The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

(But, stsndieg thus rejoicing on the field of battles
no unworthy exultation enters into the perfect satis-
-1 faction of our triamph. It is not a triumph which
1 brings ruin to those who have fallen ; it is, on the
I contl-ess-•. - '-'----..:ph in which the fallen may rise
We as item and share with the victors the fruits
of victory. Abraham Lincoln is elected, but in his
ladministration the South will find all their rights
respected, and will see all the cloudo of misrepre-
sentation which have obscured his real charocter,
and that of the party whose standard he bears,
roll away from the view. Stretching out o'ur
hands to the South over this victory, we have n'o
word of taunt to utter for the threats of disunion'
which were raised for our defeat. Let those threats
be buried in oblivion; for through the long vista
I of this SUCCCSg we see a reign of peace from slavery
agitation, establisilA simply by that circumscrib-
ing of slavery within its local bounds, and that film
defence of the integrity of gatiol.,al freedom, which
this triumph of the Republican party on the 6th of
November, 1860, seals now and hencorofth.”
The New York Express says :
" For the first time in the history of our 00v,ern-
ment, we have a President elected exclusively h)" a
sectional vote, and by the agency of a party o'-
ganised geographically. The consequence of this
departure from the chart of Washington and from
the spirit of the Federal Constitution remains to
be seen. We deplore—deeply deplore it—and yvt
as good citizens, it is our duty to make the best ole
it, and acquiesce in it, as under the forms
of, if not in the spirit and intent of, the Consti-
tution. What our Southern countrymen may do
remains to 1,( -: en ; but we hope their apprehen-
sions will be )othed, if not assuaged, by the fact
that the H,ase of Representatives as well as the
Senate are to be Conservative, aid cannot be
wielded for destructive principles against the States
of the South. We are well aware, however, that
the apprehensions of the South come not frozn Con-
gress, but from the Northern States themselves:-
their personal liberty bills. their underground re'll-
roads, their incendiary publications, their judicial
7 7. 7,- -'--
decisions AS in-the _Lemmon case, and from that ..
general feeling of hostility which the States of the,
North manifest against the States of the South, and
which, as the South fears, must end is the revolu-
tion of the Federal Judiciary, and thus in the ewer;
throw of the Judicial as well as Constitutiot:al
protection these States have had since the founds-
tion of the Government and of the old Confederty
tion. We hope and trust the newly-elected Pre-
sident will avail himself of the earliest opportunity
to cut himself loose from the passions and preju-
dices that have elected him, and so give a pledge to
the now fermenting Southern States, a pledge that
he himself means nothing, whatever his party or
partisans may mean by the election."
It was rumoured at New York that the United
States' gunboat Seminole had been destroyed by
fire off Pernambuco.
Thirty-nine persons had been killed on the Mis-
sissippi by the explosion of a steamer's boilers.
At the special request of a number of prominent
citizens of Georgia, the United States Arsenal at
Augusta, in that State, had been placed in posses-
sion of Federal troops; and the arsenal at Fayette-
ville, North Carolina, was to be occupied by a com-
pany of the 2d Cavalry, at the request of citixenP of
that place. This movement was intended as a
measure of precaution in view of any possible
trouble which might arise from the result of the
Presidential election.
Official despatches received at Washington from
Peru represent that Mr. Clay had demanded his
passport, at the same time addressing a note to
the Government explaining his reasons. Presi-
dent Castillo was taken by surprise, as he had
been led to believe that his proposition, which had
been forwarded by Mr. Clay, would be acceptable
to the Washington Cabinet: In reply, the Govern-
ment transmitted Mr. Clay's passport, with a reite-
ration of their argument in answer to his note.
Senor Zagarra was instructed to remain at Washing-
ton until further orders from Lima, when he, too,
will probably withdraw, and thus terminate all
diplomatic intercourse between the two countries.
Advices from San Francisco report the loss of
the mail steamer Granada at the entrance of the
harbour.
A civil war had broken out in Yucatan, caused
by the imposition of inland duties on goods from
Campeachy, and a contention for the revenues of
the island of Carmen. Preparations for hostilities
were going on, and Campeachy was marching troops
on the capital.
A very extensive counterfeiting operation had
been brought to light at Lebanon, Indiana, in which
the cashier and several others connected with the
Boone County Bank, in that place, are concerned.
It is supposed that they have circulated from
300,000 dols. to 500,000 dols. in counterfeit bills on
that institution. The spurious and the genuine
notes are from the same plate, with the names of
the auditor and register forged on the former. The
president of the bank had fled, from which ci rcum-
st ance it is inferred that he is deeply implicated in
the transactions.
Advices from British Columbia to the 10th ult.
state that the Government of Vancouver's Island
was about to advertise to borrow 50,000 dols., at
12 per cent. interest, for the purpose of improving
the harbour of Victoria. The mining news does
not vary from previous accounts. It relates the usual
items of discovery, with nothing very startling.
The schooner Langley had sailed from Victoria on
an exploring expedition to the north-west coast.
She was manned by a crew of six men, whose par-
pose was to thoroughly explore the coast for pre-
cious metals as far as Sitka. She was fitted up with
two three-pounders. The leader of the party is the
celebrated Sebastopol Russian, well known as a suc-
cessful prospector on Fraser River.

DREADFUL FIRE AT POPLAR ANIJ

LOSS OF LIF.E.

Yesterday (Monday) at an early hour, there was
a fire in the neighbourhood of Penny-fields, Pop-
lar, which was attended with the loss of one life and
serious, if not fatal consequences to two other per-
sons—one a man between 60 and 70 years of
the other a girl about six or seven years old. The
premises in which the disaster originated were
age,
situate at 41 in the before-named fields, the lower
part of the building being in the occupation of a
boot and shoe maker named D. J. Donovan, whose
family consisted of four or five persons, and the
upper floor was in the occupation of another family,
named Donovan, bat not related to the other. For-
tunately, the proprietor of the shoe shop and his
family were not at home when the fire commenced.
The premises of Mr. Donovan were next door to the
property of Mr. Quin, proprietor of the Silver Lion.
Tavern, and it was owing to a little girl who was
in this house that the fire was first discovered.
She, it appeared, while proceeding to her bedroom,
had her attention directed to a loud crackling noise
la
in the next house. This being accompanied .v;,-
dense volumes of smoke at once convinced a
moment's
her that..i."
the place was on fire, and, without
rheeeddsed
asleep,in-
making
inmates,delay,gen era l s
alarm,hw she
who
o were called
and toin
who
tce
Mr.hesiu Quin, who raised a.
tlh3eir father and mother,
of their danger. There had been
same room three children,
'Co children, sensible
Sleeping in the
years, named Esther
Danodnotvhaeos.ervainlitegtihrrl
the and the father and
mother,. were got out of
how it is not precisely known,
seized hold of two of his claild)ireazn,inwghobniuilhdeincarried
t
under his arms through only that the father
the unfortunate man
both seriously burnt, the flames, but in so doing
hos-
pital, where they and his daughter Mary were
The last personswr
and were removed to the
hemo aleifnt,init a i very ery
believed, precarious
wer
e tstate.he
mother and one of her children. It was at first
expected that the servant girl hadalosfo
abeenenirehsbcued
taken shelter in the house ouras she could not be heard of during the freg.
Un-
fortunately,. the poor creature was burnt to death
in the lames. The firemen, under the direction of
Mr. Bridges, the chief officer of the A district, and
engineer Withers, backed by the parish engine-
keepers, were enabled to get the flames at l were
th
extinguished, but not until the premises
totally destroyed. Further inquiries having been
made for the girl, who was still missing' Mr'
Bridges gave instructions to the firemen to search
the ruins, and, after the lapse of a few minutes,
they found her burnt in a frightful manner from.
head to foot. Life was quite extinct. The mangled
remains were removed to await the coroner's inquest.
As to the origin of the fire, not the least reliable
information could be obtained beyond the fact that
it must have commenced in the front shop, and have
extended up the staircashis offie to thc e l
report, top of thdesce bribes
uild.
ing. Mr. Braidwood, in ia
the damage done as follows :—" No. 41, Penny..
fields, Poplar, Mr. Dennis J. Donovan, boot and
1 shoe maker; the house and contents all but destroyed.
parish engineer and
1 The cause of fire unknown. Contents insured in the
Sun Fire-office. Building not known if insured. The
aged 70, and Mary mfireeizas extinguishedi)oaavabny, the fire.
Dono-
van, severely burnt, and taken to the hospital,
and
the servant girl burnt to death.
Silver No. 42,
Lion,Pe roof Penny-
fields, y -
alaelnidas,gMedr.hyT.Quin,
breakage,vi ceilingsetualler, theh
by water, and win-
dow glass broken. Insured in Royalthe Exchange
Fire-office for contents, &c."