The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

MR, JOHNSTON, M.P.' AND THE
ORANGEMEN.

A Belfast correspondent says :—On Thursday night, at
a great Orange meeting held in the Ulster Hall, Belfast,
Mr. William Johnston, M.P., was presented with an ad-
dress, in which unaltered confidence was expressed in him
as a genuine orangeman and true Protestant. Mr. Johnston,
in the course of a long speech which he delivered in reply,
said Parliament would have to pronounce its opinion
upon Mr. Gladstone's letter regarding the independence
of the Pope, and if no other person drew attention to it
he would do so. At the meeting an association was
formed, to be called the Belfast Orange and Protestant
Working Men's Association ; it is for the purpose of pro,.
tecting the political rights of the Protestant working men
of Belfast. Mr. Johnston, at the close of the meeting,
was followed to his hotel by immense crowds, headed by
a couple of bands. He addressed the assemblage from the
hotel window.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL—The Concert
lately given by the Tottenham House Band at St. James's
Hall, in aid of the funds of the above hospital, resulted in
the sum of 2153 being added to the bands of this deserving
charity.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The entertainments to-clay
are to be rendered especially suitable to children. Besides
the addition of an infant pianiste, and calculating boy, in
the evening the great fountain basin will be lighted up by
coloured fires, magnesium balloons, bonfires, and torches.
This is the last Saturday of the Pantomime, as the Satur-
day concerts recommence on the 21st.

HOW LONG WILL PARIS HOLD OUT ?—Both
Paris correspondents of the Daily News agree that the
food in Paris will last until the end of February. One of
them, "The Besieged Resident," says that endurance
until that period will involve great privation ; but it wiil
be maintained if there is any chance of relief from the
provinces—not if there is none. The other contributor
says :—I go to men who ought to be the best
informed in Paris. I cannot mention names—but
they ought to know. I say to them—" How long ? I
am told that the 20th of January is your last day :
you must surrender. Tell me truly." The reply is—" I
tell you truly, we can stand out till March." And there
is no chance of a capitulation in the present month ?"
" Not the least in the world from famine. We are
badly off, but we can endure. Who is it that gives
you the 20th of January as the last day ?"
" I cannot tell you ; but I do not mind telling
you this—that Those who put your last day at the
20th January declare that if you can hold out till March
the Prussians will be knocked up as high as a kite." He
replied :—"lt is perfectly certain that we can hold out
till March. I have always told you so. We can go well
into March. But say the Ist of March ; it is enough."
The news seems almost too good to bo true ; but I will
state to you privately my authority, and you can judge
for yourself as to its credibility.

THE EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF DEAD
BODIES.—On Friday afternoon the adjourned inquest on
the dead bodies of two children which had been discovered
in a box at the Euston-square Station, was held at
the College Arms, Great College-street, Camden-
town, before Dr. Lankester, coroner for Middlesex. The
evidence of Donald Cruikshank, parcels clerk at the
Euston Station, which was taken on the last occasion,
was to the effect that the box was received from Carlisla
on the 11th December, as a returned unclaimed parcel,
It was addressed to Mr. Thewson, County Hotel,
Carlisle, to be left till called for. Thore was a
label upon the box which would be placed there by the
railway company, and which "chewed that the box had
been received from Manchester, was not called for, and
the sender and consignee were unknown. The box was
sent from Manchester on September 21, and the sender
could not be traced there. Each of the children had
its nose cut off, its upper jaw injured and several teeth
knocked out. Death was caused by suffocation and
violence, and no trace of poison existed. The Coroner
thought it was a case in which the Home Office should be
asked to offer a reward.—The jury returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder against some perion or persons un-
known ; " at the same time passing a resolution asking the
St. Pancras Vestry to apply to Government to offer a
reward.