The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. • Harrison, Sole Lessees. TEM EVENING. Mellon's Opera of VICTORINE. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwal, Mr. e, Mr. H. Haigh, Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. G. Hormastle. 11. Core With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. Bolen°, H. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Bolen° and Clara Morgan. Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, Szo. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with DOES HE LOVE ME ? Miss Vandeleur, Miss Fanny Stir ling; Bubble, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright. Commence at 7. VOYAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- IcAsee and Manrwer, Mr. A. Harris. _1 THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE CORSICAN BROTFIERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. After which. a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kth of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Hr. A. F. Forrest. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE -ROYAL. •-r••• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Boni- Webster. THIS EVENING, AN UGLY C Mis USTR. Kelly, and Mess r Miss E. s. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Virarde ; sK. Thorne. Atter which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing,ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled ELITE BEARD FROM A N - EW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and V. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls. :s. • pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6 d. ; Amphitheatre , Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM, Soic Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vininfr. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart, and Mrs. .T. Rouse. Atter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza , CRYSTA BELLE : or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing, ERE VISION . OF A ROSE. ITS FA AT EVE, AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD I3RIAR. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr. John Drew. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE._ Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY. By particular the Grand Juvenile Fete 221wil,take place to-morrow (Friday), 11th, commencing at o clock with the Pantomime. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled yTTE LION CONQUF,ROR ; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction ot the Wonders of the World, "The Groune 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 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 Ilarlequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at halt-Fast ti, performance commenoe at 7. RAM-Office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL. Open Every Evenincr at !even. GRAND SELECTIONS , ' from LA FIGLIA DEL REGI MENTO (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA and MARTHA. Principal Artistes Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Miss TYRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI. Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONGTIMANS. The Comic Department comprises 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 TI RAVEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view until 12 o'clock at Night. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. OPERA, DRAMA. BURLESQUE, and PANTOMIME. EVERY EVENING. Clown aTColumbine Mr. E. MARSHALL. Harlequin Pantaloon .. SPRITES, by the celebrated BROTHERS CONRAD. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIB DAY.—Morning, lh. 9m.—Afternoon, lh. 36m. To-Tit our ow.-Morninz, lh. 58m.—Afternoon, !2h. 53m. THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 10, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 31—highest since noon yesterday. 20 —lowest this morning and during the night. 23—this day at noon. BAnomETER-30.34. WIND Nowhere ; but a thick fog—so dense that London is darkness-invisible. :4 Pa ' l7 ~.1.1 7 4 - q...„kit73 • t, , ,,,, -- x.,. THE SUN. LO4DON, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1881 Events are yet going well with the Allies in China—according to the new Telegram just received, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, now bringing us news, from Shanghai up to the 21st, from Foochow-foo up to the 22d, and from Canton up to the 29th of last November. The Treaty already known (by the last mails) to have been exchanged and ratified, we now learn had, (when these new advices left) been posted up on the walls of Pekin for the edification of the Pekinese. Not only had this been done in evi l. deuce of the completeness of the final pacification, but, as an assurance of this still more significant, the Allied armies had withdrawn from the Chinese Capital, had marched back from the scene of their victories, and had even returned so far and so fast that their headquarters were again fixed temporarily at Tien-ts;n by the 17th of November. There—at Tien-tsin—her MAJESTY'S Envoy to China, the Hon: Mr. BnycE, brother of the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE, will remain (we now hear) until the spring of 1861 shall have arrived. Preparations being actively made meanwhile in the city of Pekin for his reception there as the resident British Ambassador. One European diplomatist, i. e. the Russian, having already so far availed himself of the new order of things brought about by the Allied Armies, as to fix his quarters at Pekin (even before the approach o f spring, and apparently before the return of the EMPEROR) en permanence. Not one syllable says the Telegram as to the where abouts of the late fugitive EMPEROR of the Chinese —not one hint is given as to his intention of re turning to his capital after his somewhat humiliat ing flight into the wilds of Manchouria! If th e tidings from China now brought to us in anticipa tion of the on-coming mail are dumb as to ths movements of the Tartar Sovereign —they are cer tainly not :silent as to the movements of the The_ ping Revolutionists. According to t his last Telegram, the rebels were again threatenin.g Shanghai and Ningpo, where the greatest trirror was excited by the formidable character of their hostile demonstrations. We heartily trust that, in regard to these civil commotions in the Chinese empire, the Allies will hold themselves altogether aloot--preserving their allegiance (in China as elsewhere) to the principle of non-inter vention. Conspicuous among the more welcome fragments of information now brought to us by the electric avant courier of the Overland Mail, are the intima tions—first of all, that permissionhas been granted for our vessels to trade in the inland waters, and, secondly, that trade is opened to us in all the great Chinese outports. As a pleasant little fragment of news, the latest ad dition to the fashionable intelligence ! comes flashing to us the information that, hence forth, there is to reside in London, duly accredited to the Court of St. James's, no less a personage than a veritable Mandarin, in his diplomatic capacity as the Chinese Ambassador ! While we are looking for and talking about tl e withdrawal of the French Fleet from before Gaeta, does it not striae one as utterly ridiculous that upon any pretext whatever, the French Fleet should have been sent . there at all ? Here is a great nation that not so very long since despatched a couple of hundred thousand men into Nor' hern Italy for the purpose of fighting a succession of pitched battles in behalf of the very cause that that nation has latterly been impeding so perversely in Southern Italy—namely, through the presence of those war vessels off Gaeta, under the command of Admiral LE BABBLER DE TINAN. Never was anything more outrageously inconsistent. No wonder can it possibly be to any one, that a policy resulting in a course so flagrantly tortuous and anomalous, should be regarded far and wide, as it has been regarded, as it is still regarded, with ineradicable suspicion ! No wonder that the old doubts as to the sincerity of the professed Liberator of Italy should still keep alive. Until a simpler, plainer, manlier, and in every way more comprehensible policy than that applied by the Government of France to the affairs of Italy has been adopted, it is the merest farce and the merest folly to talk of the ruler of France as the Liberator of Italy—of Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic—of Italy for the Italians throughout the whole length and breadth of the Roman Peninsula. Liberator of Lombardy NAPOLEON 111. may assume to be and - certainly was. The victories of Montebello, of Magenta, of Solferino attest it upon the page of history in characters sufficiently "resplen dent. But—Liberator of Italy ! The mere pre tentien sounds ludicrously. To " point the moral"—alas! by nomeans to " adorn the tale"—of the Italian war of Liberation, one has only to remember the Imperial interview and subsequent pacification at Villafranca. That startling compro mise 'that came as so egregious an entire climax after the magnificent Milan Proclamation ! There it was that that redoubtable champion of the Italians not less conspicuously than the ideal of Fear, in COLLINS'S Ode to the Passions— "BACK RECOILED-11E X.NZNY NOT WIIT-- Ei AT THE SOUND HIMSELF HAD MADE 1" Since when—the Italians (in whose cause France under the guidance of NAPOLEON 111. had taken up arms with such apparently chivalrous magnanimity) the Italians (heartened to the combat by the tem porary co-operation of the French armies) were abandoned to fight it out as best they could, were left wholly and entirely to themselves. Nay, not only was the aid of France withdrawn alto gether from the very cause that the French soldiers had at the outset of the war so vigorously and triumphantly championed, but eventually—when the game seemed to have fallen too entirely into the hands of GARIBALDI and VICTOR EMMANUEL— when the soldiers of FRANCIS 11. of Naples had been swept en masse from the Sicilian soil—when Naples itself had been entered in triumph by the Great Adventurer—when the fugitive King had been driven to bay in the last corner of his lost dominions, then—forsooth, France, of all the Powers of Europe, France ! must interpose for the prevention of the completion of the victories won first of all separately, and then together and in unison, by the Sardinians and the Gari balians ! The inconsistency of all which proceed ings, on the part of the Government of NAPOLEON 111., it requires not one word to demonstrate. The facts speak for themselves. Either the French ought never to have crossed the Ticino and advanced upon Milan, and torn Lombardy from Austria, and handed it over to Piedmont —or, having done all this, the French Fleet, under Admiral LE BARBIER DE TINAN, ought never to have permitted the interruption of the consequent and companion victories won in the South of Italy by the Italians themselves—by appear ' ing off the beleagured town of Gaeta. Nothing whatever can reconcile those two wholly incongruous proceedings. They are antago nistic in principle—they are as diametrically op posed to each other, as black is opposed to white, as night to day, as light to darkness. And beholding these anomalous issues of the French poliey in Italy, the other nations of Europe who are looking on at the progress of these events as dispassionate, but at the same time as profoundly interested spectators, cannot but put their own con struction upon the spectacle. It cannot but be remembered by them, for instance, that even when the power of the Government at Turin had been enhanced merely by the absorption into the expanding Kingdom of Northern Italy, of Lombardy, of Parma, of Modena, and -of Tuscany, that even then France had become so jealous of the neighbour she herself had helped to this early development, that Savoy and Nice were extorted, were taken from Piedmont and added to France, by way of compensation ! Again—it cannot but be borne also in vivid recollec tion, that there was, and is still, the EMPEROR'S cousin, the Prince NAPOLEON, wholly unprovided for ! That most uncomfortable of imperial mortals —A Prince At Large! This same Prince NAPO LEON, cousin of the Emperor NAPOLEON, having, moreover, had the mortification of passing through the war of 1859 rather under a cloud, to say the least of it, as the subject of a somewhat painful and partially ludicrous disap pointment!! For during the brilliant campaign conducted by his cousin, the EMPEROR—while GARIBALDI with a mere handful of men was winning glory to himself by his: feats of arms in the far north of Lombardy (feats of arms disingenuously unnoticed by the Imperial Com mander-in-Chief)—was not Prince NAPOLEON (don't we recollect the ridiculous incident ?) dawdling slowly up from the direction of Leghorn and Florence, just in time to be too late ! When the EMPERORS had met in that little roadside-house at Villafranca, and had chatted together so agree ably across the green baize table, FRANCIS JOSEPH pulling the flowers to pieces, and NAPOLEON 111. smoking his cigarettes, while they conversed ! These things are not forgotten. The remem brance of them helps to throw a light upon the recent position of things off Gaeta. As also by the way does the remembrance of yet another of the cousins of the reigning Emperor of the FRENCH—meaning that Prince Joienim MURAT, who, for want of something else to do (for he, too, is another specimen of that most uncomfortable of mortals A Prince At Large) has but just now gone to Berlin to condole with, and felicitate, the new King of PRUSSIA that Prince JOACHIM MURAT who may not unreasonably be presumed to have a covetous eye askance at the Kingdom of Naples, to the detriment (if he could but accomplish his wishes !) of the hopes and the ambition in that direction of the " King of Italy," VICTOR EMMANUEL Il Re Galantuomo Ah, there are many tempting morsels there in that fair land of Italy ! And NAPOLEON 111. has tasted the sweets of annexation in Savoy and Nice. And he has his army firmly established there, in the central point of all, in the Eternal City itself. And Prince MURAT has (as we have said) an eye to Naples. And Prince NAPOLEON has his eye to Tuscany. And so, among other kindred reasons, has it come to pass that the French fleet has been loitering all this while off Gaeta ! Lessons to Legislators are the order of the day. First, Messrs. MONCRIEFF and BLACK had theirs at Edinburgh, Which they did not take very meekly at the time, and since then a pamphlet in their cause has given fresh offence. Then MO HousMAN received two lessons at Stroud—the first instructing him in the unsoundness of his Parliamentary practice last session, but the latter distinctly informing him that he no longer repre sented the views of those who sent him to Parlia ment. And finally, tho Scotch metropolis returns to the work of instruction, and informs their mem bers— " That this meeting strongly disapprove of the conduct of the Lord Advocate and Mr. BLACK, as members for the City, in pressing the said bill through Parliament, not withstanding the decided opposition of their constituents, as expressed in public meetings and by petitions ; and in the absence of any petition from any portion of the citizens in its favour." embers of the House of Commons VIA do well to remember this when the Church-rate struggle is renewed next session. Like the An nuity Tax, it is a compulsory tax for Religion, and a tax, in the majority of cases, for no services rendered. A suggestion, prompted we suppose by the Lord ADVOCATE'S apparent success, has been made, that Church-rates should be taken from a general parish rate, as the annuity rate is to be from the Police-rate. The fate of such open roguery is now apparent. Edinburgh will be as unquiet as ever, and at the first opportunity, unless the Tories support the recreant Whigs, will doubt less cashier the members who have presumed on their credulity, and on their submission to mis representation. May their fate be a timely warning to all waverers. A resolution which was carried by the whole meeting rising en masse, amidst a perfect storm of applause. The former meeting, it will be remembered, was to a considerable extent a carefully packed one, yet the Lord Provost could not decide with certainty whether the original resolution or the condemnatory amend ment was carried. It was thought necessary, there fore to call a perfectly public meeting in the same place, the Music Hall, which holds about 1,500 per sons ; the members and their friends were, how ever, offered half the platform if they chose to accept it. The members, however, doubtless well knowing which way the wind was pretty sure to blow, ex cused themselves on the ground that the terms of the requisition calling the meeting were " unwar ranted," and that " they had expressed their opi nions." The precise object of the meeting was to consider what steps should be taken in consequence of the passage of the Annuity Tax Act of last ses sion; the Lord Provost again presided, and the practical resolution of the meeting, which we give entire, was— " That a petition to the House of Commons, signed by the Chairman in name of the meeting, praying for the pass ing of a bill which shall repeal the Act of last session, and after duly securing the stipends of existing incumbents, shall provide for the total abolition of any tax for their suc cessors, as was proposed by Mr. MACK'S Bill, the principle of which was twice affirmed by the House of Commons on the second reading—first by a majority of 216 to 176, and afterwards by a majority of 169 to 108; and that tho peti tion be forwarded to ALEXANDER MURRAY DUNLOP, Esq., M.P., for presentation." Lady Crampton, the wife of Sir John Crampton the British envoy at St. Petersburg, was presented lasl week at the Imperial court, and received by the Empress with the most flattering marks of grace and favour. Lady Crampton, it will be remembered, was our charming young vocalist, Miss Victoire Balfe, who was withdrawn by her marriage from an artistic career which promised to be extraordinary brilliancy. It is believed that the report of the Bank of France having parted with between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000 of bullion since the date of the last monthly re• turn will prove correct. The advices from Manchester state that the movement to 7 per cent. by the Banks of England and France has occasioned a much more desidod suspension of all but indispensable business in yarns and goods than was observable after the rise from 6to 6 per cent. last week. It is added, however, that there is no alarm and no pressure to sell among spinners and manufacturers. nom Liver- pool yesterday the telegram shows that the cotton market has been affected only in a slight degree. Several cargoes of grain are now on their way from California to this country, which have been shipped at prices that, according to our present rates, will leave a large profit. THE RECTORY OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.- Yesterday the Grocers' Company, with whom the right of presentation rested on this occasion, conferred the rectory of St. Stephen's Walbrook, and St. Benet Sherehog, which had become vacant by the recent death of Dr. Croly, upon the Rev. Wm. Windle, M.A., of Magdalen-hall, Oxford, Vicar of Kirtling, near Newmarket, in the diocess of Ely, and formerly curato of Putney. _ . We have authority for saying that there is no truth in the statement which has appeared in some lega] journals to the effect that Mr. Phinn, Q,C., is about to pro ceed in a judicial capacity to Madras. We believe that the appointment was offered to, but at once declined by the learned gentleman. We certainly think the City of Edinburgh has been very badly used, both by the House of Com mons, and more especially by its own members. Scotch affairs do not indeed generally interest the English public much, and undoubtedly the Scotch are abundantly able to look after their own business. When it becomes, however, a question of votes in the House of Commons, they of course need the aid of liberal English votes on liberal 'questions. This they had on two occasions, when Mr. BLACK'S Bill, which was substantially a good one, was sup ported on two occasions by large majorities. But when the English Liberals saw the two members for Edinburgh, the place which the bill concerned, agreeing to drop the first bill and to present them with a second, and those two members, also, avowed Liberals, what could they think ? They must suppose that they were carrying out the popular wish in turning round with Mr. BLACK, and sup porting a bill founded on a principle diametrically opposed to his own. Mr. BLACK'S first bill was an Abolition Bill, reserving the interests of the present beneficiaries under the tax. The Lord Advocate's Bill is a permanent Endowment Bill ; it lessens the charge by diffusing it over a wider surface, but it provides for the perpetual endowment, at the cost of the citizens of Edinburgh of a favoured portion of the clergy. VOLUNTEERING IN IRELAND.—On like princi ples something may fairly be said in favour of a volunteer army for Ireland. That one portion of the British Islands should be deemed unworthy a privilege freely accorded to all the rest, is a conclusion which nothing short of moral certainty should tempt any one seriously to affirm. Yet, whenever the subject is mooted among English- Now, this is surely bad, indefensibly bad. The inhabitants of Edinburgh, who derive no benefit whatever from the ministrations of the state Church clergy, were honourably, we might say men, some such conclusion is commonly stated as a thing of course, in the shape of an allusion, jocular or scornful, to the pugnacious habits of Kil kenny cats. It is idle to dispute that Ireland is still in some respects an exceptional country, where landlord shooting is not yet unknown, and faction fights have not wholly passed " into a dream of things that were." But surely, in this year of grace, there are at least a few bright spots amid the surrounding darkness—a few homes of peace and happy promise glimmering amid the ruin caused by centuries of barbarism, strife, and misrule. Is Irish loyalty reflected only in the columns of the Nation, or Irish pa triotism embodied in the speeches of Archbishop Cullen and the Pope's Brigade ? The only way to make men trust worthy is to show that you trust them, and the surest way of making Ireland loyal is to treat her as if you reckoned on her loyalty. Le her feel that England expects her to share the honour and the risk of defending both countries from foreign invasion, and there are few of her sons who will not readily and warmly answer to the call. To keep up any needless listinction between realms so long united under one Crown, is merely to strengthen the hands of the riotous and ill-affected few at the expense of the loyal and peaceful many.—Dublin University Magazine. Two COLLIERIES ON FIRE.—On Monday morn ing, the colliery of Messrs. Knowles and Co., known by the name of Cockey Moor Pit, Radcliffe, was discovered to be on fire. Mark Todd, the manager, immediately exerted himself to save the lives of the miners. It was supposed that there were übout 60 in the pit, and they all succeeded in making their escape, some of them with great difficulty. The manager dragged one person to the eye of the pit, when he was in a very exhausted condition. It was ascertained that all the colliers were safe, but the manager, contrary to the wishes of the rest, was determined to save the life of a pony. In making the attempt he was suffocated, and on Tuesday evening the body had not been recovered. The coal at the bottom of the pit was still on fire. The unfortunate man has been seen several times; but it was not considered possible to reach him with safety. He was lying on his back, and appeared to be much die figured.--At an early hour on Tuesday morning a fire was discovered in a coalpit at Bank Top, Rawmarsh, near Rotherham. The colliery is the property of Earl Fitz william. Information was sent to Rotherham for assistance, which was promptly despatched. Every effort was made to subdue the flames, but, up to Tuesday night, without mate rial success. The origin of the fire is not known. It is ascribed by some to incendiarisM, and by others to acci dental causes.—. Manchester Guardian. A BOY SHOT BY HIS BROTHER.—A sad accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the village of Shirhanap ton, near Bristol, at the house of Henry Heaven, a mason, who has also a grocer's shop, conducted by his wife. During the absence of their parents Henry William Heaven, a boy 11 years of age, a little girl, and Daniel James Heaven, a child three years old, were playing together. A loaded gun, from which the percussion-cap had been re moved from the nipple, was in the room, which the elder boy took up, and, perceiving there was no cap on it, ho searched his father's desk and found some which had been left there. Having possessed himself of one, he placed it on the nipple of the gun, which he levelled at his little brother and fired. The muzzle being almost close to the poor child the entire charge entered his head, and death was instantaneous. The elder brother, in his grief and terror, shrieked for assistance, and tried to drag the bleed ing corpse out of the room, hoping that something might be done to restore life. The cries of the children and the re port of the gun alarmed the neighbours, who, on entering the house, discovered the sad scene. Information of the occurrence was at once given to the police, by whom the necessary steps for holding a coroner's inquest were taken. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—A shocking catastrophe happened at Barnwood on Saturday evening last. George Jones, a gardener's labourer, aged 36 years, was out shoot ing with George Beard, the son of his employer; each was provided with a gun, and it appears that they were walking one on each side of a hedge in search of birds. Beard, being unable to see any birds, .asked Jones to hold his gun while he got through the hedge, and for that purpose handed the gun across to him with the barrel pointed upwards. He was just in the act of getting over himself when a blackbird flew into the hedge, and Jones handed him back the gun, holding the barrel towards himself and thrusting the stock into the hedge ; a piece of stick slightly raised the hammer, and it fell and discharged the gun, the contents entering his body. Beard ran for assistance, and a man named Frederick Greensill, who happened to be sporting in the same locality, immediately came up, when J ones was found to have expired. It appeared that the hammer of the gun was easily raised. No blame seems to attach to Beard, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.—Gloucester Chronicle. NAVAL RESERVr.—An interesting event, which attracted a large concourse of spectators, occurred at the east end of the metropolis on Saturday last. J. J. Foote, a member of the Royal Naval Volunteers, having died sud denly when at drill on board H.M.S. Brilliant, his com rades resolved that his remains should be interred with be coming ceremony, and followed to the grave by the mem bers of that force. Accordingly the Volunteers at present on drill and others in London, to the number of upwards of 150, having subscribed sufficient funds and engaged two of the Volunteer Rifle bands, made suitable arrangements and marched after the corpse four deep, wearing crape on their uniform caps, with flags furled and reversed, the band playing the Dead March in Saul. The coffin was covered with the union jack, and the volunteer cap of the deceased thereon, and the procession was joined by many other sea men, the whole affair being conducted with great order and decorum. The procession returned in the same order, with bands playing and colours flying, and the orderly appear ance of this fine body of seamen excited the admiration of the inhabitants throughout the long lino of march from Limehouse to Bow. This and other demonstrations of the reserve seamen show a disposition to uphold the respecta bility of the force, which now embraces upwards of 3,000 prime seamen of approved capacity and character, available and reliable whenever serious occasion may require their services. The formation of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was only commenced in Jan., 1860, under an act of the previous session. Owing to the prejudices and dis trust of merchant seamen it made slow progress at first, but a great change in this respect has taken place. It has become popular in many ports, the prejudice is wearing away fast, and volunteers are now enrolling at the rate of 100 per week. 'When it is considered that the force is com posed of prime seamen, averaging 25 years of age, the majo rity of them already partially drilled and competent to the duties of petty officers and able seamen, of which there are .not more than from 200 to 300 in each ship of the line in commission, it is gratifying to know that we already pos sess the means of augmenting our existing naval force by the addition of several ships, that it has now assumed con siderable proportions, and is increasing fast, so that all ap prehension on the score of promptly manning s a fleet is allayed for the future. • generously, willing to pay the clergy so useless to them, the salaries they had hitherto enjoyed. Surely that was enough. No one would then be injured in mind, body, or estate: But the State Church, which, since the disruption s is confessedly but a small minority of the people, with the cor porate greed which distinguishes all endowed bodies, and in spite of the noble ex ample of the far more numerous Free churches of Edinburgh, cajoled the LORD ADVO. CATE, Mr. BLACK, and the British House of Par liament, into an arrangement for providing in perpetuity a number of fat livings for their clergy at the cost of the whole city. This is, incontro vertibly, the general aspect of this dirty business, equally disgraceful to the old State Church and to those who forced the bill through a House of Com mons, too ignorant, we fear, of its real character. In all essentials Ministers' Money in Ireland stood in the same position as the Edinburgh Annuity Tax—it was a saddling all the inhabitants of several Irish towns with the support of the clergy of the minority. Yet that tax was repealed. The corporations, to their honour, could not be induced to levy it, and it was given up. The LORD ADVOCATE was more crafty. He has contrived that the Annuity Tax rate and the Po lice rate shall be one. The State clergy are classed, very properly in one respect, with Mr. X, 21—for, like Mr. X, 21, they propose to live by coercion. Unable to gain the good-will of their fellow-citi aene they are yet determined to have their money ; and, therefore, with the police they go. Mr. MON CREIFF and Mr. BLACK think they have done a good thing for the 18 clergymen with empty churches in Edinburgh, when they have ranked them with those whose business it is to arrest. felons, to consign them to gaol, and to keep our pockets and our houses safe. As the police had to be so largely employed to distrain on those whose man hood and religion alike rebelled against this imposition hitherto, perhaps it was thought better to wed the clergy and police for good—and to merge the exactions of the former in the just and necessary demands of the latter. The thing to be most regretted is, perhaps, the pollution of the police-rate. By thousands it will never be paid now without a sense of iujnstice. It is really too bad to render a useful tax obnoxious 'inersly to satisfy an unworthy ecclesiastical love of greed. But, how such a superficial silly trick as their veiling the tax under another name, could really be held likely to quiet intelligent Scotchmen, does, after all, pass our comprehension. The citizens of Edinburgh would deserve contempt if they could put up with a device so craftily meant, but really such an insult to their understandings. If they do not resent the impost all the more, and feel more than ever that they are made fools before the whole empire, till the tax is repealed, we have much mistaken the long-headed citizens of the Scotch capital. We are glad to see that the Legislature has not heard the last of this business. We hope our Scottish friends will push it vigorously. They have clear right on their side, and if they be but united and firm, succeed they certainly will. This is not the age for maintaining payments for minis ters and worship from which the ratepayers never profit ; nor, indeed, for maintaining any payments in defiance of the grand principle of .Religious Equality. This is the creed to which Govern ments are tending, because electors are tend ing to it. The age of compromises is gone by.. Abolition is now the watchword. THE SUN, ?!,LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1861. A correspondent of a contemporary says,—l observe an inquiry from your correspondent, " Philolog," as to the meaning of the term "loot." It is simply the Hindustani for plunder. Noun, " loot," plunder ; verb, " lootna," to plunder. This is one of the many examples of Hindustani words generally used in English conversation in India, which gradually conic into use at home, amongst the oldest and most familiar of which is perhaps the slang terra " That's the cheez," for " That's the thing," " cheez" being Hindustani for " thing," Except in cases of great abbreviation, or where there is no English word to convey the meaning we require, the introduction of foreign words into our own language, whether Hindustani or French, may be considered merely affectation. I cannot conclude, however, without noticing perhaps the most sensible example we have of the adoption of an Indian term, viz., for our tele graphic message. I was much amused a short time ago at the immense amount of learned dis quisition, especially in the Times, on the word telegram, the real origin of which I have often felt surprised at not having seen in print. Any one who has been in India must remember the curious pronunciations by natives of many English proper names, as well as of other words for which they have no translation in Hindustani; generally abbreviating a long difficult expression, and sometimes even changing altogether the pro nun c:ation. On the introduction of the telegraph into India, there being no Hindustani word, the natives were obliged to attempt English, and the easiest way they could manage to pronounce telegraphic mes sage was " telegram." This being an easy abbrevia tion was at once picked up and adopted by the English in India, and then came home in the same way that we got" loot" from India, and now again 7rom China. STATE OF 2.RADE. LEICESTER, Jan. 9.—There has 'been very little doing in the hosiery trade this week ; very few orders are being received, and, indeed, not much is expected to be done for a few weeks. In Lough borough and the country districts trade is flat, and many of the operatives both in Leicester and the neighbourhood are unemployed. Yarns holdup in price, but are not much in demand. The wool market is firm. NOTTINGHAM, 9th--There is very little altera tion in the state of the lace trade; the improve- ment, if any, is of a very gradual character. A slight movement is perceptible in the fancy trade, and there is expected to be a better demand for all sorts of goods shortly. A little continues tobe done in plain sorts used for foundation purposes. Buyers, however, are purchasing in very limited qualities both for home and foreign purposes. There is a good deal of distress amongst the operatives, as nothing is made except to order, or what is really saleable. In hosiery there is no improvement perceptible; numbers of hands are being discharged, and a good deal of machinery is at a stand. Mr. Brewster progresses favourably under his recent accident. It is hoped that amputation of the hand may not be necessary. We (Edinburgh Courant) learn with deep regret that the health of Lieut. -Colonel Sir H. L. Playfair is such as to be the subject of serious anxiety to his friends. THE FELLOWSHIP AT ALL SOULS' COLLEGE. — The hearing of this appeal was resumed this morning, and was proceeding when we went to press. DOVER, Wednesday,—The Salacia, of London, Captain Pynes, laden with coals, from Shields for Dieppe, foundered off Whitby on Tuesday. Tho captain and crew were landed by the Pilot cutter, and are safe at the Dover Sailors' Home. RABBIT SHOOTING.—The following letter has been received by a resident here from the Inland Reve nue Office :—" Sir, —Having laid before the board your letter of the 21st inst., I am to acquaint you, in reply, that the board, of course, cannot interfere in any question be tween landlord and tenant, but the sth section of the act 23 and 24 Vic., c. 90, undoubtedly permits the taking and destroying of conies without license in Great Britain by the proprietor of any warren, or of any inclosed ground whatever, or by the tenants of lands, either by himself or by his or her direction or permission.--31aidstone Journal. THE EXTRADITION QUESTION.—Ii we once per mit ourselves to be ousted from this view, any foreign nation with which we may have an extradition treaty may foist on us twenty arbitrary definitions of the crime of mul► der, and compel us to be reluctant instruments of their tyranny. What would become of the political refugees on our shores if this adverse doctrine should prevail ? Great Britain would soon be found emulous of the recent infamy of Saxony. After all, it is less disgraceful to give up a Hungarian refugee to the tender mercies of the Austrian Emperor and his police, than to deliver a fugitive slave into the hands of a Missouri slave-owner. We await in extreme anxiety the arrival of they next mail that we may know if the appeal in Anderson's ease has been allowed.—Once a Week. BALLAST AT CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS.—" British Consulate, St. Vincent, Cape de Verde Islands, Dec. 19, 1860.—Sir,--I have the honour to state that, in consequence of sundry complaints having been made to me by the mas ters of British vessels regarding the want of facilities and despatch in the supply of ballast at this port, under the late monopoly system, I addressed a letter to the governor general of this province, on the 17th September, on this subject, and laid before him the representations which had been made to me complaining of the system. I have now the honour to report that the monopoly which existed is now abolished, and that the supply of ballast for the future is open to competition, and that the Municipal Chamber will levy a rate of 200 reis (10id.) per ton on each ton of ballast shipped.—l have, &c., HOMAS MILLER, a B.M.'s Consul.—To the Secretary of the Board of Trade, Marina Department, London." THE ACCIDENT AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—Mr. W. Batty has received a letter from the father of Smith, the young man who was killed at the above theatre on Monday morning last, in which he expresses his desire to see the last of his poor son, but complains of his poverty as an ob stacle to his undertaking the long and expensive journey from Landport, near Portsmouth, were he resides. Mr. Batty, who is deeply grieved at the ocuerrence, from the first moment readily promised to defray all the expenses connected with the funeral, and immediately fur:iished the unhappy father with sufficient funds to enable him :0 reach London and provide himself with every requisite m2der such melancholy circumstances. The incitiest is adjourned until Monday next, when the fallacious report about the crushed jaw will be thoroughly refuted. That death was instantaneous there can be no doubt, although the lion does not appear to have lacerated the flesh with the inten • tion of devouring the man. CHATHAM, JAN. 9.—Although an order has been given by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief for the whole of the recruiting parties, with the exception of one of each regiment, to join their depots at this garrison, recruiting is, nevertheless, still proceeding exceedingly briskly, and several hundred men have arrived at the garri son during the last month to join the various East India regiments. During yesterday and to-day about 50 young men arrived at Chatham and the hut barracks, chiefly from the London, Bristol, and Liverpool districts, to join various depots. In consequence of the recent order for the reduc tion of the depot companies, the whole of the officers and men of the several regiments at this garrison, above the proper complement, will be despatched to India to join their head-quarters early in the present year. There are some regulated pleasures this month; as the Twelfth Night celebration., Plough Monday, and the holiday hunting from the Squire's mansion. We see the shops gay and tempting with Twelfth-cakes, and all manner of garnishing. We see the rural labourers, in old fashioned districts, feasting and dancing to celebrate the first act of tillage for the new year. On dry mornings, when a touch of frost edges with rime the brown oak leaves and the green laurel, or the shining ivy, we hear the well known tramp on the resounding road, and see the scarlet coated gentry converging towards the meet ; and great is the fun when every lad who has a pony, and every bird boy who can command a donkey for an hour, scampers off to swell the rout.—" January," in Once a Week. THE COAL SUPPLY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The quantity of coal and coke carried into the metropolis for the year ending January 1 shows an enormous increase on preceding years. No less than 1,477,645 tons 16 owt. have been conveyed from various parts of England to London by the railways having access thereto, the London and North-Western and the Great Northern carrying the vast proportion. The following is the actual tonnage of each railway company :—The London and North- Western, 693,418 tons Newt. ; Great Northern, 502,813 tons 14cwt.; Eastern Counties, 121,225 tons 16cwt. ; Great Western, 63,944 tons ; Midland, 58,490 tons ; South-Western, 17,589 tons 6 cwt. ; South-Eastern, 14,585 tons 8 cwt. ; Hertford Luton, and Dunstable, 4,416 tons 19 cwt. ; London, Til bury, and Southend, 958 tons ; and the London and Brighton, 104 tons, Of this aggregate one-ninth has been produced from the Clay-cross pits, near Chesterfield. For the year the seaborne importation has been 3,573,377 tons, brought by 11,226 ships, against 3,299,170 tone by 10,693 ships being an increase of 274,207 tons and 533 ships. The experience of January, with its vicissitudes of weather, ought to be enough to warn us against ever again allowing rapid and extreme alternations of weather to do us more mischief than is unavoidable. It should not bo in the power of a speedy thaw after snow to lay under water more than a very small proportion of the soil of Great Britain ; but while we let our low-lying rivers swell to the level of their banks in ordinary weather, an descending streams choke their own channels, we must expect the,wned lands, diseased cattle, dr.rap dwelling's, the sweep of the fever, and a rheumatic and consumptive labouring population,—" January," in Once a Week, ILArI EhT NEWS.! (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CHINA. SHANGHAI, Nov. 21. The intelligence from the north is unimportant. The treaty has been posted on the walls of Pekin. The allied army and its headquarters reached Tien tsin on the 17th November, where the Hon. Mr. Bruce will remain until the spring. Troops are leaving daily, proceeding down the river. The Russian Ambassador is established at Pekin. Mr. Adkins is preparing for the reception of Mr. Bruce. A Chinese representative is to reside in England. All the important Chinese ports are open to trade. The rebels are again threatening Shanghai and Ningpo. The greatest alarm prevails. CANTON, NOV. 29. Permission has been granted to foreign steamers to trade in the inland waters. FOO-CHOW-FOO, Nov. 22. Civil disturbances are anticipated. SINGAPORE, DEC. 7. The William Kirk has been lost in Forres Straits. The crew were saved. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Nov. 24. Intelligence from New Zealand announces that a desperate engagement was fought at Mahoetulu on the 6th of November, resulting in the com plete defeat of the natives and the death of their head chief. The Melbourne markets have greatly improved. The following are the departures of gold ships since the last month The Wellesley The Strathedon The Essex .. 14,845 „ The Champion of the Seas.. 9,154 „ Export of wool, 16,851. ADELAIDE, Nov. 26. The crops are most luxuriant. The wool clip is highly satisfactory. 10,000 bales have been shipped. VIENNA, Loh 9. The Ost Deutsche Post says :—" According to a telegram received from Pesth, dated the Bth inst., the Government resolved on the 7th inst. to adopt a provisional electoral law for Hungary on the basis of the fifth article of the law of 1848." BERLIN, JAN. 10. Prince Murat, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the Count of Flanders were received to-day by the sing. FRANKFORT-ON-THE•AIAIN, JAN. 9. It is stated on reliable information that in the sitting of the Committee of the Federal Diet of the 7th inst. the Prussian and Austrian representatives stated the views they held in common in reference to the measures to be taken against Denmark on account of Holstein• All the other members of the committee con curred in these views, and M. Vonder Pforten, the reporter of the committee, was requested to present his report as soon as possible. THE HAGUE, JAN. 9. M. J. P. Cornet de Groot von Kraagenburg has been appointed Colonial Minister, in place of M. Bochussen. FRANCE. PARIS, lAN. 9, At Naples the agitation approaches very nearly to disturbance in the streets, and calls for the immediate action of a strong and repressive authority. A despatch announces that the Neapolitans were already aware of the early departure of the French squadron from Gaeta. BOURSE, Jan. 9.—The English funds have ar rived with a slight improvement, which has tended to give a little buoyancy to the market, and induce those who were before sellers to again become buyers. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f 5c ; Mobilier, 665 f ; Orleans, 4,355 f ; Austrian and Lombard, 460 f; Northern, 942 f 50c; Medi terranean, 890 f. _____ The following were the last quotations :- 4/ per per Cents ... 96 70 , Credit F °lacier 935 „__ Do eud month.... 96 60 . Belgian 4i 9B 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Roman Bank Shares 2897 50 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 665 , Spanieh Threes 4B Do. Account 670 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1353 75. .. 1355 Northern New ditto 865 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 888 75 .. 890 Geneva Southern 498 75 .. 500 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 460 .. 463 75 ITALY. A Paris correspondent in the Nord gives the following on the subject of the recall of the French fleet from Gaeta :—" The order to return was in reality sent about a fortnight ago, but the execu tion of it was made dependent on the conclusion of an armistice of a certain duration ; and as Sardinia would only consent to a truce of a week, it was not acted on. Since then the French Government, in presence of the contradictory solicitations with which it was besieged, considering that it had given a sufficient proof of its good will in favour of a sovereign whose courage is henceforth at least useless, has adopted the resolution commanded by the force of things and by its own engagements. It has demanded the resumption of negotiations for an armistice, but whatever be the result of them the squadron will certainly leave the waters of Gaeta at the latest on the 19th. The Nord also says :—" Our letters from Turin confirm the news of the approaching departure of the French squadron, and at the same time state that the Sardinian Government has adopted a grave and energetic resolution, in the event of the vessels of any other Power taking the place of that squadron, as according to rumours current at Turin during the last few days was considered likely; that resolution is, not to take notice of any new i nterv ention, and not to tolerate, on the part of any other State, the embarrassments which the gratitude Italy owes to Napoleon 111. caused to be accepted from that S overei g n. This resolu tion, we repeat, is grave, but the circumstances require prompt and decisive action ; for a longer delay would ruin the morale of the people of the Southern provinces, and neutralise the efforts of Prince de Carignan and his lieutenants, MM. Nigro, Bardessono, and Moris. At Turin no illu sions are entertained as to the difficulties of the task which the Prince has undertaken ; it is not to give fetes, or to preside over theoretical discussions, that he goes to Naples—but to organise matters; and the convicti on is entertained that his elevated, firm, and upright character can triumph over the general and systematic inertness of the Neapolitan administration, on which M, Farini was wrecked." We likewise find the following in the same jour nal :—‘, It has been rumoured on several occasions that the French fleet before Gaeta is to be replaccd by a Russian one to protect Francis 11., and the presence of a Russian vessel in the waters of that place seemed to give probability to the rumour. But our information enabled us, it will be remem- bered, to declare the statement completely false The report has, however, been revived But we repeat that wehave reasons for not placing faith in it." A letter from Turin of the 6th, in the , Fiecle, says:—" For some days past a Council of Ministers, under the Presidentship of the King, has assembled every morning. To-day, I am assured there was something like a Ministerial crisis ; Count Cavour and all the Ministers with him are said to have tendered their resignation to his Majesty. Under the serious circumstances in which Italy is now placed, the resignation of Count Cavour would be regarded as the prelude to a general catastrophe, and a kind of public calamity, particularly in the northern provinces, and therefore, the resignation has not been accepted. I have to-day seen a list written by Garibaldi himself, recommending about fifty candidates for the next elections. All are classified by provinces with much care and method. lam not at liberty to give you this list at present, as no decision has yet been come to on the question of its publicity. The list contains, as you may readily imagine, the names of all those who aided Garibaldi in his work. Bixio is at the head of it. Ido not find the name of Poerio, but as a set-off, I see that of Scialoja, now a counsellor at Naples, and an ultra-Ministerialist. Garibaldi has sent a letter to the Association of Genoese Workmen, in reply to the address sent to him by them, in which they begged him to accept the honorary presidentship of their society. He thanks them for the honour, which he readily accepts." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlineays : "The announcement that the Prussian Monittur had published a supplement in which the King is said to have assumed the name of King Frederick William V. is incorrect. The Prince Regent, on succeeding his brother, has assumed the name of William I. "It is expected that a general amnesty for political offences will shortly be published." The Prussian Gazette of the 7th inst. publishes the following telegram from Potsdam : " The bells from all the churches are announcing the sad ceremony which is taking place. The funeral cortege is proceeding through an immense uncovered multitude from Sans- Souci to the Church of Peace. Behind the Royal banner (which follows the hearse) walk with visible emotion his Majesty the King ; by his side the King of Hanover, led by his Royal Highness Prince Charles ; and not far behind them the other members of the Royal family. At this moment salvos of artillery announce the termination of the obsequies of his late Majesty King Frederick William." THE DANISH QUESTION. A telegram from Dresden, dated 7th inst., says— "ln to-day's sitting of the Second Chamber Deputy Braun brought forward his motion on the Schles wig-Holstein question. Baron von Beust, in reply, stated that he did not doubt that the leadership of Prussia in this question would be unanimously recognised by all the German States. All th• Governments of Germany were agreed to act in concert with Prussia, and, if necessary, to take the field." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 9. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Etna, Captain Kennedy, from New York on the 29th ult., with the United States' mail has arrived. The Australasian, from Liverpool, had passed Cape Race. The excitement at Charleston continued. Fort Moultrie, Castle Pinackney, the Custom house, the Post-office, and the Arsenal, had been occupied by troops belonging to South Carolina. The President called together the members of the Cabinet on receipt of this news, but it was believed that nothing decisive was agreed upon. The New York Herald says that the committees of Congress on the crisis will accomplish nothing. The New York Vines says :—" The hope of a, compromise grows stronger every day." Advices had been received at Baltimore stating that the Dominican Government had taken forcible possession of the guano islands in the Caribbean Sea belonging to America. NEW YORK, DEC. 28, EVENING. The Secretary of the Treasury opened to-day the proposal for th© 5,000,000 dole. of Treasury bills, Less than half was bid for, at an average of 12 per cent. Money easy. Exchange firm, at 1031 to 1031 for sterling. Stocks inactive, but closed steady; New York Central, to 751; Erie, 35! to 36 ; Illinois Scrip, 69. Cotton firm ; middling Upland, ; sales, 1,500 bales. Flour firm, and sc. higher. Wheat and corn firmer. Pork firm. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet. Freights firm. THE ATTEMP 'ED MURDER IN PERU. The following is an extract from a private letter received by the last mail from Lima, relating to the recent attempt on the life of Castilla, the President of Peru : " Last Thursday, Nov. 22, about 6 a.m., the city was thrown into great consternation by the report of volleys of firearms proceeding from the house of the President. It turned out that conspirators had contrived to seduce some of the men of the 14th battalion into a plot against Castilla, and had taken them from their barracks ander one Olaraca, a retired officer, to surprise him at his residence. Olaraca had so effectually provided himself for the occasion with Dutch serveza that young Aparcio, the only civi lian who had the courage to show his face in the matter, on getting near the place had to take charge of the party which was to force the back entrance of the house, while the others watched the front. The house was soon entered, the officer and. guard below having made little or no resistance, and Castilla was dodging from alcoba to alcoba to elude his enemies. It is even said that Aparcio saw him as he slipped into the last alcoba, but, as he only wished to hold him safe and not take his life, he made no attempt to follow him. tAt this crisis 8, tumult arose in the courtyard. The colonel of the battalion, who was not in the conspiracy, had arrived with the rest of his command, and, seeing the state Olaraca was in (Aparcio being inside the house), seized the opportunity to harangue the troops, showing them how wrong it was to rise against their tsta (Indian word for father,' and the name Castilla goes by among the soldiers). He succeeded in:inducing some of the conspirators' men to join his own, and they fell upon their officers, several of whom were killed or wounded. Among the former were Olaraca and Aparcio, and thus Castilla was saved again. * * * Much additional ill feeling has been excited against Castilla because he would not allow the friends of the conspirators who were killed to give them a decent funeral. I would not give six months' purchase for Castilla's power. An unusual number of assassinations have taken place within the last month, although the new constitution has been promulgated which re-esta blishes capital punishment. * • * They now say that Olaraca was the man who fired a Castilla in the plaza some time ago." It must doubtless be a very charming sensation (says the Horning Post) to find oneself young, of high rank, and possessor of £70,000 or £BO,OOO a year ; but that even this brilliant position may have its drawbacks the Marquis of Bute, who combines all these attributes, has already discovered at the early ago of 13. This young nobleman, who, by way of one item on the per contra Bide of the balance, has the misfortune to be an orphan, already finds himself a bone of contention to rival guardians, rival systems of education, and even rival dignitaries of the law. The rival guardians advocate the rival systems ; the Scotch Lord Justice Clerk and the Lord High Chancellor of Eng land are invoked to settle the differences of the parties con tending over this precious trust, but seem unable to settle their own, each asserting his separate authority over a ward who holds titles and possessions within the jurisdiction of both. " Dinna meddle my Earl o' Dumfries and Laird o' Rothesay," growls the Caledonian Minos. " Take care how you interfere with my Marquis of Bute," thunders the Rhadareanthus of England. "Remove him from Scotland at your peril," wares Lord Glencorse. " See that ho is brought within my jurisdiction, or beware," decrees Lord Campbell ; and between both these stools this youth of bright prospects is likely enough, some dozen years hence, to find himself, if not on the ground, at least upon another stool—that of repentmace. in the meantime, he is "paid and is deposited, perviente lice, o n i n n f e o u t c r o a l 11 court," a und, i vi t l ' i - icZfortunately for him, he Inds in the family of his relative, the Earl of Galloway. Lev Ventr quant p risor Mr. the pi Circui Orridi Col Sem agaix raorro 0 d d e e p s p a r a the s 1 the m imprc Teleg: Vide] 32,8& OZs. ; raakit In there full pl Not Comm deems 29th it assign The drawir Cent. : Ate W. H. that tl £39,29 estate, the ab( a coin instaln The. Conseil Pebrue transac is quiet trausfe. 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