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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1867

take:. That danger yet threatens the freedom of
the, great Republic. If JOHNSON were not in his
pre sent office, who can tell whether his successor
(especially if he be, as is most probable, a popular
general) may not grasp the reins of power with a
daring and irresponsible hand? More particularly
may this be the case if the Radicals still retain
their preponderance in the Legislature, and the
Southerners can no longer confide in Mr. JOHN-
SON'S determination to protect their rights. America
may once more be the scene of rebellion and discord
and civil war, and it is in the midst of such a chaos
that the tyranny and divided interests of Repub-
licanism usually pass into the tyranny of a single
will.

If sueh evils befall his countrymen it will not be
the fault of ANDREW JOHNSON. He has loudly
proclaimed to the people the dangers which threaten
them if they once sanction the departure of their
political advisers from the broad lines of
their old Constitution. He has faced calumny,
insult, and opposition of every kind in his steady
guardianship of the popular rights. He can afford
to despise a mere personal affront, though ha will
not, at any risk to himself, give his sanction to the
dangerous measures which, under the guise of
equality and freedom, are being hurried through
the Legislature. The Radicals are not likely to
gain much by their newly acquired influence over
the bestowal of political favours. Experience has
long shown that he is a fortunate man who in a
similar case can please one without displeasing two ;
and if their selfish and headstrong grasp at illimit-
able power results in creating fresh divisions among
their ranks, and consequently weakening their in-
fluence, they will not obtain much sympathy, at
least on this side of the Atlantic.

Several M.P.'s areimproving the very short period
left to them before the assembling of Parliament by
presenting themselves before their constituents,
either to obtain their approval or to deprecate their
displeasure. We have during the last week had oc-
casion to chronicle more than one of these meetings,
and in our impression of yesterday we reported the
address of Mr. CHILDERS to the electors of Ponte-
fract. Mr. CHILDERS did not have to appear before
his constituents to receive reproof or to offer ex-
planation, for he was greeted with cordiality, and
dismissed with a vote of confidence, which, judging
from the frank and straightforward manner in which
he spoke, he is likely to merit. Mr. CHILDERS
was a member of the late Government, in which he
did good service, first at the Admiralty, and then
at the- Treasury. No doubt, he has still before him
a useful career as a public servant, but for the pre-
sent he does not appear to resent his temporary
exclusion from office. He demands that thepresen t
Government should have a fair trial, and not be
treated by its opponents as if they had been ousted
from office by a succession of intrigues. For his
own part, "he was prepared to give the present
Government, not the support they had a right to
expect from political friends, but that generous conis-
deration and forbearance which their measures might
justify." If a Government did its duty he thought
the Opposition of the day ought to show them some
forbearance, because continual changes weakened
an Administration and diminished the influence of
the country. Mr. CHILDERS summarised the his-
tory of the late Reform Bill, and congratulated his
hearers that Pontefract was never. included in any
scheme for the redistribution of seats. He is him-
self a staunch Reformer, and will, no doubt, be
found on the right side when the question comes
again, as come it must, before the considera-
tion of the Commons. One of the other
speakers expressed his pleasure at fin ding
that their member supported the principle
of arbitration for the settlement of strikes. IVe have
no doubt that owing to the long continued depres-
sion of trade, the relations between capital and
labour will, before long, be closely inquired into,
when we trust that some fair and reasonable solu-
tion of the existing difficulties will be arrived at by
the Legislature.

CORRESPONDENCE FROYI PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Monday Evening.

The bulletin of the Moniteur says that the Minis-
ter of State of Austria has published an Imperial
rescript respecting the reform of the political ad-
ministration in the kingdom of Gallicia. The fol-
lowing are the principal regulations :-1. The
administrative affairs, which haveliitherto been con-
fided to the Imperial Lieutenancy of Lemberg,- to
the Governmental Commission of Cracow, to 17
Chiefs of districts, and 176 Commissariats of districts,
are in future to be managed, under the direction of
the Governor, by the Imperial Lieutenancy of Lem-
berg and by 74 Commissariats of districts. 2. In
consequence of the importance of their functions,
the chief of the district of Cracow will have the title
of Aulic Councillor, and those of the other territorial
divisions of the kingdom will assume the denomina-
tion of Councillors of the Lieutenancy. 3. The
legal action of the Lieutenancy of Lemberg will
extend over the whole of the country. 4. Finally,
the new regulations announced in the edict will
come into force on the 2Eth of February, 1867.
The Chambers are to meet on the 14th of Feb-
ruary. The Siecle, in reference to the opening of
the Session, has the following remarks : —" We shall
soon know how the Chambers will appreciate the
regulations which modify their relations with
the head of the State. We shall also soon
know the tenour of the projects of law
on the press and on the right of public
meeting. The Commissions charged with the
task of drawing up these projects are, it is said,
composed chiefly of magistrates, whose presence
there is no doubt indispensable, but the subjects do
not involve jurisprudence alone. Great constitu-
tional principles aro concerned, as well as numbers
of problems connected with politics, administration,
and social organisation. It would not have been
useless to introduce into the Commissions a rein-
forcement of statesmen, and even of journalists."
The diplomatic relations between the Court of
Rome and the Russian Government have been
broken off. A circular of Prince Gortschakoff
as hoemcea,u she u
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it the haeci'd‘
sr etchrai itn nßaatisos
ina"
hoafs the
hostile feeling towards the Holy See.

A letter from Naples, dated Jan. 20, says :
" Vesuvius is covered with snow, as well as the
mountains which surround the bay of Naples, and,
after. having experienced excessive cold, we have
just been subjected to a violent tempest which has
occasioned many disasters at sea. Clouds of hail
driven by a tremendous wind broke the windows
of the houses which face the sea, and shook and
injured the houses themselves. The waves dashed
with fury against the quays, the Mole, and La
Chiaia. The shore was coveredjwith oranges, vege
tables, and provisions of all sorts, ivhich had been
washed from various vessels. `l'he• authorities esta
blished au hospitalon the shore, to assist seamen who
had received injuries, and for the reception of dead
bodies washed up by the waves. Vessels belonging
to various countries have been lost, English among
others. Twenty-five vessels have been lost at
Naples, four at Baia, and eight have sustained
damage. A postal steamer, the Stromboli, and the
transport Citta di Napoli were in great danger. At
present the number of deaths known is but five.
Tho damage "to vessels, however, is estimated at
from two to three millions of francs. The Prefect
of Naples, the authorities, and many well-known
merchants, and others, remained on the shore for 36
hours. Every one did his duty nobly.
A mysterious affair has created a good deal of
excitement at Neuilly, close to Paris, at the house
of a gentleman of property, in the lue Flurel. As

the gentleman had left home for a fortnight, his
cook, Celestine Leebchon, a woman about 35, was
observed to go to work at a boarding house in the
Avenue du Roule, but she went home at night to
sleep at her master's house, accompanied by another
woman named Eleanore Guepart, who was also
employed in the kitchen. Two mornings ago, as
nothing was seen of the women, although it was
known that they slept on the ground floor, the door
of the room was broken. Elenore Guepart wa s
quite dead, and the other woman was in a dying
state. There was no indication in the room that
suicide had been committed by suffocation or other-
wise, nor was there anything to lead to the idea of
murder. The body of Eleanore Guepart was sent
to the Morgue, and a poet-mortem examination
is to take place, but in the meantime the cause of
death is a mystery, and the circumstances have
caused crowds of persons to assemble round the
house, who take an interest in all sorts of versions
of the affair, which are retailed by those who affect
to know something about it.
The Memorial Diplomatique affects to have exclu-
sive information in regard to the intentions of the
Emperor Maximilian. It says that on the Ist of
February the Mexicans will have to decide whether
they will maintain the Empire or re-establish the
Republic. Maximilian does not manifest any inten-
tion to become a candidate for the Presidency of the
Republic. On the contrary, he is resolved to aban-
don power should the vote of the Congress not give
decisive and unequivocal proof of the desire of the
country to preserve the Empire. Maximilian had
been obliged to stop at Puebla, because his health,
which had begun to improve, had again become
rather critical. He had been attacked with fever.
The Emperor, therefore, would not make any stay
in Mexico, but he intended to proceed without delay
to Cuernavaco, where he meant to await the final
deliberations of the Congress.-

Acco.unts have been received Paris of the loss
of the fishing boat l'Aiglo, belonging to St. Valery-
en-Caux, near the coast of England, while engaged
in the herring fishery. Twenty-nine sailors of the
above town perished in the boat. A subscription
has been announced for the relief of their families.

The Debat of Vienna again asserts that there
will be a treaty between Russia and Prussia. In
reference to this report the Journal des Debats says
—" The Debat of Vienna still maintains the proba-
bility of an arrangement,aocording to which Russia
will cede to Prussia the whole territory of Poland
as far as the Vistula, recompensing herself with
Eastern Gallicia. The report of a convention of
this kind has already been contradicted by persons
interested. However, we record it again. Many
projects, often contradicted, finish by being
realized."

• The Courrier de l'Ain states that several persons
perished in the snow during the late severe weather.
They were returning home, but were paralysed by
the cold and were buried in the snow.
•

The Mansion-House Distress Relief Fund,

This committee met yesterday at the Mansion-
house, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor,
and supported by the following members :—The
Rev. W. Rogers, rector of Bishopsgate ; Mr. Max-
well, Mr. R. Wigratn, the Rev. T. J. Rowsell, Mr.
J. D. Hill, the Hon. Col. S. Wortley, Mr. G. Moore,
the Rev. F. G. Blonafield, Mr. J. Holmes, Mr. J. P.
Gassiot, Mr. A. Do Rothschild, Mr. S. Morley, the
Right Hon. G. Goschen, M.P., Mr. Bevan, and Mr.
Alderman Finnis.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and
duly confirmed ; and the cashier to the fund
re-
ported that the cash already received was £4,818,
exclusive of the sums in the hands of the different
bankers, and that the committee had made grants
to the amount of £2,275, leaving that day an avail-
able balance of about £3,600.
In the course of the day numerous deputations
were received from different parts of the metropolis
with claims for assistance. Among the first were
deputations from the district parishes of St. Peter's,
St. John's, and St. Thomas's, Walworth, to whom
the committee made a grant of £2OO.
The next deputation was that from the East
Central District Committee, including Poplar, Lime-
house, and Dlillwall, headed by Mr. ltavennall,
who stated that all funds locally raised were ex-
pended, and to this deputation the committee made
a grant of £5OO.

The next deputation, headed by the Rev. Mr.
Martin, came from Canning-town, Plaistow-
marshes, a poor district occupied principally by
stevedores and others concerned with shipping, and
to this deputation a grant of £5O was made.
The.next grant was made to a deputation headed
by the Rev. Mr. Money and other gentlemen from
the district of St. John's, Deptford New Town, and
the sum awarded was £2OO.

A deputation from St. Mary, Rotherhithe, intro-
duced by Mr. Searle and other gentlemen, received
a grant of £lOO.

The Rev. WV. J. E. Vaux, from St. Philip's, re
ceived a grant of £25.

The Rev. J. W. Carter, of Christ Church, Strat•
ford, and a deputation by. whom he was attended,
received a grant of £5O.

Several other applications were heard and ad-
journed, in order that better arrangements might
be effected by the amalgamation of small districts,
with a view to secure- the beet distribution of the
funds. The total amount of the grants of yester-
day was £1,225, and the zeal of the committee was
indicated by the fact that their sittings were-pro-
tracted from two until close upon six o'clock in the
evening. At its rising, the committee adjourned
until Wednesday next.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCF.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM S.)

AMERICA.
(Per Atlantic Cable.)

(Received in London at 9 a.m. on the 29th inst.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.

The House of Representatives has passed a bill
requiring the Government to make its sales of gold
publicly and to the highest bidder.
The Germania arrived out:

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH SQUADRON
AT ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 28.
The Psyche, with Admiral Lord Clarence Paget
on board, together with the rest of the English
squadron, has arrived here.