The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. icting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. "MEAT ATI` FiACTION for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Ninth Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the , lost magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform IHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven with the comedy of THE WONDER. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Ar W. Callcott. The music composed and arranged by Edward Fitz. william. The pantomime produced under the direction of M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny Wright (her 9th appearance in that character) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver (nis 9th appearance in that character at this theatre). A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given every Thursday throughout the holidays : commencing at 2, concluding at 4. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, called ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co. lumbine, Miss C. Adams. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling. A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers, Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, St. Cus. e, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort. After which, CRINOLINE. Commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Great Attraction for the Holidays. THIS EVENING will be performed DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. After which will be produced a new and original union of modern burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated at this theatre), by Professor Wordspinner, Member of Every thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations, &c., called R OYAL LYCEUM TFIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled CONRAD AND MEDORA; or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Fsq., founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene. ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted b! Mr. F. Fenton. Characters in the opening : Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole Reyd e Pasha Mr. Barrett Sing Smaui Ynsaiff Med ora Mrs. Charles Dillon (;ulnar Mrs. B. White Zuliem . ................ Mrs. Melville Submarina...(her ninth appcarnce)Miss Jessie Ryder Serena Mi s s Marie Wilton Clowns ................................. Mr. Tom Matthews and Mr. H. Marshall .Mr. Stilt ••• .......... .....Mr. J. Marshall The Brothers Nelson. Miss Clara Morgan and Miss Ladd. To be preceded by WILLIAM TELL. Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. ntendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at 2 o'clock. Pantaloon Harlequin Sprites ... Colnnabines TRAND TREAT RE.—Manager, Mr. T. Payne.—This Evening will be 'performed THE JEW'S DAUGHTER. After which, THE INTRIGUE. To conclude with the immensely successful novel Burlesque Pantomime of THE MAGIC MISTLETOE ; or, Harlequin Humbug and the Shams of London. The Fairy Christmas, Miss E. Wilton ; Good Humour, Miss Norbury ; Mercury, Miss Cameron ; Humbug, Mr. Herbert ; Cant, Mr. Bolton ; Baron ,Mr J. B. Johnstone • Sir Roland, Mr. Clarke ; Lord Lovei., Miss Craven ; Addeipite, Miss Cuthbert ; Crambo, Master W. Edonia ; Lady Agnes, Miss E. Jacobs ; Baroness, Ar. G. Lee ; Furbilosa, Mr. J. Howard. Novel Hark quinade :—Clown, Miss Cuthbert ; Little Clown, Master W Edouin ; Pantaloon, Mr. J. Clarke ; Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbines, Miss E. Jacobs and Mdle. Collison ; Premier Dauseuse, Mdle. Marie Charles. New aid magnificent Scenery, &c. New Curtain. New Act Drop. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. A morning performance of the Pantomime every Monday at two o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, THE LIFE CHASE. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, M r. Buck Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; ; the Four Sprites, the Filli siFa. roily ; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Apnea. THE LADIES' BATTLE, After which will be produced an entirely new and original .-ymbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog ; omical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic L'hristmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed :he unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and , ffhich will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The scenery entirely new, painted by and under the direc don of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs. Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog nomical devices designed and executed by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The overture and music composed and arranged by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard, author of " Harlequin and the Seven Ages of Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ye ancients and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime Its story is founded : " See, saw, Margery Daw, " Sold her bed, and laid upon straw." MSS, of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum. Rsgion of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea, the Great Globe itself." Here we go up, up, up, Here we go down, down, down ; " Here we go backwards and forwards, " And here we go round and round." Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie (attendarts upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt, Master Saucebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An anal appearance of Holyday inlaer Emblematic Car. Holyday (the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ; Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter Of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe (the Fairy Queen), Misr E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation), Mr. Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsup, Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend ; Black smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Shilly and Shally (her Maids of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery Daw has no notion of work herself, and the contempt she shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of King Huggamugga. King Huggamugga (Sovereign of the Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Cham berlain), Mr. Nooclledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs. Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagnag, Merrywag, Perriwig, and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music- Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet temper; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of the Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue, Messrs. Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance. The Enchanted Workbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar, and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it. Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Sharp, Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Smalleye, Longsix, Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ; Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape :Plea sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr. Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery and the audience also, and bow, led by Necessity, she is com pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth,—Labour (the Parent of Health, Wealth, and Happiness), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm. What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical Effects, exhibiting (in processof construction) the Fairy Fac tory of Fancy, completed with e assistance of Labour and Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. The Transformation :—Two Harlequins, Herr Deulin and Sigo or Veroni; two Sprites, the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G. Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Beleno and Flexmore ; the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlequinade, showing the Ins and Oats and Turns About of the Pantomime Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop (Bolenos, Deulin, Tanner, and Halford).—A pink of polite ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some of the players get bowled out, an I afterwards stumped, which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller —Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a baster—Coming out with a roll—Clown make a peel to baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef— Clown takes a steak and gets a chop in return—Pantaloon tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut'and come again —Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too hot to hold him. Tailor's Shop and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve. roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor— A suit that is quite the ticket—The Oude wrapper—Railway wrappers--Transfer depot--Washing machine--extraordinary— Somethingthat won't wash--Cleaned out—Scentin and sent out- Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut powder—A case of rea! distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner).—Clow and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re volution—'Turning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too reueh Clown now begins to reflect —The looking-glass follows his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account— Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in the house. Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine and General Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and Honey.)----Clown, being in Fleet-street, goes the pace rather fast—The language of the eyes (1-talian of course) which everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re gulators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas . regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing, pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America —A Dred-ful scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Deulin, and Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself —A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets greatly attached to him —Prize Poultry—Cochin China and conch in England —Novel hatching—The old mail—Full in side--Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the Rocket—Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse, King William-street, City (the whole of the double company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion —A change for the better—The people's own bus—When fool meets fool then comes the tug of fan--Collision, crash, smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move ment—A pair of sharp blades—Clowns prove themselves a case for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint ment—The duel —A cut direct Forewarned, forearmed— Public nuisances of 1856—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind, a regular blow up, and glorious termination to Ups and Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one : —Galleries, 6d. and Is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, 10e. 6d„ I'. Is., 1/. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s. A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1857 MOTHER SHIPTON ; or, Harlequin Knight of Love, and the Enchanted Whistle. Harlequin and Columbine (k la Watteau), Madame Celeste and Miss Wyndham ; Clown, Mr. Garden ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moreland ; Scaramouch, Mr. Le Barr. Characters in the bur lesque by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. R. Romer, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, Miss Mary Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Arden, &c. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. Richard, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the Inimitable SCENES in the CIRCLE, by first rate Equestrian Artistes. To conclude with a new grand equestrian comic pantomime, replete with fun, frolic, risibility, and extravagance, called PAUL PRY ON HORSEBACK; or, Harlequin and the Magic Horseshoe. Doors open at half-past six ; commenee at seven o'clock. Rex-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Two o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, do., viz.: —Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. longhman , , R. Grover, T. Rain°, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Collie ; Masters Austin, Ben nett, and Conn; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Hackney. Piano forte, J. Harroway, R.A. ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. In addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment, the celebrated SPANISH MINSTRELS will appear in costume at Nine and Eleven o'clock Every Evening, and sing some of their favourito selec tions. -UGa WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 33 min. aft. B—Evening 8 rain. aft. r()...m ORB° —Morn. 40 min. aft.9—Evening 17 min. aft.lo THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 --highest rinse noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29 15—now up to 29'22. WIND, W. to W.S.W.—Light, with dull weather and heavy rain in the afternoon. The wind changed to N.E. in the evening—fresh. JANUARY 5. 47 hlO-• oat .ince noun yeacerday, 37—:owest thin morning and during the night. 36 , Jay at. 11001:. I'AatiMETEB, 30—a rise of nearly an inch since yester day. N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh, with bitter cold wind and slight snow. • f -4* , - L :1;ON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1867. Monsignor &BOTTA, the Archbishop of Paris, was on Saturday last, at four o'clock in the after noon, barbarously assassinated ! Assassinated by an ecclesiastic--a priest, named VERGES. Assassi nated in a church—the Church of St. Etienne du Mont. Assassinated at the close of a religious ceremony—the end of the solemn procession ter minating the sacred rites of the neuvaine of Sainte Genevieve. Every attribute of the hor rible seems united to enhance the atrocity of the crime which has just startled and horrified the Parisians. The sanctity of the place, the sanctity of the time, the sanctity of the victim, even, be it said, the sacred office of the priesthood, outraged in the person of the wretched being by whom this deed of blood was dreadfully perpetrated. Al though the news of this terrible occurrence has been brought to us in the first place abruptly and almost incoherently, through the flashes of the submarine electric telegraph, we are already in possession of the fact that the assassin, though a priest, was a priest under an interdict, a priest whose functions had been suspended. Obviously with full reason on the part of his superiors— seeing the frightful atrocity by which the cause of his spiritual suspension has been consummated ! No wonder the event which is now spreading an universal feeling of horror throughout Christen dom should have immediately carried, from one extremity of Paris to the other, but one mingled sentiment of grief aid consternation. No wonder that a crime so wholly unparalleled—the murder of a bishop by a priest, and that too within the sanctuary of a temple dedicated to the GOD of Christianity--should have been heard of at the first moment with a very general sense of incre dulity. No wonder, however, when the tidings were recognised directly afterwards to be beyond the reach of any doubt whatsoever, no wonder they were regarded then, even by our volatile neighbours, with feelings that can be only ex pressed as those of profound horror and astonish ment. It is remarkable, to say the very least of it, that the two last of the venerable Archbishops of Paris —AFIRE and &noun—should have " died the death" by assassination. The former by the bullet of an incendiary revolutionist, the latter by the dagger of a suspended priest. The murder of Archbishop AFIRE, it cannot easily be forgotten, partook in a great measure of the glory and of the sublimity of martyrdom. The victim fell, carry ing in his hand—literally —th e Palm of Peace and of Victory ! His death, be it, reverently spoken, was an illustration, a visible, historical illustra tion, of the DivINE Beatitude—" Blessed are the peacemakers." His life, as he prayed it might be, was the last sacrifice in that deadly civil war. His last words were memorable, were magnificent — Bonus Pastor dat animam suam pro oribus suis. His memory is embalmed in the grateful recollec tions of the multitude. The assansination of Archbishop SIBOUR, none the less in reality than that of his revered predecessor, partook so far of the august attributes of martyrdom, inasmuch as he fell a victim to the rigid discharge of his ecclesiastical duties, for inasmuch, indeed, as he fell a victim actually to his resolute vindication of the sanctity of the office of the priesthood. Nominated in the summer of 1848 to the Archi episcopal see of Paris, and to the Primacy of France, by the then Republican Dictator, Genera. CAVAIGNA.C, Monsignor &BOUT, has for eight years presided over the Gallic Church with so much dignity and equanimity—with such an admirable blending of decision with toleration—that he has passed with honour, and respect, and even, be it added, with veneration for his personal character, through all the Political change and social tur- moil consequent upon the successive disorganisation and reorganisation of the Supreme Government. Himself an Ultranaontanist outrance, he has nevertheless, from first to last, preserved an equable unanimity among his suffragans, through out the whole complication of the Gallic Hierarchy —at home, through the downfall of Republican Democracy, through the interregnum of the Bona partist Presidency, through the coup d' Pat, through the inaugurative years of the new Imperial regime —abroad, through the revolutionary convulsions of '4B-'49, through the Pontifical Sojourn at Gaeta, through the stormy two years of the conflict with the Russian Autocracy 1 He has perished at last, like hi s revered predecessor, by a violent death, by the hand of a murderer, by a thunderbolt of assassination. Struck down—if not upon the barricades, with a palm-branch in his hand, and that hand raised in sublime mediatioi between the combatants— " under the dome in the midst of the temple consecrated by religion to the GOD of Armies." Murdered—so far like the great Archbishop of CANTRIBITRY (ATECKET)—in his pontifical vest ments, during the celebration of the religious rites, upon the steps of the sanctuary ! It is impossible not to shudder at so hidious a profa nation. Virtue is rising at Washington. Will it be believed that the House of Representatives has actually anathematised the slave trade as " shock ing to the moral sentiments of the enlightened pox._ tion of mankind," and declared that, " any act on the part of Congress legalising or conniving at the legalising of that horrid and inhuman traffic would justly subject the United States to the reproach and execration of all civilised and Christian peo ple throughout the world ;" and all this icy a ma jority of sixty-six. By the still larger majority of one hundred and seventy-five (183 to 8) it pronounced the repeal of the laws prohibiting the African slave trade to be " inexpedient, unwise, and contrary to the settled policy of the United States." Surely after this we may begin to hope even for the United States. The South had begun in some States to talk 'of reviving the slave trade, and to resent the laws against it as a stigma on their " domestic institution." Such a stigma as it is, however, they must be content to bear it. Even Congress cannot make up its mind to efface the mark. The ♦otes were wise ones. The slave-breeding States were, of course, as op posed to the African slave trade as any aboli tionist. It would lower the ♦alue of their human cattle in the market. Indeed, so much would it do so that some theorists have proposed an unrestricted importation of fresh Afri cans as the means of so reducing the value of slaves to render the property worthless ! What with the Northern votes, and the in famous slave-breeding votes of the South, the majority is easily accounted for. It strikes one, however, as very cheap Senato rial virtue to denounce the slave trade. Northern sentiments and Southern interests, and the dread of an implacable war with Great Britain, perhaps with France also, made it easy enough to reject, with ostentatious phrases of philanthropy, what they dare not practically adopt. What makes us smile here is the appeal to moral sentiments, and to a religion which equally condemns the internal slave-trade and slavery itself ; and the apparent deference to " the enlightened portion of man kind," and to " all civilised and Christian people," wbo to a man "execrate" American slavery, and deem it a reproach hardly second to the Cuban slave trade. If moral sentiments and Christian civilisation be referred to, let us hope, in all reason, that they will be invoked against existing abominations, as well as against those which are impracticable. In the British dominions, indeed throughout civilised Europe, Christianity has abolished slavery as well as the slave trade, and European Christianity will be apt to think American Christianity little better than cant and hypocrisy, unless it show itself strong enough to do the same thing. There are but too many Isthauasian Creeds founded on metaphysics, and damning men if they do not accept their dogmas ; but of all tie damnable heresies on earth, the worst assuredly is that which ranks the kidnap ping, the buying and selling of human beings amongst the institutions of Christianity. Our virtuous cousins, however, cannot escape the trials to which all virtue is exposed. It seems that despite of Fugitive Slave Laws, more slaves than ever have of late escaped from their bene factors ; and worse than that, their ingratitude has even reached the pitch of rising against their masters, and proposing rather to kill them than to continue the property of nigger floggers ! Half Tennessee has been terrified out of its senses with the fear of a negro insurrection. Not a single white was actually attacked, but we suppose the accounts of those who can read and write iu slave states, must be taken as to the projected attack on the masters in less populous districts first, to be followed by attempts on the towns. As the negroes can tell us nothing, we must take their oppressors at their word, and relying ou this we must believe that it was intended on Christmas-day to blow up churches, and to murder the masters in every direction. Some powder, suspiciously concealed, was found ; some slaves ran away when they thought their plan was detected, and on being brought back confessed to the conspiracy. At all events, the whites have hung and shot the poor creatures without a shadow of resistance on their part. Some whites, suspected of exciting them to revolt, were flogged, in one case to death, or thrown into prison, and all the indications of real fear were exhibited. In Tennessee the slaves are about a fourth of the population of the State ; but the danger, no doubt, arises from their cancentration in particular spots. In the present case some oue or two hundred were employed together, ►vith few superintendents, iu coal and iron works. The savage tone of the papers is characteristic alike of guilt and fear. The tyrant must hate his victims if they know their wrongs and their rights—above all, if they are in danger of assert ing them. The slaveholders, conscious that their slaves may justly rise for liberty, as their fore fathers did under GEORGB 111. ; and knowing that bloodshed for personal liberty must be even more lawful than for political liberty, intensely hat© those whom their oppressions have given the fullest right to rise in social war. One journal in the district, the Jeffersonian, gloats over the idea of " every tree in the country bending with Negro meat !I" It demands "fearful and terrible examples the fagot and the flame." Others denounce missionaries amongst the Negroes in a similar spirit ; indeed we are reminded strongly of NICIELOLA.S among the Poles, or Austria among the Italians, with a difference, perhaps, in favour of European villany. The immediate cause of the insurrection, ac cording to the most probable accounts, was similar to that which occasioned the Jamaica insurrection prior to emancipation there. In Jamaica the de bates of the British Parliament reached the slaves n som e garbled form, and induced the belief that liberty was granted them by England, but with held by their masters. In Tennessee it would ap- pear that the rabid denunciation of the North and FREMONT suggested the idea that FREMONT was actually in arms in their behalf. They must, in any case, have learned from the speeches and con ♦ersation of their masters that a large and power ful part of the Union was opposed to slavery. The wonder is not that a few should plot, but that the whole three millions of black population were not excited to insurrection. Humanity, of course, shrinks from the thought. Unarmed negroes rushing on the bowie knives and revolvers of the well-armed and more numerous white=, is but a hopeless attempt, however morally it may be as justifiable as the deeds of a WALLACE, a TELL, or a HemirDEN. The moral right of the slaves, as of the Italians or Hun garians, to liberate themselves how and when they can, is the thorn in the pillow of the American. He knows that there is a vitality in that right which must, one day by some means, vindicate itt strength, and possibly at tie cost of much bloodshed and suffering. American slavery must be bought off by dollars, or slowly extinguished by law, or it will annihilate itself, even if it perish like SAMSON in the despairing effort. THE ADELPHI THEATRE. There is a delightiul prospect of some genuine fun this evening at the Adelphi, it being the first light of a new farce, or "apropos sketch," as the play-bills call it, entitled, A Night at Notting Hill, with Wright and Paul Bedford as the imper sonators of the two principal characters. Wha t an anticipatory relish there is in the mere announcement of a fArce promising such laugh ter as Wright and Bedford can alone pro voke from burglaries, centrebits, garrotting, and ticket-of-leavers ! A promise all the more reliable when we learn that the "apropos sketch" in question has emanated from the whimsical brain of one of the moss sparkling of our new race of Humorists, the son of the famous actor and manager of the Adelphi, the clever son of a clever father—Edmund Yates—a son as witty as his father was versatile. TESTIMONIAL TO DR. LIVINGSTON. PUBLIC MEETING (THIS DAY). This afternoon a public meeting of the merchatsn, bankers, and others, was held in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of congratulating Dr. Livingston on his successful exploration in South Africa, and to consider the propriety of originating a pecuniary testimonial as an expression of their admira tion and gratitude to him for his self-denying and disinterested labours in the cause of science and philoso phy. The meeting was numerously attended. The Lady Mayoress and a large number of other ladies were present. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, and was supported by Dr. Livingston, Alderman Sir P. Laurie, Alderman Wire, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keate,, Colonel Sykes, chairman of the East India Company, the Bishop of London, Sir R. Murchison, Mr. R. Currie, Mr. J. Dillon, Mr. Kinnaird, the Bishop of 'Victoria, Gordon Cumming, &c. Dr. LITINGSTON having addressed the meeting, de tailing an account of his journey amongst the various tribes in South Africa similar to that which has been already published, the following resolutions were una nimously agreed to "That this meeting, consisting of the merchants, bankers, and others, the citizens of London, hereby present to the Rev. Dr. Livingston their sincere congratulations on the signal care and protection of Divine Providence vouch safed to him throughout his prolonged and perilous labours in exploring the interior of South Africa, and the meeting, cherishes the gratifyin g assurance that the important dis coveries of Dr. Livingston will tend hereafter greatly to advance the interests of civilisation, knowledge, commerce, and freedom among the numerous tribes and nations of that vast continent. " That this meeting, highly appreciating the intrepidity and perseverance of Dr. Livingston in his extended and dangerous j ourneys, deem it i ncum b ent to originate a pecuniary te s ti mon i a l , as an expressio n o f th e i r admira tion and gratitude for his disinterested and self-denying labours in the cause of science and philanthropy." " That in accordance with the preceding resolution, a subscription be now commenced towards the formation of a fund, to be called the ' Th e Li v i ngston Testimonial Fund,'—that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, be respect fully requested to undertake the office of Treasurer." A committee was then appointed to carry out the above resolutions, after which a vote of thanks was ac• corded to the Lord Mayor and the meeting terminat ed, LIFE-BOAT A COIDENT.-LOSS OF THIRTEEN LIVES. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) RIiYL ,JA t N n . is 4 t . ees It is well known that th e Liverpool Dock maintain at a large expense five or six life-boats on different points in the neighbourhood of the Mersey. One of these is stationed at the Point of Ayr, at the mouth of the river Dee. Yesterday, during the heavy gale that prevailed on this coast, this boat had goae off to a vessel in distress, and when opposite the place was capsized, and her crew, consisting of 1 3 men, were unfortunately drowned. W e are assured by a competent authority th a t th e whole of the life-boats of the Liverpool Dock t rus t ees are of a very imperfect description, and are only partially fitted as life-boats ; in fact, that they are in every respect inferior to the improved class of life-boats which are new being placed on the coast. There are three vessels between here and Ab erge l e shattered to pieces. The Rhyl tubular life boat, which belongs to the Royal National Life-boat Institu• tion, went out this morning at 9 a.m., as soon her crew could after discovering the signals of distress, and suc ceeded in saving four lives from one of the three vessels. The crews of the othtrs had, as far as could be ascer tained, succeeded in getting ashore before daylight in their own boats. The captain of one of them, after once getting ashore, went again to the assistance of one of his crew, and was so exhausted by his efforts that he died very soon after getting ashore the second time. The life-boat behaved admirably, though the surf ran very high. Tml ADDRESS. — The Address to the Queen in the House of Commons, in reply to the Royal Speech, will, it is said, be m ived by Sir W. Williams, and seconded by the Marquis of Stafford. In the Lords the same duties will be assigned to the Marquis of Townsend as mover, and the Earl of Cork as seconder. NATIO NAL GALLERY.—Kensington was no t a f avoure d site for th e N a ti o nal Gallery with mem b ers o f the House of Com mons i n t h e last sess i on . N o money was voted for th e buildings proposed. The public may learn for thems e l ves b y a visit to the spot, the va l ue o f a vote of the Hous e of Commons. The site is still a favourite with the Prince, and the building is in course of erec tion. We trust yet to find that the members will reso lutely do their duty.—Atlas. The next general election is now fixed to take place in June and .July next. Gibson, the sculptor, is understood to b© competing for the Wellington monument. A new work on the blockade of Kars is about to appear, from the pen of Colonel Lake. Captain Sherrard Osborne, C. 8., will be appointed to take the command of the new Arctic Expedition. There is a rumour in Paris that M. Ledru Rollin was lately elected a member of the Council-General of the department of the Allier, and that the government has prohibited the publication of the fact. At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Saturday, Mr. Hum phrey Brown, M.P., was adjudicated a bankrupt on the debt due to the Royal British Bank. The quantity of corn, including oats, &c., imported into this country from January to November numbered as many as 10,939,008 qrs. and cwts. In eleven months the value of coals exported was 2,652,1431. From January to November the value of haberdaahery and millinery sent abroad was 3,308,339/. It blew a strong gale from the E.N.E. on Saturday night, at Liverpool, a n d many of the coasting craft were driven on the banks, and the captain of one of the smacks was drowned. The British a n d N orth American Royal mail steam ship America, C aptain Small, sailed from the Mersey at half-past two on Saturday afternoon, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mad+, 66 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on board. On Saturday an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse, named Caroline Corribill, committed suicide by preci pitating herself down the well staircase of the estab lishment. She had previously made three attempts at self-destruction. A collision occurred in the Shugborough tunnel on the Trent Valley the engineer and s t o k er of a coal train were seriously Railway on Thursday night, by which injured. The line wa s blocked up for 14 hours. Want of steam and the slip pery state of the ra il s i s suppose d to be the cause of th e accident. FORGERY AND ESIBEZZLEMENTioN THE LEEDS, BRAD• FORD, AND HALIFAX RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning Henry Autey, aged 30, clerk in the office of Mr. Martin Cawood, Secretary of the Leeds, Bradf ,rd, and Halifax Junction Railway, was placed in the dock of the Leeds Court-house, charg e d w i th pur l o i n i ng th ree severa l divi dend warrants from th e office of t h e compan y, f org i ng th e name of Thomas Th ompson C un liff e Li s t er , E sq ., o f Beamsley Hall, near Skipton, to these warrants, paying them away, and appropriating the money to his own use. He was fully committed for trial, 1 The further increase of 330,3171. under the head of Government securities in last week's Bank returns is assumed to consist of a portion of the 1,000,0001. of Ex chequer-bills which, according to the revenue statement for the quarter, have been taken by the Bank from the Govern ment. In the year ended March last 91,4151. was expended in medals, In the preceding year the expense was only 1,2531. AilEnDA.SitEivi' AND . A.IILLINERT.—From January to November the value of haberdashery and millinery sent abroad was 3,308,3391. CRYSTAL PALACE. Half-crown Day. Saturday, Jan. 3.—Admissions on payment, 391 ; do. by season tickets 1,167 ; total visitors, 1,553. The expense to the country for education in Ireland in the year ended March last was 195,0401. A sum of ss. per share is to be returned to the share holders of tho Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company on the 12th instant. NEW VALLEY DRAINAGE WORKS.—The commis sioners have appointed Mr. John Fowler, C.E , as their chief engineer to carry on these important works, originally commenced by the late Mr. Rendel, C.E. Mr. Hillyard, who, since the resignation of Captain Austen, has been the governor of the Birmingham borough gaol, has been appointed governor of the Maidstone county gaol. The salary is 6001. per annum. The sudden death of M. Louis Bolmida, an eminent hanker, and member of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, is announced by the Correspondance Italicnne of Turic. An extensive robbery has been committed at the banking-house of Messrs. Mellersh and Keen, in the town of Godalming. The burglars are supposed to have come from London by the South-Western Railway by the early morning train. We have satisfaction in stating that the arrangements for the transfer of the fine fleet of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company to a new company have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. It is anticipated that the vessels will be actively employed between this country and the British and Brazilian coasts within a few weeks. The City of London Union frauds will, it is said, involve defalcations to the extent of 100,000/. It is said I 0 U's of the late Alderman Gibbs, who was chairman of the Union, are found among the vouchers. He ap pointed Paul, and also his own son the auditor. Seventy two of the guardians have resigned. LIGHT DUES AT THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—LIVER rooL, Jan. 2.—By further referenc e to the Liberpool Customs Bill of Entry we find that the total amount received for light dues, the whole of which passes into the coffers of the Board of Trade, was in 1856 but very little short of 100,0001., an amount considerably in excess of London, and an increase on the amount of the previous year by 14,000/. By the last mail from India accounts have been received that the body of the young officer, Alexander ,Tames Trotter, of the Bengal Horse Artillery, second son of the late Mr. Archibaal Trotter, of Dreghorn, who had attempted to swim across the river Jhelum, in Cash mere, had been found, and buried with military honours at Rawul Pindee. He was a young man of great promise, deservedly respected and beloved by his brother officers. Six new fellows of the University of London have been appointed by the Crown, viz. : —Lord Stanley, M.P., Right Hon. M. Talbot Baines, M.P., James Heywood, M.P., Sir E. Ryan, Dr. W. Withey Gull (Guy's Hospi tal), and Dr. J. F. Wood. The Senate of the University of London has resolved to admit the Working Men's College into the University. The Danish Government has replyed to the note in which Austria and Prussia protested against the sale of the Holstein-Laueburg domains. MM. Andrae, the Finance Minister ; M. von Scheele, the Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and M. Bang, the President of the Council, are believed to have been the authors of the answer now given to the two great German Powers. The Danish Government is unable to accede to the demands of Austria and Prussia, and positively refuses to agree to a revision of the constitution of the whole State (Gesammt-Verfassung). A. letter from Canes, the capital of the isl an d o f Candia, published in the Moniteur, informs us that the quantity of spun milk produced in that island during the year 1856 was much inferior to that of 1855, It is estimated that the last crop will not exceed 15,335 kilogrammes. Spun silk was worth in July last 250 piastres the oke (the Turkish piastre is equal to 2id., and the oke of Candia is 2ilb.) but, the article having risen in Europe, the price rose in Candia to 280 piastres. It is now quoted at 265 piastres. The Candian silk care fully spun is of very fine quality, but that spun by the peasants is very inferior. RICHARD THE THIRD'S GRAVE.—A memorial has just been erected at Bow bridge, whereon it is recorded that near that spot lie the remains of King Richard 111. It is a very handsome stone, set in the gable of one of the new buildings there. The monument is in Ketton stone, designed by Messrs. Flint a n d Sh en t on, an d exe cuted in first-rate style by Mr. Broadbent—the work in each case being presented as a free gift. The inscription is in the following words—" Near this spot lie the re mains of Richard 111., the last of the Plantagenets, 1485."—Leicester Journal. A !MAIL BAG LOST.—Placards, dated " Post-office, Manche ter, Jan. 1, 1857," have been issued, offering a reward of 201. for the recovery, or such information as shall lead to the recovery, of the Radcliffe and Man chester mail bag, which " was entrusted to the care of the train guard at the Radcliffe station, on the night of the 18th December, and, by the carelessness of that in• diyidual, is believed to have been lost between that station and Manchester." Any person detaining the bag, or any portion of its contents, after such a notice, will be guilty of felony, and liable to transportation for life. THE CHEAP PRESS.—The best-conducted and last of the Leicester cheap newspapers expired on Wednesday. The editor, i❑ his concluding remarks, says :—" We do not halt because we cannot take a step further. We are brought to the end of the year, when it behoves every one to take stock of his doings. Following, as journa lists, the excellent business custom, and not finding a very satisfactory balance, we think it a suitable time to relinquish that which does not yield remuneration for our labour." WALEING THROUGH PLATE GLABS.—A. very curious accident occurred on Monday to Mr. Sergeant, organist of the Roman Catholic Chapel. He was leaving Mr. Courti's shop, High-street, under the mistaken impres si 'n that the door was open, and so walked through a large pane of plate glass. In paying this involuntary compliment to the glass manufacturer, he injured his face rather severely.— TVestern Times. , VIOLENT STORM.—The metropolis and suburban dis tricts were visited on Saturday by one of the most severe wind storms that have taken plane for several years. The storm commenced early in the evening, and was attended with an enormous destruction of property, and it is feared that along the coast a great loss of human life has taken place from shipwreck. Even on the river Thames the damage done to barges and small craft is considerable, many vessels having their sides stove in by being driven so violently against each other. A BOY SHOT BY A COMPANION.—MALVERN, Jan. 3. —A shocking occurrence has happened at the village of Leigh, near this town, which was the subject of a coro ner's inquest, held before Mr. Hill, yesterday. Two farm servants, named William Grout and John Judge, were at breakfast in the kitchen at the house of their master Mr. Hill, a farmer, of Leigh, when one of them picked up a gun which had been left loaded in the room, and after pointing it at a fellow servant was about to return it to its place, when the charge exploded, and Grout was shot through the head, his brains being scattered about the room, and, of course, his death being instantaneous. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. Somersetshire juries are proverbial for wisdom. Re cently a man was tried for burglary ; he bad been caught in the fact, and a conviction was naturally expected. The prisoner's counsel protested that he believed the man to be innocent, and notwithstanding the judge's clear summing up, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The foreman was afterwards asked the reason for the verdict. " Well," said he, "we be most on ns P-- men, and though the Lunnon judge said he thought the prisoner wur guilty, our Recorder (as was the prisoner's counsel) said he warn't ; and we likes to stick up for our Recorder !"—Gloucester Journal. LATEST NE 4VS. ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCH BISHOP OF PARIS. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Archbishop of Paris was assassinated at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the Church of St. Etienne du Mont, by a priest who had been in terdicted from officiating, named Verges. The reverend prelate died immediately. The assassee was arrested. The good Archbishop had headed a procession to the Church of St. Etienne du Mont, to cele• brate the Neuvaine of Sainte Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris. After the performance of the ecclesiastical cere monies the procession passed round the church in solemn splendour, and returned to the nave, when the Archbishop paused, to bestow his blessing on the crowd which had been attracted by the gor geous spectacle. The good prelate had raised his hands, and was in the act of saying the Benedic tine, when an unfrocked priest, named Verges, rushed out from amidst the crowd, drew a poniard from his gaberdine, and plunged it into the Arch bishop's heart ; then, fearful lest his deadly ven geance might not have been sufficiently slaked, he drew forth the reeking weapon from the wound, and plunged it again into the Prelate's bosom. The attendant priests then rushed forward and seized the assassin ; the people also surged on ward, and the Archbishop fell amongst them, his blood rushing forth upon the floor of the church. They raised him up, and bore him bleeding to the sacristy, where he breathed his last, muttering, with dying breath, "le Iklallieureux," as extreme unction was being administered to him. After gasping forth a few sobs, he faltered forth his soul and expired, shadowing forth, in dying mur murs, the benediction which had been so un towardly interrupted. The crime was so sudden, so utterly unexpected, seeing the sanctity of the place, and the religious feelings with which such a spectacle would natu rally inspire so impressionable a people, or that small portion of the people who still assist at the ob servances of their Church, that such an event was held to be impossible ; even when the blood gushed forth, staining the floor of the nave, and the gorgeous archiepiscopal raiments, the assem bled prelates and people could not believe the dreadful tale that their eyes had told them. Even the Grand Vicar of the Church, the Abbe Surat, who stood beside the Archbishop whilst he was bestowing his blessing on the people, did not even perceive that he was wounded, until the prelate fell at his feet bathed is blood. Archbishop Sibour was appointed to be the head of the diocese of Paris by the Government of General Cavaignac, upon the death of Arch bishop Affre, who was killed by a musket shot at one of the barricades near the Rue St. Antoine during the sanguinary conflict which ensued on the Communist insurrection of June, 1848. The Archbishop bad gone to the scene of carnage with the intention of appealing to the populace, and entreating them to desist from further bloodshed. Verges is but 32 years of age, and had already been unfrocked by his diocesan, the Bishop of Meaux. This sentence had been confirmed by the Archbishop of Paris, and for this injury he had sworn to be avenged. He had been noted on the peristyle of the Madaleine of late, bearing a pla card on his breast, calling attention to his imagi nary wrongs. The police, from an ill-judged respect to his sacred office, refrained from treating him like other disturbers of the public peace, and will now have to deplore their ill-timed clemency. It is said that he is imbecile, others say that he is and ; we must hope that this latter palliation will be proven. The body of the Archbishop will be shown pub licly to-morrow at the lying in state in the Cathe dral. The assassin declares that he has committed this awful crime as a protestation against the doc trine of the Immaculate Conception. A Sister of Charity, who had observed the movement of the assassin, and attempted to throw herself between the Archbishop and him, was wounded in the hand. The assassin made an attempt to escape in the crowd, but he was seized by five or six of the con gregation, and narrowly escaped being strangled by them. In his examination before the authori ties he answered coolly. He says he was sus pended without just cause. The following notice has been posted on the doors of the Church of St. Etienne-du•Mont : "Monseigneur the Archbishop having been stabbed to death at 4 o'clock this afternoon by a criminal hand in the Church of £t. Etienne -du- Mont, the church remains under an interdict until the expiatory .ceremony which shall be subsequently commanded." To-day the outside of the Church of St. Etien ne-du Mont is hung with black. No High Mass in any ch urc h through has been chaunted to-day out, the diocese of Paris. In its place a !ow mass was celebiated, after which th© clergy sang the seven penitential psalms. The Metropolitan Chapter has already met for receiving the official notification of the death of the Archbishop, and for taking measures for the administration of the diocess until a successor be appointed. The church of St. Etienne-du-Mont is placed under interdict by the fact of the crime having been committed there, and it will not be opened until it is purified by an expiatory cere mony. A SCREW STEAMER oN SHoRE.—PENZANCE, Jan. 2 —Nine of the crew of the screw steamer Dunaskin, Captain Macfarlane, of Ayr, have been landed here to• day, and report that their vessel, while on her voyage from Lisbon for Bristol, with a cargo of fruit, has gone on shore. They state that she struck on a rock about 11 o'clock last night, and in about 15 minutes went on shore on the main land ; they got into the boat, leaving the master, mate, and a man named Foley, on board, whose fate is as yet uncertain. The crew report that owing to the heavy sea striking the vessel, the boat parted, and they could not reach the vessel again. It is supposed that the vessel must be on shore within the Rundlestone, near Porthgwarrow Cove. AUSTRALIAN TRADE TO LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool Chronicle, of Jan. 3, states that during the past year N . 125 vessels left th e M ersey, o f an aggregate tonnage o f 140,652 tons, whil e f rom t h e Th ames d ur i ng th e same pariod 276 v e s se l s sa il e d, o f a tonnage o f 209,012 to n s. The average to nnage o f th e vesse l s leaving the Mersey B a was 1,125 tons, while those from the Thames averaged 750 tons each. 17 ve ssels carrying Government emi- We are expecting the u/tini,Ettca:E' JA 4 of F rance an d grants have been despatched during the year from tho , England. The new levy amounts t o 14 0 00 men. Mersey, chi e fly by the " Black Ball" and " White Star' line of packets. Nearly 7,000 persons were sent from , Liverpool by the Emigration Commissioners. In the A service of vigorous surveillance has been orga early portion of the year the emigration to Australia nised on the fronti er . was very slack, but on the receipt of favourable news the tid e again turned, and the third an d f our th quar t ers People are looking for a Proclamation by the of last year bear a striking contrast to those of the Federal Ccun c il. • preceding one. Above 16,000 persons were conveyed in private ships from Liverpool. General Dufour has organised a numerous staff. CONFESSION OF A MURDER.—The Limerick papers On his application the Federal C o uncil has given state that at the city police-court on Wednesday, before , Ald e rman Watson and Captain Gavin, Johnston, a pri- orders to pl ace on a war f oo ting eighteen addi vate in the. 88th Regiment, who gave himself up a few tional battalions of infantry, as well as nine com days since to constable Doyle, stating that he was the murderer of a man named Pickersgill, at Hull, i n O cto b er companies o f car bi nee rs, c avalry, and artillery. last, made the following startling conf es si on :—"rr e enlisted in the 52,i Regiment, from whi c h h e deserted, command-i n - c hief of General Dufour, after his ac cep t ance of the the Federal army, expressed when Pickersgill gave information which l e d t o hi s arrest. At the outbreak of the war in the East he was allowed himself as follows, at a public meeting to volunteer into the 88th Regiment, and served with "It i s a no ble task which has been confided to that regiment during the whole of the campaign, f or which he was decorated with th e war medal with f our me, a n d 1 Rill do everything in my power to clasps. On the morning of the 15th of October last he show myself worrhy of the confidence which Swit met Pickersgill in Humber-street, Hull, with whom' d our common country, has placed in me. retired to a public-house, where they both drank to be again able at the end of my excess. They afterwards parted, but not before l am ha he to zerlan , . a few angry words. On going up by the having y e warehouse, career to testify my devotedness to the common Pickersgill crossed before Johnston when . the latter cause by rendering all the service in my power to struck him on the head with a stick having lead at the the national cause. It is not only the military end. Picke r s g ill, w i t h the force of the blow, fell into strength and the riches of a country whi c h ma k e the dock and was never heard of afterwards. Johnston I it respected, but it is the enthusiasm and un i on being prosecuted a t H u ll . ' was sent back t o gao l awaiting the result of he inquiries of a people. lam proud for my country's sake The Moniteur announces the murder of the Archbishop of Paris in, the same terms as the above, adding : "It is impossible for us to describe the deep emotion felt by the numerous faithful who were assembled in the church, and the painful irapres. sion which the news of the death of the Virtuous prelate caused that evening in Paris." of the unanimity of which it has given proof under existing circumstances. I have confidence in the goodness of our cause, and I have, above all, the firm confidence that the God of the Grutli—that the God of our fathers --will not abandJn us. May God protect Switzerland r The permanent committee of the two Chambers of Wurtemburg, in supporting the petition of a certain number of the deputies against the passage of Prussian troops through the country, has de manded explanations from the Ministry on the present state of the negotiations with Prussia on the subject. A telegraphic despatch from Trieste announces from Constantinople, under the date of Dec. 26, that some ships of the English squadron were on the point of sailing for the Circassian coast, in order to demand of the Russian authorities the restitution of the cargoes of those boats which were lately captured by the Russian general who took possession of the fort of Soujouk Kaleh. The steamer Carmel, from Constantinople, with dates of the 22d, has arrived at Marseilles, but the intelligence which it conveys is meagre in the extreme. No details are offered us respecting the march of events in the Persian Gulf, and the local news are very uninteresting. We learn that Feruk Khan is still intent on his journey to Paris, and that he had paid his farewell visit to the Sultan. Abd-ul•Medjid profited by this occasion to assure the envoy of the Shah of his friendly and pacific sentiments towards Persia. It is said that the Shah is forced to carry on the war by the fanaticism of the population. The tribea of Asterabad had offered cavalry to the Shah. By a decree, signed by the Prussian Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance, dated Dec. 30, the exportation of horses across the frontiers, in every direction, is prohibited until further orders. The late rumours of the retirement of Marshal Radetzky from the chief command in Austrian Italy are confirmed. He will be replaced by the Archduke Maximilian. The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second edition), in his letter dated Jen. 2, says:— " It is now certain that Colonel von Manteuffel has come here as an Agent Provocateur.' The King of Prussia, who displayed such an un friendly feeling towards his Imperial nephew during the late war, is now extremely desirous that the latter should assist bim in applying the moral thumb-screws to the Swiss. Colonel von Man teuffel is to try to persuade the Emperor Francis Joseph to withdraw his Minister from Berne, but his Majesty will hardly consent to do so. This Government has probably nearly (if not quite), as much faith as the Berlin Cabinet in the disinte restedness of the Emperor Napoleon ; but it is one of the fundamental principles of Austrian state-craft not to place implicit confidence in any one, and therefore Baron Mensshengen will be left at Berne. Should the Prussians get possession of Basle and Schaffhausen, and French troops enter Geneva and the Pays de Taud, the Austrians will occupy Tessin, but if France remains a mere looker-on, Austria will do no more than place a corps of observation on her frontier towards Switzerland." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. There still continues to exist the same hopes of a speedy and amicable arrangement of the Prusso- S wiss difficulty. There was no meeting of the Conferences to-day ; but a sitting will take place to-morrow. It is said that the French Government has de termined to abandon Tahiti, finding that it costs much and produces nothing, but, ors. the ()the/ hand, it is seriously occupied with the creation of the newly-founded colony, New Caledonia. This island is rich and the climate healthy, and is NY propriated to receive a portion of the French colony of Guyana. A permanent garrison of 7 00 or 800 men is to be established there. The French Government is likewise much occupied with the development of the colony of Senegal. An expe dition has been sent from Algeria to ascertain the practicability of establishing a communication be' tween those two colonies by land. The Moniteur of yesterday contains a report ad' dressed to the Emperor by Marshal Vaillant, the Minister of War, upon the carrying into effect, in Algeria, of " the gre a t p r i nc i p l e " which was sane' tioned by the decree of March 25, 1852, and which is expressed in these words :—" The more important it is to centralise the governmental action of the state, the more necessary is it to decentralise its merely administrative actint." The minister ob serves that the continual increase of the population in Algeria, and of intercourse with its inhabitant/1 4 P as well as the extension of municipal institutions there, give rise to numerous questions which are referred to the decision of the superior authorities, and that it is necessary to provide some speedier and simpler mode of settling them ; but the sr' tern of decentralisation adopted in France by the decree of 1852 would require some modification in, Algeria, where there i s no di rec t taxa ti on, an d there cannot at present be any municipal councils. In France, the decentralision has been confined to i extending the functions of the p re f ec t s ; but n Algeria two departments must be constituted, one for the governor-general and the other for the pro vincial authorities ; that is to say, the prefects of territories under civil administration, and the generals commanding divisions in territories under martial law. The former should have the manage ment of whatever belongs to the general interest of colonisation, the latter of local affairs. A decree follows, by which the Emperor gives effect t o his Minister's suggestions, and minutely d e fi nes the functions of the respective authorities in Algeria. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 1.---By a royal decree, dated yes terday, an extraordinary credit is granted to the Minister of Finance, in order to cover the general expanses attendant on the sale of the national domains. The Gazette publishes a decree entirely suspend ing the law of the 23d of May, 1856, relative to the redemption of spiritual and temporal appoint ments. The Government sanctions the cession by M. Salamanca to the Grand Central Company of France of the line of railroad from Almansa to Alicante. The workmen of Barcelona have quietly returned ,o their homes. We beg to call the attention of ou r merc h an t s and shipown e rs, as well as the more important agricultural and manu facturing interests of Lancashire, Yorkshire. and the Midland Counties, to the reported, and it is to be feared too successful, attempts on the part of powerful ra il wa y companies to possess themselves of the great inland or canal navigation of these districs. The interests of commerce generally demand that the great carrying trade of this country should not be placed in the hands of any single body of men, however able and honest they may prove themselves to be. A monopoly so gigantic in its nature is ominous of fearful consequences, against which it is impossible to be too much upon our guard. With legitimate competition no port can rival this in despatch, or moderation of charges on goods in store or in transit, and it remains with our local railways and dock company to provide sufficient room and accom modation for its increasing trade, involving as that does to a certain extent the future prosperity of the port.-- Hull General Price Current. MURDER AT LARKHALL.—On Thursday night (the evening of New-year's-day), between eight and nine o'clock, while sweaver named Ramsay Smith was re turning from Hamilton to the village of Larkhall, he was met, when near Larkhall, by a play of Irishmen, whom be saluted with "It's a gude nicht." One of the party, without another word passing, turned round and struck Smith on the neck or side of the head with a gutty percha skullcracker. His son, who was with him—quite a youth—observed his father stagger under the blow, but be recovered himself somewhat, and with assistance was able to reach his home in the village. He gradually soil, however, and died at six o'clock on Friday morn ing. The villagers, learning the fatal issue of the en counter, became much excited, surrounded the house w here the navvies were that none of them might escape, and by daylight handed them over to the authorities. Three of the men were apprehended and lodged i n Ha milton jai'. A tribe of navvies have recently come to the weaving village of Larkhall, and as there has been bad blood between the strangers and the villagers, it is believed that the murder was not simply the result of a casual encounter.— Scotsman.