The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

GALWAY, THURSDAY, DEC. 22.
The Circassian arrived to-day at 1 p.m. She
left New York on the 9th, and St. John's on the
14th, bringing mails, 220 Dasscngers, and a large
cargo. She brings the master and crew of the
Moffatt, for Liverpool, from St. John's, Newfound-
land, abandoned within 300 miles of Newfound-

land.
The President's Message had not been delivered
on the 13th.
A ballot for a Speaker had not been taken on the

Bth.
The Persia arrived out on the Bth, and the Anglo-
Saxon on the same day at Portland.
The Santa Fe mails of the 14th of November had
arrived at Independence. There were but a few
friendly Indians.
The route news from Hayti to the 12th of Novem-
ber had arrived, It is unimportant.
There was a groat sympathy with the South at d
meetings at Boston on the Bth.
Everitt was the chair speaker.
Official returns show that for the year ending
the 13th of June the exports of cotton were
361,434,923 dols.
The stock-market at New York was Amer, in
consequence of the arrival of the Persia and of re-
turning case in money at 6 per cent. on loan. A
Mr. Edwar
rise of 4 per cent. in Illinois Central Shares. New
York Central Shares closed at 83 dols. 80c. Prices
were generally steady. 5,000 bales cotton, chicilY
iii transitu, were purchased.

HOLIDAYS AT THE CHANCERY AND LAW OFFICES.
—To-day (Friday) the Chancery-office closed for the holi-
days to the 9th of January, and the common law offices
will close to-morrow for three days. •
M. do Lenardiere, member of the Legislative
gammonhjayingbNevienth
il‘nlfaorrsmheadl Bthaartagthueayd'
Body for the Deux-Sevres has just died suddenly in Parig'
He had passed part of the day at his club, playing back-
and lirr en the
hour for dinner arrived he expressed a wish to dine there.
numberl:lil l i eor sf
were filled up, ho went to a restaurant in the neighbourood,
chair
and had just taken his seat when he fell from his
and expired.
THE ALLEGED FOUNDERING OF TIIE OltEAll '
BRITAIN.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The general belief
entertained hero of the safety of the Groat Britoil:lll9'6r
been turned into certainty. Twice has she been ape.°
since she passed Tuskar, on the 12th inst., and her position
places reserved
and direction were such that it would be foolish to even'
dream of her being in the neighbourhood of the We,titeris,
Islands. On the 13th she was spoken by the Martha sal
arrived at Falmouth, in lat. 48 N., lon. 11 W The nelf-
day, the 14th, she was again spokn by the barque ci.,YPe,e„•'
arrived at this port from Sulina, in lat. 45 30 14.91(4..
12 16 W., which adds to her report in reference to the.
Great Britain, " All's well." The 14th was the Ores"
Britain's third day out from this port, and her position men
NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN E
indicates that up to that time she had made a good run.
otorg
AND AMERICA.—We recently referred to the arrange
ments that have been made for the conveyance of Inn.;
between Great Britain and the United States by "'-
Canadian Line of mail steamers, which call at Queens-
town; and to the probability that Belgium and German,.
would speedily follow with France in the adoption of thit
route for their correspondence. Last week the Hon. Sidney
Smith, Postmaster-General of Canada, accompanied by NI%
Griffin of the Canadian Post-office, and Sir Cusack Borteeri
proceeded to Brussels where, by the introduction of 14
were,
Howard de Walden, the British Ambassador, they vire„,";
doubt that
Unitedthat sßtealtgeieumhy withlel
immediately put in communication with M. Maelnet"-
Director-Generalof the Belgian Post-office. There is .the
Cunard Cfoemna.adridanirtseectoerraesspwoleialacebyt:t_ustedn
steamers. At Berlin the deputation has been reee-/ •
ne urination,Bleuagvdoaif inrarat onwis
llincapurseegheessw, °lt he
by M. Von der Heydt, the Minister of the Interior, and
Prussia,saxeny,
athnednthorethseernuthS)ttaeteasdoefptGtehrme
nanemry,unia'Lnsoa,-trei--
ihfeltehGeyermeomene troeastsaul cLaceassofn:tlia.rs.:
meats. A semi-weekly mail and passenger comm
will thus be established between a large portion of Bue
and the whole of the American continent throughout the
year. 'l- g n
e
A " History of the Commercial Crisis of
and 1857 and 1858," by Mr. D. M. Evans, has just
apre bee
in, '
published by Messrs. Groombridge. Mr. Evans,
vious work, had recorded the crisis of 1847, antlinee,Thor;
cently had described some of the most striking '— Opt
and frauds," of the intervening. period. The Plis us
volume, therefore, may be considered to brine
e
species ta'
of narrative down to its latest date, especially. as f"180:
braces an account of the Stock Exchange panic
_2; The
and there is a copious index extending over 10 YeLl'"' I be
former work' met with a large sale, which will proliabeled,
sustained in the present instance. Such, it reaY be heat.
will be the case, for they are calculated to exercise a w...,
jai- s,,
some influence. When it is found that coraroerei'" ~Tig
takes and delinquencies cannot be slurred over thereria-ve
the temporary excitement they have occasioned 5ha11.,410.0
passed away, so as to leave the actors free to figure a.
eminent operators in the financial world, but that thereraara_
accessible records on the subject to which every one
eivYo
turn, the maxim that honesty is tho best policy will
equallyree
an additional support. At tho same time an effect irg
salutary will be produced by the details of those evente
it.
which the sufferers came out of the struggle with hone et
The partners in some of the Swedish and other arras Int
were forced to suspend in 1857 may point to the account.
of the manner in which they met, and, in many
eas,,es'
triumphed over their difficulties, with a satisfaction no sz
intense than the shame that must be experienced hY 35"af
W"
favoured clients of the Western Bank of Scotland anu ,
the other joint-stook establishments by which the ruin
brought about. ~ IvAri
THE TEMOFRARY ARRANGEMENT AT SA,, - -
ISLAND.—The following is the proposition submitted b 1
General Scott to Governor Douglass, for the joint occupl.l7
tion of the island of San Juan :—" Without prejudice
.lo
the claim of either nation to the sovereignty of the entir!
island of San Juan, now in dispute, it is proposed that en.
shall occupy a separate portion of the same by a deta nita
meat of infantry, riflemen, or marines, not exceeding one
a
hundred men, with their appropriate arms, only for Ili
equal protection of their respective countrymen on th sale
and to repel sal
island, in their persons and property, Sett
descent on the part of hostile Indians." General
added in his note, that any addition or modification Rug:
gested by Governor Douglass would meet with respootfUt
the
consideration. Lieutenant-Colonel Lay returned with _
following reply :—" Memorandum—His Excellency y-o;
yernor Douglass authorises me to say, having yet no tins.
to consider the proposition offered by Lieutenant-Gen.era!
Scott, or to consult with his official advisors here, he is !t1
a glance satisfied that no obstacle exists to a completeff
amicable and satisfactory adjustment continuing throug!r.
out the period of diplomatic discussion respecting the till
of the Island of San Juan, either upon the plan suggen;
by General Scott, or some other that may be rantn."2,
agreed to after advisement?' A copy of this meraorandul
was retained by Governor Douglass, after being read nu
approved by him, and signed by Lieutenant-Colonel iar'
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Wednesday fore!;
noon Mr. M'Laren, farmer, Park, near Alloa, and who
had
only entered upon his lease of the Park Farm at Martin? i
last, was found dead in one of his outhouses, suspendll,
the neck with a cord affixed to the joisting of the roof.
and
McLaren was unmarried, was very generally respected,
formerly leased a farm in the vicinity of Glasgow.
Two FATAL ACClDENTS.—Yesterday afternoons
Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, received iii-`4;
oration of the death of Mr. James Gattrell, an atenitt
builder, who resided at No. 1, Green-street, North Allt„„i''''
street, Grosvenor-square, under the following cire";
stances :—lt appears that' the premises of Masora. Thal 4
Horton and Sons, tailors, No. 6in the before-named .etre.; nv
are under repair. The eceased was in the act of gobsri
the ladder, when the top of it suddenly broke, and b a
to the ground on his head, fracturing his skull in sueken
'shocking manner, that he expired shortly after being 130,
hoino.—Another fatal accident occurred to MarY_Annonth
aged six years, residing in Monmouth-court, onreter
street. The deceased, it appears, drank some fling cater
out of a tea-kettle standing on the ikb. She was Olive/
to Charing-cross Hospital, but died of the inj,
aries.
u to 3'
THE CONVICT NORMINGTON.-- Tb's unmkit
youth, now under sentence of death for the murder of r.
Broughton, is gradually manifesting a state of mind more
the I"'
becoming his situation. The chaplain of the castle, o 101.-
J. C. Thompson, has been frequent in his visits
t
stance te•
mington, and his ministrations are attentively li
sena e,
On Tuesday night, a letter was written to tile 1:0t . In
parents at his dictation, ho being unable to wri e
to
this communication he requested that no unnecessll:ito
should be felt for him, and stated that he was resign,f hie
his fate. It is said that he has made a confeasion
tor in
guilt, and implicated genie other man as a parlitgiouir
his crime, but we cannot vouch for its accuracY•
to this effect is in circulation.—Leeds liferciirg.
f.A
the
NON-COMBUSTIBILITY OF CRINOLINEi ~ George-
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society last nag al crinoline
street Hall, Dr. Stevenson Macadam exhibiturc a solution
dress, ono-half of which had been immersed
ein..combusi
of sulphate of ammonia, in order to test its nth° crinoline,
bility. On a light having been applied to.a
the
solution
the part of it which had not been steoPed ; effect which
was at once enveloped in flame ; but the on 1):,.. This Wee,
the light had on the other part was to char !t
Was mtatee
considered a satisfactory experiment ; and acceosible
that as ammonia was only 2d. per pound, it was crinoline
to the humblest classes. It was stated ,that t• ° totally
used in the royal establishment was steepedlll:7o.coersl
different solution ; but that its cost preventeu IL,Uscicei.
use, and that the cheaper solution was equally et"
—Edinburgh Witness. , ...e Coll'
DEFENCES AT LIVERPOOL.—The Devil,. ~,,,x
he gerSOY I'vist
mittee appointed at a recent meeting of t t•ad been
Boaid reported yesterday (Thursday) that they.;._ ,efence•
correspondence with the War-office respecting Pile "t. , fort
of the northrtand had granted a site for the ores
an,
_..itise
at the end of Canada Dock. The military
the Hai,
also wished for sites on the Prince's Pier, and in weot algint
bourhood of the Sloyne, but the committee did
ape. 4.10
them at all suitable, and had referred the m b tel:0-0(
War-office for further consideration. The Proceedsues ill
the committee were confirmed, and a discussion .8,,_
_l,,
which the general opinion appeared to be that thuirr`ac.,
melt officias were going tho right way to work Iv
fending the port efficiently. two an
MELANCHOLY OccuRRENcE.--Between
see_ ex..
three o'clock on Wednesday morning a vessel
dicta
hibiting a signal of distress near the shoal a shortat tliravo,
from the beach at Aid'. enough. Fourteen II
ga
eadiately pre
each being provided with a life-preserver, ra
iin
render aseisten,,,ce•
seeded to launch the lifeboat in order to hours to 1)P-d
After vainly endeavouring- for more than three
capsize
so
heavy sea, f the
the shoal, the lifeboat struck by a
1 ted. Nine 0
was nearly three minutes before she rig.).
leaving. the rei-
succeeded in getting into her again.,
1 being ebne
crew .r the waves, vrit ton
maining five floating amon,,
a while twe a ow r,
to afford them any assistance. A t i.
fliefeless but they. nni•, _.!,
were washed ashore apparently
named Cable. was pickeu 9
recovered. Shortly, another,
atliis . broken,. a!'.
aW was „,....„,%
still alive, when it was found th.
tworemaining (Green, is,llSeL-at
*red• The
he soon after expi •
were dead when pickedup.
pilot, and Pearce) first to ens-v 3
b I
een a ways ii,,ht I
will be a great loss,
be
having
eon the coast. At daY e et
in any dangerous enterpris
was
not
in
AdaoOd
was found the brig, name unknown, tac
d very soon after she mado a
diato danger, an
out to sea. •