition will tend to expiate Mr. GLADSTONE'S past blundering; how far the financial policy of the present Ministry will harmonise with that home policy and that foreign policy, by whiclthis second Palmerstonian Administration is striving so mani festly to further the interests, and to facilitate the diffusion, far and wide, of the great principles of Constitutional Government. SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA: The following extract is from a letter of a per sonal friend at Lewisburg, in Pennsylvania : Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., Dec. 16, 1860. "Politically all things have continued to get worse and worse. Pecuniarily, as a general thing, it has been the same. Banks have suspended, and the value of all things greatly diminished. I have not muoh reason to fear that I shall particularly suffer, but we are now in the midst of such a scene of turmoil and madness as can be hardly con ceivable to you at a distance. You can form no idea of the character and feelings of a slaveholder, their pride, erre ance and demands g speech of one of the best of these mad and bad men, that you may see what we have to contend with now. Our greatest fear is civil war. The South is desperate. . . . There has been a mighty meeting in Philadelphia of from forty to fifty thousand en this subject; and to allay the wrath of the South, they are willing to make such conces sions as would ultimately admit slavery again in free States, from which at great loss it has been excluded. This arises from their selfish fears of the loss of Southern custom ! But the country, far more populous than the cities, have no such interests, and will not submit to this ; and if they all would, the South is shrewd enough to see this is all from self-interested motives, and laugh it to scorn. There seems no alternative but that freedom frrom slavery must ulti mately triumph, or this whole country be overrun with slaves and slaveholders. Miseries unutterable await the South in this contest, and the great problem of self-govern ment appears at this time to be in the greatest jeopardy." The Duke of Hamilton has joined the Duchess and family at Paris from Scotland. The Nlarehioness (Dowager) of Lothian and Lady Alice Kerr have arrived in town from the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have been entertaining a succession of visitors at Tottenham Park, Wilts. _ _ _ Viscount Jocelyn and the Hon. Frederick Jocelyn have been suffering from an attack of measles for some days past. The Lord Chancellor returned to town on Mon day evening from Torquay. Lord and Lady Churehill bare left the St. George's Hotel. Lord Methuen has left the St. GeOrge's Hotel. Count Maximilian Esterhazy has arrived at Chandos House, from Vienna, to enter upon his 44tiss as attache to the Austrian Embassy, The Marquis d'Audigne, has left Wallace's Hotel, St. George's-place, for Elvaston, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harrington. Lady Do Dunstanville has quite recovered from her recent indisposition. Count Strezlecki has returned to town from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, at Tottenham Park, Wilts. His Royal Highness the General Commanding n-Chief will hold a levee, at one o'clock, on Friday neat. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer have returned to New Lodge, Windsor Forest, from a tour of visits. The Duke of Newcastle is entertaining company at Clumber Park, His grace is expected in town on the 18th inst. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde are expected in town in a few days from Portumna Castle, Galway. . The Countess of Jersey has taken a house at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, and will move there with her family in a few days. The Countess Dowager Grey, who has been seriously indisposed of late, is now in better health. The Secretary of State for India in Council has appointed Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., Bengal Engineers, an ordinary member of the Council of the Governor-General of India, in the room of Lieutenant- General Sir James Outram, Bart., G.C.8., resigned. The committee of investigation of the Great Western of Canada Railway have at length, after a ire monstrance from an influential body of shareholders, pro mised that their long delayed report shall be ready in about three weeks. THE DISTRESS IN COVENTRY.—Madame Celeste, of the Lyceum Theatre, has given notice that a Morning Performance will take place at that Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 16, when the entire receipts will be given to the fund appointed to alleviate the very terrible distress at present existing among the riband weavers of Coventry and its neighbourhood. THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners fir the Reduction of the National Debt that there was no surplus of actual revenue over the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended the 30th of September, 1860, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions of the Act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the 6th day of January and the 31st of March, 1861.—C. H. W. A‘CouuT, Assistant Comptroller.—National Debt-office, Jan., 1861. —Gazette. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per raffle premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £ sterling. On comparing these rates with the English mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in. Paris as it is in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark ; the short exchange on London is 13.4 a per sterling. Standard gold at the English mint price is, therefore, not quite 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at sixty days' sight is about 101 per cent., which, compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is against England. At the above rate there is a profit on sending gold to the United States. SHIPWRECK OFF THE NORFOLK COAST.—On Sunday the brig Arethusa, of Blyth, from Shields for Dieppe, wits lost on the Cross Sand, off Great Yarmouth. The weather being bitterly severe, the crew, eight in num ber, were placed in a position of great suffering and peril. The Caistor lifeboat proceeded, however, to their assistance, and they were landed at Yarmouth, where they were placed in the Sailors' Home. THE MURDER AT PLYMOUTH BARRACKS.- PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.—The inquest on the body of Sergeant Jones has been adjourned until Friday. The jury unanimously refuse to proceed with the case while the magistrates prevent the attendance of Hacked. Jones was buried this afternoon with military honours. THE ROAD MURDER.—Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Cole, of the Western Circuit, have been retained on the part of Mr. Sylvester, to show cause against the rule obtained by the Attorney-General in the last term, to quash the inquisition taken in this extraordinary case, that a new inquiry may be had before commissioners. The case will not come on for argument during the first week of the term, but a special application will be made to the Court to fix a day so as to enable Sir Richard Bethell to attend. On the part of Mr. Sylvester a vast number of affidavits have been sworn, and it is stated that some very serious charges will be made against certain persons of endeavouring to baffle the inquiry, and also against the conduct of the police. MAN KILLED AT THE PIMLICO RAILWAY STA TION.-A master carpenter named Samuel Crabtree, aged 52, was engaged at the Victoria station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway in the erection of an engine station. On the afternoon of the Ist inst. he was on the roof of the building, when suddenly missing his footing he fell to the ground, a height of 25 feet. Without loss of time he was conveyed to the hospital, but it was found that several of his ribs were broken, and that he was suffering from severe internal injuries, which resulted in ihis death two days afterwards. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." SKATING ON THE RIVER DEE, CHESTER—FATAL ACCIDENTS.—The river Dee has been frozen over since Wednesday last, and hundreds of skaters have been on the ice. On Saturday a youth, named Williams, was skating just opposite Dee lane, when he came across a hole in the ice, and before he had time to turn off from the spot he fell in and was drowned. A young man, who gallantly rushed into the water after the lad, was quite exhausted when taken out. A young gentleman, named Sheriff, who was skating on the ice, is also missing. He had skated some miles up the river to a place called Farn, and is supposed to have perished on his way back. A young man from Liverpool came to Chester for the purpose of skating, and has not since been heard of. BIRMINGHAM QUARTER SESSIONS.—At these sessions, yesterday, Mr. Henry Sparrow, commission agent, came up to receive judgment upon a conviction of an Et gravated assault, with intent, &c., at the previous sessions, upon Mr. Samuel Griffiths, iron broker, &c., of Wolver hampton. The conviction aeon the most serious part of the charge has since been affirmed by the Court of Queen's Bonch, but in the meantime Mr. Sparrow having apolo gised to Mr. Griffiths, as far as the latter was concerned, sentence was not demanded. The Recorder (Mr. M. D. Hill) commented on the serious character of the offence of which the defendant had been guilty, and said that but for the apology the sentence would have been severe. Under the circumstances he ordered Mr. Sparrow to be impri soned for one day, and to pay a fine of £5O. SNOW STORM.—LOSS OF A BRIG.—GREAT YAR• MOUTH, Jan. 7.—A heavy fall of snow set in on Saturday night, and has continued r with little intermission, up to this evening. The average depth on the road is not less than 10 or 12 inches, rendering double teams necessary for ordinary vehicles ; but in the fields the drift is in some places sor 6 feet deep. On Sunday, at half-past 8 a.m., the brig Arethusa, from Newcastle for Dieppe, laden with coals, the wind squally from the N.E., and the weather very thick with snow, struck on the Cross Sand, and began to fill so rapidly that the crew (seven in number) had barely time to quit her in the ship's boat, leaving everything be hind. After drifting about for three hsurs in the blinding storm they were picked up, almost exhausted by the Caister lifeboat, and, having landed at Caister, were forwarded on the same day to the Sailors' Home of this port, where they received change of clothing, warm food, and other neces saries. Within 10 minutes after the crew left the brig every vestige of her had disappeared in the sands. The Arethusa was 172 tons register, and was insured from .£l,lOO ; cargo uncertain. THE SCREW STEAMSHIP QUEEN VICTORIA.- PLYmotui, Tuesday. —The telegraphic cable is in course of removal in a satisfactory manner from tho ship. The high and dangerous temperature in the hold, caused in some measure by the brightness of the wire used in the cable, has been completely subdued by the unexpected submersion when the ship was stranded, and it is now in capital condi tion. The total length of cable received on board was about 425 knots, viz., the two shore ends, together, say, 70 knots, the remainder 355 knots. The weight of the cable is, say, shore end, 70 knots, at 7 tons per knot, 490 tons ; small cable 355 knots, at 2 1-7 tens per knot, 748 tons ; total, ( 1238 tons. The two gun brigs, Rover and Pilot, each of 400 tons, are moored abreast of each other, directly astern of the Queen Victoria. The Pilot is to the starboard, re • ceiving cable from the after hold ; she has the entire of one of the shore ends, about 27 knots, nearly 200 tons, and may be able to take about 50 miles of the small cable. The Rover is to port, and has received from the forehold of the steamer 23 knots, say, 180 tons, and may be able to stow 70 miles of the lesser cable. There must, of course, be a severance of the cable when eachbrig's stowage is on board. Up to noon to-day the weather, although very cold, with occasional heavy falls of snow, continues moderate. N o further damage has been done to the ship, and every mile of cable removed lessens the liability to injury. The cable is to be landed at Keyham steamyard. - - THE COLONNADE, CLARE MARKET.—A row of small houses situate at the back of Clare-market, and known as the Colonnade, has been recently appropriated to various uses of a philanthropic and beneficial character, comprising a home for destitute boys, who are employed in various situations during the day, and who return at night to the refuge to sleep. There is also a soup kitchen, a school for adults, a working men's clubroom and smoking room, and a reading and working room for women. Another portion of the building has now been fitted up for the re ception of poor tteedlewomen, who, by the payment of a trifling weekly sum, will obtain the advantages of a com fortable home and be preserved from the temptations and danger to which poor friendless women are exposed. The institution was opened o Monday evening, and, although the nuttin' a inmates will at first necessarily be limited, yet it is hoped that its benefits Wilt Niue long bP extended to a laruer nu u ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. Mr. Alfred Mellon's opera of " Victorine," originally produced in December, 1859, was revived here on Monday evening, with a success as complete as that which attended its first performance. Considerable changes have been made in the cast. Julien is now assumed by Mr. Wharton, in the place of Mr. Santley ; Mr. Wallworth supersedes Mr. G. Honey as Griffon ; whilst, most important of all, the part of Victorine herself has fallen into the hands of Miss Louisa Pyne, who, it may be said without the slightest dis paragement of the accomplished artiste who personated the unfortunate heroine last season, does it, both as regards act ing and singing, complete justice. Mr. Henry Haigh is still the representative of the fortunate lover, Michel; Mr. H. Corri retains the part of Hector, which he sings and acts so ad mirably; and Miss Thirlwall is again the Louise of the piece. The pantomime here has been considerably abridged since" Boxing-night." The transformation scene, which is one of the most gorgeous and fanciful ever produced, with its beautiful effects of real water, is received nightly with the most rapturous applause. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The performances of Mr. Pechter, which have been inter rupted during the first nights of the pantomime, are now resumed, and ho appears every evening in the duplex cha racter of Fabian and Louis de Franchi in his own version of " The Corsican Brothers." The drama is carefully played throughout, and so well got up as to render it a brilliant spectacle. The pantomime increases nightly in attraction. ROYAL LYCEUM, THEATRE. On Monday evening the performances at this charming place of entertainment commenced with a new domestic drama, written expressly for the celebrated Irish comedian, Mr. John Drew, who has won " golden opinions from all sorts of people." It is entitled "The Irish Emigrant,"and is from the pen of Mr. John Brougham, who has already contributed several successful compositions to the drama. The structure and design of " The Irish Emigrant" is exceedingly simple ; but this characteristic, which might otherwise have endangered the success of the piece, is, in truth, one of its chief recom ,mendations, since it affords ample opportunity for the pecu liar talent of the principal actor in those nice discrimina tions of humour and sentiment, which have stamped Mr. John Drew as the very best Irish comedian of the day I The piece turns upon the loss and recovery of a pocket book containing notes of the value of 5,000 dollars. A young married couple, Harry Travers (Mr. Forrester), and Mary, his wife (Miss Stuart), are lodging at a board ing-house in New York, just as their cash is exhausted, and credit is gone, with no prospect before them but the painful one of poverty, and the cruel process of ejection from the boarding-house. At this time, however, an old clerk (Mr. Lyon) in the office of a merchant (Mr. John stone), who is the uncle of young Travers, deeply moved by the distress of the young couple, and animated by the recollection of kind services rendered to him in his early days by the father of Travers, prevails upon his employer, the merchant, to write a cheque in favour of Travers for 5,000 dollars. The old man, overjoyed, rushes to the boarding-house in all haste, to relieve the son of his former benefactor. But, alas ! he has lost the pocket-book containing the precious gift I The painful trial was nigh unsettling the old man's reason ; and he, supported by Travers, sets out in the almost hopeless search of the missing book. In the meantime we are infrodnced to the other person ages of the drama—Tom Bobalink, a New York carter (Mr. George Vining), and his pretty little wife Mary (Miss Kate Saville), are the happiest couple under the sun. Blest with health and strength, and plenty of work, an affectionate wife, a comfortable home, and a heart full of generosity, who so happy as Tom Bobalink the carter I His hot dinner and the clean cloth on the table waiting his coming, indicate a happy home and a careful wife. But who is this that at the half-open door sniffs the fragrance of the pleasant meal P It is Patrick O'Brien, a poor half starved and ragged Irish emigrant. There he stands, the very picture of desolation in a far off country—not his own! He is ashamed to put his head inside the door—but he is starring ! The acting of Mr. Drew in this situation exhibits the very highest order of talent. We cannot call to mind a more perfect impersonation. A few kind and encouraging words from Tom, and a basin of soup handed to him by the good Hearted wife, have a marvellous effect on Patrick, and Mr. Drew leaves us in little doubt that Christian charity is the best flavour that can be given to a hungry man's meal. Tom hires the Irishman, and Pat is soon at work. In the course of the day Tom stumbles over the identical pocket • book which has been dropped by the clerk, and upon open ing it, discovers the contents—a heap of wealth—the means to render his Polly happy. But then the money is not his! But he overcomes his scruples—for a time only, and conceals the book in his side pocket. IT. goes home half drunk to his supper, but he can't eat. lie calls for brandy, and sends his wife to bed ; sleeps himself, with his head on the table. The man is changed, but his conscience is at work ; half distracted, he leaves home on the morning carefully hiding the pocket-book in his carter's frock, as he thinks, but he drops it on to the floor as he rushes out of the house. Patrick having put the horse to, comes into the room ; he has noticed the alteration in his employer, he stumbles over the dropped pocket-book, opens it, it contains notes ; they can't belong to his master. With the quick apprehension of his countrymen, he guesses the cause of the change in, Tom. He'll have nothing to do with the pocket-book. Sure it is the devil in the form of a pocket-book ! The act ing of Mr. Drew in this scene is also deserving of especial remark. The wife enters : Pat won't allow her to touch the accursed thing. " Sure an' it's the devil I" Nothing can be finer than this. It is a perfect triumph of art. Mary, however, secures the pocket-book, and having ascertained from Pat that the "parties" at No. 44 have lost it, and have been making diligent inquiries respecting it, hastily puts on her bonnet and shawl and rushes to re store it. The denouement may be readily conceived. Mary arrives in time to save the young people from being turned out of house and home, just as Tom has been sent for to cart off their few articles of furniture. All are made happy, and Tom's conscience is appeased. A happy home and an honest conscience are better than heaps of ill-gotten wealth. The piece was well acted throughout, although Mr. George Vining is certainly not at home in the part of Tom Bobalink, and Mr. Lyon somewhat exaggerates the charac ter of the Old Clerk. Mrs. John Rouse chattered through the part of the landlady of the boarding-house with amus ing vivacity. On Mr. Drew, however, rests the weight of the piece ; and as this gentleman's engagement is, as we understand, fast drawing to a close, we earnestly advise all lovers of good acting to pay an early visit to the Irish emigrant. We need scarcely add that Mr. Drew was most enthusiastically applauded when called before the curtain. The house, we rejoice to say, was crowded, and the com pany most fashionable. TALLOW SPECUL 4 TION. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The stock of P.Y.C., on the 31st of December, 1859 was 44,313 casks, price 575. 9d. per cwt., the stock being much larger than it had been since 1852, when it was 47,546 casks, price 455. The stock would have been much reduced in 1859 but for the high prices then prevailing. During part of last year prices were rather lower, and the demand increased. The present stock, 72,489 casks, is greater than at any time since 1822. The prico is now 15s. per cwt. higher than it was in 1852, when the stock, though large, was not two -thirds of the present stock. The lowest stock during 33 years from 1822 was 16,797 casks, price 58s. per cwt ~ this on. the 31st of December 1856. The usual effect of supply and demand is overruled by speculators, or, more properly speaking, gamblers in tallow, who purpose filling their own pockets at the expense of other parties by purchasing from them for forward de livery. Intending, at the same time, to deprive them of the means of fulfilling their contracts by buying all the tallow and locking it up, so that they may demand from their dupes, when the time for delivery arrives, any sum they may think proper. If the speculators do not succeed in finding a sufficient number of dupes the loss to them will be very considerable, no doubt. The injury to the trade is incalculable ; all parties inte rested will do well to keep their stocks as low as possible. The heavy expenses on so large a stock of tallow may pos sibly tire the speculators and cause them to disgorge part of their supply. It will be observed by the statement be low that the stock of tallow will probably be near 60,000 casks on the Ist of June. SUMMARY. Stock. Casks. Price. December 31, 1852 47,546 .. 455. Od. If 1 8 59 44,313 .. 575. 9d. 7 1860 Lowest stock during 38 years During five years the largest demand upon this stock from Jan. 1 to May 31, when fresh supplies begin to come forward, was under 21,000 casks; and the lowest, 4,000, average, Under 12,000 casks. ARRIVAL OF TIIE SHANNON.—PLYMOUTH, Mee • day.—Her Majesty's ship Centurion arrived here this morning from Lisbon. She brings invalids from the St. Jean d'Acre. The Royal West India mail steamer Shan non, Capt. Abbott, arrived hero to-day. After parting com pany on the 20th ult. with the mail steamer Trent, sent out to assist her home, the Shannon experienced very heavy weather. Made Scilly Lights on the morning of the 4th inst., strong easterly gale prevailing at the time. Continued beating till noon of the 6th, when the wind shifted to the south. Off Falmouth yesterday, and intended running in there, but hail, snow, and thick weather coming on, made this port. She will await a steamer to tow her to South ampton. On 3d inst. spoke the barque Guydean, steering to the southward, lat. 49 62, long. 6 6. L E N E W S. (RUTTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, JAN. 9. The Constitutionnsl says : " It is generally believed that in the event of the French fleet leaving Gaeta it would cruise for some time in the Adriatic." GAETA, JAN. 5. A shell thrown by the Sardinians has penetrated into the room above that of the King. The Ministers insist on their Majesties taking up their quarters in one of the casemates. The shells have also reached the Central Hos pital. The wounded will be removed to Ter racina. Some more Neapolitan howitzers have been placed in position. VIENNA, lAN. 9. The official Weiner Zeitung publishes an auto graph letter of the Emperor, dated the 7th inst., proclaiming a very comprehensive amnesty for Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, and Sclavonia, on account of such penal acts as have merely aimed at a change in the system of Government as esta blished before the 20th of October, 1860, or which were in any way connected with such a purpose. The Ministers are ordered to put this Imperial ordinance into immediate execution. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 2. The dismissal of Safetti Pasha has been rescinded. Hungarian and Polish Garibaldian volunteers are arrriving in Pera, on their way to the Danubian Principalities. Generals Mieroslawski and Turr are expected here. The news from Servia reports increasing disquiet in that principality. The success of the loan is still dpubted. Exchanges have risen considerably. TURIN, JAL 8. The Gazetta di Torino says : "It is asserted that the Sardinian Government, deferring to the wishes of the Emperor Napoleon, has suspended hostilities before Gaeta until the 14th January, with the object of negotiating for the surrender of the place." It is said that the French fleet will leave imme diately, one vessel alone remaining off Gaeta till the 19th inst. to guarantee the execution of the armistice. If the endeavours for avoiding a further effusion of blood should fail, the operations of General Cialdini are to be vigorously supported by the Italian fleet. ROME, JAN. 5. This morning placards were discovered on the walls of the city, exhorting the Romans to await the aid of the Sardinians. The report is current here that Mgr. Bella, who is detested by the people, will replace Mgr. Merode as Minister of War. The Neapolitan soldiers have received orders to return to their homes. The French have discovered a depot of arms in the Foro Appio. BERNE, JAN. 8. It is asserted that Sardinia has offered guarantees for securing Venice against Garibaldi on the condi tion that the great Powers place no obstacles to her action before Gaeta. PARIS, JAN. 8, EVENING. The Patrie and the Pays assert that the pamphlet " Rome et les Eveques" is the work of a private individual, and has no official origin. ITALY. The Turin correspondent of the Siocls writes as follows, on the 6th inst. :, In the latter part of December the nephew of Lord John Russell was on board tin English yacht, which came to anchor near Caprera. A boat was let down, and two sailors brought Garibaldi an invitation to breakfast, which the latter accepted. The general, on reaching the deck was saluted with twenty-one guns. The same evening Garibaldi returned to his island, and the English yacht set sail for Gaeta, Yesterday and to-day all the presidents of the Garibaldian committees met at Bertani's, in Genoa. They had been summoned to come and audit the account of the expenses incurred by the central committee for the expeditions to Sicily and Naples. Proceedings commenced with the reading of the following letter from Garibaldi to Bertani : " Caprera, Dec. 22. "My dear Bertani,—l have received and exa mined the account of the sums expended by the committee over which you preside, and am satisfied with it. You have deserved well of Italy during those periods when both of us had the honour of serving our country.—Yours, "GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI." M. Bellazzi then read the full items of expendi ture, and produced all the vouchers for the inspec tion of the committee. Bertani, when the reading was concluded, demanded that a special com mittee taken from the various members present should be empowered to audit the accounts and examine the vouchers produced. The assembly decided unanimously that there was no occasion for instituting this special audit after General Garibaldi's approbation, which was sufficient. The Garibaldian committees are not dissolved. The decision was adopted that they should con tinue to act and collect voluntary offerings for the completion of the work undertaken by Garibaldi. In future they will assume the following title— " Committees of Aid for Rome and Venice." Bertani then handed in his resignation on the ground of ill-health. It was not accepted, and the central committee is now composed as follows : President, Bertani ; Vice-presidents, Mauro Macchi and Bellazzi ; Adjuncts, Mosto, of Genoa, and the Advocate Brusco. The accounts of this meeting are to be printed and published. • Garibaldi, in consideration of the grave state in which Italy now is, does not wish his name to be used as a pretext for any agitation ; but he wishes the nation to gather all its strength for the last crisis, and to be ready by the spring. The following letter was also read to the Central Committee : " Caprera, Dec. 29, 1860. " Dear Bellazzi,—l wish the formation and agreement of all the Italian committees to contri- bute to the great redemption of the country. In this way Victor Emmanuel, with a million of armed Italians, will be able next spring to de mand with justice that which Italy wants. In the sacred path I follow I wish every trace of party to disappear. Our antagonists are a party ; they wish Italy to be made by them, with the assistance of the foreigner and with out us. We—we are the nation ;we desire no other chief but Victor Emmanuel ; and we exclude no Italian that frankly desires what we do. There fore, above all, take care to preach concord, of which we have immense need.—Yours, " G. GARIBALDI." Garibaldi having heard that he was proposed in Italy by nearly all the electoral colleges refuses to accept any nomination, in these terms : " Caprere, Dec. 29, 18GO. " Dear Belazzi,— * * * * Owing to excep tional circumstances, I cannot accept any candidate ship as a deputy. I wish this to be made publicly known to all the electoral colleges, in order that the inconvenience of proceeding to fresh elections may be avoided.—Yeurs, " G. GARIBALDI." All these le tteriii - W - abundant proof, without further comments, that Garibaldi is holding him self in readiness for the Ist of March. The rumour that the French OPPOrllMelat II M ra. solved to withdraw its squadron from before Gaeta is given from various sources. We find the following on the subject in the news sent to the provincial journals by the Correspondence Ilavas ; " We have intimated on several occasions that though the Emperor's Government, for reasons which all Europe understands the importance of, has prolonged the stay of the French fleet in the port of Gaeta, it was not to be con eluded that those vessels were to stop there for ever. Con siderations of humanity, as well as of policy, did not, in fact, allow the belief to be entertained that, after having expressed the intention rot to intervene in the in ternal affairs of the old Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, France could put indefinitely in the balance the great in terests of a country demanding its independence, and per sonal sentiments which, though generous, ought to be limited. We must, in consequence, persist in believing that our fleet will not prolong its stay at Gaeta, notwith standing the assertions to the contrary which reach us from abroad." The Journal de Rouen says : " A new change has taken place (says our letters from Paris) in the last 24 hours in the dispositions of the French Government with regard to Gaeta. It was, it appears, in a Council of Ministers held on Saturday that measures different from those previously resolved on were adopted The political world was therefoee right in supposing that unforeseen events might modify the instructions lately sent by the Minister of Marine to Admiral le Barbier de Tinan. We are informed that the orders which were sen off by telegraph on Saturday evening, and which will con sequently arrive before those of the Minister, directed the Admiral to propose to Francis 11. to resume the negotiations for an armistice, and in case of refusal to remove the French fleet from Gaeta in 48 hours. This sudden decision, ac cording to our letters, was the result of a discussion in the Council on a note from the Cabinet of Turin, contradicting the alleged alarming progress of the insurrection in the Abruzzi. That ,insurrection, fomented by the Royalists. at the head of whom the Count of Trapani has placed himself, would, however, render dangerous the position of Prince de Carignan, who is about to go to Naples, Inas mach as it would constitute a military resistance, which would augment at the same time the importance of that of Gaeta. In continuing therefore to protect the fortress occu pied by King Francis 11., the French fleet would cease to fulfil a mission of humanity, and would associate itself indi directly in a vast plan of military resistance. These consi derations, strongly represented by Count Cavour, produced a great effect at the Tuileries. In citing textually our let ters, we must observe that, independently of the probabi lity of the correctness of the information they contain, we have serious guarantees that their contents are exact." The Independence expresses itself in these terms: "We have received from Berlin some interesting infor mation respecting the diplomatic negotiations between the different Cabinets of Europe with a view to terminating th• struggle which the King of Naples still protracts in Italy. The collective applications made to the French Govern ment by the three Northern Powers in favour of Francis 11. are stated to have been the result of a direct request from that Prince addressed by telegraph to Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. France replied that, out of respect far the Courts friendly to the King of Naples, the Emperor Napoleon, had not yet recalled his fleet, but that his Ms' jesty had made an engagement with England not to inter vene in a direct manner with the affairs of Italy, and that consequently he could do no more than promise to gill Francis 11. a fortnight's notice before recalling the fleet." The Nord also refers to the question in these words : " We admit frankly and without hesitation that the pre• sence of the French fleet at Gaeta, with the signification which has been given it, was a flagrant violation of the principle of non-intervention, that is to say, a solemn retractation of the Imperial words, Italy for the Italians.' It is even more than that—it is a direct intervention, so active co-operation against Italy. That circumstance leads us to believe that its stay will not last much longer; and that, whatever may be said or done, Admiral le Barbier de Tinan will one of these days reeeive the order to leave the waters of Gaeta. It is, however, just to remark that if the fleet is recalled, its presence will have been useful to the cause of the Italian Peninsula, inasmuch as it will have prevented the extravagances which would have arisen frore a too easy success, and has also prevented exaggerated and blind patriotism from attacking the Quadrilateral, where very probably the Italian cause would have succumbed," ME FRENCH TROOPS AT ROME. The following protest has been addressed to General Count de Goyon, commanding the French troops in Rome : When the French and Italian arms conquered if Lombardy you severely prevented us from shot' ing our joy and our sense of gratitude towerds your august Emperor, that too, as you often said' "in order not to disturb order' Now order was frequently disturbed bunbecoming demoni strations made to the Pope- ring by a n um b e r foreign legitimists united to the dependents of th e i Papal police, but you never pr evente d them, a n d therefore public opinion calls you almost their accomplice. The insignificance of those demonstrY tions were such that their promoters were obliged to seek other and adventitious means, and you, the guardian "of order" in Rome, suffered this city be filled with all the dregs and refuse of NapleOf who from instinct and their Bourbon education shunned no species of crime. With these band', and with three thousand bailiffs and p o li cemen 0 Rome a fresh demonstration is being prepared for the Pope on the last day of the year, and it 10 intended to use this occasion to excite tumults bl means of wretched acts of pri va t e vengeance, an d by not sparing insults and provocations to the national party, in or d er to involve us in a frill which may end by bringing down upon us the force of the French arms. Since the Pope, forgetting his ministry of peace, does not shrink from lending himself to scenes that might become sanguinarlt and since you do not think of preventing them, the national committee of Rome, after having done all in its power to inculcate calm and moderation among the justly incensed people, feels it its duty to protest publicly, and to cite you as alone respon sible before the Emperor and the French nation for the insult you are offering to the convictions:of Rome, as well as for every act of disorder and violence that may in any case tact this city, coo' fided to the guardianship of French arms com mended by you. Rome, Dec. 21, 1860. THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. B.—The business for India and China is on a very limited scale, and where there has been any change in prices it has been rather in favour of buyers. The same remarks apply to goods suitable to the Levant trade. Printing cloths are very much depressed, and lower in price. LEEDS, Jan. B.—The morning being dull and foggy caused a limited attendance of merchants and manufacturers at the cloth-halls, and the tone of the market was of an inanimate character. Very little inquiry exipted, and only a small quantity of cloth, consisting principally of materials suitable for the spring season, was cleared out. There are few buyers in the town, and the warehouse trade is quiet. The increased stringency of the money market induces great caution, and there is no dig• position to speculate. ROCHDALE, Jan. 7.—The first market-day in the year is kept as a holyday, and scarcely anything in the way of business is done either in flannels or wool. To-day, though the weather has been very cold, there was a good share of boisterous enjoy ment by the masses, and much good eating, tea drinking, &c., by all classes. The flannel trade is still in a brisk condition, and prices both of wool and products continue firm. In order to give their hands a holyday to-day, many of the manufacturers ran their machinery overtime last week, a good sign of the activity of the trade. THIS DAY'S MAREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The severity of the frost continues to prevent the landing of the cargoes already arrived in the river. There were, therefore, no samples on offer, except a few by land car riage. Both red and white samples were taken off freely, at prices fully equal to Monday. There was a fair quantity of foreign wheat on sale, but the amount of business doing in it—owing to the high range in the value of discount accommodation—was only moderate; nevertheless, the quotations were firmly sup ported. The inquiry for floating cargoes was much restricted. Fine barley commanded the extreme rates of Monday. Inferior foreign was a slow sale. Fine samples of malt were taken off at from 78s to 80s per quarter. Brown qualities changed hands slowly, but at full currencies. Oats were in good consumptive request, at Monday's improvement in value. We have no chauge to notice in the value of either beans Or peas. American flour was in somewhat improved request, and English qualities were quite as dear as on Monday. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.• •..• .. 480 1,310 670 i 70 ; 760 Irish ___ ---- 1 Foreign.... •• •• 7,020 4,770 —1 8,160 1 slag 3.230 brie. BOROUGH HOP. Both English and foreign hops continue in steady re• quest at the rates current in the earl ypart of the week. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade is steady, as follows : Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 2d o 5s Od ; pork, 48 Od to 5s 3d per Blbs, by the oatcakes M W Thi tively the i accon obtaii quire suppl went of re discos yestei ance cent., cent. notic( Abc The ing fo Cana& Joins have 1 Londol proved 3 per Co 3 per Co New 3 New 2} India Si Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto )itto Cousolm India S Ditto azcheq Ditto Amste• Ditty Rotter Antwe Brno( }lamb Paris - 'Ns ' 1 Fait Glas Goo] Gran liar Rot