The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1859.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL, (5-c,

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at one o'clock this day.
Present his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Ear]
of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Wal-
pole, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Major-General Peel, Sir J.
Paldngton, Lord John Manners, the Marquis of Exeter,
and the Earl Delawarr.

At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Thursday, the 13th of January, to Thurs-
day, the 3d of February, and a Proclamation was issued
summoning Parliament to meet on the said 3d of February
for the despatch of public business.
The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council
in Waiting.

The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole,
and Sir John Pakington had audiences of the Queen.
The Earl of Sheffield and Lieut.-Gen. Sir F. Stovin were
Lord and Groom in Waiting.

Lord John Manners, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Pakington, and Sir E. B.
Lytton travelled from London to attend the Queen's Privy
Council yesterday by a speeial train on the Great Western
Railway. After the Council the Ministers, together with
the Marquis of Exeter and Earl Delawarr, returned to town
by a special train.
The Earl of Derby remains on a visit.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams were received at Mr.
Reuter's office this day :

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING,

The semi-official journals Pays and Patrie, just
published, contain a note respecting the affairs of
Servia, of which the following is a summary :
" Notwithstanding the representations made to
Austria by the powers who signed the treaties of
Paris, the Austrian Government has given orders to
the Commander at Semlin to place his troops at the
disposal of the Pacha of Belgrade. These measures
are contrary to the stipulations of the treaties, and
by persisting in them Austria misunderstands its
engagements towards the other contracting powers.
(En y persistent l'Autriche meconnait ses engage-
ments visa vis des puissances.)"

MADRID, TUESDAY,

A proposition of Senor Olozaga to revoke the
last reform made iii the Constitution has been una-
nimously rejected by the committees of the Cortes.

MARRIAGp OP PRINCB NAPOLBON
AND TILE PRINCPSS CLOT.111)B.

A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels,
contains the somewhat unexpected intelligence
that a marriage between Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Clotilde, of Sardinia, who is not yet 16,
has been resolved on, and that the Prince is to go to
Turin on the 15th to visit his bride. The writer
says—" There appears to be no doubt at present that
Prince Napoleon has been affianced to the youthful
daughter of King Victor Emmanuel. The secret
was well kept, but it is not doubted at present in
any official circle, where it is regarded in this
sense—that Prince Napoleon in marrying the Prin-
cess Clotilde represents France espousing the cause
of Italian independence. Is it to be supposed that
this marriage will inevitably lead to war ? Cer-
tainly not; but it is the duty of prudent men to
look at the situation before them coolly and deli-
berately, and it is difficult not to come to the con-
clusion, from all that has been effected of late in
France in military preparations, that if the Em-
peror Napoleon does not desire a war with Austria,
he so acts as to be able, in case of a rupture, to
take the field on the most advantageous conditions.
At this moment efforts are being made by the
French ambassador at Berlin, the Marquis de
Moustier, and by Captain de Laronciere le Nourry
to detach Prussia from Austria, to which of late
she has appeared to incline. To many persons it
appears doubtful that these negotiations will suc-
ceed. • Prussia, say they, must needs forget her
rivalry with Austria in Germany from the moment
the treaties of 1815 are in question, and must rea-
son in this way : I am asked to abandon Austria
at the moment at which it is desired to wrest from
her Lombardy to give to Piedmont ; but who
can tell me, when this is done militarily, that the
other German powers which have, derived ad-
vantage from the treaties of 1815 will not be
attacked ? Such is the language ascribed to Prus-
sia. On the other hand it is believed that though
England appears to favour openly. the emancipa-
tion of Lombardy, she secretly excites Prussia not
to abandon Austria. If she succeeds, the French
armies, if they are to act, would find. all Germany
in face of them. France, it is asserted, has en-
tered into an engagement with England, if
she will consent to abandon her oldest ally ,that
the
continent, she, France, will not take any territorial
advantage, whatever may be the success of her
arms. Thus, if France were to assist Piedmont in
wresting Lombardy from Austria, she would not
ask any thing for her co-operation, not even Savoy.
The first negotiation for detaching England from
Austria dates from:the interview of Cherbburg.
But notwithstanding the attitude assumed by.the
British Government as regards Austrian domina-
tion in Italy, Napoleon 111. knows that on the
other side of the Channel he has to deal with a
constitutional government, that behind the Queen
and her Ministers are the Parliament and the na-
tion, and that these latter have not been consulted.
Maritime precautions have been taken. A month
ago it was stated that a naval division had been
sent to Cherbourg, but no great attention was paid
to the fact, though it was not devoid of import-
ance; but now the situation of Italy and the pro•
jected marriage of Prince Napoleon with the
Princess Clotilde of Sardinia may suffice to explain
it. The attitude of England does not appear suffi-
ciently certain and decisive for the French Govern-
ment to engage itself in the Mediterranean
without having taken all maritime precautions in
the north."

DIPLOMATIC CONSEQUENCES OF A

SNOW-BALL.

A letter from Smyrna, addressed to the Presse
d' Orient, contains the following account of a quasi-
diplomatic dispute between the consuls of Austria
and Russia apropos of a snow-ball :----
" Children, we know, are accustomed to amuse
themselves with snow-balling, and one of these
missives has been the cause of an unfortunate event
which is to-day the subject of general conversation.
A youth, attached as a domestic to the service of
M. Jean Filipuzzi, director of the Austrian post,
was amusing himself with other children in throw-
ing snow-balls, when one of these innocent projec-
tiles struck the cheek of a child of M. Ivanoff, Con-
sul-Genera/ of Russia, who was on the field of
battle. After cries and tears from the child, Mdme.
Ivanhoff made a complaint to Madame Fillipuzzi
who, in her husband's absence, expressed the
livliest regret for what had happened. But some
seconds afterwards an officer from the Russian con-
sulate, obeying the orders of Madame Ivanoff, en-
tered M. Fillipuzzi's house, and, in spite of the
most energetic protests, seized the servant boy, and
brought him to Madame Ivanoff, who chastised him,
made him a prisoner at the consulate, and then had
him transferred to the Government prison. On
hearing these facts M. Fillipuzzi addressed to his
consul, the consul of Austria, a demand for the
release of the child, and satisfaction for. the viola
tion of his domicile. The Russian consul refused
this satisfaction, and the relations between the two
consulates were broken off in the most peremptory
manner. The affair has been submitted to the re-
spective ambassadors at Constantinople. Mean-
while Mr. Blunt, the British consul, has caused this
culprit of twelve years, who happens to be an
lonian subject, to be set at liberty. Such are the
consequences of a snow-ball !"

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-OPERA

CO3IIQUE,

One of the most charming of Auber's operas, " Les
Diamans de la Couronne " has been produced at this elegant
establishment. The part of Caterina was admirably played
by Madame Faure, a lady possessing a high soprano voice
of great richness and power, evidently well cultivated, who
used her best exertion to do justice to the part, in which
she was eminently successful. Her acting, was excellent,
her singing throughout was graceful and artistic.
Her duo with Henrique (Monsieur Fougeres) was
charmingly executed, as was the bolero with Diana,
Mademoiselle Celine Mathieu, a young lady of consider-
able personal attractions, to whom our meed of praise is
due for the very graceful and effective manner in which she
acquitted herself. Madame Faure's execution of " A toi

j'af recours," the cavatina " Je suis femme, je anis reine7;
and the finale, " Puisqu'on me laisse," deserve especial
notice, as being finished specimens of fluent vocalisation.
They were unanimously applauded. Of the Don Henrique
of M. Fougeres we cannot speak in terms of commendation.
M. Montreuil, as Compte de Campo Mayor (Minister of
Police), and M. Ernon, as Don Sebastien, played with
spirit, and the whole performance was highly effec-
tive. Great praise is due to M. Remusat for the
admirable training of the orchestra. The overture was
played with a precision and care which would not have
discredited either of the Grand Italian Operas. The house
was well and fashionably attended.

DARING BURGLARIES.—PLUNDER OF £2,000
WORTH OF PROPERTY.—Yesterday information was re-
ceived by the police of a daring burglary at the extensive
silk manufactory of Messrs. R.. Griffiths, New North
Bridge-road, Islington. The burglars effected their entry
into the premises by scaling the outer gates, and, by the
aid of skeleton keys, penetrated into the silk store rooms.
They must have been a considerable time on the premises
packing up their plunder. Goods to the amount of £1,200
having been carried off, which could not have been con-
veyed away without, the aid of vehicles. Strange to say,
the burglars contrived to elude the notice of the police, and
got clear off with their booty ; the discovery not being
made until the men came to work in the morning. Another
burglary of a like daring character has been effected on the
premises of "Vaughan, Taylor and Co., 2 and 3, Watling-
street, and 47, Cannon-street West, which has been
broken into, and £9OO worth of silk goods and a consider-
able sum of money carried off. At present no clue exists
to lead to the discovery of the perpetrators, though rewards
of £2OO are offered for their capture.
DESTRUCTION OF A BARN AND FIVE COWS BY
FIRE NEAR BRADFORD.—About half-past six o'clock on
Saturday night, a fire was discovered in a small barn adjoin-
ing the farmhouse of Mr. Timothy Wood, farmer and
horsedealer, at Westgate-hill, Tong, about four miles from
Bradford, on the Bradford and Wakefield road. An alarm was
immediately raised. Mr. Wood's neighbours quickly united
in their efforts to rescue the property teem the threatened
danger. I was soon found, however, that the destruction
of the barn was inevitable. Unhappily there were five
valuable cows in the barn, and there was no possibility of
effecting their rescue. The barn, also, contained a con-
siderable quantity of straw, a smaiquantity of oats ready
for the miller, a number of agricultural implements, &c.
The building and its contents, including the five cows,
were entirely destroyed. A messenger was despatched on
horseback to Bradford for the fire-engines of the' corpora-
tion and the Leeds and Yorkshire office. The presence' of
the brigades, and the engines, after some lapse of time,
were of great service in confining the flames to the barn
where they originated. Just outside the walls were five
stacks of oats, two stacks of wheat, and one stack of hay.
These were all preserved. Six horses and eight cows were
also rescued from a stable and barn adjoining the building
which was consumed. It is not known how the fire origi-
nated ; the barn appeared in perfect safety a quarter of an
hour before the fire was discovered. The total value of the
property destroyed is valued at less than £400: it is covered
by insurance in the Leeds and Yorkshire office. The farm
is the joint property of Dr. Boeth and Mrs. Hirst, of
Gomersal.—Manchester Guardian.

THE BLACK BEETLE NUISANCE.—The first thing
was to discover their chief place of resort ; these were found
.to be chiefly about the fireplace and the flues of the hot-
plate and coppers, only occasionally used, and cracks and
small holes round and adjoining the chimney. The smaller
of these entrances were well stopped with strong red load
glazier's putty ; the others, where practicable, with pounded
glass mixed with cement, and the copper and boiler being
full of water, all the furnaces to these and to the hot plate,
Scc., were lighted so as to burn them out of their nests, and
this so that the insects could not escape out of a flue which
was lighted into one that was not, which drove them into
daylight; and as fast as they appeared they were well plied
by having boiled water pot rcd over them, and being then
thrown into a pail of the same ; for like other insects, there
is such tenacity of life within, that it is only by continued
force (where not absolutely crushed) that vitality can be.
destroyed. This took place some ten or more years ago ;
and whether, according to an old saying, peculiarly appli-
cable to this case, "the insects found the place too hot to
hold them ;" whither the colony was destroyed, and none
others have found their way here since ; or from what other
cause, I know not ; but, from that day to the present, I
have not eon or hoard of 90 fgAgIQ Afikkr.