The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

liv•••••••••••••10.1111.-- _ R OYAL .ENGLISH OPERA' . COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, So}e Lessees. THIS EVENING, Mellon's Opera of VICTORINE. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss ThirlwalL.Mr. H. Corrie, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. G..Horncastle. With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle l Bola and Freedom in her island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. B o l e n°, H. P a yne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano Old F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barna and Tanner. 'Columbines, Mdme. BolenW. H. ° and Clara ne, M Morgan. sp r ites, the Zelin aki Family. Mr. Paylle. Lamoureux, etc. Conductor —Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. iiLmiee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENINOW the performances will rimmenfte 'nth desire)SHF STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Tlardcastle , Mss Fanny Stirling; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone. Atter which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD /IND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. , ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE...-. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE CORSIC kN BROTHERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. Atter which. a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitle d d R OBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and thein of the Caribbe Islands. : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinen t a l theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Last Week of Mr. John Drew's Engagement. I.TrITS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vinimr. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew ; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. J. Rouse. Alt e r which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Fattravazanza, RYSTABELLE The Rose without a Thorn, showing C rim VISION' OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EYE , AND TEM MAT-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with . MRE BLITNDERS THAN ONE. Larr y Hoolagan, Mr. Jo O hn Drew. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ( - A. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 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. Boucicanit, D. Fi s her, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson Mrs. . Smith, Romer. Miss Agnies Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extraywanza. entitled' BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs:J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolg ar, K. Kelly, Laidlavr, and F.. Thorne. Doors open at half past B—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, .£2 25. ; Family Stalls, • Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Ciro Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, Is. M. ; Ampllitheatre, Is •, e Gallery, Mr Wm. Smith. Manager — • • • Aeting A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Last Six/lights of the Wondrously Trained Lions. ° A Grand Juvenile Fete will take place on Friday, Jan. S, comme ncynK :st two o'clock with the Pantomime, concluding with the Lionir , This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled TAE LION CONQUEROR ; or, The Death ,Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World,Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and British 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 HORSE •, 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 frarlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commenoe at T. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL. Open Every Eveninr at seven. GRAND SELECTIONs from LA FIGLTA. DEL RE and GI MENT° (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBUL A MARTHA. Principal Ar ti s tes Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Miss TYRREL.L, MISS WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI. Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONGHMANS. The Comic Department comprPes I.Wess'is. J. BLA'NODARD, 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 D G ME on view from 9 Mn. until 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m. until 12. CH R LSTM A S HOLIDAYS. OPERA. DRAMA. BURLESQUE. G and PANTOMIME. EVERY EVENIN. C10wn...... ........ ....... Columbine Mr. E. MARSHALL. Harlequin Pantaloon.• SPRITES, by the celebrated BROTHERS CONRAD. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. --Morning, r 4h. Om.—Afternoon, 4h. 18m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 4h. 36m.—Afternoon, 4h. 54m. 4 'FHB WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 13, /861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BAROMETER - -29.77 ; a fall of half an inch since yesterday. WIND--Southerly and Easterly—moderate; with a heavy fall of snow about noon and up till late. JAN. 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 34—highest since noon yesterday. 26—lowest this morni n g and during the night. 30—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.7 5 . WIND South -Easterly— fresh ; with sharp frosty weather. THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 14, 1861. Nothing could well be more satisfactory under the circumstances than the intelligence just received from China, in the shape of despatches addressed to her MAJESTY'S secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by her MAJESTY'S Envoy Extra ordinary to the Court of Pekin and Minister Pleni potentiary. These the latest communications from Lord ELGlN—dated from the Chinese Capital (the briefest of them) on the 4th of November, and from Tien-tsin (at greatar length), subsequently on the 13th and 15th of November, duly appeared in a Supplement 'to the London Gazette of Friday, . the 11th of January, published as such at a late hour the day before yesterday. They may be examined by onr readers at pleasure in another part of our impression of this evening; those there deeply interesting despatches with their enclosures, the latter comprising among them communications from important English offi cials, such as Mr. ADKINs, our agent leftin Pekin, and Mr.WADE, our Chinese Secretary, and Colonel FOLEY, our Commissioner at the French head quarters; together with missives addressed by the , Tartar Government to its own people as to the scattered provincial authorities, to men high in power, such as LAO, the Governor-General of the T w o Kwang. Looking thro u g h these p a p ers, it is impossible not to recognise at once the complete manner in which the Allied Expedition has inspired the Tartar rulers with a conviction, that it would savour somewhat of madness to trifle henceforth, as they have done so often hitherto, with the inte rests of the terrible " outer .barbarians" from the opposite extremity of the world. The armaments themselves have effected this good, in the first in stance—those small but sufficient armaments, led on respectively by General GRANT and General MONTAUBAN, carrying with them devilish little brass cannon and diabolical Armstrong guns, that rendered the old-fashioned artillery as much lumber of the past, by comparison, as the crossbow and the catarpult ! Scattering the disproportioned smarms of Tartar horsemen, time after time, with the utmost facility, between Tien-tsin and the capital of the Chinese Empire! And at'length when the EMPEtOR was scared away in ignominious flight into the wilds of Manchouria, and his legions under the Prince SAN-KO_LIN.SIN routed irretrievably —at length, we say, as the coup de grace in retalia tion for the atrocious massacre of a cluster of Englishmen and their attendant Hindoo compa nions in arms and brothers in misfortune—at length firing their almost fabulous palace of splendours, leaving in lieu of all that accumulation of mag nificonce nothing more than a vast heap of smouldering ruins where once had stood "„the resplendent structure of Yuen-min-Yuen ! All this having been acc9mplished by the English And " finligt° ,--.=:' ...___,..4 z 0.0• 4° • • -4,0• ••'wo 7 ‘ ----'—''' -..—' , ;( 4 \' ' - 4 a- ,..,.. c - ft ~ ,fi, h '* . P . r , \-- L 0 , ..I 4., ' .. q . •VA 0 '''' . 'e• .. A ' ' "SE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1861. , _ _ ....... French forces, under the vigorous guidance of the Allied Commanders-in-Chief, has naturally enough tended at last to influence the opinions of the Chinese, or rather of their Tar tar rulers, with a tardy consciousness that, as we have before observed, it were sheer folly or lunacy to trifle with us any longer so daringly and mendaciously. The wholesome impression forced upon our late antagonists at the points of our bayonets and the mouths of our rifles and our Armstrongs appear to have been confirmed to the uttermost by the admirable manner in which the allied diplomatists have throughout conducted the subsequent negotiations. To appreciate this fact fully—for once and for all—it is only necessary to glance through these latest communications from her Britannic MAJESTY'S two ambassadors, those two brothers, Lord ELGIN and Mr. BRUCE, her MAJESTY'S present repres'entative at the Court of Pekin, and her MAJESTY'S Minister Plenipotentiary, thither and in every sense of the phrase Envoy Extraordinary. The Earl of ELGIN especially has acted from first to last as we could alone have anti cicipated—it would be hardly extravagant to say, to admiration. His lordship in his dealings with the Chinese has actually contrived at last— "To open their eyes"—not without " a little surprise" on their part—" to a sense of their situa tion !" His interview with Prince KUNG —or rather, as his Imperial Highness appears to be more correctly designated, Yul SIN, Prince of Rung—have proved in this way particularly effica cious. A notion—perhaps by this time something more than a mere glimmering of a notion—would seem to have dawned upon the imagination of the b re th re n of the Sun a nd Moon and all the heavenly _ b re th re n somewhat more reasonable notion than has ever before appeared to have penetrated the brain of his Tartar Highness as to the power and dignity appertaining to the QUEEN of these realms, and as to the respect and loyalty due to the stipulations entered into by the Chinese or by the Japanese, or by any other Power or Race whatever, with the authorised commissioners and representa tives of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. In evidence of this tardy conviction having been hap pily forced at last upon the acceptance and recog nition of Prince KUNG, as the chief representative and principal administrator of the Chinese EMPE ROR'S Government, there are the facts now brought vividly before us by these last received despatches from Pekin, together with the enclosures already par ticularised. For example, there is the conspicuous and in every way most remarkable fact, that the terms of the Treaty of Peace recently entered into between the English and the Chinese have been duly published in the Pekin Gazette, and what is still more, if possible, placarded about the walls of that capital for the wondering perusal of the Chinese people themselves. It is certainly to be regretted that another of the most vitally important stipulations appearing in that Treaty has not sum marily been carried into effect according to the original terms of the agreement entered into be tween the negotiators. It is to be regretted, more over, that Mr. BRUCE, as her MAJESTY'S Ambas sador and representative at the Court of the Emperor HIEN FUNG, had not taken up his abode forthwith at the capital of the vast nation, to the ruler of which his Excellency is thus accredited. Instead of doing which, as we have well known for some time past, Mr. BRUCE is to winter at Tientsin —biding his time there until his formal settlement at Pekin can be accomplished with a trifle more of convenience! The motives actuating Lord ELGIN and his brother, in guiding them to this conclusion, we doubt not are powerful enough in themselves. But—viewing the facts of the cast from this distance—it assuredly does appear matter of regret that what may be said to have been the neck of the difficulty all along should not at length have been broken at once without another day's delay, now that we might help inducted the diplomatic representative of our SOVEREIGN' into his place of residence in the Chinese capital under the shadow of the victorious banners of the Allied Expedition, and while the avenging smoke was yet rising from the blackened debris of that whilom abode of delights, the summer palace of YUEN-MIN-MIEN. Among the documents given to the public in this last supplement to the London Gazette there is one (and it is certainly, by no means, the least interesting, in this extremely readable group of communications) addressed to Lord J. RUSSELL, as Foreign Secretary, by Lord ELGIN'S brother ' himself, the Hon. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, her Britannic MAJESTY'S representative henceforth at the Imperial Court at Pekin. From this despatch it will be seen how courtly, and yet at the same time how frank have been the interviews which have taken place recently between Mr. BRUCE and Prince KUNG—Mr. BRUCE having been formally introduced to Prince KUNG at the first of these interviews by the Earl of ELGIN and KIN CARDINE. Not the least satisfactory result of this eminently-judicious interchange of civilities being, by the way, the circumstance of that hint thrown out by his Excellency to his Imperial Highness — the hint that it might be as well for the Chinese EMPEROR and his MAJESTY'S Government if they were to accredit an Ambassador, on their part, to the distant Court of St. James's ! A hint that we do yet trust may happily result before much longer in the addition to the corps diplomatique at this Court of St. James's of some duly buttoned and pigtailed Man. darin. Middle-class electors have now an opportunity if they choose to use it. For some twenty years we have patiently borne the burden Of an Income-tax, confessed by ail c.acidid 0)24....11nra of the Exchequer themselves to be a tax of irremediable yet flagrant injustice ; denounced by moralists as the strongest temptation conceivable to lying and fraud ; and groaned under despondingly by all whose incomes are less than £5OO a-year. This year we were to have been free from the tax. We begin the year with an Income-tax of TENPENCE in the pound. The question we submit to ten pound householders and tenants-at-will, is, shall we end the year with an Income-tax still on our shoulders ? If we would not, now is the time for action. A beginning, has been made, which, if well worked, may easily put an end to it A considerable num ber of members have commenced signing a memorial to the Premier to urge on his attention the enor mous amount of the public expenditure. They are members who generally support Lord PALMER STON ; and though they address him most respect fully, and refrain from even the semblance of a threat, they yet conclude thus :—" We are com pilled to say that we should view an expenditure for the coming year approaching that of the current year with great regret and disapprobation; and we believe that that would be the feeling of our consti tuents and of the country at large. We have there fore thought it right to offer these suggestions in a friendly spirit to your lordship, and we trust they \ may not be thought unworthy to receive the serious consideration of the Government." They mention, as reasons for their , appeal, that they have reason to think the expenditure of last year was forced on the Government against its will bY % 1111 aPPy combination of circumstances that x_ .............—....--....,.---- such an amoun t - t of tall:arm was never heard of , before, except when we were at war ; that the foreign relations of Eurc pe encourage the hope that we are in no danger of war; that the war with China is over; that our r alations of amity with France are certainly strengthened by the treaty and the abolition of the pass port system ; and that the civil and miscellaneous e 1 tpenditure has reached an amount which imperati vrly demands revision. "We are convinced," they' add, "that retrench ment will prove the true tst policy of the Go vernment as the only method of meeting the financial exigences of the State, satisfying the expectations of Parliament, conciliating the good opinion of the commercial and monied interests, allaying the dissatisfaction a the taxpayers, and preventing the loud outcry which would inevitably arise in case of another unfavourable harvest or any check to the public prosperity." The members who have commenced this move ment appeal—virtually, though not formally—to the constituencies. They point Lord PALMERSTON to the acceptableness of the retrenchment policy to the electors of the country. Will not the electors back their members? We need not tell them that a member's influence depends not on his ability merely, nor even on his integrity, but on the support he receives from without. We cannot i deny that this ought , to a g reat extent and in some 1 matters, to be so. It is, for instance, very much a question for the tax-payers, whether they think what the Income-tax procures for the country is of such value as to make them still content to pay it. It is exacted solely to increase our naval and military defences, and to cover an extravagant Civil expenditure. With no war in reasonable prospect, we may go on devoting a moderate sum to maintaining and perfecting our nlvy, and our army equipments. We need be in no haste to spend, when all things portend peace, so far as we are con- . cerned abroad, and when with our army of Volun teers, and our present naval and military strength, we might defy all Europe to touch us. It has been confessed on all hands that the income tax ought to be our reserve tax—a war tax and nothing else. We hold that it has been one long blunder to keep it on, in order to please Man chester by getting rid of customs duties. They ought always to have been got rid of in a self remunerating way ; it was vicious policy to lay on a tax essentially unjust, merely to repeal taxes which were not unequal, although they might lessen a little the amount of some branches of trade. The income tax is so bad, and felt to be so in its incidence, that its tendency is to convert the whole nation into a nation of smugglers, merely to get themselves justice, not to procure, slyly and cheaply, some rather dear luxury. Our Chancellor of the Exchequer is, however, one who needs the tuition of the electors. He is, it is well known, very desirous of retrenchment. He has strongly denounced our " enormous" ex penditure, and so far he will be ready to listen to the members who press on him reduction of expenditure. But though we believe no Minister feels more than he does the iniquitous inequality of the income tax, yet we fear he would prefer just now to retain it. He has, probably, two reasons. One, that he thinks nothing else will bring the popular pressure to bear upon his colleagues who spend the money which they re quire him to find, but the torture and rack of a high income tax. Another reason is, that he is personally in favour of liberating commerce, if he could, entirely from Customs duties. He was, in fact, a Peelite ; he must now be regarded as a Manchester man. Anything for trade, is his motto ; Peace-at-any-price—abolition. of Customs' duties, if it required a 10 per cent. income tax — anything whatever, if it will but facilitate the operation of trade. It is, therefore, for the electors with limited incomes, under whatever schedule, to cheer "Mr. GLADSTONE and Retrenchment," but to add a three times three, and one more, for "Mr. GLADSTONE and Retrenchment of the Income-tax." Even Tory landlords, and the county members whom those landlords return, using their tenants as counters, can iot quarrel with their tenants for asking liberation from a tax which burdens them so painfully, and which the landlord himself can only put up with by summoning all his aristocratical philosophy to his aid. No tenant need fear a notice to quit for signing a petition against the Income-tax—which many a landlord would sign also. The :tradesmen of towns would sign it universally, and thus boroughs and counties uniting might force it on the attention of the House in a way which no Government could afford to resist. We will not enter further into the sub ject just now. We only remind all men of small incomes, that they are the persons to complain. No one can blame them. When the tax is subtracted from their little incomes how differently do they feel it to what a man does, who, when he pays this year's tax on his thousand pounds has still £958 6s. Bd. left him. When to this is added the precarious character of most ;inch incomes, the cruelty of the tax can hardly be overrated. The class, however, to which we appeal know this. Hitherto it has been some times cajoled, sometimes frightened into paying, without much remonstrance ; more generally the feeling has been one of hopelessness and despon dency. If we mistake not, however, the hour is come when the income-tax, by a little judicious effort, may be abolished for ever. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT CAMBRIDGE.—The Prince of Wales will enter the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate on Friday next, the 18th inst. It is expected that his Royal Highness will pass through the town on his way to Madingley Hall, on Wednesday next, will he received by the mayor and corporation, but no addresses will be presented. The prince wilt become a member of Trinity College. The Duke of Sutherland is confined at Trentham by severe indisposition. His grace's symptoms are so serious as to cause the greatest anxiety to his family. The Marchioness of Bath and Lady Louisa Thynne are on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Devon at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, where a select circle has assembled. _ _ The Earl of Sefton leaves town to-day to join the cirels about to assemble at Nuneham Park, Oxon. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Moly neux have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place, from Croxteth Park, Liverpool. _ _ The Earl Granville leaves town to-day for Wil- ton House, near Salisbury ; on a visit to Lord and Lady Herbert of Lea. The Earl"Of Abingdon, who has been seriously indisposed for some weeks past at Ws residence in Gros venor-street, is now progressing favourably. _ _ _ The Earl Cowper leaves town to-day to join the circle about to assemble at 'Wilton House, near Salisbury, Lord and Lady Herbert of Lea leave town to-day for Wilton House, near Salisbury, where they intend to receive a succession of visitors. His lordship is expected to return to town on the 28th inst. Lord and Lady Norreys leave town to day for Wytham Abbey, near Reading. The noble lord and her ladyship will go on Tuesday to Nunehato. Park on a visit to Frances Countem Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P. Count Jaucourt returned to Albert. gate House on Saturday from visiting Lord and Lady Willoughby de Ecesty at Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire. Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, who have been staying in Paris for some weeks past, will shortly go to Nice. Lieutenant-Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd. Lindsay have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel, from Overstone Park, Northampton. The Hon. George Waldgrave has arrived in town from Scotland. Colonel Taylor has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Shorneliffe, near Folkestone- THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, Friday night,—The Armenian, Captain Wild, has arrived . _ with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, and 1,700 ounces of gold on freight. Among the passengers are Cap tain Eagle and crew of the Receifo, abandoned at sea ; and part of the crew of the ship Nottingham, burnt. Her ad•• vices are devoid of interest. The advices from Sydney mention the suspension of Mr. H. W. Johnson, contractor, with liabilities estimated at £22,824, and assets at £22,481. PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF RAIL WAY ACCIDENTS DURING THE FROST.—We may state upon authority that in consequence of the late accidents on the London and North.Westorn and other lines, attri. butable to the frigorific effects of the late intense and long continued frost, and which has developed influences on iron work hitherto unexpected, the directors of the former line have just issued instructions for an increase in the time of the fast trains, so as to admit of their frequent stoppage for the purpose of having all the wheels, couplings, driving gear, and general machinery, examined by inspectors specially qualified, and who, throughout the continuance of the frost, will be stationed along the line for that pur pose. These steps have been taken with the approbation of the Government inspector, and it is probable that the recent accidents, which constitute ex cause a new class of casualty, will lead to a scientific inquiry into the whole question of the thermometrical construction and expansion of iron work and signals employed upon railways, and which it is surmised, in many instances, may have been th,a cause of some of those unaccountable accidents so often alleged to arise from official carelessness or inattention. THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SPECIAL SERVICES. —Yesterday evening the second of the new series of special services was held in the nave of the Abbey, the attendance being very much larger than it was on the previous Sunday night. Prayers were intoned by the Rev. Precentor Haden, and the choir was materially strengthened by several of the choristers from the Chapel Royal. The sermon was p of re vir ach es e t d m b i y ns t t h e e r R an e. John d v rector Jennings, ofst.sohn Con , s a , n who ß s e e s i i e d e e t n e t d i a f r o y r his text the 6th chapter of Hosea, verse 4—" 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? 0 Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." . The discourse was marked by great simplicity throughout, and it was listened to with close attention. The Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A., Incumbent of Camden Church, Camberwell, and " Golden Lecturer," will be the preacher next Sunday evening, and on the fol lowing Sunday evening the sermon will be preached by the Rev. James Moorhouse, 8.A., of St. John's College, Cam bridge, curate of Sheffield. DESTRUCTION OF PART OF HUNGERFORD STEAM BOAT PIER,.—The continuance of the thaw yesterday; in conjunction with the unceasing drizzling rain of Saturday night, added considerably to the tidal velume of the river, and liberating large slabs of ice. These slabs, some of which were at least twelve feet square, were carried with great force against barges, floating piers, &c. On account of their dangerous character, river vessels were glad to fasten to anything in their way for safety. For this rea son, a coal barge, laden almost to the water's edge, was made fast to the end of Hungerford steam-boat pier, and yesterday morning the ice-floes running on with the tide struck the barge on the port side, capsizing her, and she went to the bottom, snapping the chains of the pier dummy and dragging it after. There the wreck lies, with " the water up to the top of the money -taker's box, and " This way for penny boats" is now only a depth line for the tide. A steam-tug was sent for below bridge to assist in " skew ing" the ends of the sunken pier out of the way, but she was too weak in power to be of any service. The piles and framework of the new railway bridge have been severely tested, but, as far as appearances indicate, the damages oc casioned must have been very trifling. The piles for the new piers aro well guarded by long floating beams of timber of the strongest kind. FATAL SICKNESS ON BOARD SHIF.—PLYMOUTH, Sunday Evening.—The brig Mignonette, Captain C. Sel bery, of and for London, 44 days from Surnam, put into the Sound this evening. After her cargo of sugar was on board fever and ague appeared among the crew, but, as seven men sent ashore from a Dutch merchant ship had all died in the hospital, it was determined to go to sea, hop ing that change of air might give relief. Robert Smith, of Whitby, able seaman, died in December; Robt. Walker, of Leith, died December 23, and Peter Anderson, a Swede, this morning, and was buried at sea. All the crew were severely afflicted except the master—lsaac Fisher, the car penter ; William Selbery, seaman ; and Harry Hunt, boy. While they attended to the ship the sick were without help. The following are at the Sailors' Home here :—Joseph Aver, mate, dangerous ; James Frike, steward ; Frederick Day, seaman; Norveski, seaman; and John Mew, boy. Near Falmouth the brig obtained two men from the ship John Howe, from Moulmein. The Mignonette belongs to Messrs. Scrutton and Co. DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY, WORCESTER, Saturday.—An extraordinary robbery of the above descrip tion took place in this city, last night, the thieves succeed ing in carrying off a booty of £220, and up to this evening they have remained undiscovered. The victim is Mr. Fleming, son of a hay and corn dealer, of this city, who gives the following account of the transaction. He states that he had been in the neighbourhood of Dudley to collect accounts for his father, and returned to Worcester by a train on the West Midland Railway, arriving here at 8.40 p.m. On leaving the Worcester station, which is in the suburbs of the city, he had scarcely got out of the station yard when he was set upon by three men, one of whom, coming behind him unawares, threw his arm round his neck, clasping him tightly, while he placed the other hand over his mouth and nose, almost suffocating him. One of his accomplices then ripped open Mr. Fleming's coat and asked for a knife, which was handed to him by the third man, and with which he cut off the left hand trousers pocket of their victim, which contained a purse with Bank of England notes, and gold and silver, making up together a sum of £220 15s. Mr. Fleming was then thrown violently to the ground, blood flowing from his mouth and nostrils, and he states that had the men held him much longer he should have been suffocated. He was found lying on the ground by a boy who gave the alarm, and a cab being obtained he was carried to the police-station, and soon recovered. A sum of £1 9s. 2d. was found in the road, but the remainder of the £220 15s. was carried off by thieves. The spot where the outrage was committed was within a stone's throw of the railway station and of houses. Cabs and cabmen are always waiting at the station, and about this time there were two trains about being despatched. The police have made no capture, though it is said parties are suspected. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—These distin guished artistes will appear at Drury-lane Theatre on the 28th of January. Many years have elapsed since Mr. Kean trod the boards of Old Drury with his eminent father, and it must be a great gratification to him to be enabled once more to appear at this national theatre, with the celebrity of which the name of Kean will ever be associated. The lessee has acceded to all the terms demanded, which are considerable, and he deserves every support from the pub lic for the additional expenditure ho has thus gone to in order to obtain the greatest available talent that can be pro cured. The friends of the great tragedian are already making up parties to secure places for the 24 nights which will form the limited period of his engagement, and to give Mr. and Mrs. Kean a thoroughly appreciative reception and hearty English farewell, previous to their immediate departure for America. The play in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will open is now arranged to be " Hamlet," and we most cordially wish the lessee every success in his bold effort to revive the legitimate drama within the hon oured walls of the theatre as illustrated by the greatest names the histrionic profession can now boast.—Era. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS,--A Telford gold medal and a council premium of books for the session of 1850 were awarded to Mr. James J. Berkeley, M. Inst. C.E., for a paper entitled, "On Indian Railways, with a description of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway." This contribution to the proceedings of the institution was written in India by the author, who is chief engineer to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company. whose ”- , s-;.o he entered in the year 1819, and whose entire scheme of railways he hai projected and constructed to their presentf advanced state of progress. The projects comprise the two celebrated railway inclines up the Syhadrees or Ghauts of Western India. One of these—the Bhore Ghaut incline— is rapidly drawing towards completion. It contains 25 tunnels through basaltic rock within the short space of 13 miles. Upwards of 32,000 men are employed upon it under Messrs. Adamson and Clowser, the managers for the well known contractors, Messrs. Tredwell. To give some con ception of the magnitude of the works, we may mention that in the month of November five tons of gunpowder per diem were consumed, and that work to the amount of £40,000 was executed in one month. The completion of this incline is urgently demanded by the commerce and population of India, and when finished will be the greatest engineering work in India, and among the most stupen dous of any age or country. Mr. Berkeley, the engineer, was a pupil of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., and enjoys the honourable distinction of a special mark of favour from that great master of his profession. GREAT FLOODS ,IN HOLLAND.—AMSTERDAM, Jan 9.—The great enemy of Holland —water—has again put forth its strength, and broken down the dams which protected households and farms from its devastations. The enormous masses of snow which have lately fallen have swollen the rivers to a fearful extent, and the streams, im peded in their course by the vast accumulations of ice which have formed in different parts of the prin cipal rivers, have burst their artificial barriers, and in their destructive career swept away houses, trees, and cattle. The wretched inhabitants of the inundated districts, driven from their homes naked and foodless iA this inclement season are in a state of destitution scarcely conceivable by those whose happy privilege it is "to live at home at ease." They never had much, but what they had is irrevocably lost; and were it not for public charity, they must die of cold and starva tion. The undrownod cattle have collected in the higher localities, whence it is impossible to rescue them, so that they remain within the narrow compass of a dam-top till, stiffened with cold, they drop dead. The whole scene is described as heartrending—beyond the power of words to describe. Liberal subscriptions are pouring in from all parts of the cowitry for the relief of the poor creatures suffering hem this great calsmity, which, I am sorry to ;),ad, is extending in ev er y di re cti o n, A LATEmT N E W S. ---s. . (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NAPLES, JAN. 12, Francis 11. has accepted the armistice. Prince Carignan has arrived here, and has been enthusiastically received by the people. The Council of Lieutenancy have tendered their resignation to Farini. The proclamation of the King has produced an excellent effect. The French fleet will leave Gaeta on the 19th inst. GAETA, JAN. 8, via Marseilles. Since Saturday last the fire of the besiegers has been terrible. After the departure of the Calabrian deputation another arrived from Naples to confer with the King. NAPLES, JAN. 12. The new Councillors of Lieutenancy have been well received in Sicily, and tranquillity is re-estab lished in the island. Prince Carignan, on his arrival at Naples, was saluted by the English fleet. NAPLES, JAN. 8, via Marseilles. A riotous assemblage has been dispersed, and numbers of the rioters, including several Muratists, have been arrested. Nearly all the troops forming the garrison of Naples have been sent into the provinces. A formidable demonstration agaiust La Farina has taken place at Palermo. La Farina had ordered the arrest of Crispi. The national guard opposed the execution of the order, and compelled the Lieutenancy Council to resign. • ROME, JAN. 8. The Pope has depatched provisions to Gaeta. The reported revision of the concordat with Austria has been denied. The Sardinians have passed through the province of Rieti, on their march against the insurgents in the Abruzzi. BERLIN, SATURDAY NIGHT. AN extra edition of the official Staats Anzeiger contains a royal degree proclaiming an amnesty for all such persons as have been found guilty of high treason, treason against the country, offences against his Majesty, crimes and offences constitut ing an abuse of the rights of citizens, and for those persons who have been convicted according to civil law for resisting the authorities of the state, or for disturbing public order. Permission to return freely is granted to those who, by taking to flight, have evaded judicial inquiry and legal judgment, and in the event of their being afterwards con demned, the Minister of Justice is to make pro posals for their pardon. The King himself will decide in the cases of those who have been con demned by military tribunals, provided the• implore pardon. PARIS, JAN. 13 (Morning). The Moniteur contains a decree convoking the Senate for the 22d of January. BERNE, lAN. 12. Austria and Bavaria have notified to the Federal Council that they decline henceforth to co-operate with Switzerland for the construction of the pro jected railway round the Bodensee. Austria gave as a reason her resolution that the loss of Lom bardy rendered it necessary that the German traffic) should now qass through the Tyrol. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 11. The second edition of the Dagblarlet publishes e warlike article, in which it recommends to Govern ment the immediate formation of armaments, and the removal of the ammunition and war materiel from Rendsburg and Holstein. It concludes by asserting that Denmark can only secure her natural allies by a courageous attitude. VIENNA, SUNDAY. The Neueste Nachrichten publishes the following news, which is received from a reliable source : " The Porte has recalled Omar Pacha from exile, and has appointed him commander•in-chief of the army, which is to be concentrated on the Danube." "Dr. NARK AND BIS' LITTLE MEN" AT ST. JAME6'S BALL. St. James's Hall was devoted on Saturday evening to an entertainment less familiar to metropolitan audiences than ts those of our great provincial cities of the north of England. The concert, if we may so call it, consisted of a selection of pieces vocal, choral, and instrumental—solos, and harmonised compositions. The entertainment was in two parts, 'and consisted of orchestral pieces from the works of Herold, Verdi, Jullien, Bellini, Meyerbeer, and Dr. Mark; and vocal and instru mental pieces by De Beriot, Braham, Sainton, H. Rus sell, A. Lee, and others, concluding with "God Save the Queen," which the " Little Men" executed with the greatest zeal and the most manifest satisfaction. Mr. Frank Reid, one of the elder boys, sang Braham's song, " The Anchor's Weighed," with such real feeling and taste as to command an encore. Four very little boys, namely, Corporal Bob Smith, Corporal Arnold, Master Leigh, and Master Kay, none of them more than six years old, played solos on their respective instruments—that is to say, the cornet, the pic colo flute, the violin, and the concertina—with much pre cision and effect. Corporal Bob Smith was especially effective on the cornet; and it seemed almost wonderful how so small a child could find wind enough for that ex hausting instrument. Master Tendal, another child of tender years, sang "Lulu" in an infantine voice, but with surprising correctness of time and tune. There was an orchestral performance of selections from" Il Trovatore " very well executed; a laughing chorus, excellently sung; a series of quadrilles; a violin solo, by Master John Beard; a cornet solo by Master Sturge—a lad who, in all probabi lity, will be one of the best players on that instrument in this country at no remote period ; a solo on the sax bass, by Master H. Donovan—a youth who bids fair to be a first rate musician also in no long time, and, above all, a capital version of "There's a Good Time Coming, Boys"—with new words by Dr. Mark—in which Corporal Bob Smith, the infantile cornet soloist above referred to, took the solo part, with his tiny treble voice, both in time and tune, chorused by the great body of his joyous young companions. There was something truly exhilarating in the music of these " Little Men ;" a freshness, a charm of youthful gleefulness difficult to define, mixed with a pleasing sur prise at the aptitude with which they have acquired much that is laborious" to "children of a larger growth." The "Little men" under the tutorship of Dr Mark, who has his residence and training school at Manchester, are about forty in number: their instruments are violin, cornet-a piston, saxhorn, flute, piccolo, double bass, concertina, &c. Dr. Mark, who himself presides at the pianoforte, has spent fifteen years in developing the idea of making music a branch of youthfill and general education in this country. To prove the practicability of his scheme, he selected forty little boys, natives of England Ireland, arid Scotland, and organised them into an orchestra. These little fellows ho clothes, lodges, boards, and instructs in music at his own cost. The experiment, judged by what we heard and saw on Saturday, is eminently successful ; and we heartily wish it good speed. The concerts of " Dr. Mark and his Little Men" deserve to be among the successes of London during their brief continuance. Periodical visits will, we are sure, be profitable to the entrepreneur and:pleasing to the.audi ences. THE AMERICAN SLAVE CASE. — The curse of Slavery extends far and near. It has come to trouble us now in our colony of Canada. The people of England have read with interest the proceedings of the Court of Queen's Bench in Canada in reference to Anderson, the fugitive slave, who is demanded under the Extra lition Treaty by the Government of the United States. We are informed that a writ of habeas corpus will be applied for here directly for the liberation of Anderson, who is supposed to be en titled to the freedom accorded to every one—not convicted of offences—throughout the territories of Great Britain. LITERATURE. ifrorld's Verdict. By the Author of " The Morals of May Fair," Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very peculiar novel, but while the story contains many painful passages, it is related with so much force and earnestness that it irresistibly fixes the attention. The description of George Rutherford is a very good one ; it exhibits in a striking manner, how a man of geod intentions can be led on to commit actual crime through vacillation and indecision. He was remarkably foolish in marrying Laura Bellayne, and he did not retrieve his act of folly by his subsequent conduct in refusing to follow the advice of his friends, and neglecting to watch his flighty companion. He accelerated the catastrophe which subsequently befel him. Then by his ill-judged haste and frantic violence he made himself the ridicule of an unfeel ing set. The character of Laura is drawn with great skill, from her first appearance in the painting room of her unhappy victim to her final exhibition in the salons at Spa. The scene between her and Lily is admirably described, and a more affectin g picture of misery on one side and cruelty on the other is rarely met with in the pages of romance. Lily was much to blame for leaving her home in so clandestine a manner. Miss Finch, though cold and stern, she knew to be a safe guardian ; and young as she was she had had sufficient ex perience in suffering to teach her wiser and better lessons than to follow the suggestions of an entire stranger. However, what there was of folly in her conduct she amply expiated in the sad year which followed her departure from Brighton. She died at the early age of eighteen a victim to the cruelty and selfishness of one who professed entire devotion to her. Lord Dicewood is an apt representative of a man of the world, in whom all feeling had been long extinguished. Had he been left to follow his own inclinations in youth, he might have led a very different career. It is not to be wondered at that, after such barbarous conduct on the part of his parents, his feelings were embittered against human nature. Janet Rutherford, with her plain style and straightforward manner, is a positive relief after the worldly cant and morbid sentimentality of some of the other personages met with. To her right was right, and wrong was wrong. However awkward or unpleasant the task she had to perform, it was always done if her conscience dictated it. Had her brother sought her advice in the two momen tous events of his life, his fate would have been very different ; but, unhappily for him, his wild ungovernable spirit would not brook the slightest ' contradiction. If Janet's discretion had guided him at first, and her high principle actuated him at the last, his home need never have been dis graced by the presence of Laura Bellayne, and above all, he would not have had the torturing conviction that he had blighted the life of the young girl who so implicitly trusted him, and sent her in sorrow to an early grave. Flamstead is a very ludicrous specimen of humanity; he is intro duced to us in the first scene, when he and Ruther ford are sitting on the cliff at Brighton. He be haved in the most absurd manner, pretending that he had acquaintance with the aristocracy of the place. At last he exclaimed, " Do let us walk some where else, I am really quite tired of bowing to all these carriages." " Bowing to the carriages you may well say," replied his friend, " for I noticed that none of the occupants returned your salutations." " The Boardinghouse at Kemp Town" is an amusing caricature of would ( be grandees assuming absurd airs of gentility. The account of the evening's entertainment there is most ludicrously narrated. This novel is sure to at tract attention from the striking events it describes, and the eloquence with which some of the most exciting scenes that can occur in human life are brought before us. Strange as this story is, it is told in so natural a manner, and the characters are drawn with such vividness, that it sometimes seems • the reproduction of actual events, and the reappear ance of real personages. " The World's Verdict" will, therefore, doubtless obtain.a great success from its constructive skill and artistic delineations. MR. BRIGHT AND 7 TIE EDINBURGH ANNUITY TAX. Mr. Bright, whose opinion had been asked rela tive to the present agitation in Edinburgh on this subject, has returned the following answer:— " Rochdale, Jan. 9, 1861. "I am glad to see that you are not willing to accept the Lord Advocate's bill or act as a settlement of the annuity tax question. A more impudent and offensive answer to a just demand was never made by representatiie or Parlia ment than his legislation of last session; and your citizens would prove themselves worthy of the treatment they have received if they consented for a single day to cease to pro test against it. In this country, however, a bad measure finds its way through Parliament more easily than a good one, and the repeal of a bad law is a difficult thing to accomplish., 6 " I trust your great and growing combination will bring you a speedy success; but I am not sure that this can be secured unless your inhabitants arp rpgolvpri to rrsic- 4- payment of the tax, whether levied by itself or as part of some other tax. There is no power greater than that of passive resistance ; and although the exercise of this power requires a strong resolution and a high degree of public virtue, yet, judging from the past history of our country, such resolution and such virtue may be looked for among the inhabitants of your city. If I were one of them, I would refuse to pay any tax or rate for the purposes of the annuity tax, and would cheerfully suffer the consequences of refu sal. If a thousand men in Edinburgh, or if a hundred men would take this course, the grievance would come to an end, and the insult offered to you would receive its fitting rebuke. _ " It is a deplorable circumstance that your representa tives betrayed your cause. Their course made it impos sible for other Scotch members successfully to resist the bill; and I need not tell you that the measure was one likely to be accepted by the Tory party in the house, with whom injustice in ecclesiastical matters seems to be an unchangeable policy. " I can take no part in the movement you have under taken, but I can and do wish you a hearty resolution, a general support from your citizens, and a complete and early success.—l am, very truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT." TEE WEATHER. Notwithstanding the weather yesterday was rather unfavourable, the Londoners, and especially the Sunday going-out portion, were determined not to be deprived of the pleasure of visiting the frozen waters in the Royal Parks, for upwards of 10,000 persons of all classes availed themselves of the oppor tunity. The thaw which commenced on Friday night and continued part of Saturday and yester day has scarcely made any impression upon the ice in the Serpentine. There were a great number of skaters also on the Long Water, and on the waters of the Regent's Park and St. James's Park. In consequence of the change in the weather which took place on Saturday, the river Medway, which had been gradually becoming blocked up with ice, was so far clear as to enable communication to be again opened betvSeen the Newstairs and Chat ham dockyard and the Wellesley, 74, and the other vessels of war in harbour. Owing, however, to the intense frost there is still a peat deal of ice in the river, and it will be some days before it has entirely disappeared. The vessels in harbour which were icebound have been enabled to leave, and im mediately the communication was made at the dockyard by the harbourmaster that the river w.s becoming clear the paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. Minchin, second master, in charge, took the Admiralty transport Aid, and the victualling trans port Ant, in tow as far as the Nore, to enable them to proceed on their voyage to the westward. On Saturday the weather underwent a change for the better in Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk. A thaw commenced on Friday night, and the thermometer having risen 10 degrees, the snow continued to waste, although not very rapidly, throughout Saturday. If the comparatively mild weather should continue, the next difficulty will be a great accumulation of water in the low lands. The wind at Portsmouth was southerly all Saturday and Sunday, and there were indications of the frost giving way. On Sunday there were slight falls of snow and sleet, and the air very cold. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A painful suicide has been committed in a village near Warminster, in the family of one of the wealthy farmers of the district, whose name we suppress. The daughter, a young lady of 22 years of age, had formed an attachment to a railway policeman, the line running not far from the house, which acquaintance her father and mother very strongly disapproved. It appears that she was in the habit of meeting this person in a cottage in the village. This transpired at home, and on the 24th ultimo, on her having dressed for walking, she was very strictly ordered by her father and mother not to enter any house at all during her walk. She disobeyed this command and went to the cottage as usual, where she had not been long when her mother, who had been on the watch, rushed in, and hurried her home. Arrived there, her father horse whipped hor, and ordered her to her bed-chamber. The next morning she did not appear at breakfast as usual, and all attempts at obtaining an answer from her room were unavailing. At last the door was forced open, and the un happy girl was discovered lying on the floor, having taken poison. The Bristol Post, which reports the case, states that the nature of the coroner's verdict was not then known, every attempt having been made to suppress the facts of this melancholy case. PALLEGED MANSLAUGHTE.R OF A WIFE AT ISLINGTON. • On Saturday night Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquiry in the coffeeroom of the Prince of Wales Tavern, Caledo nian -road, on the body of Mary Bowdell, aged 40, the wife of a labourer, who, it was alleged, died from the effects of violence inflicted upon her by her husband. The first :witness examined was Wm. Brown, a cabinetmaker, living in the front parlour of No. 7, Clayton-street, Caledonian-road, who stated that the deceased, her husband, and four children occupied the adjoining room. About half-past 10 on Mon day morning, the 7th inst., he heard a violent knocking at the doors separating the two rooms, and on proceeding there he heard Mrs. Bowdell call out, " Come in, Brown ; I'm so bad." He entered, and found her sitting on the side of the bed,dressed, but with the upper portion of her clothing open. Finding she was foaming at the mouth, and had drooped her head, he went for assistance and called a doctor. When he returned to the house he found, as he expected, that the woman was dead. He be lieved the family had been struggling for the last eight or nine months, having hardly anything to eat, and the children were running about half starved. Mr. Lamb, surgeon, of 3, Diddington-place, Cale donian-foad, said deceased had been a patient of his since Nov. 12th last. She was suffering from asthma. The day after Christmas-day he was called to attend her, and found one of her ribs broken. She told him she had been drinking the day before with her sister-in-law, and fell down. He then bound up the rib, which was the fourth on the left side. He had since made a post-mortem examination in com pany with Mr. Pearse, of Tavistock-square. There were no other marks externally than a bruise on the left eye, in opposition to which there was no extravasation of blood. He believed the immediate cause of death was from natural causes. • A little boy was here introduced, seven years of age, who made the following simple statement, being unsworn :—He said his name was Frederick William Grayston, and lived downstairs at No. 7, Clayton-street. He was in Mr. Bowdell's room on Christmas-eve, and Mrs. Bowdell was drunk. Mr. Bowdell kicked her and thumped her. It was about seven o'clock in the evening. He hit her, and kicked her in the back. He pitched her off the chair. She fell on the floor, and knocked her eye against the table. She did not do anything. She could not speak or stand after he kicked her. The husband of deceased said he was a coal porter on the Great Northern Railway, but declined to make any statement on oath, after being cau tioned by the deputy coroner. Other witnesses were then examined, who merely deposed to deceased having been heard on the Christmas-eve, but neither of them interfered. A mother of one of them was sent for on the Christ mas morning, and bound up the deceased. De ceased told her that her husband had kicked her. She also said to another person that she told the doctor she had fallen down while drunk,, and so caused the injury, but this was not the truth. A hospital nurse, temporarily staying at the house, was present at the death, and observed a large wound in the chest. She knew of no broken rib. The deputy coroner here questioned the medical witness, who said that the broken rib penetrating the lung and pleura would accelerate death. The jury felt dissatisfied with the evidence before them, and thought an adjournment would be neces sary, The Deputy Coroner agreed with them, and said he certainly expected more conclusive evidence to have been placed before the jury. The inquiry was then adjourned for a week. 21IE RECENT EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT ON TILE SEIIV.E. The account given of the extraordinary incident on the Seine the day before yesterday —a mother, Madame Bertin by name, jumping from a s i n ki ng barge, with two children in her arms, on to a piece of floating ice—was not quite correct in all its de tails. Her husband, who was in the barge next to the !'sinking one, did not content himself with throwing ropes to her, as was stated, but put off in a boat. He was, however, in spite of his efforts, unable to reach her, owing to the violence of the current and the quantities of floating ice. It was stated that the piece of ice on to which the woman jumped with the children rocked as she alighted, but she kept her footing, and remained on it until rescued. The latter part of the statement was not exact. After floating some distance, she slipped off into the water, but kept firm hold of the two children. A bargeman named Rivet, who was on board a barge called the Solferino, of Rouen, on seeing the woman and children fall into the river. jumped into a small boat and rowed to her rescue. He caught hold of her clothes, and perceiving that she was still holding the children clasped in her arms, attempted to lift her into the boat. He found her, however, too heavy, and whilst supporting her as well as he could the boat drifted with the cure rents This placed the mark hiegspit na th. ~.,roan auu cinidren, in imminent danger; but nevertheless he did all he could to encourage her, and affirmed that he would not abandon her. At length three other men, named Masson, Berton, and Lamy, arrived in a boat, and succeeded in res cuing Madame Berton and the children, and also Rivet. When they were all landed, the commissary of police of the district of the Champs Elysees, who had been informed of what had taken place, and who hurried to the spot, had the woman and child ren taken to the Cafe Alma, and there put to bed. In a little while the children had completely re covered, but the poor mother became delirious, and cried out constantly, " My children, my children." What added to the danger of her situation was that being enciente she had in the course of the night a miscarriage. The next morning, however, she was calmer, and hopes ar& now entertained that she will recover. As to the men who saved the woman and children, the commissary of police complimented all of them, and especially Rivet, on their courage. He, moreover, offered the latter a sum of 75f., to which he was entitled for having saved three per sons, but the man refused to accept it, saying that he had only done his duty.—Gatignani. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Most Noble Henry Granville Fitzalan Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Baron Fitzalan, Maltravers, Chun, and Oswaldestre, Premier Duke, Earl Marshal, and Hereditary Marshal of England, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 2d of this month by two of the executors—namely, her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk, and James Robert Hope-Scott, Esq., Q.C., D.C.L.—power being reserved to Lord Petre and Lord Stafford, the other executors nominated. The personalty was sworn under £90,000. The will bears date the 30th of May last, and a codicil on the 29th of October. His Grace died on the 25th of November, aged 45. The will is signed "Norfolk, E.M." The wit• nesses are Michael Ellison, of Beech-hill, Sheffield, gentle. man, and Marcus Smith, Sheffield, land-surveyor. The dispositions contained in his Grace's will are very few, and strictly confined to the members of his family. His Grace's children (two sons and six daughters) are all in their minority; his son and heir, now Duke of Norfolk, is only in his 13th year ; they are left under the care and guardian- ship of the Duchess and Dr. Rope-Scott, Q.C. The Duke has charged his ancestral estates with the sum of £25,000 for the benefit of the Duchess, to whom also he bequeaths all his real and personal estate. His Grace has also charged the ducal property with the further sum of £60,000 for his daughters. Thera Is no disposition in favour of, Lord Edmund Bernard Howard, his Grace's second son, the Duke assigning as his reason for omitting him there being an ample provision made for this young nobleman under the will of the late Earl of Shrewsbury, who has attached a desire accompanying it that Lord Edmund Bernard Howard should incorporate with;• his own the name of Talbot. This is the whole substance of his Grace's will, there being no other disposition of any kind whatsoever. The will of the Hon. Eliza Blackwood, of Hinde-street, Manchester-square, who died on the 12th of December last : This lady's will was proved on the sth of this month by her son, Alexander Adair Brice, Esq., the sole executor. The personal property, sworn under £30,000, together with the realty, she has, with a few exceptions, bequeathed to her son absolutely, appointing him the residuary legatee. The testatrix leaves an annuity of £2O to a domestic ser vant, and a legacy of £2O to another. This lady's first husband was Colonel Brice; and her 'second husband, whom she survived upwards of 27 years, was the Hon. and Rev. John Blackwood (uncle to Price Blackwood, the fourth Baron Dufferin, a Captain, R.N.).—.ll4.Btrated Lon don News. The present advises from Shanghai mention that the Yang-tse is infested by pirates, and that another gun boat had been despatched for their destruction. The lugger Chance had just been brought into port, having been fallen in with by her Majesty's ship Pioneer, after the whole of her cargo had been plundered and half her crew killed. In addition to the gold ships previously men tioned, the Clutha sailed from Geelong for London on the IGth November, IN ith 23,755 ounces, worth £95,000, making the total on the way hither £686,000. The Pungolo states that General Turr left Genoa for Caprera in a government steamer, and that he was charged by the king, with whom he had a long and confi dential interview in Turin, with a conciliatory message for Garibaldi. You would be very pretty, indeed," said a gentleman patronisingly to a young lady, if your eyes were only a little larger." "My eyes may be very small ; sir, but such people go ycq gQne . fig them." At Bank cent. 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