The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2 1866.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Mr. Charles Dcffelli's
new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F.
Lancia, Madame E. ILywood ; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D.
Miranda.

Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon.
After which. nt 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and one-
ntic Cl iris, mas Pan ()mime, entitled A LAD DIN AND THE
WONDERFU L LAMP; or, Haricquin and the Flying
Palace. (see uther advertisements,.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

Let us see, however, in what manner Mr. CARD-
WELL got out of the awkward predicament in which
he was placed by the searching interrogatory just
recorded. After a meaningless preamble about
colonial affairs he contrived at last to come to
Jamaica, about which, of course, every one was
anxious to hear from an authentic source. He then
observed that that great colony had caused anxiety
to her MAJESTY'S Government for the last few
months ; and, most ominous and protentous words,
he went on to say, " I shall not follow Captain
FAQ into that portion of his address in
which he touched upon party politics."
Can any anything be more significant than this
passage in the right hon. gentleman's speech, and
can he who runs fail to read the meaning
which in reality attaches to the refusal of the
Colonial Secretary to say that Exeter Hall
had had no influence over the Government ?
Were the allegation false, of course he would have
been rejoiced to deny it, and would gladly have seized
the first opportunity whichpresented itself for doing
so. But how can Mr. CARDWELL, how can anymem-
ber of the Cabinet, so far compromise himself when
he knows the contrary to be the case? And difficult
as the right hon. gentleman's position was, he did
attempt to make the best of it, and it was a very
transparent ruse to call the subject " party politics."
It has nothing whatever to do with politics in a
party sense of a particular nature. It concerns the
broad principles of justice, which rank far above
and extend far beyond the narrow confines and ex

TII E ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE._
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and le. B Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE.
Mr. G. Belmore, Miss Hazlewood,
biter which. the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN;
or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing
Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master
Percy Roselli ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer,
di.. Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno. C. Lauri, Corm:tot,
Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno.

Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manwer, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, BROTHER SASI : Messrs. Sothern,
Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames IN elly Moore, Snowden,
okc.

To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET.
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Wellhersby, ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c.
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.

THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Ir. 11. Widdicomb.

After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. leechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; Atesdames Ternan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leciercq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

THIS EVENING, at seven, ariev fareeealledl77l;;lllND
TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, .It.. Ynillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith:
Miss A. seaman, &c.

After which, at 8, RIP VAL( WINKLE, Rip (his 103 d
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billingtou,
P. Bedford, R Phillips, icelix Rogers, Ashley, liburne, C. J.
Smith ; Mrs. Bilfingtor, &c.

To conclude with TAE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L.
Toole, P. Bedford, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &o,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
TIIIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, 2). Murray, S. Caihaern, F. Vil:iers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, R. Mellon, C. Seytun, It. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

elusive limits of party. It is a question whether
the Ministers of this great country have or have not
consented to become the tools of a " faction" and
to serve the purposes of a partial and prejudiced
class ; and all the answer we can get

ROYAL SURAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swanborough.
THIS EVENING. at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE
NOTHING WIN.

officially is, that this is a party question

After which will be proluced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan is.
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thome; Mesdames Swanborough,
Raynham, Johnstone, ctc.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT.

If this is to be the " dodge" tried in Parliamen

when the subject of " Jamaica" is broached, we
warn the Government that their attempt will be a
signal failure. It must be distinctly understood
from the outset that all which appertains to the
welfare of our colonies, all which concerns the

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poets sings--
"Nobler deeds than ever turned the fate of kings and
crowns

',LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1866.

Are done for England's glory by her boatmen of the

Downs."
And the sentiment may fairly.be extended in its
application to the crews of the lifeboats round our
coasts.

Many people will doubtless look with interest to
the speech of Mr. CARDWELL at Oxford last night,
but it cannot be said that the right hon. gentleman
bas improved his own position or that of his col-
leagues by the remarks he has made on the subject
of Jamaica. As for himself, he has gone back a
long way from the position which he took when he
received the deputation, and has evidently prepared
himself to adopt the new course of policy pursued

The ceremony of launching the boat from the
builder's yard, at Great Yarmouth, was highly in-
teresting. JAMES PEARS; after whom the boat
was named, was present with a deputation from
Birmingham, and they had good news to take back
to their native city, for on her way down to tako
up her station at Caister, the crew of the new life-
boat perceived a vessel in distress, and succeeded
in assisting her out of danger, thus celebrating her
very first trip by a public service. The Commer-
cial Travellers of the North of England and the
Midland Counties have collected the cost of a
second life-boat, which is to be stationed on the
coast of the Isle of Man. The same indefatigable
co
ltaeig
body is now engaged in getting up the cost of a
third boat, to be called the " Sheffield." Several
hr o townsso
odcause, and e
anadndlcaormgpanies have been busy in the
samet
wecotmhipnaknies manymofigit ouri asso-
ciations
well inaugurate the new year by similar
proceedings. A new station has just been founded
at Anstruther, on the coast of Fifeshire, where the
fishermen stood in much need of it, and have sub-
nribed £6O towards its cost. Miss HARVIE, of
Cheltenham, has defrayed the expenses of the esta-
blishment, and desired that the boat should be
named the Admiral Fitzroy. In connection with the

by Lord RUSSELL, Capt. FANE, in responding to
the toast of the " Army, Navy, and Volunteers,"

made scene very pertinent remarks upon that subject

which at present the most engrosses public

attention.

Ile said that the last year

had witnessed the first occasion since their

organisation that the volunteers had been called

upon to take active service. In the island of
Jamaica, during the recent dreadful outbreak, they
had displayed their valour. Captain FANE went
on to say that the suspension of Governor EYRE
was a slight upon that officer, and he therefore took
the opportunity of asking Mr. CARDWELL whether
they
.considered such to be the case. He also trusted
that his right hon. friend would show that the Go-
vernment had not " been coerced by that party
which, by flaming advertisements and ranting
speeches, had worked upon the morbid feel-
ings of an Exeter-hall audience, until they

* The Lifeboat, a Journal of the National Lifeboat In-
stitution. VQI. YI., I. 0, price Sd.

had gained a few faint cheers, which. tli. ey naced Jamaica. The attempt to ;throw discredit
LIFEBOAT SERVlS.—During the storms
of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by m
agi ified and multiplied in their orgy into upon the intelligence we an have received
its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the_siiiievilinuf. from the
707 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. T
iod on its lite- the voice of public opinion." Well -might island is quite preposterous and must prove af • allure.
tution also expended £ 1,374 in the same per _
• addition to granting £4,950 for re- the gallant Captain declare that these " 'would-
boat establishments, in
ds for saving lite and exercising the lifeboats.
~
war .
the institution earnestly A I PEAL to be philanthropists were the most dangerous party in
The Committee. of
ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
the public for ASS
demands on the Institution's, •
1-,0 lifeboat England." Mischief-making, as they hay e always
continued heavy
stations.
Contributions are received by the London and country been, never have we had more cause to distmst their
and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the - .
bankers
stuton, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. doings and to denounce their manoeuvres than now,
• when they are falsifying intelligence, distorting
facts, and ignoring important events in order that
they may gain their end ; in short, they are alike
treacherous enemies and mistaken friends, for the
service they render to their protegee's is a very bad
one, inasmuch as they are sowing the seeds of dis-
sension, which must before long bring forth another
harvest of sedition.

There were probably few of us who, when roused
from our slumbering last Saturday night by the
terrific gale that swept past us on its errand of
destruction, who did not cast a thought to those at
sea. " There will be many shipwrecks to-night,"
is a common saying at such times, and unhappily
the reports from various parts of the country only
confirm such apprehensions. The gales, which even
in our sheltered metropolis we have felt so severely
during the last few days, have been experienced in
a far greater measure on all parts of the English
and Irish coasts, and have left—as such visitors
generally do—.their record of loss and destruction
behind them. From Folkestone, from the Norfolk
coasts, from South Wales, from Hartlepool, from
Moncrose, came the tidings of wreck and disaster,
and the close of 1865 has been characterised by
storms of extreme severity not only within the past
week, but during the whole quarter. The quarterly
issue of the Journal of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution* is likely therefore to attract more than ordi-
nary attention ; and it is gratifying to find that the
public appreciation of the services rendered by this
admirable institution is increasing and extending.
Thanks to this well governed and indefatigable
association, the public sympathy with those at sea,
whose dangers are brought home to every fireside
by the loud voice of the winter storms, may now
take active shape. We may still cry, " GOD
help those at sea ! " for these are perils
which defy human aid, risks which no energy or
sagacity can avert. But we can also show our sin-
cerity ►by doing our own part to lessen those dangers
and to assist in providing those means which have
so often proved efficacious in saving life and pro-
perty. The results which the records of the Insti-
tution show of their labours during the past year
are by no means inconsiderable. They give the
reader plain evidence of the practical services ren-
dered by the fine fleet of 153 lifeboats now on our
shores. The total number of lives saved during
1865 was 444, or on an average of nearly nine per-
sons per week, though, of course, the divi-
sion throughout the year is most irre-
gular according to the seasons. In addition
to these 444 lives saved by the direct agency of the
lifeboats, the Institution has granted rewards for
lives saved during the past twelvemonths on 182
occasions, thus acting on that " lateral extension"
principle which is the political fashion of the day.
There is, besides, a great deal of work done which
produces no actual result. The lifeboats have in
the past year put off, or prepared for putting off,
to the assistance of ships in distress 80 times, and
in doing so the crews sometimes underwent long
exposure and incurred great risk, but as it so happened
that their services were not required from the vessels
signalling, having been assisted by other means,
having succeeded in getting out of danger, these
cases are not included in the general total of direct
services. Still the promptitude and willingness of
the lifeboat crews, who are always ready for any
service however dangerous or unpromising, forms
an important part of the services rendered by
the Institution, whose committee are careful
to keep the boats and crews in a thoroughly
efficient state. Of course this cannot be
done without very great and continual ex-
pense, and accordingly we find from the balance-
sheet of the association that there has been an out-
lay of £21,374 during 1865 on the various establish-
ments of the United Kingdom. The support
which the public have afforded to the Institu-
tion during the past few years has been liberal
and continuous, and iu the report before us
we find repeated instances of ladies and gentlemen
defraying the whole cost of lifeboats in memory of
some lamented relative. We can fancy no better
or more practical means of cherishing an endeared
name than by thus making it an object of hope
and interest to thousands. "No fading, frail me-
morial" is thus given, but one which does honour
alike to the departed and to the affection which re-
fuses to expend itself on empty mourning, but
makes even its grief a source of blessing and conso-
lation. One of the most interesting items in the
news of the quarter is the account of the launching
of the Caister lifeboat in October last. Caister is
on the dangerous and weather-beaten coast of
Norfolk, and has possessed a lifeboat for the
last eight years, during which time she has rendered
the most efficient service. Since 1858 she has rescued
133 persons from imminent danger, besides bringing
several vessels safely into port. The lifeboat was
not new when she became the property of the insti-
tution, having been built 18 years ago, and has been
fairly worn out in her arduous work on the Norfolk
coast. Three gallant services in the early days of
last October completed what the report justly terms
her glorious career, and she was then replaced by a
new sailing lifeboat 43ft. long and 12ft. wide, being
one of the finest on the eastern coast. The cost of
the new boat has been collected among the artisans
of Birmingham, who thus set a noble example to
their fellows in our other great cities. Why should
not the working men of Manchester, of Liverpool,
of London itself, follow in so admirable a course
which a working man of Birmingham, JAMES
PEARSE by name, has had the honour of origi-
nating ? Our artisans and mechanics are never
wanting in hearty English sympathy and admira-
tion of gallant daring and `heroic self-sacrifice ;
and among the men of their own rank in life, who
man the lifeboats on our coast, is many a hero
whose achievements might throw more conspicuous
names into the shade. As one of our most popular

meteorological services of the lamented Admiral, we
may mention that the current number of the journal
has a most graphic and interesting account of the
recent variations of the F.R.S. barometer, by Mr.
GLAISHEE, which is accompanied by an illustrative
diagram of the remarkable fluctuations of the instru-
ment during the three autumn months.

the wooden booths on the Boulevards is a figure re-
presenting a mason, who by a little mechanical con-
trivance is made to give strokes of his hammer in
several directions. It bears the name of " The
Municipal Demolisher."
The weather yesterday in Paris remained favour-
able, although at times threatening rain. A violent
gale of wind blew during all the early part of the
day. The temperature was unusually mild for the
last day of the year. At three in the afternoon the
thermometer marked six above zero Centigrade
(42 4-10 Fahrenheit).
Count de Saint-Marsault, senator, has been ap-
pointed Chevalier d'Honneur, to the Princess
Mathilde.
By Imperial decrees of the 30th Dec. the Abbe
Grimardias, Archpriest of Notre Dame of Cler-
mont, is named Bishop of Cahors, in the place of
Mgr. Peschoud, deceased ; and the Abbe Becel,
Archpriest of St. Peter's, at Vanneo, to be bishop
of that diocese, in the place of Mgr. Gazailhan,
whose resignation has been accepted.
" The notice," says the Moniteur, " given to Eng-
land by France of the intention to terminate the
treaty of extradition, at first produced in London a
certain emotion. The public was not sufficiently
acquainted with the motives by which the Emperor's
Government had been inspired ; but having since
learned that the non-execution of the treaty by
England was the sole cause of that determination,
the press of London express a desire that a fresh
arrangement may be established between the two
Powers, in ordel henceforth to prevent an impunity
for crimes, the repression of which is inscribed in
the penal code of all civilised nations."
A man and woman -named Brandon have just
been charged before the Tribunal of Correctional
Police in Paris with annoying a neighbour named
Fauconnet by having trained a parrot to repeat the
words, " Fauconnet is a thief, a miser, a pig," &c.
They were fined 16fr. each, and ordered to pay be-
tween them 50fr. damages.
Count de Moynier has brought an action against
M. Thiers for having attributed to General Count
de Segur a feat of arms which occurred before
Rheims in the campaign of 1814, consisting in the
defeat of a division of the allied army and capture
of eleven guns, the honour of which exploit the
Count claims for his father. The case was to have
been pleaded on Saturday in the First Chamber of
the Civil Tribunal, but M. Baze, counsel for M.
Thiers, obtained a postponement.
One of the men arrested on the charge of mur-
dering Mme. Chabesiere, in the Rue de Clichy, has
since confessed the crime. They had both gone to
the shop under the pretext of purchasing a pair of
gaiters, and while the woman was stooping down
to try them on she was struck on the head with a
heavy instrument. The murderers are aged respec-
tively 20 and 23, and are both ironmongers' shop-
men ; they belong to respectable families, but were
of idle and dissolute character, and never remained
long in any situation. When arrested they were stay-
ing in a low lodging house under assumed names. The

Notwithstanding all the efforts of the Society and
the development of scientific knowledge there
must, no doubt, continue to be wrecks and dis-
asters at sea, and we at home may well be
thankful that while we are only called
upon to give our money, others are found
willing to run the most fearful risks and
encounter the severest hardships in the cause of
their fellows. " What higher act," asks the report,
" can a man perform than to risk his life to save
that of another ?" And the general testimony of
mankind accorded with the question. It is, there-
fore, pleasant to think that no such act of humanity
and daring need now pass unnoticed or rewarded,
since the Society, with that total absence of mono-
poly or narrowness which has always distinguished
it, seeks out such humble heroes and affords them
substantial proof of their countrymen's approval
and gratitude. We can only hope that the new
year will bring the Institution many new friends,
while it will encourage its old allies and supporters
to persevere in their efforts to maintain and increase •
its efficiency.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.
THE NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY.
FLORENCE, JAN. 2.
The following is the complete list of the new
Italian Ministry :
President of the Council and Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs Gen. Lamarmora.
Interior
Public Works Signor Jacini.
Finance
Justice
War Gen. Pettinanco.
Marine
Public Instruction and the Port-
folio of Agriculture and Com-
merce ad interim Signor Berti.
To-day the Ministers will take the oath to the
King.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG., JAN. 2.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day contra-
diets the rumours of intervention in Greece by the
Protecting Powers. The futility of the efforts in
that direction that have hitherto been made is con-
firmed, but the article says that all action in the
question must be purely moral. Possibly an ener-
getic manifestation on the part of the protecting
Powers might exercise a salutary influence by sur-
rounding the person of the sovereign with the ele-
ments of sounder Government. This is the only
object which diplomatic action could seek to effect.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

younger was the nephew of a woman who frequently
visited the deceased, and it was through questions
put to the aunt that the first clue to the discovery
of the guilty parties was obtained.

A deplorable accident occurred the evening before
last in the workshops of a manufacturing jeweller
u the Rue de la Jussienne. While one of the men

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ripon, with the above mails, passed the Needles at
10.55 a.m. to-day.

was pouring spirits of wine from a carboy, another
approached too near with a light. The consequence
was that a fearful explosion took place, and several
of the persons present were severely injured. The
burning fluid set fire to the clothes of seven work-
people, two of whom, sisters named Raff, aged 23
and 21, were so dreadfully burnt that it was found

necessary to convey them at once to the Hopital
Dubois. The others, after having their burns
dressed, were removed to the Hotel Dieu, or to their
own homes. The damage done was trifling.