The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-25 00:00:00

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SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

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Wind S.W., moderate,

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN,—
The new opera " Lurline," and tho pantomime, was hon-
oured last evening by the presence of her Gracious Majesty,
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, her Royal High-
ness the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desart,
the lion. Miss Cavendish, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord De
Tabley, and Colonel Dudley De Ros.

LORD ELGIN AND SIR M. SEYMOUR.—Yesterday
were published the papers moved fur by Sir Michael Sey-
mour in the House of Commons touching the personal ques-
tion between him and the Earl of Elgin which was last
night, not for the fist time, noticed in Parliament. The
general nature of Lord Elgin's complaints is well known.
They are set forth in these despatches with considerable
asperity, but in a note addressed by order of the Lords of the
Admiralty to the Foreign-office, they are declared to be
groundless. The admiral denies that the ambassador had
acquainted him in time with the policy he is charged with
not supporting. He charges Lord Elgin with taken his
ships unnecessarily from under his orders, and with want of
candour and fairness in his despatches on the subject. On
several other questions the plenipotentiary and admiral are
at issue as to the facts.
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN LIVERPOOL.—His
Royal Highness the Prince of Orange arrived in Liverpool
on Thursday night, after a brief tour in Wales. He was
received at the Birkenhead Railway station by Mr. May,
the Netherlands consul in Liverpool, and Mr. John Laird,
of the eminent shipbuilding firm, Woodside. At the in-
vitation of the latter gentleman, the Prince, attended by
his suite and by Mr. May, proceeded to Mr. Laird's works,
where he inspected the splendid steamship Ulster, which is
building for the improved postal and passanger accommo-
dation between England and Ireland by Holyhead, and
which is to be launched to-day (Saturday). His 'Royal
Highness then visited the forge, and witnessed the processes
of preparing iron plates, &c., for the ships building in the
yard, the various ships, the workshops, the modelling rcont
(in which ho spent a considerable time), and the many
other objects of interest which the extensive premises of
the Messrs. Laird present.
'TIE REFORM BILL.—It will be seen from our
Parliamentary report that Lord John Russell last night an-
nounced that the Reform Bill will be brought forward on
Thursday next.
THE BALLOT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—We
are authorised to state that Lord Teynham has fixed Thurs-
day, March 15, to bring before the House of Lords a resolu-
tion affirming the necessity of the ballot et elections. We
invoke the efforts of our friends iu the provinces to support
the noble lord by petitions, and, where possible, by request-
ing the attendance of peers friendly to the measure.
DOUBLE SUICIDE.—An extraordinary case of
double suicide occurred on Tuesday night at Uaston, a
small village near Huntingdon. An aged couple named
Saddington, both upwards of 70 years of age, who had lived
many years in the village, were found drowned in a pond
opposite their cottage, having nothing on but their night
dresses. The policeman of the village, being on duty about
eleven o'clock, heard a scream, and with another man pro:,
ceedod in the direction, but were sonic time before they coil!
discover anything ; they, however, succeeded at last inver.
find-
ing the man in the pond, and after further search discovered
s? 1
the woman ; both were quite dead. An inquest swell heldit was
the followinwruorningLefere MI . Mellor, coroner, n
hi it is
to the guardians of Huntingdon fur relietu,t
stated that the dee3ased had been ou the previous Saturday
be-
lieved, was refused out of the house.s übpposweder,eptroelydetdhesoy
might go into the union. This,
commit suicide.
previous day
much upon their minds as to carsaieettt,hweiviotuoti
It appears it was a premeditated
furniture, and paid
articles olhe coroner havin
they had disposed of their fewv
off some debts owing in thseurnilel
verdict
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vounl
summed up, the jacriimerreturg."
drowned."
SUICIDE OF
Stamj"n•FTAlN HARFORD.—On Wednes-
day held at Bray, near 'Windsor, by
aer for Berke, on the body of Cup-
Mr. Rupert
Paul llarford, late of the Scots Fusilier
Cap-
tain Frederick
day last an inquest was
rticul
when the following pa ars re ative to the me-
Guards,
atfairthweecrsepact:ard:uclesdft:—htAa thtltsoe',elaopckpaornenthtlye pinrehvii-s
and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon he was loatinuseahroheleYrnalitnhg,
a pool of blood by one of the gardeners, in
ausse dis-
coveredcl ud secluded inwalk n in his beautiful grounds at Down-place,
situate on the banks of the Thames, near Monkey Island,
from
and death Windsor.
t h
wanhdenabfnooutndthwreaes
antiiifflesanddistcaonldt,
Tal avee bboede
ny
instantaneous. It appeared that he must have discharged
the contents of a loaded pistol into his loft ear,
as a por-
tion of the skull on that side of the head was blown, away,
and his hat was picked up
Mr. Hayford on pr • emus occasions had shown symptoms of
lunacy, and a verdict was returned that he destroyed him-
self in a fit of temporary insanity." The unfortunate
gentleman was much respected in the neighbourhood, and
has loft a widow and amiable family to lament his melan-
choly end. He was in the 57th year of his age.
A communication from Constantinople, in speak-
ing of the death of Kiaxim Bey, son of Fuad Pacha,
states that it was caused by an attack of apoplexy
which seized him, just as he was about entering the
barracks to fulfil his military duties of lieutenant-
colonel, to which rank he had been recently pro-
moted. Fuad Pacha is plunged into the greatest
affliction by this event.
The Madrid journals of the 19th contains no
political news, and all they say on the subject
of the war is that the commander-in-chief of the
army had sent an expedition along the coast in the
direction of the Riff, and that it was to be accom-
panied by
vessels ; also, that the Mom ish
troops which evacuated Tetuan had committed
frightful excesses at Alcazar, a town situated mid-
, way between Tetuan and Fez.