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

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

(NDON, Feb. 2.s.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light breeze and fine weather.
PonTsmoUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrived—
H.M.S. Hero, from Portland.
NEWPORT, Feb. 24.—Arrived—Louisa and Frederika,
from Rotterdam—both for St. Thomas—Royal Bride, from
Rio Janeiro.

PILL, Feb. 24.—Wind S.—Sailed—The Margaret, for
Demerara.

CARDIFF, Feb. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Albert, for
Hong Kong.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind S.—Arrived—H.M.Str.
Portland, from Lisbon, with much damage, having been in
oollision with H. M. Str. Queen yesterday.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.S.W.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BILIIIBII TELEGRAPM.)
GRAVEREND7 Saturday Morning.
Wind S.W., tido last hour's ebb, weather tine.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind S.W moderate.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—
The new opera " Lurline," and the pantomime, was hon -
cured last evening by, the presence of her Gracious Majesty,
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, her Royal Higk-
ness the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desart,
the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Do
Tabley, and Colonel Dudley De Ros.
LORD ELGIN AND SIR M. SEYMOUR.—Yesterday
were published the papers moved for 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 that 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, hat in a note addressed by order of the Lords of the
Admiralty to the Foreign-office, they aro 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,
whore 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 r.royal
Highness then visited tho forge, and witnessed the processes
of preparing iron plates, &c., for the ships building in the
yard, the various ships, the workshops, the modelling roam
(in which he spent a considerable time), and the many
other objects of interest which the extensive premises of
the Messrs. Laird present.
THE 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 at elections. We
invoke the efforts of our friends in 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 Easton, 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-
ceeded in the direction, but were some time before they could
discover anything; they, however, succeeded at last in find-
, ing the man in the pond, and after further search discovered
the woman ; both were quite dead. An inquest was held
the foil owing morn ing betere Mr. Mellor, coroner, when it was
stated that the deesased had been on the previous Saturday
to the guardians of Huntingdon for relief, which, it is be-
lieved, was refused out of the house, but were told they
might go into the union. This, it is supposed, preyed so
much upon their minds as to cause them to commit-suicide.
It appears it was a premeditated act, as on the previous day
they had disposed of their few articles of furniture, and Raid
off some debts owing in the village. The coroner having
summed up, the jury returned a verdict of "Found
drowned."—Stamford Mercury. On Wednes-
SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN HARFORD.
day last an inquest was held at BraY, near Windsor, by
tain Frederick Paul Harford, late of the Scots Fusilier
Mr. Rupert Clarke, coroner for Berks, on the body of Cap.
Guards, when the following particulars relative to the me-
lancholy affair were adduced :—Ati 10 o'clock on the p -
revi
ous morning the captain left the afternoona r die-retlNyvaianis
41°0';iflod by one of the gardene
usual health, and at
. Thames, near Monkey Island,
beautiful grounds at Down-prline,
covered lying in a p°°.•
a secluded walk the
Ilininnkilshesoisfdistant from Windsor. The body
situateand abouton thethree b
when found wa stiff and cold, and death must have been
instantaneous. it appeared that he must have discharged
the contents of a loaded pistol into his left ear, as a ot-
tion of the skull un that side of the head was blown away,p
and his hat was picked up about 16 yards from the body.
mr. Harford on previous occasions had shown symptoms of
lunacy., and a verdict was returned that he destroyed him-
self , in a fit of temporary
hasgen tlleefitnaanwNiVdaoswl
andueh amrespectedablef
insanity." The unfortunate
in Ihe neighbourhood,lamenthis
land
family to 111 8.11.•
choly end. Ile was in the 57th year of his age.
A communication from Constantinople, in speak-
ing of the death of Kiazim Bey, son of Fund Pacha,
states that it was caused by an attack of apoplexy
which seized him just as he was about entering th 3
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 some vessels ; also, that the Momish
troops which evacuated Tetuan had committed
frightful excesses at Aloazar, a town situated mid-
i way between Tetuan and Fez.