The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-26 00:00:00

Congress, and for the first time in the history of the coun-
try the motion. to print the usual number of the President's
Message was met by a violent opposition. The ability of
the Message is generally conceded, and the greater part of
it is ascribed ,by the Radicals to the Hon. Jeremiah S
Black, who acknowledged in his testimony before the
Judiciary Committee to having written the greater part of
the Veto of the Congressional Reconstruction Act.
The Standard's correspondent asserts that " the
bold po ition assumed by the President in threatening to
defend ' certain rights' when assailed, has exasperated the
extreme men, and the most disgraceful language has been
used in speaking of the Executive. During the reading of
the Message in the Senate the clerk (M‘Pherson) made
grimaces, drawled out the words, indulged in ridiculous
gestures, &c.—thus am sing the dignified Radicals—until
Senator Johnson (of Maryland) rose and protested against
such insulting conduct on the part of a mere servant. A
few Republican newspapers are sufficiently candid to ad-
mit that the Message is an able State paper, and well con-
sidered, but the majority of the Republican journals are
fiercely attacking it and its author. However, the judg
meut of the public is that the President has the best of the
quarrel."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

In consequence of a confidential communica-
tion received by the naval authorities at Chatham.
from Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker,
K.C.8., Commander-in- C hief at the N ore, ex-
tra precautions have been adopted by Captain
W. 11. Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent of Chatham
Dockyard, in conjunction with Capt. the Ilon. A.
A. Cochrane, commanding the Steam Reserve, for
the safety of the naval establishments and the
various vessels of war belonging to the Steam Re'
serve, as well as other ships in the harbour. Yes-
terday and on the previous days a number of sea-
men from the Royal Naval Barracks were draughted
to the Glocester, 50, receiving ship, as well as to
other vessels in harbour, for the purpose of increas-
ing the number of seamen on board in each vessel.
The lieutenant-ship Diana, 42, has been removed
further down the harbour, below the dockyard, for,
it is understood, precautionary reasons. Increased
vigilance is also observed by the river police belong-
ing to the dockyard, in conjunction with the river
Medway police of the city of Rochester, in over-
hauling any boats seen rowing about the harbour
after nightfall. No attack on any of the naval or
military establishments at Chatham is expected,
but the authorities are not relaxing any vigilance to
guard against a sudden surprise.
The screw gun vessel Espoir, 5, 80 horse power,
Captain Mountford S. L. Peile, recently returned
to England from the West Coast of Africa, having
been stripped and dismantled, was yesterday put out
of commission and paid off into the third division of
the Steam Reserve in the Medway, under the su-
perintendence of the officials belonging to the dock-
yard and Steam Reserve, the continuous service
men belonging to the crew being granted the cus-
tomary period of absence. The Espoir has been
in commission rather more than three years,
Captain (then Commander) Peile having hoisted
his pennant at her mainmast on the Ist November,
1861. During the time the Espoir has been in coin-
mission she has been employed exclusively on the
'Vest African Coast, and was very successful in
putting down the slave trade which is carried on
along the Gold and Slave Coast, principally by
vessels sailing under the Portuguese flag. From
the length of time the Espoir has been in commis-
sion she has lost several of her crew, chiefly from
sickness and from being invalided home. Of the
officers who originally sailed from England in the
Espoir only two besides the captain returned with
her--viz., Mr. John Lambert, assistant-surgeon,
and Mr. Arthur M. Wade, assistant-paymaster in
charge.

Foreign Dian PaoEat List.

MAILS DUE.

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Australia and New Zealand. via Southamptos.......Jan. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles ..... 13.
Ditto, via Panama
trivtit, Buenos A.yres, and Nlonte Video .... Jan. 5.
Ditto, by French pack-.
papa Verde. by Brazil pacxet - 5.
.papa of Good Elope, A.94eakon. and it. itoieita _DO; 13
hma, Peamt:4. and Slug spurt:. via Son• imptoa Jan 3
Ditto, via Ilarseithts •WO Doc. 23
Fatitiaad 151and5......
..itbraitar. via Southaapton
India, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil es
Halts, ,4ypt„tr,tr,. ............
Ditto, Marseilles.......
nauritins, Cape of Good ILipe, and Natal, via
Southampton
Ditt mart-ales Jan. 13.
ewfouudla Lt. Jan. 13
Portugal Jan. 5
Ditto, by pr le ship to Oporto ...
Ditto -tto to Lisbon
United States, suada, California, Sac., by British
racket _ Dec. •6
Ditto, by I_ c ited States packet
Ditto ditto 'New York)
Ditto ditto 'l,4w York)
Ditto ditt t (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe......Jan. 3
West Indies and Pajfic (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) Dec. 3°'
Cub t and Alexico
Bahamas, via New York
Bermuda, via Halifax

THE SERPENTINE SWIMMING CLUB.—This ultib
;11/4
still adheres to its old practice, that of giving a s"
medal to be swum for in a 100 yards handicap, which toe
1‘
Ate
place for the fourth time yesterday morning, when, de.9r„,
the coldness of the atmosphere, no less than eight of t.'"
eleven entered were game enough to start. J. liaison wh°
had 15 seconds allowed him, held the lead for about thirty
yards ; here W. G. Taplin, 12, came up, and they race
together till within twenty yards of the finish, when thel t
began to diminish their speed, and T. J. Collard, 12, Oa
in front and eventually won by half a yard only;ii 1/73r
• dge"
4, second, and Whyte third. Mr. Halsey officiated as Ju -
and Mr. 11. Woodstock was the starter.
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During the piercing winds and excessive variation of t.3,bet
perature every one is more or less liable to disease el., et,
in the interior or at the surface. Throat, chest, 11•_evei
bowels, kidneys, and skin all suffer in some degree, 3by
may be relieved by rubbinc, in this ointment aide,dfail
proper doses of the pills; °for administering whie',olo
directions surround every box; in truth, any one
thoroughly masters Holloway's "instructions" will io *to
modying diseases exchange the labour of an hour for 10,3
profit of a lifetime. All bronchial, pulmonary, and resit
disorders require that the ointment should be thoreeg
it-
well rubbed upon the skin twice a day with great reg
larity, considerable briskness, and much persistence.
v I,
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,ears
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Births. Wile
FRASER—On the 21th inst., at 31, Rutland-gate, the
of Captain Keith Fraser, Ist Life Guards, of a eol3', the
LAND—On the 23d inst., at 93, Cannon-street, Cit."
wife of Mr. John Land, Q.C., of a daughter. 'tips
SEDDON On the 24th inst, at MeclwayVilla,q NOW —sor
ton, Chatham, the wife of Captain H. C. Se
da°°'
Engineers, of a son.
Marriages. ~ viCCcV
CLARKE—ADAMS—On the 19th inst., at St. James'-: ftt.,.:t
dilly, Charles Mansfield Clarke, Lsq., Captain 57t.di, l'i,'
ment, to Gemma Cecilia, only child of the late Willft,',oll`'
Adams her Majosty's Charge d'Affaires and
Genera'l to the Republic of Peru. 1C.4
4.00.,,0
IfuNTER —WELLS —On the 19th inst., at Sai,,n,eo.-1-,i'
Church, Well-street, 11. J. Hunter, Esq., liter''''..o1 J' - *
barrister-at-law, to Louisa Mary, daug -
Wells, Esq., of Lansdowne-place.

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Deaths. , 2 )°s'
ELLIS—Oa the 21st inst., Robert Ellis, Esq., 0,- lelo6
downe-crescent, Notting-hill, and the RectorY F•
St. Michael's, Cornhill. , roacl.,Tfl"
HARTWELL—On the 23d inst., at 31, 13E4g°- ep- ;or P'
Hartwell, Esq., formerly of Laleham, and a J.' • '
dlesex, aged 83. ItoP'seh
ROSSER— On the 23d inst., at Kensington, Elizabeth
aged 89. , Oiti'
0,,
TURNER— On the 22d inst, at 26, Wormwood-sfre
Mr. Samuel Turner, aged 67.

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laiddloox.--Thuralu, DecOniber 26, 1847.