The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-25 00:00:00

war ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Managem ent of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. • 4 THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, NCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : mi ss L oui sa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, and W. Harrison. q with the Grand Pantomime , BLUE BE ARD ; or, Harle uin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H. B o len°, H. Payne. Hildyarcl, and Lilliputians. Harlequins, Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan. sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle. Lamoureux, &e. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessiee. Mr. J. R. anekstone. TTTTS EVEN IN ' the nertorres.noes will nommende with (bydeqtr.)SFlF STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss ilardcastle, Miss Fanny Stirling; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone. After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD luND 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 CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. Pechter, Harris, Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray. Atter which. a new Christmas comical pantomim e, entitled ROBINSON cßusoE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Kind of the rarihhe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and IVidlle. Marie Inimilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres, will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. THEATRE-- ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, a new Dr ama , . entitled TnE IRISH EM IGRANT. Messrs. G. Vin ing. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, and John Drew ; Miss Kate Saville, Misr Stuart, and Mrs. S. Rouse. After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza, CRYSTABELLE or, The Rose without a Thorn, shoxing THE VISIO•T OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT E E. AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. L ar ry Hoolagan, Mr. John Drew. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proorletor 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, TIIE COLLEEN BAVIN. 11. Boncicanit, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C.. 7. Smith, homer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mle. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar, B. Kelly, Laidlaw, and E. 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. ; Bluntly Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; ;Amphitheatre,4 ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss.; Fit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 15.6 d. ; is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. sTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Immense success of the Pantomime. Be-engagement of Mr. J. Crockett and the Trained Lions. This E „ n inz, a new spectacle, en-titled TUE LION CONQUEROR ; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and 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 the comae scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Hariequinade, and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger. Doors open at half-Fast 8, performance commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL PANTOMIME. "THE ENCHANTED HASH," EVERY EVENING. ENTERTAINING PEOPLE. Mr: XAREIIIALL and Mr. BELL. GOOD TEOPLE. C~ildrOle, IlieS, with the usual accom- 1 Mr. Marshall Primrose, I t ollehmens. • Mr. Bell. coNrg ON PEOPLE. Farmer Thickhead (a husbandman, with a Wife and Child, who make a fool of him) Mr. Bell. Giles Gosling (the mysterious Orphan, who runs after every Miss, and afterwards liarlequin)Mr. Marshall. Dame Thickhead (who. having worn out the breeches, takes to Pantaloons) Mr. Bell. Dolly (the bell of the village, which Giles in tends to ring the —changes to Columbine).. Mr. Marshall. BAD PEOPLE. Howleygrowley, 1 Demons of the blackest dye 1 Mr. Marshall Growleyhowley, 5 and brizhtest Magenta. 5 Mr. Bell. COMIC PEOPLE. Harlequin Columbine Mr. E. IIfAnsTIALL. Clown Panta100 n....... Scene, CAirrmuuram (that's) BALL !—Time A.D. 1861, at half-past nine. Mr. B. A pack of nonsense ! Mr. M. What we want— Mr. B. Pooh ! pooh ! The idea ! a Pantomime played by two ! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 12h. 60m.—Afternoon, lh. 15m. To-moratow.-Morning, lh. 38m.—Afternoon, 2h. Om. TIM WIRATHER.—gurr OI , IPICE, JAN. 25, INI. TffEEMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 4G —highest oince Boon yesterday. 44—lowest thiS morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. _ _ BAROMETER--29.96. WlND—South-Westerly—light ; with dull, mild weather. TRIMS 0 1 CLO cx.—Wrin—S.ll7., fresh; with rain. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 1881. The task of restoring the Union and averting Civil War is now thrown upon Congress. In this country we should in any great emergency expect the Head of the Executive, as Mr. BUCHANAN terms himself, to consult with his Cabinet, and come down to the houses with his own propositions. Not so our American PRESIDENT ; he throws the entire responsibility on Congress. "The dangerous and hostile attitude of the States," he says, " to wards each other has already far transcended and cast into the shade the ordinary executive duties already provided for by law, and has assumed such vast and alarming proportions as to place the subject entirely above and beyond executive control. The fact cannot be disguised that we are in the midst of a great revolution. Therefore, I commend the question to Congress as the only human tribunal under Providence possessing the power to meet the existing emergency. To them exclusively belongs the power to declare war or to authorise the employ ment of military forces in all cases contemplated by the constitution, and they alone possess the power to remove all the grievances which might lead to war, and to secure peace and union to this dis tracted country. On them, and on them alone, rests the responsibility." The picture drawn by the PRESIDENT of the disastrous effects of the secession movement, so far as it has already gone, i s •dark enough. The consequences of only the first alarm were suf ficiently serious. He tell us that " the imports fell off with a rapidity never known before, except in time of war, in the history of our foreign commerce. The Treasury was unexpectedly left without means which it had reasonably counted upon to meet its public engagements. Trade was paralysed, manu factures were stopped, the best public securities suddenly sunk in the market, every species of pro perty depreciated more or less, and thousands of poor men who depended upon their daily labour for their daily bread were turned out of employ ment ;" and, of course, matters have not improved since. At first when Congress met there was a general hope that some amicable mode of adjust ment could be found. And the timid President, doubtless, thought, and indeed says he still thinks, that he was right in proclaiming as the best basis of conciliation that no State had a right to secede by its own voluntary act merely, while, on the other hand, no means existed of enforcing its con tinuance in the Union. Mr. BUCIIANAN, however, should not forget that he enumerated reasons which he considered would justify secession, and that these reasons were found in what had already been done by the Northern States. His olive branches, however, held out to both parties seem rather to have been accepted as stan dards of war, for the President now seems to anti cipate the worst. "The hope of accommodation'', he says, " has been diminished by every hour of delay, and DS the prospect of a bloodless settlement fades away the public distress becomes more and more aggravated. As an evidence of this it is only necessary to say the 'I reasury notes authorised by the act of the 17th December last were advertised according to the law, and that n o responsible bidder offered to take any considerable eatm at par at a lower rate of interest than 12 per elen't. From these facts it appears that in a Governme ut orga nised like ours, domestic strife, or even a well grounded fear of civil hostilities, is more d'e•struc tive of our public and private interests than the most formidable foreign war." He maintains that he is bound to employ force to compel obedience to the Federal revenue laws, and that he will do it—it is his " undeniable right and duty." His opinion, however, remains un changed, that justice and sound policy alike " require us still to seek a peaceful solution of the question at issue between the North and the South." This has been his reason for avoiding any military movements, even in defence of the Federal arsenals, which could be regarded as indi cating anything like hostility by the South. His instructions to Major ANDERSON himself, whose determination in retiring to Fort Sumter has won such general applause, were such as to throw the chief responsibility on that gallant officer. Throughout it would seem as if Mr. BUCHANAN wished to shirk any responsibility in dealing firmly with South Carolina and the Slave States, and to throw it as much as possible on others. His remedy now is, in general, to appeal to the people, and in particular to submit to them the proposition of a division of the territory belonging to the Union by a geographical line—the celebrated Miseenri compromise he means—which the Slave States Government repealed before, When it stood in their way, by the help of that clever Democrat Mr. DOUGLAS. He thinks popular opinion would be in favour of some such compromise. In an appeal in which he appears a declared partisan of the South, speaking of its " Severe grievances," when he had better reason to denounce its tyranny, he says, " Let the question be removed from the political assemblies to the ballot-box, and the people themselves would speedily redress the serious grievances which the South have suf fered. But in Heaven's name let the trial be made before we plunge into an armed conflict, upon the mere assumption that there is no other alternative. Time is a great conservative power. Let us pause at the momentous point, and afford the people both of the North and South an op portunity for reflection. Would that South Carolina had been convinced of this truth before her precipitate action. I therefore appeal through you to the people of this country, to declare in their might that the Union must and shall be preserved by all constitutional means." What will be the effect of this Message, pro : bably, as Mr. BUCHANAN says, the last he will have to deliver ? We fear very very little. He has tried to please both parties, and has conse quently lost the respect of both. JAMES BUCHANAN, however, was in a difficult position. He is the representative of the worst of causes—Slavery. His affections are with the Slave States; yet, while he is eager to support them, they are taking the course which he dare not acknowledge, and one which will bring his presidentship to the grave with infamy. Between his love of slavery, and his concern for his own reputation, he has been no doubt almost distracted to find a safe way out. None was possible. He vacillated, therefore, till it was too late, and what might have been stopped at first by a little uncompromising firmness, is now become an unmanageable power. It will be seen that all looks rather warlike. In Congress itself, a committee has been appointed to ascertain who were the authors of the assurances given to South Carolina, that the military state of things there should not be altered—an assurance which was violated by Major ANDERSON'S taking possession of the strongest fort in Charleston harbour. The presumption at present is, that Secretary FLOYD,WhO resigned vvhenMr.BucHANAN would not require ANDERSON to return to the weaker forts, was the man who had given the South these assur ances. Still the vote looks as if Congress had a large majority against those who objected to coercing the South. Meantime it is now certain that the Charleston people have begun the fray. The details of the attack on the Star of the West are before us. An attack for which there would not seem to be a shadow of legal justification ; since the Federal authorities had surely the fullest right to reinforce any of their forts. Seventeen shots were fired at the vessel, two of them actually struck her, happily without killing any one. A warm correspondence ensued in consequence between Major ANDERSON and the State Governor, which ended in the Major's referring for instructions to the central Government. The latter, it is said, have already despatched the Brooklyn sloop of war, and the Carolinians are preparing to give her a warm —that is—a bloody reception ! The other Slave States are also rapidly joining the secession movement. Alabama, Mississippi and Florida have completed the formal act of seces sion ; other States are on the eve of doing it, indeed they have, in preparation for it, seized on the Federal ports and arsenals within their territory. Virginia alone, as the great border State, has passed a resolution aiming at the preservation of peace. In South Carolina and Georgii the leading men are devising plans which betray as much as anything the animus of the movement there. It is a scheme to get the Free-trade States and the commercial men of Europe on their side. They propose to raise all the revenue by direct taxation, to repeal all duties on imports, and then they say the North will see whether Europe will not enforce her right to trade in a perfectly free port ! They say openly that they calculate on the "cupidity" of our commercial men. Do they calculate wrongly ? If the Southern States offered Free Trade, would not England and France insist on having it? The intelligence just received from China is altogether satisfactory. Even that portion of it which would probably have received the first con sideration of the late Lord RAGLAN, the news relating to the state of the temperature, is to a cer tain extent suggestive to us rather agreeably of reas ons for hearty self-gratulation. " The winter is intensely cold , " says the telegram, " and the river (the Peiho) is covered with ice." Imme diately upon reading which, one i ns ti nc ti ve l y rejoices that the war was so well got through betimes--that it was so very opportunely before the frost set in brought to its welcome termination. Leaving tidings like these just given, in regard to the contracted condition of the tell-tale meaning in the thermometer, whether exhibited in the French or in the English camp, by Reaumur or by Faren heit—it is impossible not to exult at the obvious and inevitable reflection, that the Allies have run no risk now of passing through a wintry ordeal in China suela as might have furnished anything at all like that terrible picture presented to mind six or seven years ago, when the Anglo-French forces had to traverse a kindred ordeal—an ordeal far worse than any crossing over the burning plough shares of old—during that deadly winter cam paign in the Crimea under the beleagured walls of SobAqopol. Not that the hazard of a wintry cam- , • irco": F;):10 ~110 C. . THE SUN. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1861. paign now-a-days could, under any circumstances, prove in any way, to any serious extent, compara ble. The catastrophe of that dreadful winter in the Crimea having swept clear from our warlike system a thousand perilous abuses : insomuch that it is not in the smallest particular an exaggeration to assert, in regard to the late expedition sent out from this country to the opposite extremity of the hemisphere, that it was in every way better equipped than any warlike expedition that ever previously quitted the shores of England: ft is one of the happiest recollections connected with the late war in China, that remem brance of the attestation thereby afforded to us of a better spirit having at length entered into both the responsible departments of the public service, of the combination at length of a rational economy with a wise and prudential forethought in regard to a variety of contingencies formerly never taken into account, certainly never before provided against. The attestation of that better spirit, of that reasonable and almost despaired of conciliation having at length in genuine earnest entered alike into the military system, into the maritime system, and last, but not least, into that other and subsidiary system so essential to the well-being of both of them, the complex and comprehensive system of the Comis sariat Department. Looding back to the manner in which the British Expedition to China has been fitted out, we can say of it with perfect truth that it reflects the highest possible credit upon the forethought of Lord HERBERT of LEA, upon his forethought and upon his genius for organisation. Yet while - we are conscious that no reasonable com parison can be drawn between the happy position and condition of our forces some months ago in China and the most unhappy and neglected posi tion and condition of our forces seven years ago in the Crimea—we cannot possibly do otherwise than exult over the fact of the late war in China having been so very opportunely brought to a favourable issue—now that we learn tidings. of the severity with which the wintry weather has set in there in that remote scene of our recent warlike movements. We have too painful a recollection of the horrors of the winter campaign between Balaklava and Sebastopol to read this suggestive intimation of the Telegram (flashed to the Foreign-office from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles) with anything like indifference. ' The same telegram, it will be perceived, that brings us news of the complete freezing up of the Peiho, announcing to us the satisfactory intimation that the chief part of the expeditionary foroes had by the 15th of IDecember safely arrived at Hong Kong. Not, of course, that the whole bulk of the Allied armament had been withdrawn from the shores of the Asiatic Continent, 2,500 English and " a quota" (it is not specified what is there the precise number) of our French allies having been left—(how agreeably reads every word of the following !)—" comfortably housed with plenty of warm clothing and fuel" at Tientsin. No more green coffee berries served out as part of the ' rations ! No boot stores lying neglected in the hold of one of the transport vessels while our ' gallant fellows are going barefoot in the snow, their toes rotting off from frostbite and gangrene ! Nothing more heard now of those old familiar horrors, but instead of that the com forting intimation above particularised. Further we learn from this agreeable little telegram, that Lord ELGIN having reached Shanghai by the 4th of Detember, when the looked for mail left, was preparing to leave, nay, for that matter had actually started with Sir HOPE GRANT—on a friendly excursion to the Japanese ! Everything has gone so well with them in Chinathat we can only in reason look for the happiest results as likely to accrue from their visit now to Japan. More particularly when it is remembered that in dealing with the Japanese they are holding inter course with a far more civilised race than the Chineso, degraded, enervated, and lowered deplo rably from a former happier state of civilisation under the denationalising and demoralising in fluence of the reigning Tartar Government. In respect to the increasing probabilities of the eventual overthrow of which, we yet learn by these last advices, not only that the rebels are still in force, but that their strength is steadily and appreciably increasing. It is impassible for us to lose a recol lection of the fact that these Rebels (so called), these revolutionary Taepings, are to a certain extent believers in, it may be very moderately and very confusedly, but still believers in Christianity. And surely is it not now to bo regarded as among those signs of the times that, according to the phrase in the Book of Habbakuk, " those who run may read"—is it not conspicuously among those visible signs of the times in China that, " under permission," the site of YEH'S yamun, of all the sites that could have been chosen in Canton, has been selected by the French for a Cathedral ! Our course is now pretty plainly marked out for us out yonder in China—is it not that which is perpetually in sisted upon as alone applicable in Italy to the solution of the problem there of Unification, that, namely, of non-intervention. With the civil war in China we have manifestly nothing whatever to do—let us leave the Tar tars and Taepings to fight it out together. The end will be, we doubt not, eventually, and in a priceless degree, to the advantage of the Chinese. It will lead them inevitably, we cannot but rest assured, to the acquisition of " the benefits of know ledge and the blessings of religioa," to the diffusion, in the fullness of time, of the divine truths of Chris tianity, and of the benign influences of European civilisation through those hundreds of millions of pagan and semi-barbarous Asiatics. It will be seen by a communication from Turin, that if FRANCIS 11, did not surrender at the end of the armistice, it was not for want of terms which ordinary prudence would have seized with avidity. VICTOR EMMANUEL could hardly offer him more, unless he offered to restore him the Sovereign rights which the plebiscite of the people had conferred on the King of PIEDMONT. Indeed, the envoy was authorised to receive and accept any counter-pro position, with this single reservation, which the ex-KING might make. The King of PIEDMONT offered him and his garrison all the honours of war, and something more too the substantial gift of three months' pay ; and all who wished could enter the Italian army each in his own rank and standing. Even the foreign mer cenaries were to be taken to the boundaries of their respective States and receive three months' pay. The King himself was offered two of the Royal frigates, under Admiral PERSANO, to convey him and any other persons selected by him to any place he wished. It is said that the King yielded to the representations of foreign diplomatists and refused the terms. A tolerable field for conjecture, of course, hary is opened by such a statement, which yet we doubt; at present, however, we merely dl note the fact. Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining a succession of visitors at Normanton Park during the rad fortnight. LATEST NEW S A • FOREIGN OFFICE, lAN. 25. The following telegram has been received at the Foreign Office from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated Jan. 24, 10,30 p.m. : Great part of expeditionary forces had arrived safely at Hong Kong on Dec. 15. The Peiho was completely frozen up. Two thousand live hundred English, under General Staveley, and a quota of French, have been left at Tien-tsin, comfortably housed, with plenty of warm clothing and fuel. Lord Elgin reached Shanghae Deeember 4, and was about to start for Japan with Sir Hope Grant. Sir Robert Napier had left Hong Kong for Calcutta. 957 f 50c. ; Mediterranean, 911 f 25c ; Austrian, 470 f; and Lombard, 467 f 50c. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 97 05, Credit Fonder 925 Do end month.... 97 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 55 Roman Bank Shares 2890 —! Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 667 50 ; Spanish Threes 47 Do. Account 663 75 Home Debt .. 47k The Yang-tae was much infested with pirates: Baron Gros and Mr. Ward had been at Canton. The site of Yeh's yamun has been selected by the French for a Roman Cathedral, under permission. A steamer has been up the inland waters near Canton with perfect safety. (Signed) EDWARD MARK, British Consul. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TIEN-TSIN, Nov. 30. The first instalment of the indemnity has been paid. The 31st, 67th, the Rifles, the Military Train, and two batteries remain here. All is quiet at Pekin. The weather is intensely cold, and the river is covered with ice. The troops are very healthy. SHANGHAI, DEC. 7. Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant have left for Japan. The rebels are still in force, and gain strength. CALCUTTA, DEC. 30. A monster meeting has been held, protesting against the Wood gift to Tippoo Sultan's descen dants. Troops have heal ordered to Darjeeling. GALLE, DEC. 31. The ship Herculean was totally lost on the 29th November at Paul's Head (?). The crew were saved. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1390 .. 1388 75 Northern New ditto BB5 Lyons and Mediterranean 915 Geneva 370 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. 915 - ITALY. The Turin Official Gazette of the 21st announces that Gen. La Marmora left Turin on the morning of that day for Berlin, as Extraordinary Ambas sador, to compliment King William I. on his acces sion to the throne. A letter from Gaeta of the 19th, received at Marseilles, says :—" The resolution of the King, the Queen, the Princes, and, I think I may add, the garrison, is most determined—they will resist to the last. I am able to communi cate to you the concluding passages of a letter which the King wrote some time back to the Em peror of the French. It says :—‘ I will defend my rights to the last extremity ; and if I am killed, my death will be my noblest title of glory in the remembrance of pos terity. Should Ibe taken prisoner, the example of Francis I. has proved to me that my honour will be safe, and I shall not have yielded up the rights of my successors." A Toulon letter has the following :—" Several journals have fallen into a serious error in thinking that no maritime power can at this moment replace the French fleet before Gaeta, and especially in stating that all the Russian navy is blocked up in the ice of the Baltic. Russia has at this moment a naval division in the Mediterranean, and a very fine specimen of it, the steam frigate Oleg, has been in the roadstead of Toulon for a month past. She is a spendid vessel, carrying powerful artillery, and able to bear a comparison with the best appointed of any other navy." LITERATURE. ASix Years of a Traveller's life in Western Africa. By Francisco Valdez. With numerous illustra tions. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is one of those excellent novels on foreign lands which cannot be too highly prized by all who are desirous of increasing their information concerning them. The author of these very in teresting volumes has given a valuable addition to our stores of knowledge, which hitherto has been so limited of its kind and circumscribed in its limits. In the preface he asserts that " he is induced to lay the result of his observations before the public in the hope that they may, in however humble a degree, add somewhat to the general stock of information regarding the resources of Africa, so eagerly sought for at the present day, when that portion of the globe is apparently on the eve of emerging from the comparative obscurity in which its capabilities have hitherto been in volved." All who attentively peruse the pages of this work will agree that this hope has been realised, and this effort is a most successful one. In conclusion he adds, "He truststhat although through the preserving mercy of Providence he is not num bered with the noble army of martyrs who have devoted their lives and honourably fallen in their efforts to open up the resources of Africa, or to enlarge our geographical knowledge of the vast continent, yet he aspires to the honour of being enrolled, even as a private, in the corps of pioneers, and if his past efforts are favour ably recognised, as entitling him to he considered eligible for this distinction, he will consider him self amply rewarded for his toil." He says he is aware that he labours uuder a disadvantage in con veying his ideas in the English language, but he would say in the words of a favourite poet— " He who does his best acts nobly, Does well, Angels can no more." The description of the Island of Madeira is most pleasing; the author, mentions that it may seem superfluous to enter into any minute details of it, but for the benefit of those who may chance not to have met with any good account of the island, he is tempted to subscribe a few particulars. "At daybreak the scene presented to the eye from the deck of the vessel appeared truly sublime. This beautiful Flower of the Ocean is composed of one mass of basalt. The island is about 31 miles long, by 12 broad. Pico Ruivo raises its majestic head 5,993, or, according to others, 6,056 feet above the level of the sea, and when viewed in the grey twi light of early dawn, it presented the appearance of a beautiful mirage, but, where the rising sun cast his bright rays on the surrounding scene, the castle, the various beautiful buildings standing out in bold relief one above another, the numerous belfries, the terraced mountain ridge, with the various hills covered with beautiful views, the air perfumed by the orange blossom, the canana, the palm, and a great variety of trees covered with continuous verdure, suggested the presence of a perpetual spring ; as the eye ranged from the base towards the summit admiring the beautiful cote tages, as well as the more magnificent mansions, we beheld the majestic towers of Our Lady of the Mountain pointing toward the sky, and inviting the grovelling sons of earth to seek there the en joyment of eternal unfading delights, and higher still, even to the very summit, the gigantic trees, whose thick foliage afforded an agreeable shade, and invited the weary traveller to rest beneath their wide-spread branches ! We felt as if we gazed on some fabulous scene in fairy-land." The name Madeira was given to . the island in consequence of the great quantity of timber growing on it. It is mentioned that the forest of trees was so dense that, having been ignited by some means, it burned for seven years before the fire was extinct. After this it was planted with the sugar cane brought from Sicily, and the vine from the island of Candice which produces the Malvasian wine. The traveller relates an amusing incident that occurred as he was departing from Madeira. He addressed a smart little fellow on the quay, and asked him if he would like to come with him. " No, sir," was his prompt reply. " Why not P" said I ; there a re a great many people where I amgoing." " Yes;" said he, "and I know what kind of life you have spent that you are sent there." "This reply , brought to my mind the part which, at the mo ment, I had forgotten that Angola is a penal settlement to which Portugal sends her convict s ." An entertaining account is given of the island of St. Louis. When seen from the sea it has the appearance of a Greek town, in consequence of the numerous balconies, verandahs, and terraces, upon which the sun shines, giving them the appearance of alabaster, porphyry, marble, &c.; but on land ing, lo ! the scene is changed." Some pages are devoted to the customs of the people which are very strange. At meals the women are obliged to stand behind their " lords," a practice, it is said, which must truly shock the polite and gallant French who witness it. It is observed that strangers are puzzled to know the meaning of the term of " wives of appointment," but that it is as follows— " A widow claims as her partner whoever succeeds to the situation lately held by her husband." The name Sierra Leone, or lion's chain of mountains, as Serra in Portuguese and Sierra in Spanish, both mean a " saw," was given, it is stated, in consequence of the ser rated or indented appearance of the mountains, the name of Leone (lions) is supposed to have been given because of the great number of those monarchs of the forest who were found roaming about ; or, some have suggested, in consequence of the great storms, when the peals of thunder, reverberating through the mountains, resemble the roaring of a lion. The early inhabitants called the country " Pemarang." The climate is so unhealthy to Europeans that it has not misappropriately been called the " White Man's Grave." The author states that he felt a strong desire to visit the place, as it is looked upon as a city of refuge for the poor slaves, and the emporium - of emancipated Africans." " I say I felt a great desire to witness the working of the system with regard to these poor creatures, as I was going, deputed by my Sovereign, to be a guardian of their rights, and to aid, by my feeble counsels, as arbitrator to the British and Portuguese mixed Commission at Loanda, all measures calculated to suppress that iniquitous and diabolical system—the African slave trade," The traveller did not arrive at his destination, Loanda, for a considerable period, during which he presents us with a variety of in formation relative to the places of note at which they touched. The descrip tion of Loanda is very interesting. The town is called the "St. Paul of the Assumption of Loanda. in consequence of the Dutch hav;ng surrendered the place into the hands of the Portuguese on tine 15th August, 1648." Our steamer anchored oppo site to the Penedo, and from the deck the scene was most pleasing, the town on 0110 vide, and the island 9f Loanda on the other—pouthward in the distance the island of Cazeange, the green lofty palm trees and neat cottages—the majestic churches with their hi g h b e lf r i es —th e l arge w hi te stone buildings, with their verandahs and colon nades—the high and low town united by the cal cadas or stone pavements -altsgether form ing a most grand and pleasing spectacle." For various reasons the Portuguese Government deemed it unwise to liberate all the slaves at once, and, therefore, they made various arrange ments in order to facilitate so desirable an end. Thus, it is asserted, " a final death-blow will be given to slavery throughout the Portuguese dominions, and as a nation we shall join our British allies in singing its requiem." The first Jaga, or Emperor, was called Colaxingo, from whose sur name his descendants took the name of Jaga, in much the same manner as the Pharoahs of Egypt, the Caesars of Rome, the Kaisers of Austria, and the Czars of Russia. The Jaga's authority is seldom of long duration, it is said, first, on account of the desire of his heirs to be come possessed of authority; and next, the greedi ness of the Macotas, who always receive large pre sents on the accession of a new Jaga. A very cruel custom prevails among them. If the Jager dream of his ancestors, he has two slaves killed on their grave the next day for their especial service in the next world. At the latter part of the second volume there are most interesting and important statements relating to slavery in its various forms and different branches, and hence the perusal of this work will be of additional value at this time, when that vital question is being discussed in its stronghold on the American Continent. In all con fidence can these volumes be recommended to the general attention of readers, and with its eloquent and impressive descriptions, its im mense variety of details, and its spirited tone and energetic style, it cannot fail to attract the notice and awaken the interest of all intelligent readers. There is, then, every prospect of this valuable work attaining the success it merits and of being appreciated as a storehouse of interesting intelligence regarding a country of which so little has been comparatively known, and of which it is so desirable to know more. The Constable of the Tower. Part. 11. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. Bentley's Miscellany. A more excellent, certainly a more brilliant and enthralling, instalment than its predecessor. Mr. Ainsworth warms to his work—as we assuredly all of us know he can warm to his work when he pleases as a master romaacist. As, par example,when in fancy he bestrode Black Bess with Turpin, and carried off captive with him, on the wings of the wind, how many an enraptured reader's imagina tion ! Here, too, with the " Constable of the Tower"—fervet opus: and if we cannot add redo lentque thyme fragrantia mella, at least we can say that it breathes the perfume exuding from the pomader box in that courtly atmosphere—the atmosphere enveloping this new and gorgeous Historical Romance. The Prologue of the story is here completed, and the first book of the Romance itself commenced. Book the First being entitled —" The Lord Protector," meaning the brother of Sir Thomas Seymour, the haughty, and wily, and ambitious Earl of Hertford. Henry the Eighth—sick unto death in the last number—is in the present one revealed to us at length stretched upon his deathbed. Here is Mr. Ainsworth's resplendent painting of that deathbed itself—the last throne of the detested tyrant—last scene of all in that event ful tragedy : " The couch wherein he [the King] was thus deposited was of unusual size, and made of oak, richly carved, and black and lustrous as ebony. The lofty canopy was crowned with blood Ted pluines, and supported by twisted pillars. The curtains were of cloth of gold of the thickest texture, embroidered with the Holy Cross, the cross of St. George, the Rose, the Portcullis, and Lion rampant, mingled with Fleurs-de-lys. The head of the bed was sculptured in bold relief with the arms of England. Notwithstanding the magnificence of its curtains, the general appearance of this huge bed was sombre in the extreme, and it looked a fitting receptacle for an expiring monarch. The walls of the chamber were hung with fine tapestry from the woofs of Tourney, representing the principal actions of Solomon the Wise, and in the upper border scrolls were painted in black letter sundry texts of Scripture, applicable to the destina tion of the room." Here it is that Henry the King tells to the future Lord Protector the vision of the fearful summons received by him at midnight : " 'ls there a ghost in the story, my liege ?' inquired Hertford. " Be silent, and thou shalt hear,' replied Henry, sternly. " Last night, during:a brief interval of ease between my fits of agony, I was tryinc , to court slumber, when I heard the bell toll midnight—l heard it distinctly, for I counted the strokes—and as the last vibration of sound died away, I turned to Butts to bid bim give me a potion. He was gone, while Ferrys, who should h ave b een wa t c hf u l , h a d sunk within the chair nigh which you standest, apparently overcome by sleep. I was about to awake and chide hitu —and should have done so, had not all power of speech and movement suddenly left me, as I saw a phantom—a grisly, ghastly phantom—glide towards my bed. Whom thinlreat thou I beheld ?' " Nay, I cannot guess, my liege,' replied Hertford. " Surrey, new-risen from his bloody grave—his noble features livid and disfigured—his locks clotted with gore— his stately neck sundered by the axe—yet, marvellous to say, set again upon the shoulders—a spectacle horrible to look upon—yet I instantly knew him. His eyes seemed to have life in them. and to fascinate like the basilisk, for, as he fixed them upon me, I could not avert my gaze. Then his lips moved, and with a gesture of menace such as I had never brooked from mortal man, , and in accents more terrible than had ever reached my ears, he told me he came to summon me before Heaven's Judgment- Throne ; and that I must appear there ere the bell should again toll forth the hour of midnight.' How ;this ghostly prophecy was fulfilled on the midnight following, the author thus relates at the close of his Prologue : " Butts explained to Cranmer anti the others that his majesty had just sufficient strength to direct the stamping of his will, but that immediately after this was done, and the attestation completed, ho was struck speechless. " ' It is marvellous that he lasted so long,' continued the wily physician. 'He spoke so feebly, that I alone could catch his words. I fear he will scarcely know your grace,' he added, preceding Cranmer to the bed, and drawing back the curtain so as to expose the woful figure of the King, who was now evidently in ixtremis: fear he hath but little life left.' " I will try,' replied the archbishop. Taking the King's hand in his own, he drew close to him, and in tones of the utmost earnestness exhorted him to place his trust in Christ and to call upon His mercy, beseeching him, if he had any consciousness left, to give him some token that he trusted in the Lord. "Henry seemed to understand what was said to him for he slightly strained the primate's h an d . , " After a while, the archbishop turned to the assemblage, now gathered round the bed, and, in a voice of the deepest solemnity, said, It has pleased Heaven to call to its mercy our great Ring. Pray ye all for the repose of his soul l' " Upon this they all knelt down, and, while they were doing so, the bell tolled forth the hour of midnight. " Then Hertford called to mind what the King had said to him concerning the summons by the spirit, and ho trem bled exceedingly." Another and a very brief extract we must con. tent ourselves with—space alone precluding us from further quotation. It is Ainsworth's descrip tion of the young Boy-King : " From his youth and beauty Edward excited the admi ration of all who beheld him. He was arrayed in a gown of cloth of silver, embroidered with damask gold, and wore a doublet of white velvet, wrought with Venice silver, gar nished with rubies and diamonds, His velvet cap, with a white feather in it, was ornamented with a brooch of dia • mends ; his girdle was worked with Venice silver, and decked with precious stones and knots of pearls, and his buskins were of white velvet. His milk-white charger, a noble-looking but easy-paced animal, was caparisoned in crimson satin, embroidered with pearls and damask gold, and the bridkhad wide reins of red leather. For his years Edward rode remarkably well, maintaining his seat with much grace, and promising in time to become a consum mate horseman, like his uncle Sir Thomas Seymour." And so the Royal procession, carrying Edward VI. in triumph through London, conducts him into the Tower, where he is welcomed by the grand and knightly Constable ! Altogether, part two of the Editor's new romance forms a right brilliant and attractive introduction to the February number of Bentley's Miscellany. 7h, French under Arms. By Bla nc h ar d Jerrold L. Booth, Regent-street. This little work consists of a series of essays on military matters in France. The author has taken considerable pains in its compilation, and furnishes us with some interesting particulars concerning the formation of the famous regiment of Zouaves. In the first chapter the reader is introduced to the celebrated M. Minie, the inventor of the splendid rifle which bears his name. He is one of those self-educated geniuses who have achieved greatness by their own unaided enterprise, and, although he remains from choice in his humble rank in the army, having refused a splendid offer from the Ruipian Govern ment at a time when his services were unrequited by the then French Government, his name will be remembered as the first inventor of a long-range rifle in company with those who have since asto nished the world by their great discoveries. As a humble soldier he conceived the idea of improving the firearms then in use, and to carry out his object he devoted five years to master all the branches of gun making, and then lie set to work. The result of his labours has rendered his name famous and his old age happy. The present Emperor of the French knows how to appreciate merit, and that he takes great interest in all matters which Concet the army the favour with which he listens to M. Minie's suggestions is a proof:— "Our attention was next directed to the chef's collecticn of cartridges, bullet moulds, and bullets. They were ar ranged in a series of drawers, and:looked a grimly menac inff assortment of instruments. lie told us that he had made balls in every conceivable shape, and that he had manufactured the rnoulditwith his own hands. One of the specimens was remarkably ingenious. Minie declared that it was calculated to give the least possible resistance to the air. And thus the chef illustrated his assertion, He took up an iron tube, and standing at one end of the shop, blew his bullet with Rich farce that it stuck firmly into the op posite wall. Again an d again he blew it from a fixed point, and again an again it roam' gavot t4O 491 a it CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Valetta with the above mails arrived at Marseilles at 9 p.m. yesterday. The mails were to leave for London at 10.30 p.m. The Pera with the heavy portion of the mails, left Malta on the 21st, and may be expected at Southampton about the 30th inst. The Ellora (from Southampton on the 12th) arrived at Malta, and left for Alexandria on the 21st inst. MOLA DI GAETA, JAN. 23 (Evening). The fire of the Sardinians is vigorously continued, and is slowly replied to by the batteries of Gaeta. FLORENCE, JAN. 24. The Royal Princes have arrived here, Fetes are taking place in their honour. NAPLES, JAN. 24. Prince Carignan has held a review of the National Guard, by whom he was received with enthusiasm. The batteries of Gaeta slackened their fire yes. terday. This morning a powder magazine exploded in the Sardinian camp, killing 20 persons. General Sonna has defeated the insurrectionary bands at Sagliacozzo and Cusamare. The victory was complete. Prince Carignan will proceed to Mola di Gaeta. The confidence in the Government is increasing. PESTH, JAN. 25. The Court Chancellor, Baron Vay, has informed the Prince Primate of Gran that the recalling of the refugees is prevented at present by the question arising from the sequestration of their property. The Emperor has stated that after the settlement of that question, which has been ordered to take place at as early a period as possible, a general amnesty shall be proclaimed. PESTH, J.N. 23. The tribunal of the Comitat of Pesth has com menced its functions by trying some criminal cases. The conference for judicial organisation, which had been convoked by the Judex Curie, has been opened to-day. M. Deak proposed the re-establish ment of the Hungarian laws, as far as it can be done without interfering, in questions of civil law, with individual rights. JAN. 24. The Comitat of Houth has resolved upon send ing an address in reply to the imperial manifesto. The following is s summary of this address : " The Comitat has not transgressed, and will not transgress, the limit of lawful rights. It will, however, preserve all its ancient rights, and will maintain the laws of 1848 until the Diet shall have resolved upon a change in the same. " The Comitat is of opinion that, without the existence of an independent Hungarian Ministry' which was guaranteed by the laws of 1848, Hun gary cannot be considered to be lawfully governed. The Co mitat will gladly submit to the decision of such a Ministry." VIENNA, JAN. 24. The official TViener Zeitung announces that the Aulic Dicasterium for Croatia and Sclavonia will officially commence its functions to-morrow. HANOVER, JAN. 24. The last difficulties in reference to the redemp ion of the Stade dues have been removed. Hanover has been placed ammg the States whose share in the repartition of the indemnity had been fixed according to their naval importance. The fulfilment of some formalities in Hanover, and the receipt of certain communications from the B elgian Government, are now only necessary for the settlement of the question. JAN. 24. The Correspondencia A utografa denies the rumour that disturbances have taken place in cer tain provinces in Spain. The Ministry has announced that before liqui dating the claim of France it will give an account to the Cortes. MADRID, JAN. 23. The President of the Cortes has congratulated the Queen on the tranquil and prosperous condition of the Spanish nation in the midst of the agitation prevailing in Europe. FRANCE, BOURSE, Jan. 24.—The market has been quiet but firm, although the telegraph from London has brought the English funds with a decline of per cent. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f 40c; 3lobilier, 660 f; Orleans, 1,380 f; Northern, f mace at the first shot. This bullet was on the principle of ) the Archimedian screw. Then wo had an anecdote in .m re ference to thi s screw b ullet. Minie tDok this ingenious bullet and a tube to the Tuileries, and submitted his new projectile to the Emperor. A few days afterwards the chef paid a second visit to his sovereign, and found that his Majesty had riddled the richly ornamented walls of his cabinet with the new projectile." Next follows a chapter on the foreign legions of France, in which the author gives a sketch of the various Free Companies of all nations which from time to time have taken service under the old regime. The essay upon the Zouaves follows next. The corps originally consisted of Arabs : " These corps received the name of Zouaves from the Arabic Zouaoua—the Zouaoua being a tribe, or rather a confederation of tribes, that inhabits the most distant passes of the Jurjura. These Zouaoua were famous in Algiers for their intrepidity, their pride, and their industry. They had never yielded more than a nominal submission to the Turks. Known as the best infantry of the regency, their name was given to troops destined to carry its reputation for courage to the walls of Sebastop o l. Th e new leviesin cluded natives of any race, mountaineers, or men of the valley; Arabs, Kabyles, or Coulouglis. French officers were appointed to drill this jumble of races to the perfect movements of French infantry."' But although these levies proved to be excellent soldiers, it was found imprudent to leave the French officers unsupported with such a heteroge neous regiment. Therefore— " The first Volunteers of the Charter, whom the Govern ment sent to Africa, were accordingly added to these native battalions. Then foreigners from various nations flocked under the Zouave banners, till they became so numerous that they were divided from the native corps into a separate foreign legion. The Zouaves, therefore, originally con sisted of Parisians and natives of the country surround ing Algiers. They soon began their experiences ; for they had not been enrolled more than six weeks when the Gene ral in command included them in the first ex pedition to Medeah. They received th e i r ' b apt i smal fire' in the defile of Monzaia, a spot they were destined to redden with their blood, and make memorable by their valour. In this ex pedition they showed all the qualities which have since won for them a world-wide reputation." • Gradually the regiment became more French, and although it still retained its oriental uniform, but few of the Arabs remained in its ranks ; neverthe less the dare-devil spirit which characterised the first recruits remained with it, and is likely to remain. It is natural for a Zouave not only to be foremost in the breach, but likewise foremost in the sack, and to entertain peculiar notions of the rights - of 2neunz and teunz, as the following extract will show:— " Other regiments arrived in Africa, and after a glorious apprenticeship went back to France with a goodly sprig of laurels ; but the .Zouaves remained always in the theatre of war. They personified all the glories of the French armies of Africa. They could cite 30 brilliant engagements in which they had borne an honourable part, for every five, or at most ten, that any other regiment could tell off. Then, their reputation led old soldiers constantly to their ranks, so that they had seldom any raw recruits to instruct. Their officers were generally chosen with great care, for services performed in Africa, or for military qualities of a high order; because, with all their courage and their cheerfulness under privations, the Zonaves were not men easily governed. They were as vigorous at the pillage as at the storming. They might be seen—the face still black with powder, the mus ket on the s h ou ld er an d a sack at the back, exerting a scrutinising eye from which nothing escaped. Clothes, fowls, provisions o f a ll ki n d s, f i g-cakes, jars of oil, all things were carried off to their , bivouac, and turned to ac count. Even the property of the Government was not always respected. One day, after one of the first rands% executed under Marshal Bugeaud's orders, the commander went out to examine the fine flock of sheep which had fallen into his hands. Shortly afterwards, while reposing in his tent, significant bleating sounds reached his ear. He rushed out in great haste, and found the Zouaves in the midst of the sheep, helping themselves, in defiance o f the guard. The Ma rs h a l cou ld not restrain his anger. He rushed, sword in hand and undressed, into the tnidst of the tumult, which he contrived to quell. The Zouaves, of course, retired obediently, but with their prey in their possession. An inquiry, instituted at their bivouac, had no result whatever. Nobody was missing at the call—no body had seen any sheep. Pere Bugeaud could only laugh at the affair." The Chasseurs de Vincennes form a contrast to this wild regiment, consisting as they do of the elite of French army. We find an interesting biography of Marshal de St. Arnaud, in which the various fortunes of the gallant old general are given in detail. The volume concludes with chapters on French officers and French soldiers. Blanchard Jerrold has contrivedlo combine valuable informa tion with interesting anecdote; and, although the subject is not new, there are few who will not derive pleasure and information from its perusal. A .ccording to prese nt arrangements, the Empress of Austria will leave Madeira about the middle of April, and reach Vienna in May. The lion. George Waldegrave and the Countess of Rothes arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Tuesday last, en route for the Continent. The new Indip., loan of £3,000,000 is expected to be announced on Monday. This sum is about to be raised under the anlhority granted by Parliament last Session, for the express purpose of meeting any deficiency in the funds obtained by the Indian railway companies in England. THE STRANDED STE. AMSITIP QUEEN VICTOINIA. Saturaay or Sunday next, when the tides range high, an attempt will he made to float the Queen Vic toria at Plymouth, by Capt. Daniel Russel from Lloyd's, a gentleman whohas had much experience in operations of the kind. Harris, the diver, has examined her, and reports that a smooth rock, 25 to 35 feet long, is right under her mainmast and pushes up the keel ; the after part of the ship, which was buoyant some time after grounding, has now sunk down on the beach. The Queen Victoria is divided into three compartments, and it is proposed to draw the water from the forward compartment with one of Gwynne's pumps, worked by an engine of 10-horse power, and capable of lifting 1,000 gallons per minute. The after compartment is provided with another pump, worked by a 6-horse engine, which lifts 500 gallons per minute. When these compartments are empty (the cable being landed), it is hoped that she will float sufficiently to be taken into the large graving dock in the Plymouth Great Western Docks. The cable is believed to have received no material injury, and teats very well. It is intended to rejoin the wire and thoroughly test the whole. THE COMING CRISIS.—.-.on the European Conti nent the face of the heavens is covered up by thick banks of cloud from the steppes of Russia to the sunny plains of Italy. Garibaldi does not conceal the fact that he is matur ing in Caprera a campaign which will deluge the earth with blood. He believes it his mission to rescue oppressed nation alities, and the instincts of millions point to him as the man of destiny —the unselfish and accomplished liberator, who has a noble heart, and therefore will never want a de voted army about his standards. His emergence from Caprera will wake up and arm expectant millions who have everything to gain by success and nothing to lose but life by defeat. France looks across the channel armed to the teeth. He must be a traitor or a fool who does not expect the cloud that hangs above the Tuileries to burst some where. Behind commercial treaties is an army of up wards of half a million. The imperial skater on the Bois de Boulogne does not for one moment forget he has "an empire to found and a defeat to avenge." His feet are on his skates, but his hand grasps his sword-hilt. He talks pers fflage to ladies, while he arranges campaigns —decrees the cessation of passports, and casts rifled cannon —glorifies the English alliance, and under the covering prestige it gives him, builds iron-plated ships, and calls out the reserve of the empire. —From " Gathering Clouds," in the London _Review. THE EDUCATIONAL' CONGRESS AT BIRMING• ILAM.--The important (congress to aid the movement in favour of securing Government assistance in the extension of Ragged Schools terminated on Wednesday evening. The proceedings were most enthusiastic and encouraging. Dr. Guthrie delivered an excellent address, after which the, meeting paid a very high compliment upon the indefati gable efforts of the untiring and energetic hon. secretary of the Conference—Mr. Charles Ratcliff—a gentleman who has for a long time past devoted both his time and purse towards the education and improvement of the poor in Birmingham. THE TESTIMONIAL TO SIR W. HAYTER, The testimonial which is to be presented to Sir William Hayter, M.P., next month, a t a di nner, over w hi c h L or d Palmerston will presid e , con t a i ns 1,100 ounces o f . silver. I n plan, at the bottom, the work is a square of 25 inches. The square base has projections at eachlof its extreme angles, in t f r h o e n s t e o p f r e w j h e e i t c e h d a p r r s t h i e e n l 1 e s t i h n e s r i e l v a e r r e b t e a a z u z ifu 1 ly chased. adapted ffor t h Over v re ception overat u r a t l h o a r hartifi cial assumes fl ow e t rhse. aTbaheeticsefnotrrmal,pionrttihone o f centret he w 0 00 f rf w kn hich is a pedestal of bright silver, whereon stands a statue of Britannia, with her attendant lion. Around this pedestal are four clothed female figures, seve rally emblematic of Fidelity, Loyalty, Industry, and Justice. On the front of the work, on a bright silver ground, is the following inscription :—" This testimonial was presented to the Right lion. Sir Wm. Goodenough Hayter, Bart., M.P., by 335 members of the House of Com mons, in remembrance of the courtesy and efficiency with which he performed the duties of Political Secretary to the Treasury between the years 1851 and 1859." THREE MEN BURIED IN A MlNE.—Great con sternation was created at Calver Sough, near Bakewell, Derbyshire, on Tuesday last, by the fear that three men, named Thomas Edeson, and Joseph and John Burch (two brothers), had been killed in a mine. The most arduous and anxious exertions were commenced to dig them out, and on Wednesday morning the men employed succeeded in reaching them. Two were found alive—viz., Joseph nd John Burch, though greatly exhausted. They were at once removed, and, being carefully treated, are in a fair so Thomas Ed eson ; he was foun d d Notfrightfully crushed. Th e surv ivors heard Ed es on's shot fired, w h en they were instantly h emme d in by a large mass o f earth displaced by the shot. These men had remained in th e m i ne from Monday, having w e a a y d , of his head recovery. ein g had no food, and their feelings can be better imagined than described. A telegram was sent to the coroner, Mr. F. G. Bennett, at Glossop, to hold an inquest, and a strict in quiry will be made into the cause of this accident and death. The Vienna Cabinet has again put into vigour the decree prohibiting the export of arms to the Danubian Principalities, Ine ext are for are 231 'Car at 2s. e at of wl th TU3 1141 Me ides 11181 13 ► off oft Az Y ( vii