The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-25 00:00:00

T1II? LATE CAPTAIN HARBISON.

The calamitous accident which occurred at South-
ampton on Saturday last, and which threw a gloom
over the town, is still exciting much sympathy.
Captain Lay (the superintendent purser) has quite
recovered, but Mrs. Harrison is still in great mental
distress. An inquest was held on the body of
Charles Ogden, the coxswain of the boat which
capsized, when some little additional evidence to
that on the former inquiry was taken. A verdict
of " Accidentally drowned" was returned.
A meeting of the Southampton Town Council was
held at the Audit-house yesterday afternoon, to con-
sider what steps should be taken to testify the
respect of the corporation to the memory of Capt.
Harrison, and to record their sympathy and con-
dolence with his bereaved widow and family. The
mayor, Mr. F. Perkins, opened the proceedings
with a most feeling address. In reference to the
mode in which the inhabitants of Southampton may
testify their feelings upon that melancholy occasion,
he said it was intended that the corpse should be
conveyed from the residence at Fremantle on Thurs-
day, at 1 o'clock, passing through the town to the
railway station, from whence it will be conveyed to
London, and onwards to Liverpool, where the mor-
tal remains of the deceased will be interred. It
was proposed that the shops in Southampton shall
be closed during the time the body passes through
the town. Muffled peals will be rung on the bells
of the various churches, and minute-guns will be
fired from the platform battery. Mr. E. Talk (the
ex-mayor) read an address, which it wasunanimously
agreed should be presented to Mrs. Harrison, re-
cording the unfeigned sorrow and regret of the
council at the loss the town and country at large and
as
sustained by tho lamentable death of her husband,
conveying to her and her family its most
sinLeasion.
-ere and
unaffected sympathy on the melancholy
any further
for the purpose of carrying into effectith reference to
It was arranged that a committee should be formed
suggestions that might be made w
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or at
the subject.
Almost all the clergy
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and dissenting ministers of
Southampton alluded
been offered up at the public
daily prayer meetings
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It is expected
to the memory of the deceased will take place on
the day of the funeral. Captain Harrison was, we
believe, a native of Maryport, but -had not resided
there for many years. His mother, who by his
death has been deprived of a good son—of her only
support—is at present staying at the Angel Hotel,
Liverpool, the proprietor (Mr. Towers) being the
father-in-law of the deceased captain. Two chil-
dren by the deceased's first wife are buried in
Liverpool, and the remains of their father will be
laid beside those of his children.

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the ointment should, at the same time, be rubbed most
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whole chest. The dose of pills should be regulated so as to
act as gentle aperients, not as purgatives ; the effect is won-
derful. A change for the better is observed ere this treat-
ment has been followed for a week ; the improvement
steadily progresses. The melancholy emaciation gives
place to 4ealth, strength, and cheerfulness.

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THE CO RNHILL MAGAZINE.
Edited by W. M. TIIACKERAY.
No. 2 (for FEBRUAEY), will be published on Friday, the 27th
inst., Price ONE SEIILLING, With TWO Illustrations.
CONTENTS.

1. Nil Nisi Bonnm.
2. Invasion Panics.
3. To (3 oldenhair (from Horace). By Thomas Hood.
4. Framley Parsonage. Chapter IV. A Matter of Conscience.
Chapter V. Arnantitun irae amoris integratio. Chapter
VI. 11Ir. Harold Smith's Lecture.
5. Tithonus. By Alfred Tennyson.
6. William Hog,arth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher,
Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time. 1. Little
Boy Hogarth.
Unspoken Dialogue. By R. Monckton Milnes. (With an
Illustration.)
Studies in Animal Life. Chapter 11.
9 Curious if True (Extract from a Letter from Richard
Whittingham, Esq.) •
.Life among the Lighthouses.
11. L ov el,ept at the the Widower. Door. (With Chapter
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London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Comhill.

ROYAL

ENGLISH
COVENT-GARDEN.

OPERA,

under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison,

THIS EVENING, THE CROWN DIAMONDS. Messrs.
H. Corti, G. Honey, St. Albyn, end W. Harrison ; Miss Thirl-
wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne.
Condactor, Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS
IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden
Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Barnes, Tallien,
Infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan.
Doors open at halt-past o—Commence at 10 minutes to 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lesvee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, the comedy of THE EVIL GENIUS.
Miss Reynolds.
After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantornimists the unrivalled
Leelercqs.

IFHEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
So7e Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.

Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas.
THIS EVENING, the popular Drama of ST. MARY'S
EVE. Madeline (her original character) Madame Celeste.
After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex-
travanza and Pantoime. KING THUD OBE A.R D,
LITTagLE PET and the m
GREAT PASSIONS Clown, Mr.the H.
Marshall—Columbine, Miss Kosino.

Commence at 7.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. .

rat
The European war in Lombardy—a war threaten-

ing at one time to spread beyond the Alps and
beyond the Rhine—actually some time since ter-

minated ! Free Trade in France—by however
small a modicum, at any rate to the extent of that
modicum—actually adopted by the Imperial Go-
vernment ! The Congress at Paris—all along anti-

cipated by ourselves with peculiar suspicion—
actually postponed for an indefinite period,

if not absolutely abandoned ! The National
Defences, both by sea and land, rapidly attain-

ing a state of efficiency and completeness

unknown within the remembrance of the present

generation ! The necessity for Parliamentary
Reforms of some kind, large or small, piecemeal or

comprehensive, admitted upon all hands, by all
classes of politicians alike, by the Reforming Oppo-
sition no less than by the Reforming Government !
These alone to begin to with, as powerful reasons
in themseves, surely justified at the outset, at the
starting point of the session, almost any amount of
exultation. The universal feeling in this respect

was aptly enough expressed, therefore, under the
circumstances, through the words of earnest con-

gratulation with which the Sovereign yesterday
afternoon addressed herself to: the assembled
legislators in the midst of the pomp and ceremonial
attendant upon the opening of the Imperial Par-
liament. If:there were up to that moment of their
utterance any uncertainty as to the position in
which the country stood, let us say in regard to the
complex difficulties of the Italian Question, who
*would not welcome an assurance like that articu-
lated yesterday by the lips of her MAJESTY, when
alluding to the formal invitation of England to the
COngress of the Great Powers of Christendom—
" Desirous at all times, to concur in proceedings hav-
ing for their object the maintenance of peace, I ac-
cepted the invitation ; but, at the same time, I made
known that, in such a Congress, I should stead-
fastly maintain the principle that no external force
should be employed to impose upon the people of
Italy any particular Government or Constitution,"
Or, who again would not hail with satisfaction the
yet more emphatic reiteration of the same avowal,
immediately aftewards, when her MAJESTY ob-
served—" Circumstances have arisen which have led
to a postponement of the Congress, without any day
having been fixed for its meeting; but, whether in
Congress or in separate negotiation, I shall en-
deavour to obtain for the people of Italy freedom
from foreign interference by force of arms in their
internal concerns, and I-trust that the affairs of the
Italian Peninsula may be peacefully and satisfac-
torily settled." If, moreover, there was anything
ambiguous or insufficient in the announcement
made by the QUEEN, simply to the effect—" I
am in communication with the Emperor of the
FRENCH with a view to extend the commercial in-
tercourse between the two countries, and thus to
draw still closer the bonds of friendly alliance
between them "—all immediate anxiety upon that
. -
point, we must at once distinctly assert, was
remeved by a declaration made towards the close
of last night's sitting in the House of Commons by
the First Lord of the Treasury—a declaration in
every way as explicit as it was eminently satisfac-
tory and perfectly constitutional. This was the
intimation in so many words by Lord PALMERSTON
where he said—" I will not now enter into details,
because the arrangements made on the part of her
MAJESTY'S Government are made conditional upon
the assent of Parliament." Opportunity, therefore,
will be duly afforded to the British Legislature to
modify so far this (in its purpose) essentially
admirable treaty or convention, that during the
next eighteen months, the advantages resulting
from it may not accrue exclusively to France, but
that by France it may be at once frankly and
generously recirocated.
LATEST.

NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office

MADRID, JAN. 24.

All those Spanish vessels with artillery, which
were considered lost, have arrived at their desti-

nation.

The disembarkation of material continues.
No further news.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Illoniteur of to-day contains the financial
ropbrt of Mr. Magne to the Emperor.
The Minister congrattilates himself that the
state of the Treasury is flourishing. The arrears
which were 886 millions of francs, now do not ex-
ceed 660 millions.

The Minister says that he has communicated to
the Council of State the documents necessary for
the preparation of the Budget of 1861, these docu-
ments allow a surplus of 3 millions to be antici-
pated.

The programme of the Emperor in the letter of
the sth January compels the suppression of the
redemption of the public debt in order to maintain
the equilibrium of the Budget : the Minister hopes
that this suppression will last but a short time.
The report further states that the Treasury bills
amount to only 135 millions of francs, and con-
cludes with the announcement that since 1852 the
foreign commerce of France has increased 80 per
cent.

ROME, JAN. 21st, via MARSEILLES.

The City is quiet. Should. the French garrison
evacuate the rlace, the Papal Government intends
concentrating at Rome 5000 soldiers of the Line in
addition to the Csrabiniers.

GENOA, TUESDAY.

Letteis received from Naples confirm the state-
ment of a Ministerial crisis having taken place.
His Majesty had sent for Signor Troja, Alumna
to form a new Ministry:
The fall of the Ministry was attributed to the
project of the King to order the Neapolitan troops
to enter the Papal States.

NAPLES, SATURDAY.

It is stated that General Filanghleri has ten-
dered his resignation after being present at a
council of Ministers where the question was put
by the King whether armed assistance should be
given to the Pope in certain emergencies.
Should the resignation of the General become
definitive it would occasion a complete change in
the Ministry.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY.
The report of Prince Napoleon's departure for
London is unfounded. _ .

Paris was visited at two o'clock this morning
with a terrific hurricane, which blew with increas-
ing violence until seven, when, after a heavy fall
of rain for some time, the wind abated. The day
was subseqnently mild until half-past three, when
it beam e nearly dark, and heavy rain fell.

The Patrie of this evening denies the statement
that Marshal Vaillant is about to return to France.

The Pays says :—" The treaty of commerce be-
tween Fiance and England was signed yesterday.
A delay being necessary for the ratification of the
treaty, it will not be published before the 3d of
February. Relative to the substitution of protec-
tive for prohibitive duties, the treaty will only be
put in force in July, 1861."
. It is rumoured this afternoon that a " man ifesta-
hon." was attempted at Lille when it was known
there that a treaty of commerce between England
and France had been signed in Paris.
The iFitcle publishes a sort of analysis of the
Customs' tariff, in order to show that the articles
prohibited are much less numerous than is gene-
rally supposed. They consist, it says, of firearms,
capsules, empty bottles, chicory, cutlery, worked