Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-04 00:00:00

THE SAN JTAN DIFFICULTT,

The San Francisco Alta, in allusion to the
San Juan question says :—The British. are
entitled to credit_for forbearance, and they are,
indeed ; for they could hive handed an over-
whelming force on the island, ' and not only
annihilated the-small command, but blockaded, if
not devastated, the whole Pacific coast, before
the actual state of affairs could have reached
the cabinets of both Governments, or means.
for our protection could be devsied and obtained.
It is owing to them that serious difficulties
did not immediately ensue ; for, reverse the case,
would our Yankee blood and spirit have quietly
awaited the issue of counsel had the disputed ter-
rify been fortified, armed and controlled by an
English force ? No, emphatically No !-- Blood
would have flown, irrespective of persons or
place, and the clarion of war would have awak-
ened the whole civilised world to arms. During
the progress of the negociations, the tone of the
English authorities was highly conciliatory,
whilst their course and intentions were frankly,
yet courteously made known.

COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

On Monday morning about ten o'clock the Queen
and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Alice,
Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Princess Beatrice,
and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting,
proceeded to the Riding House to witness the distribu-
tion of the royal gifts, which was under the direction of.
the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the
Clergy of Windsor and Clewer, and the district visitors
for the relief of the poor.
The members of the Clothing Club (established
under her Majesty's patronage) received at the same
time articles of clothing according to the amount of
their contributions (as on former occasions), with the
additions provided by her Majesty.
After the distribution the Queen, with Princess Alice,
,Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, walked and drove
in the Home-park, and visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went out
shooting, on Monday, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales and Prince Leiningen.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess of Leiningen
visited the Queen at the Castle on Monday afternoon.
Captain Grey has succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel K epp el
as Equerry-in-Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is expected
to resume study at Oxford on the 17th inst.
The funeral of the late Lord Hastings was to take
place yesterday, at Melton Constable, Norfolk. The
office of commandant of the Norfolk Militia Artillery
has become vacant by the death of the noble peer.
Each of the Orleans princes intends placing a son at,
the High School, Edinburgh, under the care of, Dr..
Schmitz, who acted as tutor to the Prince of 'Wales dur-
ing his Royal Highness's recent stay in, Edinburgh.
The names of the youthful princes, who are all about
fourteen or fifteen years of age, are the Duc d'Alencon,
second son of the Due de Nemours ; the Due de Pen—
thievre, only son of Prince de Joinville ; and the Prime
de Conde, eldest sell of the Due d'AUmale.

TRAGICAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—.Another of those
frightful accidents has occurred for which the mining
district of South Staffordshire is becoming notorious, and
which is occasioned by the negligence of coal masters
and their subordinates, in leaving the mouths of pits
uncovered, or secured only in the slightest manner. On
Saturday afternoon, as a man in the employ of Messrs.
Blackwell, of Bilston, was descending a draining shaft,
for the purpose of cleaning out the bottom, he was hor-
rified by observing brains and fragments of wearing ap-
parel sticking to the sides. On dragging the water at
the bottom, the mutilated bPdy of an aged miner, named
Timothy Bayley, was found. Bayley was irregular in
his habits, and had been missing from the previous
Tuesday night.
PORTRAIT OF MARSHAL O'DONNELL.= They halt
just by the tent of the General-in-Chief, outside of which
is standing, regardless and apparently unconscious of
the heavy rain, a tall grayhaired man, seemingly about
55 years of age,•dressed in a waterproof coat and Mac-
intosh leggings, the only military part Of his costume
being. the "nos" or Spanish kepi, with three bands of
gold ethbroidery round it, indicating the rank of Cap--
tain-General,, equivalent to Field-Marshal. His head
is rather bent, the expression of his countenance is
severe, but at the same time not without a certain bon-
homihie. His brow is somewhat furrowed, but less you
would say by years than by the cares and anxieties, the
vigils ant fatigues of an active, eventful, and ambitious
career. His step is firm, and when, as sometimes hap-.
pens, it suddenly lengthens into a stride, you perceive
he still retains no small shareof the vigour and elasticity
of youth. This is Leopold O'Donnell, Count of Lucena,
hstlisprtthe Spaniard, of Irish descent, who is now by far the
ng
first man in his country; who possesses a power con-
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by its duration (rare for a Spani,h. Premier ( f.
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greatera r years), andmajority
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from Ceuta.
The extensive milling concerns, with the stock, on
Usher's Quay, Dublin, the property of Mr. O'Callaghan,
Were destroyed by fire on Saturday. The damage by
yearsi e which
f certainly
the
past
the casualty is estimated at from £6,000 to £B,OOO.
The premises were insured for £l,OOO and the stock
for £3,000.