The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-23 00:00:00

Second Edition, price 25. 6d., CRCCSUS, KING OF LYDIA. A Tragedy. By ALFRED B. RICHARDS. Atioi her Matthew Lock might modulate their (the Fates') chant in tones as expressive as those of the weird sisters in 'Macbeth,' and more solemnly sublime." -The Morning Post. Macbeth ' has many of these elements, especially Rs added to by Dryden and Davenant. . . The language and construction well deserves a royal and magniAcent set ting." --The Critic. "Contains passages which are not to be surpassed by any thing in the language. The awful retribution that awaits the neglect of poverty by wealth, and the extremes of luxury and starvation, form the moral and portraiture of this work, which, in the present state of the manufacturing districts in the north of England, the rich and the powerful would do well to study and to lay to heart." The Weekly Times. • Longman and Co., Paternoster-row. .44 PLENDOUR and MAGNIFICENCE are the L' prevailing characteristics of the London Pavilion, to prove which a visit on THURSDAY, the 29th inst., is parti cularly recommended. The Proprietors take their ANNUAL BENEFIT on the evening in question, when the entertain ments will be marked by genius, refinement, elegance, mirth, and drollery. The programme will totally eclipse all its pre decessors ; it will, in fact, be a NIGHT of WONDERS. The LONDON PAVILION, Tichborne-street. LOIBL and SONNHAII3IER, Proprietors. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, to commence with RUY BLAS Miss Louisa Pyne. Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Thirlwall. and Madame Laura Baxter Messrs. Santley, Patey, Lyall, AynsleyCooke , E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Doors open at halt-past B—Commenceat 7. THEATRE-ROYAL.DRU RY-LANE,- Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.dmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the Comio Drama of THE NE% r OF After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE G 0 7D TWO SHOES. Commence at -. TREAT RE_RO HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, will be performed ti., in A.NIERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck r tone % Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Alter which, a new and original Extravaganza, entitled ItASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA ; or, The Happy Valley. Itasselas, Miss Louise Keeley. Concluding with OUR MARY ANNE. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, Jan. 23, to commence with an Ort).,inal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight. a New Romanlc Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. IN iddi combe, W. M'intyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenuc, and Elsworthy. Mr. Phelps and Mr. W. Montgomery are engaged, and kill shortly appear. Doors open at half-past six, performance to commence at Seven. Private Boxes, £2 12s. ad., and £2 2s. Places registered. Stalls, 6s. 6d. ; Dress Circle, ss. 6d.; Upper Circle, is. Gd. Prices at doors—t,talls, es. ; Dress Circle, sp. ; upper Cirele,4s.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price. Box office oi en daily from 11 till T 5. he public are entreated to t a ke notice that no charge is made to the occupants of box , s, box places, or stalls, either for playbills or for the safe kup ng of hats and cloaks : and that the attendants in all pa-to 'of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. 1) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. tu Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindu4. THIS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Miss M. Oliver. Followed by ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES AN OTHER. Mr. R. Roxby and Miss Amy Sedgvrlck. After which, the New Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, RIQUET WITH THE MET ; or, Harlequin and Moine , Sltipton." Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. Se ton, Misses Gray tnd pispeth, Mr. Milano, Mr. R. Power, Miss A. Collin , on, tnd Mr. Hattori. NEW Tll NATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Pronristor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE LI • TLE TREASURE. Mr Killington, Mr. R. Phillips, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L.Tool?, P Bedford, and Mrs. Billington. To sonclude with " GEORGE DE BARNWELL • or, Harlequin Folly in the Realms of Fancy." Miss Woo gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Seaman ; Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Lauri;Be ford, SAephenson, C. J. Smith. Harlequin, Mr. John Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams ; Ciown, Mr. W. Hildyard ; rantalooti, Mr. J. P,ulo. The celebrated Arthur and Bertrand. Commence at 7. The WEATHER.—Sun Office, Jan. 23, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night This day at N00n..... .. Barometer-29.6. Wind—S.-S.-West; weather changeable. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.—Morning, 4h. 35m.—Afternoon, 4h. 59m. TO-ItonuoNs.-Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 38m. , • I a 4 ..4, - 4 orct. t , . 19 : 11 1 4‘ Ati 1 r ltt _;\.‘ 71 1 Itt L 7 -" %ft V di i- % Utt? L()NDON, FIiIDA ', JANUARY 23, 1863. The reply of the new VICEROY of EaYPT to the Consular Body appears very satisfactory. The address itself proved the high estimation in which he was held. Those who presented it knew from experience much that was gratifying and encourag ing in the past, and hence could hope for great things from the future. This passage evinces their already high estimation of the Prince :—" Each of us has had the honour to know your Highness in private life, and on more than one occasion to appreciate the eminent qualities which led your Highness to avoid, with a reserve as dignified as it was wise, taking any part in public business during the late Government." This reticence of character displays in itself a care and elution that are emi nently becoming to a statesman, for it is never those who thrust themselves forward officiously who prove the most efficient when the time of trial comes. It was no want of ability that kept ISMAIL PASHA from interference. On n late occasion when he was Regent for a short time he so conducted affairs as to create a favourable impression. This Is alluded to in the address iu the following words: —"During the Regency which your Highness Wad called upon to assume, you were able, despite the difficulties of the position, to secure the respect and sympathies of the people whose destiny was com mitted to your charge, and in dealing with the foreign representatives your Highness gave proof of firmness and justi2a that inspired the profound respect of the whole colony." The first words of the Viceroy's reply prove that he is in earnest in his solemn undertaking. He says—" I am deeply impressed with the task which GOD has imposed upon me, by recalling my uncle, and placing me at the head of the Government of Eypt." After stating that he was determined to devote himself to the prosperity of the country he went on to observe that "the base of all good administrations is order and economy in the finances. This order w and economy I shall folio by every possible means, and I have resolved upon abandoning the system of my predecessors, by fixing for myself a civil list which I shall never exceed." Besides this excellent resolve the Vice roy has a still better plan in prospect—to abolish the system of forced labour. This system, he states, is the principal, and, indeed, only cau se w hi c h has prevented, and still prevents, the country from taking all the development of which it is suscepon, - in the right dir ec ti table." This is a step and ISMAIL PASHA deserves the greatest credit for his resolution in this respect. The more he follows the example of more enlightened countries the more rapidly will progress be made, and the more steadily will it be maintained in the country over which he presides. It is refreshing to notice so extended a view taken of affairs, at the outset of a new reign, and it is surely some foundation for our hopes to rest upon, that will outlive the first excitement of the inauguration, and remain to win t he admiration and respect of succeeding times. Such a chang e as the Viceroy proposes to make is an era in the history of the East, and it is to be trusted that he will go on in the e which ho has commenc e d • good course , undeterred by the objections of those whose prejudice s may be wounded by his reforms, and uninfluenced by the advice of in tert,s;.ed partizans. The principle that the Viceroy acknowledges in this speech is that of progression, and the spirit that animates him is decidedly that of progress. Far from fall ing short of expectation, his Highness has more than fuifilled the most extravegan', desires that could have been formed ; and all that remains now to wish is that he may be long spared to carry out his noble resolutions. The result cannot be other wise than happy to the country which it imme diately concerns, and beneficial to all those nations that come in immediate contact. Certainly a more auspicious opening of a new reign has seldom been seen ; and both on political and personal grounds there can be but one opinion, that ISMAIL PisuA has already taken his place among the ranks of national reformers and social benefactors. The land of the Nile has a bright prospect before it under present auspices, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the judicious improvements now laid down by the intelligence of its new ruler may be carried out in a style and with a success that may result in credit to the enlightened mind that has devised them. It is one proof that England must be right in her fi r m neutrality between the North and South, that s he gains of both sides. Whigs, Tories, and Radicals here, with a few singular exceptions, concur in the policy of leaving the two great parties to fight out their own quarrel. Both sides in the States perfectly well know that we, and all Europe, would rather they should settle it by the unbloody war of diplomacy. They know that France obtru sively, and England without any display of zeal in the macter,would gladly aid both parties in coming to terms which should be dishonourable to neither; but we do net mean to:offer services which would certainly be rejected, and which, in the present temper of both, would as certainly be useless. In the coming session, we have little doubt that there will be various opinions as to what will be the end of the struggle most desirable for England and the world. Most statesmen and poli ticians in Europe will believe, as we certainly do, that a breaking up of the Union into such a num ber of independent nations as geography and diver sity of interests suggest, will be for the advantage of the world; and there may be also a few who can honestly believe that a democratic Republic, com prising all the lands between the Isthmus and the North Pole, would be a blessing for humanity ; but those who think all North America should form one vast power, and those who would break it up into two, four, or more nations,will all agree that the set tlement which Americans will make for themselves will be better than any we can make for them. Ever since the Norman Conquest we, in England, have fought out our own quarrels; we have thus come to a practical conclusion that this is the best course for ail nations. France has not yet learned the same lesson. Hence her interference in Italy and in Mexico, we might add in Egypt ; hence her readiness to burn her fingers in the American fire ; bat England's mind is quite made up. We know the thanks we have had for this from the North. For a long time all our thorough im *partiality was represented as favouring the South. Our manufacturers supplied the South with arms ; our skippers, at their own risk, attempted to get medicines, clothing, and luxuries in food, through the blockade, as well as guns and ammunition ; we half forgot the black spot of Southern slavery in the courage and skill displayed by Southern com manders and Southern soldiers, and all these things were set down against us as erimes. It availed nothing that we did +en times more for the North, practically, than we did for the South—that where our merchants and manufacturers sold a hundred pounds' worth of warlike stores to the South, they must have furnished five times that amount to the North. Political independence and military courage turned our sympathy towards the South, and the North could not forgive the sentiments which we did not care to suppress. Yet all the time our national acts were the same. Whatever feelings the conduct of either side evoked, we maintained our neutrality. We do not recollect one single case in which the North has even the shadowof a just com plaint against us except it be for the building of the Alabama. That, however, at the very worst, is simply a cAse of action too slow on the part of our Government to cope with the dexterous movements of those whose property the vessel was. We cannot for one moment blame the builders; they had a perfect right, as the American builders themselves would have asserted in a parallel case, to execute orders in their own trade, without asking curious questions. And as to our Government, it could not, unless prepared to imitate the illegalities of Mr. LINCOLN and his Secretary for War, have inter fered before they had legal ground for doing so, and that was furnished too late. The South, for a long time, did behave somewhat civilly towards us; though it was no doubt in the hope . of obtaining our more or less direct assistance. Indeed the South began with attempts at compul sion. Before the blockade had become effectual it prohibited the sale of cotton, under the assured con viction that "cotton was king," and would soon compel the iutervention of Europe. The North shared the conviction. Indeed both parties for a long time fully believed that want of cotton would compel Europe, and England especially, to take sides with one of them, each hoping to be the one ; the South because it had what we wanted, the North because it kept the maritime lock and key to it. Singularly enough, to this day the South, as well as the North, persists in refusing to liberate cotton. The South forbids its sale, and burns it where the North would be likely to clpture it; the North stations its ships to prevent its leaving the Southern ports. The South has always cherished the overweening conceit that England was at its mercy. " What would mankind do without us and our slaves," they ask triumphantly; " But for oar productions the mills of Lanashire would be shut up, and the Chartists of England would revolutionise the country." Such, says a pretty recent traveller in the States—Mr. STIRLING—is their language; and the common term of contempt applied by them to our honest and industrious workmen is that of " hireling l" At length, however, the South appears to have lost all patience with us. The Emperor of the FRENCH wished to procure for it an armistice of six months, with the farther object of its indefinite prolongation. Europe, meanwhile, was to obtain the four millions bales of cotton which, our Consuls tells us, are to be found there, and the South to be thus amply supplied with money, and, of •course, with all that money could purchase. England and Russia replied, "Not yet." For this the North neither praises nor blames us. The latter it could not do, the former it would not. But now it is our turn to catch it Also from the South. we acknowledged th em as b e lli geren ts, and When we to act as policemen for the North in our own manufactories, then England was everything. Now that we refuse to adopt, governmentally,a partisan policy, nothing is too bad for u s . t a o r l t d i s b a y n We are the Richmond Whsg that the English people "permit. almost without remonstrance, those two old painted mummies, RUSSELL and PALMERSTON, to place the British nation in an attitude towards us heartlessly cruel and unjust." And we are even threatened with the high displeasure of the mighty South. " The Confederate States TA ill remember England in the future. There was a time when she could have made fast friends of us, but that time, we believe, is going by for ever. We look upon her present Government as little less corrupt than that of the North. The conduct of her Ministers in our affairs ham been chara&erised by sordid lust and base ears." Mr. SEWARD is even described as Lord RUSSELL'S master ! "A threat from SEWARD will silence Earl Russia', more effectually than the wails of the suffering poor of his country. Treachery being the predominant characteristic of both the Yankee and the English premiers, we are not surprised that there is a mutual hostility to the South, and perhaps a tacit under standing to despoil us of the products of our coun try. SEWARD is by far the shrewder knave of the two, and his voice seems to be as potent with Earl RUSSELL as it is i❑ the Cabinet of Washington. Certain it is that he has dictated, in the most super cilious terms, the course which he wished England to pursue since the establishment of the blockade and the recognition of the Confederates as belli get ents." Such effusions we read and laugh at, and hardly say we forgive, because, they have not the power to make us angry ; but what will injure the South far more with England, is, her brutality towards negro prisoners. Mr. DAVIS' savage proclamation against them was veiled in semi-legal phraseology, though no cue could doubt what it meant ; but we are not allowed to wait long for the practical comment. The shooting in cold blood, by order of Southern com manders, of twenty negro teamsters near Murfrees borough, has excited no indignation or remonstrance in the South ! JEFFERSON DAvIS has given, and will give no intimation, that it is not exactly what he meant, for he did mean it. The atrocity, as we regard it in England, is coolly taken as a matter of course, by the South and its friends. In this coun try it will be matched with the doings of NEILL and FURCIIIN and BUTLER. In England negroes are regarded as men, and as having a perfect right to their liberty if they can get it. Suppose that these negroes were slaves who had made good their title to manhood, and who were now driving for wages the waggons of the army through which they had gained their liberty—what but the most fiendish spirit of revenge could dare to deal with these in nocent men as brigands or pirates? The South is adopting the very means by such deeds as this to cut itself off from the sympathies of all civilised na tions, and of England pre-eminently. Since the issue of the war has manifestly become emancipa tion or slavery, an evident change has commenced in the feelings of this country towards the Northern cause, and the South needs to treat the negro better rather than worse, if it would retain any measure of English good will. We do not, indeed, think the North more generous or philanthropic than we thought her before. Emancipation as a " military necessity," is pure selfishness ; but we are a practical people, and when we associate the triumph of the North with the abolition of slavery in ten large States, to be as surely followed by its abolition in the Border States, we shall regard, not the nobleness or meanness of the motive, but the grandeur of the result. We may care little for the North, but the cessation of Southern slavery is everything to Eng lishmen. The address of the Prussian Chamber of Depu ties to their unconstitutional KING will be read with interest. As yet a mere summary of the Address has reached us, but its tone and spirit are plainly discernable, and confirm our anticipations. The Chamber has assumed a firm and undaunted attitude, remonstrating with the KING in respect ful but decided language on the illegality of the proceedings of his Government. " Since last See sion,"says the Address, " the Ministers have carried on the public administration against the Constitu tion and without a legal Budget." They declare the supreme right of the popular representatives to have been attacked, and the country is alarmed by these unconstitutional measures. There is certainly much ground for this uneasiness,since if the Minis ters continue to act in direct opposition to the ex pressed will of the Chambers all constitutional government will be at an end. The deputies de clare to the KING that abuses of the power of the Government are now taking place as in the years that preceded the Regency, and reminding him of his recent declaration of the sincerity of his intention to maintain the Constitution, distinctly express their conviction that his Ministers have already trenched on its privileges. They assure the Monarch that they are supported by the great body of the people, and that the party who presented the recent addresses to the throne are only a small minority. It is now to be seen whether the KING will listen to this remonstrance; whether his eyes are yet open to the danger and weakness of a posi tion which is seen to be untenable by all but himself. We learn from a French source that it is rumoured in Berlin that the Government is willing to fix by law the maximum of the army, if the Chamber would inaugurate a similar proposi tion. This would seem to indicate a more con ciliatory spirit, but we fear that it will need further time and trouble to bring thu KING to reason. The cause of the dispute is not touched upon in the address of the Deputies. They justly conceive it to be their duty in the present crisis to make their stand upon the general principles of the Constitu tion, rather than upon any isolated measure, how ever arbitrary and uncalled for. The gravity of the tone of the Address shaws that the Deputies fully appreciate the seriousness of their position. There is no exultation, no defiance, only a firm and quiet resolve to maintain the rights of the people whom they represent. We trust their unshaken tone, supported as it must be by all constitutional kingdoms, will yet have weight with their mis taken rulers, and convince them, in the coneluding words of the Address, that " peace at home and power abroad can only be restored to the Govern ment by its returning to a constitutional state of things." DEATH OT MR. W. C. NOTTER.—Mr. W. C. S. Notter, who was for many years connected with Covent Garden and Drury Line Theatres, departed this life on the 16th inst., aged 65, deeply lamented. THE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. —Last evening a meeting of the rector, church wardens, and yes rymen of the parish of St. Mary, Lam beth, was held at the Vestry-hall, Kennington, to consider a report of a committee of the vestry on the Thames Em bankment and roadway (south side) ; Mr. R. Taylor in the chair. Mr. Doniton,M.P., moved theadoption of the report, the practical effect of which, he said, was to empower the vestry to consult some practical engineer so as to protect the interests of the parish in reference to the damage to property which would be effected by the embankment. After some alight discussion the report was adopted. TESTING OF SHIPS' CHAINS AND ANCHORS.-- A communication from Lloyd's Registry-office was read yesterday at the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board, stating that regulations had been passed to prevent ships from being classed A 1, unless they had chains and an chors on board which had been subjected to a certain proved test, and asking the Mersey Dock Board to co-op era t e w i t h L oyd 's, to at Liverpooltthe a proving house si milar West India Docks. The letter was referred to the Works Committee. A MAN BURIED IN A SEWER.—Yesterda y tbhya e stablishing recently opened a a painful character occurred to a man named Charles morning, shortly before nin e o'clock, an accident of Church, an excavator at Darnley-road, near Hackney Old Church. The unfortunate man was engaged in form ing a new drain, when a mass of earth gave way, and com pletely buried him. Th ree • qu arters of an hour elapsed be fore the u n f ortunate man could be reached. H e was dis covered crouch e d up,quite insensible, and fearfully crushed. At the Londo n H ospital it was found that he had fracture d legs, a severe scalp wound, and numerous contusions. But alight hopes are gi ven o f his recovery. MOIWA4 THE-SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Hammonia, from New York on the 10th inst, arrived off the Needles at 11.30 a.m. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN, 17. Sir Henry Bulwer has arrived here. Dervisch Pasha has received orders to return with his troops to Scutari for the winter. The construction of block-houses in Montenegro has thereford been postponed. English, French, and Austrian war steamers are cruising against pirates. GREECE. ATHENS, JAN. 17. The Government has determined that rewards shall be given to those who capture brigands, for trying whom court-martials are to be established. The Hon. Mr. Elliot has taken his house at Athens for three more months. SPAIN. 'MADRID, SAN. 22. The Government intends laying before the Chamber a bill for a general amnesty, and a bill establishing the ineligibility of members of Par liament to fill public offices. RUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 22. The following are the most important passages of the draft of the Address of the Chamber of Deputies : " We begin our work under sad auspices, and feel it our duty to make respectful representations to your Majesty concerning the state of public affairs. " Since last session the Ministers have carried on the public administration against the Constitution and without a legal budget. The supreme right of the representatives of the people has thereby been attacked. The country has been alarmed, and has stood by its representatives. " A small minority of the people only • has, en couraged by the Ministers, carried the worst calumnies against the Chamber of Deputies to the foot of the throne in the form of addressee. " Abuses of the power of the Government are now taking place, just as in the sad years which preceded the Regency. Your Majesty recently declared that nobody should doubt your intentions of maintaining the Constitution; but the Constitu tion has already been violated by the Ministers. " Our position imposes on us the most urgent duty of solemnly declaring that peace at home and power abroad can only be restored to the Government by its returning to a constitutional state of things." FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 23. The lifoniteur of this morning says : " The English press has given vent to strange conjectures upon the despatch of a battalion of Egyptian troops to Mexico, experience having proved that negroes are not subject to the yellow fever. "The Emperor has not, like England during the war in India, requested permission to enlist soldiers in Egypt, but the temporary loan to France of a regiment of 1,200 negroes. " the Viceroy could only dispense with 350 men, who are destined to garrison Vera Cruz. The mea sure has therefore been taken in the interests of humanity, and cannot give rise to the slightest criticism." Le _Nord, which is now published at Paris, has the following :—.‘ It is stated that about eight days since an official note was despatched from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Washing ton Government, proposing the meeting of an American Congress, which would be for the United States what the Congress of Westphalia was to Ger many during the Thirty Years' War. The idea of this Congress is said to emanate from M.Drouyn de Lhuys. A recent at tide in the Constautionnel, which was looked upon as coming from a semi official source, developed the spirit of the note of the French Government. We give this news with due reserve." The Emperor and Empress dined yesterday with the Princess Alathilde. Among the passengers, by the Estremadurn, who arrived at Bordeaux yesterday were Gen. Pelissier, from Senegal, and M. De Breuil, French Consul at Lisbon. A three masted vessel having missed the entrance of the harbour was lost two days since in sight of Havre. It said to be the Bonne Mere, of Bordeaux, Captain Gaignerot, from the coast of Africa, with a cargo of palm oil. Thanks to the assistance of the lifeboat, the crew escaped, saving also, with great difficulty, their captain, who was lying dan gerously ill in the cabin. Intelligence has since been received by the steamer L'Eclair, just arrived from Honfleur, that 50 casks of palm oil had been washed ashore and saved. A sad collision is recorded between the steamboat arriving at St. Nazaire from Nantes and the staemer Comtesse de Cuba, which destroyed the former. The shock was so violent as to terrify many persons, who rashly endeavoured to jump into the ship's boat. One lest his life, another was dangerously and it is feared fatally injured, while oth, rs were seriously hurt. Those who remained on board were unharmed. The Siecle Lf this morning announces that it has received in one day 1 0,000 fr. for the relief of the Seine-Inferieure. The Gazette de Weimar announces that the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha will accept the crown of Greece on condition that he is allowed to retain the regency of his duchy at the same time. BOURSE, Jan. 22.—The market has shown little animation, but prices of Rente have been well main tained, and with even a shade of improvement, Threes being now at 70f. 10c. The Italian Loan has receded in consequence of sales for realising previous profit. Mobilier remains nearly unvaried. Railway Share market quiet. The market con tinued heavy to the close, and left off as follows :-- m 4i per Cents. ..... . 98 6 0 D 3 per Cents ...... 70 Doo.. eniadd h New 3 per Cents Do. end month..., end month.,„ 7 0 0 5 Credit Mobilier, ..,1165 Do. end month.... _ Bank Shares 3400 Credit } ander 1477 50 Piedmontese Fives Italian Loan 7O 40 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 53 Home Debt RAIL' - AYEI. Cash. Account. Orleans ICB7 50 .. 1087 50 Northern ..... 1023 75 .. 1025 New ditto • • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1162 50 .. 1160 Geneva. • Southern. ........ Western ...... Eastern .... Sardinian ...... Austrian n.IP Lo.trd •• • ..... North of Sp a i n Saragossa, Ditto to B arcelona .. . .. 325 50 .. 830 DENMARK. Danish Th e C G o o p v e e n r h p Governme n t t has a 9 n b o la t d s e h t ow r e n m t a o r o k m s u t c h h a t h a t s h t e e in replying to Lord Russell's second despatch, seeing that it was not of great importance after the decided tone of the Danish answer. But, as there was no desire to fail in courtesy towards a great Power that at least professes friendliness, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has now despatched a lengthened reply. It is rumoured that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has supported Lord Russell's recommendations, a fact which the Dagbladet thinks should make Denmark still more suspicious of their tcndency and still more resolute to refuse them. Lord Russell, it says, has by no means consulted the real interests of England, who should on every account rejoice to see the establishment of a strong and independent Danish kingdom, closely allied to Sweden and Norway, and free from all German interference, while such a Scandinavian alliance would be extremely mortify ing to Russia. NEW ZEALAND GOLDFIELD. The Dunedin Colonist of Nov. 17 states that, though the rush from Melbourne has considerably abated, there is still a steady influx of population. At the port of Dunedin the excess of immigration over emigration in the past month had been 1,684. There had been a second arrival (per Sevilla) of single women, who were likely to prove equally ac ceptable with the first, the batch per Grasmere. Letters from the Dunstan goldfield say that at Pleasant Creek rush a party of five washed out 170 oz. in three days, and another party 90 oz. in two days. The depth of sinking is about six feet in the bed of the creek, which has first to be diverted from its course. Gold is found in patches in every direc tion. The gold commissioner, in his official report, describes 800 to 1,000 miners as working with suc cess, many doing remarkably well, one party bring ing 102 oz. for their week's work. " Prospecting (he writes) is proceeding vigorously in every direction, and the samples of gold obtained are very different both in quality and appearance, in some instances being an almost impalpable dust, and in others con sisting of coarse pieces, weighing 3dw t. and 4d wt. each. Those employed on Pleasant Creek, as one of the new rushes is named, are for the most doing ex tremely well. The gold obtained there is of a rough description, and appears to be of very pure quality." A letter mentions that a party of four, about seven miles above the Dunstan, obtain 180 ounces in three and a half days' work. From Nakomai the C3M missioner reports concerning Victoria Gully :—" The diggers now working seem to be generally satisfied, and are making what they term wages, which I should estimate at about £3 per week. There are, however, individual instances of men doing much better, and I know of persons who are earning as much as £6 and £7 sterling during the same period. The reef is a hard slate, on end, and nearly fiat, but the greater portion of the gold is not always found there; in fact, it seems to be more plentiful at one particular level, which level is sometimes on the reef, but more frequently in the wash dirt." The export of gold from Dunedin during the month has been 39,523 ounces. The Colonist maintains that consider ing the area prospected, the"population engaged in the work, and the amount of capital employed, the Otagon fields have proved more productive in pro portion than any before discovered, and that the average earnings of the miners exceeded per man the average yielded in Victoria and New South Wales. Goods sent to the Danatan have been costing the enormous sum of £l2O per ton for carriage—a rate so high that the merchants determined to send by vessel to Waikonaiti, and trust to local arrange ments for transporting them thence to the gold fields; but the roads have improved, and the rate demanded by carriers has become much more mode rate. THE SEVERN BRIDGES. In the course of a few months the magnificent iron railway bridge which is now being thrown across the Severn at Coalbrook-dale will be com pleted, and another fine specimen of engineering skill will be added to the already rich collection of the surrounding neighbourhood. Those who travel often in the western counties must be familiar with the romantic valley of the Severn, for from the railway which for many miles follows the course of the river, the beautiful country adjoining its wooded banks is viewed to great advantage, and many are the spots of histo rical and local interest which may be pointed out along the route. The whole course of the river is fraught with interesting reminiscences of our first and most eminent engineers; and, indeed, to those who have not been embittered against engineering progress by some intrusion upon their favourite landscape, there is a perfect romance attaching to this scene of Telford's early labours. In this valley Telford lived and worked for many years. Hidden away among the rich deep wood of the vale is the famous iron foundry, which may almost be consi dered the birth-place of the iron trade which has so revolutionised this country. These extensive premises were built early in last century, and their proximity to the deep, rushing stream of the Severn, which had long defied the strength of wooden or stone bridges, first led to the adoption of iron as a material for the construction of large bridges. In 1773 Messrs. Reynolds and Darby, the proprietors of this foundry,were invited to carry out a design for constructing a bridge across the Severn at Coalbrook-dale. Ironbridge was the result of their labours ; and although it now appears very imperfect both in design and workmanship, it was certainly no mean forerunner of the stupendous structures of later engineers. To construct an arch of one huuered feet was in those days a bold undertaking. But the bridge was built, and great must have been the astonishment of the Severn villagers when they saw the beautiful banks of their river bound together by a single iron link. The arch is formed of nearly semicircular cast-iron ribs of six inches square section ; the centre of it is about 50 feet above the level of the river, sufficient to allow the passage of flats and small craft sailing up the river. Nothwithstanding the complete success of this undertaking, nearly twenty years elapsed before a second attempt was made to construct iron bridges upon a large scale, except, indeed, Mr. Payne's wrought-iron bridge, which was built for America in 1777, but was never erected. In 1793 the great Sunderland bridge was erected by Mr. Burden, and about two years afterwards Mr. Tel fo:d constructed his first iron bridge at Buildwas, about three miles above the original Ironbridge. This bridge of Mr. Telford's is of a very peculiar construction. It is a single segmental arch 130 feet in span. The main arch is very fiat, and formed of cast-iron ribs, the spandrils being filled in with iron panels ; two alditional ribs are bolted one on either side to the vertical spandril rods which sup port the roadway; these ribs, being segments of a smaller circle than the main ribs, rise from a lower point in the abutments to about three feet above the road at the crown of the arch, and thus form a stiffening brace to the whole bridge; this brace gives the bridge a somewhat curious appearance, but it looks upon the whole very elegant and pretty among the dark woods which shroud the old ruins of Buildwas Abbey. The point at which the new bridge is being erected is about half way between the two old ones. It is a flat segmental arch, spanning the river at a width of 200 feet, nearly equal to the side arches of Southwark-bridge. The arch is formed of cast-iron ribs, varying from 4 feet to 4 feet 6 inches in depth, with equal flanges on the upper and under sides ; the ribs are cast in seg ments of about 25 feet ; the whole was cast and fitted at the Coalbrook-dale foundry. The breaking weight of one of the segments was found to be no less than 450 tons placed at the centre. The ends of the ribs are made to step into cast-iron chains, which are embedded in the masonry of the abut ments, and form a kind of ball and socket joint, which gives the iron work freedom for the expan sion caused by atmospheric changes. The work is being ably carried out by the resi dent engineer, and th© design is at the same time well calculated to give sufficient strength and rigidity, and is of very sightly and elegant propor tions. It is, we believe, the 1 trgest arched iron bridge that has yet beeu constructed in this country for the purpose of carrying a railway. FALL OF A PORTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S CLIFF. _-DovEu, Thursday,—About a quarter to one o'clock yesterday a portion of the cliff immortalised by the name of " Shakespeare," slipped with majestic grandeur, almcst noiselessly, into the " confined deep," singing and barging until the vast mass of chalk (consisting of several tons) had found its subsidence in the frothing sea. The portion of cliff that has thus disappeared was near the front of the Dover double tunnel, and almost facing the viaduct of the South Eastern Railway. The " high and bending head" still looks fearfully upon the waters. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TAN. 22. Several shipping ceisuaities occurred during the heavy gale on Tuesday night. About 11 o'clock the Shamrock put in at Belfast. She is a steamer of upwards of 300 tons, plying between Sligo and Liverpool. She left Sligo for Liverpool on Monday between 3 and 4 o'clock, and he.d been beating about since then. She had a large number of pas sengers, a general cargo, and cattle on board. The steamer experienced the full severity of the stone. The deck passengers were in a deplorable sta:e when landed, as they had suffered severely. Ooe man, named Debar, was standing on deck with his wife and two children, when the vessel shipped a heavy sea. The children were dashed from beside their parents, and in a short time after, v►hen their bodies were found, they were quite life less. In another heavy sea a sailor, named James Flatt, got his leg broken. The wheel, the house on deck, and several of the boats were carried away. A number of pigs on board also died. At Cork, about half-past 8 on Tuesday morning, the Sabrina got aground on the bank opposite Horse Head_ She left Cork for Bristol early in the morn ing, and steamed down the river to Passage, where ail the vessels of the steamship company make a short stay to take in passengers. O wing to the vio lence of the gale then blowing she could not come alongside the hulk at once, and, in order to reach the quay without accident, Capt. Stavely thought it better to run down to Monkstown-bay, turn there, and steam up slowly. This was accomplished in safety, and the passengers having been taken on board, the steamer ran up to Horse Head for the purpose of wearing round and proceeding on the voyage across. In turning she was caught by the wind, which was blowing from N.N.W., and was driven on the bank. The tide was about half ebb at the time, but as she became firmly fixed in the soft mud of the bank there was no danger whatever of her heeling over at low water. It is expected that she will be able to steam off at the flow of the tide. About three o'clock the same morning, while beat ing for the harbour, the brigantine Anne, belonging to Gibraltar, with Indian corn, from Saffi, struck on Canovan's Point, to the south side of Camden Fort. The tugs William Wallace and Robert Bruce were despatched to her assistance, but up to a late hour yesterday evening there was no account as to whe ther they succeeded or not. The previous day an Italian barque, the Calcutta, with corn, from Sulina, in endeavouring to make for the harbour, went ashore to the west of it, and soon became a total wreck, the crew having to abandon her the same day. Measures were at once taken to save as much of the cargo as possible, and yesterday efforts were made to cut away the masts. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.—The confirmation of the election of Dr. Thompson, Bishop of Glocester and Bristol, to this, " the Primacy of the far north," is fixed to take place this day at St. James's Church, Picca dilly, at 11 a.m. Her Majesty's Commissioners will, we believe, on this occasion be the Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester, Rochester, and Worcester. The ceremony (which is partly religious—partly legal) will fi 1 the archsee of York, and leave void the see of Glocester ani Bristol. At the second private ball of the Empress Eugenie on Monday night her Majesty wore a white dress of a light texture, trimmed with a deep lace flounce, and wore flowers wreathed in the hair, the whole kept together by means of a diamond comb. Her Majesty did not dance. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde were present. The number of guests was about 600. At midnight dancing terminated by a cotillon, when supper was served, and the party broke up at half-past one. REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE.—The nomination of candidates for the representation of Reigate is expected to take place on Monday, Feb. 2. The two candi dates, Mr. Granville Leveson Gower, of Tetsey Park, near Godstone, and Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, formerly member for Lambeth, are the only parties in the field, and their can vass having been completed, each one expresses himself confident of victory. The contest will in all probability be a close one. THE REPRESENTATION OF WEST SOMERSET.— Mr. W. Gore-Langton, who represented West Somerset from 1851 to the general election of 1859, has issued an address to the electors. It is generally supposed that there will not be any opposition to Mr. Langton. Mr. Bouverie has been spoken of ; but that gentleman has not put forward any address, and it is fully expected that the Conservative party being so strong, Mr. Langton will be allowed to walk over the course.— Western _Morning Aews. PROSECUTION OF ESSAYS AND RETIEWS."— Yesterday morning, at the sitting of the Court of Arches, Mr. Toiler, the proctor acting for the Bishop of Salisbury in the prosecution of the Rev, Dr. Rowland Williams, vicar of Broad Chalk, made an application to Dr. Lushington in reference to the appeal against his lordship's judgment, of which notice was given at the time the case was last before the court. Mr. Teller said that considerable delay was likely to take place in the prosecution sf the ap peal to the Judicial Committee of Privy Council unless the learned judge interfered and issued a peremptory order. The appeal in the case of the Rev. J. Fendall against the Rev. H. Bristowe Wilson, RD., vicar of Great Staughton (the writer of the article on " The National Church"), Mr. Toiler remarked, was going on rapidly; but, for some reason or another, which he could not understand, the inhibition on the part of Dr. Williams had not been served, and it was very desirable that the two cases should be heard before the Judicial Committee at the same time. He could not account for the delay unless the appellants had some object in view best known to themselves. Ho prayed the court for a peremptory order upon the proctor of Dr. Williams to serve the inhibition. Dr. Lushington said he did not like to interefere, as the matter more properly came within the jurisdiction of the surrogate sitting in the court of appeal ; but at length after Mr. Toiler had shown that the appeal would be greatly delayed if further time were allowed, Dr. Lushington consented 'to an order being issued that the in hibition should be served within three days, and intimated that, in the event of the order not being complied with, he would issue a suspension, so that the appeal in each case might be proceeded with at once and without further inter ruption. Now that the ground has been cleared it is ex pected that the Judicial Committee will be able to hear the appeal after Easter term. THE ADULTERATION OT MILK.—At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion.square, yesterday, before Mr. Un der-Sheriff Burchell, an action brought in the Exchequer was tried in which a defence was made under the Adultera tion of Food Act, Vic. 23 and 24, cap. 84. The plaintiff, Moses Godwin, a farmer, at Farnborough, Hants, claimed £6 14s. Id. as a balance for milk supplied to the defendant, John Pigg n, of Harp-alley, Farringdon-street, milkdealer. The plaintiff had sent milk from his farm by the South- Western Railway, and the defendant fetched it from the Waterloo station. He complained that the milk was watered, but paid the first bill. The second bill, in August, he refused to pay, and had a certificate from Dr. Letheby, the analyst under the Adulteration of Food Act for the City of London, and two parts only were found to be milk. Tho defendant has paid for the milk two-thirds of the ac count, and refused to pay the balance of £6 14s. ld, for water. Dr. Letheby attended the court, but his certi ficate was received as evidence. The plaintiff and his man stated that the milk was sent to the railway perfectly pure and unadulterated, and the ticket-collector of the Farn borough station proved the manner in which it was placed on the railway, unlocked, and came to the Waterloo station. The defendant declared that the milk was watered, and he had thrown some away ; and two milkdealers, named Cole ' and Davis, had tested the milk at the Waterloo station and found it adulterated. These were "middlemen," supplying dealers, and they stated that they did not adulterate their milk, but could not state the condition in which it was sup plied to the London customers. Mr. Peckham, solicitor, on the part of the defendant, said the question raised under the act was one of public importance, and he relied on the certi ficate of Dr. Letheby. The action was for milk, and, as ho had proved that water had been mixed with it to the ex tent of one-third, the defendant had paid two-thirds of the claim and resisted the remainder. On the part of the plaintiff Mr. Kigby contended that if the defendant sue. seeded the jury otere reached an.determinectshat would Teaadtthe etc. pure th o jht i n e eTarywnlynhi Waterloo vegl t ekauat h l htvne i ewe s eaar rald c aons l ut o i veh e l sdet n eeser tntrdmuaaoti station to g koddfn r eot o shrhr iaea s tstdht h d er ehb,a i e s reiapo h l edrwlff o na n awi busys e eh: s t eti been — m a tbt hhnyi he unadulterated hudw h er wahy deihadtn plaintiff r wi o t a v t for the No iv a smTooußn lutlNs claimed. SCOTLAND.—On 0 S TLAND.—On Tuesday morn ing Edinbu rg h was visited by a severe snowstorm, following upon several days of very cold and squally weather. The snow commenced to fall shortly before day break, a strong wind blowing from west-north-west, and the fall being very dense and blinding. The violence of the storm, as well as its direction, was peculiarly shown by the appearance of some of our octagonal steeples—which, on the side immediately exposed, exhibited a heavy incrustation of snow, the other sides being nearly bare. The fall tv,s renewed at intervals during the day, but the amount of snow deposited was not great, excepting in the corners into which it had drifted. The temperature all day hovered between fresh and frost, some of the streets being laid in slush, while others more exposed were glazed with ice. At night the weather was severely cold, not so much from an access of frost as from the keen and chilling wind. The snowstorm, we learn, was experienced in the north of Eng land, all over the border di:tricts, in the west of Scotland, and as far north at least as the Perthshire Highlands,— Edinburgh Courant. LITERATURE. The House by the Churchyard., By J. Sheridan Le Fanu. 3 vois. Tinsley. The readers of the Dublin Magazine have already become acquainted with this interesting story. It is one that partakes of the romantic in no common degree, and the various complicated incidents ere described in a very skilful manner. Tho style alsc , is most animated, and the reader will find much to direct and entertain, as well as graver subjects to arrest his notice, It is impossible to give a shoe!) of the story, as it is so very elaborate, but the chiet point is that one man was suspected of a murder that another committed, and that other was sup posed dead till he suddenly appeared on the scene of action, under an assumed name. The circum stances which led to his detection are related at some length, and it is an act of retributive justice that the very means which the wretch adopted to screen his guilt were the cause of his villainy being discovered. Some of the incidents are most excit ing, and Mervyn, as the unfortunate young Lord Dunoran was called, had a most anxious time in searching out the dark secret that shrouded his father's memory. He persevered, in the face of ap parently insuperable difficulties, and at last his efforts were crowned with success. Tho manner in. which Dr. Stark at last discovered the guilty man is most ingeniously disclosed, and this part of the narrative has in it something of the awful that will doubtless attract many readers who love the hor rible. Apart from these sombre details we meet with some simpler and more pleasing accounts of life. Lilias, " Lilly" as she is called, is a gentle young creature, who attracts one greatly by her simple style, and yet she possesses firmness too when she is placed in a position of trial. The short but touching records of her last moments contain much that is sad yet pleasing in their truthfulness, and the poor old rector, watching his treasure fad ing away, yet striving to hope against hope, is one of those pictures of mortality that all must recog nise as too often encountered. The passage which describes her death is called, "In which Christiana goes over," and her departure was as easy and tran- quil as the last moments of her who was taken for an image of it. The return of Nutter to his home, after his most dangerous position, as being accused of Sturk's murder, is also most impressive, and the natural delight of such a meeting is truly toned down to a quiet sort of awe, which gave a solemn reality to the scene_ Poor little Sally Nutter, as she was called, in the excitement of the hour, became a sort of heroine, and indeed she had gone through so many trials that it was not surprising that even her facile mind had become roused to a different state of feeling to what her former placid life had created. "And so for a rapturous hour it seemed as if they had passed the dark valley and were immortal, and no more pain, sorrow, or, separation for them. And perhaps these blessed illusions are permitted now and again to mor tals like momentary gleams of Paradise, and distant views of the Delectable Mountains, to cheer poor pilgrims with a foretaste of those meetings beyond the river where the separated and beloved shall em brace." Another true delineation is poor Mrs. Stink. Her agony at her husband's sad deathbed is painfully lifelike, as also the wild flashes of hope which occasionally lighted the dismal scene, but it was only the hope that keeps alive despair that came into that chamber where she kept ao long her anxious watch, and where the grim destroyer at last seized his prey. The sad havoc that one thoroughly unprincipled and reckless man occasions wherever he goes is well exemplified in these stir ring pages. The family of Lord Dunoran were dis graced, and its heir wandering about the world with a forfeitthe pronounced against his property. Then when the fated being reappears on the scene into many households he turned peace into discord, and brought mourning for joy. Mrs. Sturk was made wretched for life, after suffering so much anxiety first. Then the Nutters were plunged into great trouble, and so were many others. Inter spersed with these grave events there are some more lively news and amusing anecdotes. Lieut. Puddock is a comic character, the like of which does not often enliven the fictions of nowadays, and Miss Magnolia is another character in her way quite as edifying. Her encounters with Firework O'Fla herty are ludicrous, and yet so smartly told, that they gain attention. At the end of the story we learn that this sparring couple did not put a truce to their warfare when they were united, but no serious consequences ensued from their differences. Their Celtic virtues descended to their children, and " one of the finest grenadiers who lay in his red coat and sash within the French lines on the field of Waterloo, in that great bivouac which knows no reveille save the last trumpet, was a scion of that fine military stock." This story is one that can be recommended to the reader who loves excitement, and there are also attractions of other kinds to be met with in its pages. It can be taken up with the certainty of meeting with a narrative that com bines varied entertainment, and the style is viva cious and sparkling in the extreme. THE GALE. HOLYHEAD, Wednesday. The gale and high spring tides have interrupted communication to an unusual extent. The Irish mail due at two p.m. on Tuesday was delayed for three hours. Near Bagilt, a station on the left side of the estuary of the Dee, both lines of way had been washed up, and the trains were only enabled to pass slowly over rails temporarily laid. At the Abergele station the railway is on a level with the sea at high waver, which on Tuesday broke through and over the embankment, and covered the line to a height of 6ft. The train had to wait up wards of two hours, till the tide had partially sub sided. At Penmaenmawr, where three years ago immense damage was inflicted during the gale known as the " storm of the Royal Charter,' the embankment withstood all the shocks of the tempest. It was deemed advisable to suspend all traffic for Tuesday, the up and down Irish mails being delayed at Holyhead and Chester respectively. On Wednesday one line of way was, by great exertions, made workable, so that traffic was resumed. In Holyhead Bay, during the high tide on Tuesday morning, the water came pouring over the whole length of the breakwater. The work Is now so far advanced that the damage done is not by airy means extensive. Many ships came in on Mon day, but only three sought refuge here on Tuesday during the height of the gale. Of these three two ran ashore. No blame, however, is attributable to the anchorage, as in each case the cause of the mis fortune is to be traced to some derangement in the anchoring tackle of the ships themselves. One was the Medea, previously referred to in The Sun ; the other was a Wexford steamer. Both can be got Off again. CARDIFF, Wednesday. The tremendous gale which set in on Monday night continued with slight intermission until this morning. During Monday night the Russian bark i Henrich Soren son , from Bordeaux f or C ar diff, n ballast, struck against the rocks at Breaksea Point, , Bristol Channel, and became a complete wreck. The captain and crew stayed in the vessel till daylight, when assistance was rendered by the villagers, and after great difficulty the whole were pulled through the breakers and saved. The United States steam tug, belonging to this port, having been missing since Sunday, fears were entertained for her safety, and it was generally supposed she was lost. A tele gram, however, received this evsning gives the in formation that she got into Ilfracombe all safe. The bark Nazerne, of New York, has been driven from her nviorings in the Cardiff Roads, and ran aground this morning. She was outward bound and laden with coal. Her bottom has received considerable damage, but the full extent of injury is not yet as certained. The ships in the docks stood the pi e well, the only casualty being that of the American brig Reynard. She broke from her moorings on Tuesday and ran against the quay wall, causing considerable damage. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniwan's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, alviraY° 900 e( glike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents.