The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-07 00:00:00

The Yorkshire `'Vold Tumuli

A month's diggings in the British barrows in the
chalk districts of Yorkshire, undertaken for scien-
tific purposes by the Rev. W. Greenwell, of Dur-
ham, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday
evening. During the month about 20 barrows of
all sizes, but all of the round form, have been
opened and their structure and contents most
carefully—investigated and recorded. These hones
have been chiefly on the estates of Lord Londes-
borough, and Sir Tatton Sykes, and the openings
have been made on the North Wold range at
Sherburn .and Ganton, on the South Wold range at
Enthorpe, and on the Mid-Wold range of Weaver-
thorpe and Helperthorpe. Thus the sepulchral
mounds of the pre-Roman races of both types of
crania and of both methods of burial—cremation and
inhumation—have been met with. The greater part
of the examinations have been made in the graves of
a non-metal using people. The only trace of metal
found has been of bronze, and this was on the Hel-
perthorpe Wold (mid range), on Thursday last,
when one of the skeletons in a barrow which proved
very prolific was found interred with his right hand
holding his bronze spear head—a very beautiful and
valuable example of an ancient weapon. Apart from
this, all implements found haVe been of stone
—flint, quartz, or porphyry. Evidences of grave
feasting, further substantiating the charge of canni-
balism against the pre-historic people, have been
found, and generally results of an important and
highly interesting nature have been arrived at. The
investigations have caused remarkable interest
among archaeologists; and among the gentlemen in-
terested in antiquarian matters who have accompa-
nied and assisted the Rev. Canon Greenwell are Sir
Tatton Sykes, Sir J. Lubbock, Mr. J. Evans (author
ofipacpers on " British Coins" and the " Drift Flints"),
of Hemel-llempstead ; the Rev. F. Porter, of Yed-
ingham ; the Rev. J. Mason, of Sherburn ; Mr. IV.
Lovel, llelperthorpe; Mr. Southwell, Winchester,
Illinois, United States; Mr. Pycock, Mahon; Messrs.
J. R. and R: Mortimer, Fimber ; Mr. Monkman,
Malton ; Mr. E. F. Cobb, London; Mr. T. Brand,
Lutton ; Mr. J. W. Barnes, Durham; and several
other gentlemen and lady visitors.
The concluding openings of the week, in continua-
tion of those of the previous three weeks, as re-
ported in The Sun, are as follows :—The first barrow
investigated was of 20 yards diameter, and 4ft. high,
made of soil, mixed with chalk, and situate upon the
Mid- Woldrange south of Weaverthorpe. Four yards
south-east of the centre a large plain urn was found
among soft, unctuous, black earth, containing much
charcoal and a great number of flint flakes, among
which was a long flint scraper and some animal bones.
The dark matter extended over the surface for a
space of 4ft. diameter, and v,r;.,1 ,
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was found, and close to it a pelvic bone, femur and
other leg bones ; and at the opposite side the greater
part of a dolichocephalic skull of a female, placed
with the head to the west. This woiture of dis-
jointed bones lay on the surface: With the bones
of the female was a large rolled quartz pebble, show-
ing much sign of use as a hammer or pounder—a fine
specimen. in the centre, and just north-east of these
disjointed bones, was a body laid on the left side,
with head to the east, the body doubled up, the right
hand on the lower part of the chest, the left on the
right elbow. Behind the head was an ornate drink-
ing cup. Before the face—in fact., close to the nose
—was the nasal bone of another skull—of which the
frontal portion was found 2if t. above, and which seems
to have belonged to the same skull of which the occi-
pital part was found. But why this strange disturb-
ance ? There was nothing to guide to a satisfactory
answer. Between the previously named black de-
posit and the centre of the bone was another and
smaller and thinner deposit of dark matter, the
result of great burnings probably, also containing
many flint chippings and flakes. Among the mate-
rial of the hone, casually thrown in during forma-
tion, were a small thumb-flint, some flint flakes and
chippings, and several animal bones, split longitu-
dinally for obtaining marrow.

. _
Two days following were spent on the same range
but on the Helperthorpe `Vold, about a mile to the
west, in examining an irregularly shaped mound
about 15 yards mean diameter and 3ft. high, appa-
rently the westernmost of two barrows. About 20
years ago a great quantity of soil was removed from
this mound, during which work the remains of
several bodies were met with and destroyed. Among
the materials of the mound remaining were
found animal bones, two pieces of British pot-
tery, a jet button, and two large jet orna-
ments (part of a necklace), rectangular, lin. by
liin., and about ath of an inch thick, longitu-
tudinally pierced by four holes for stringing, and
ornamented in saltire pattern of punctured holes.
In the centre of the mound was a large cist sunk
into the solid chalk rock, funnel-shaped, narrow-
ing gradually downwards. The upper diameter was
10ft., the lower sft. by 3ft., the hole lift. below the
natural surface. In the chalk rubble filling it were
several animal bones, some charcoal, and a few hu-
man bones, all detached, but there was no syste-
matic burial. This was a most puzzling cist, parti:
cularly as the ground showed no signs of previous
disturbance since the cist had been first filledup:
On the same range, but one mile to the north, on
an opposite slope, the third barrow was opened—
a most prolific burying ground. This hone was
greatly ploughed down ; so much so, indeed, that it
occasionad the greatest surprise to the archaeologists
to find the remains so little disturbed by the plough.
The mound was 54ft. diameter by lift. high, and
formed of the ordinary `Vold soil. The several in-
terments in this very rich barrow were arranged in a
line running north-west and south-east, and with
the exception of the most central were all on the
natural surface. Eighteen feet east-south-east of the
centre a body, or possibly some bodies, had been
burnt on the spot, the signs of intenseburning being
found over a large surface, and the mass being as
hard as concrete, showing fused flint, lime, charcoal,
and burnt humanbones, forming abreccia only sepa-
rable by forcible use of the pick-axe. Except iu its
uniform hardness this material resembled the sup-
posed adipose contents of the long barrow on Wil-
lerby-wold, which analysis showed to be burnt flint
only, with a slight trace of animal matter. Thirteen
feet east-south-east of the centre was a body in a
contracted position, laid on the left side, the knees
of which very nearly touched the mass of burning.
This body was perfect in every way.
The head lay
to the north-west, the left hand was up to the face,
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the
around and beneath the skull. The detached femur
of a young person was laid across the skull, andnear
the face, in front of the body and about the pelvis,
various parts of burnt human bone. Seven feet
original centre) was the broken-up body of a child,
the bones deposited about 6in. above the surface,
and most strangely in disorder. The skull had first

been placed on the ground, and the leg bones placed
over it, the pelvic bones and ribs coming last of all,
on the top. This child had been thoroughly dis-
membered before burial ; but still more strangely,
immediately south-east of the child's bones were
three trunkless skulls of adults, placed in a triangle,
all with their frontal parts to the west. The one
nearest the child's body was erect, and had lost the
crelvanum by the plough, and to this head were the
cervical vertebrae, one clavicle, and some ribs. The
other two skulls were both inverted, and the plough
had taken away the lower jaws ; but the face bones
and calvaria are good. Where were the bones of
these three bodies ? Were they burnt on the funeral
pyre? The answer is wanting. Below the three
skulls was an oval cist in the rock of 3fft. by 2ift.
and lift. deep. This cist was full of burnt matter—
some charcoal and parts of burnt bones. Were these
from the first-named burning ? Six feet west-north-
west of the centre another body was found on its left'
side, contracted, head to the east. The right band
was on the knees, the left up to the face. The right
hand held the handle of a very line bronze dagger
or spear, the point of which touched the chin. The
weapon was in beautiful preservation, and the two
rivets which had fastened the- handle to the blade
still remained, even the mark of the outline of the
handle being visible. The end of the handle had
been of bone, and along the line of decayed matter
between it and the spear head were found three more
bronze rivets, which had apparentlyYfa-stened together
two pieces of wood forming the centre part of the
weapon. The weapon is a most perfect\specimen,
the blade being 4jin. long and very thin and sharp.
Some few flint chippings and two fragments of urn
were found among the materials of this hone. The
skulls were all re-erect, and show the type.
The last barrow opened was on the North Wold
range,
time ago, and yielded an unburnl body, the skull of
which Mr. W. Lovel, of Helperthorpe, has
formed
pre-
sented to Mr. Greenwell. The barrow was 24 yards
opened
one of three,of
which
one some
diameter and 4ft. high, composed principally of
earth, with a little admixture of chalk. From among
the material two pieces of pottery (urn), some flint
clippings, and one rudely-formed barbed arrow-
head of flint were taken.

In the centre of the mound a grave was found,
sunk into the rock, Gft. by 4ft. Din. and 3ft. deep,
oval in shape, and filled in with earth, with here
and there lumps of chalk. This cist contained the
body of a young man of about 20 years, laid on the
left side, body contracted, head to north, left hand
to the back of the head, with the fingers doubled in
and right hand up to the chin. This was the only
burial in this large tumulus, and there was nothing
with it. 'The skull in the frontal part was gone, but
the rest, though crushed, will put together and show
the type. The face, being uppermost, was in contabt
with the moist earth, and was most decayed.

This, for the present year, concludes the highly im-
portant and extremely interesting researches among
the British tumuli in Yorkshire, and the results ar-
rived at will be incorporated in the forthcoming
" Decade of Skulls from Ancient Northumbria," an-
nounced for publication by the Rev. W. Greenwell,
at whose cost the whole of the investigations have
been made.

The Stranding of her Majesty's Ship
- -
"H.M.S. Nimble, New Providence, Oct. 9.

" Sir, —I regret to have to report that in a ter-
rific hurricane on the Ist :Ind 9,3
tn
harbour of _Nassau, abreast e iNaval arch, on a
zailoy pottom, blit. (high water), neap tides.
" The ship has not received the slightest damage,
and is not making any water. I have cleared every-
thing out of her, except the pivot-gun and engines,
including 70 tons of. coal_ 141v.arything has been
placed under cover in the Naval Yard.
"On account of all the lighters and vessels (with-
out exception) having been blown up on the beach
and most of them destroyed, I could only succeed
in getting a large iron lighter, which was useless in
the heavy swell, and I had to land everything in our
own cutter. A fresh N.E. gale has been blowing
ever since the hurricane, which has brought a heavy
swell in, and made the clearing out a matter of
great difficulty and danger. The cutter, our only
large boat, swamped alongside full of coals, and
was with great difficulty recovered.
"I wish to recommend to your notice the two
officers named in the margin (Lieut. J. C4r. Jones
and Mr. J. Hamilton, gunner), whose indefatigable
exertions during the hurricane and in clearing the
ship have been most praiseworthy. I beg also to
report that the conduct of the ship's company gene-
rally has been extremely good. The men have bad
to work up to their middle in water in a surf, land-
ing coals and stores, for four days, and, I am happy
to add, without any sickness or accident.
"I have now built a pier out close to the ship.
If we get a high tide
rloall think
fficibaatvet the ship will float suf-
ficientlyhe
out,
tawnsodpra nn cvghes or
yro s nh(eolaNnvr eeydf
pnr
uoe smr
tdha ey b, othew at lenOdt hs haulti
en rshnte).
chase on the chains ; indeed I parted the bower
chain with it on the Bth without moving the ship.
" With the exception of the three trysails, which
were blown out of the gaskets, though the gaffs
were lowered, no damage has been done aloft. The
rigging is a good deal chafed, and running gear
carried away, but that can easily be replaced.
"The boats are all saved, though much blown
about during the storm.

"1 forward this by the mail to the Havannah.
I have not yet succeeded in moving the ship, the
N.E. winds preventing the tide rising to its usual
height.

" I have procured a hydraulic press of 100 tons,
and am securing it, to try and lift the bows. The
Tahoma was unable to give me any assistance from
her steam power being very small.
" I think a powerful steamer could easily tow us
off now we are light.
"In case of the ship receiving any damage, there
is a patent slip will take us (the charge is 50c. per
ton). I shall await your permission to use it.
have incurred no expense, except the hire of a
I lighter and purchase blocks.--I have, Sze.,
" A. J. CHATFIELD,
Commander and Senior Offtcr.
" Commodore Sir L. M'Clintock, Jamaica.

,ty, NEW

REMARKS ON THE HURRICANE AT NASSA
PROVIDENCE, ON OCT. IST AND 2n.
The hurricane commenced on the Ist of October,
about 10 o'clock, although the great fury was from
1 p.m. until 7 p.m. from N.N.E. and N., and from
9 p.m. until 2 a.m. fr©m S.,
until 8.50 pm.
m after which it gradu-
ally went down. From 7.20 p..
on the Ist of October was a dead calm; when the
night,
vortex passed over the harbour, the barometer
falling to 27.70. There was no indication of the
at midg
approaching storm until late on Sunday
weather looked
when the barometer began to fall ; Sunday was a
yards
fine clear day with a fresh N.E. breeze, no banking
up of the horizon until sunset or lightuionwg
Bemired boats and
night; however, I thought the
threatening, and at daylight I struck lower
cearble,
(with
the give
harbour
and topmasts, got up steam, and
I had
guns. It was impossibles too
eastf to west).
account of the na.r.srofvkrolems
lo
the N.E., and four shackles to
fiveollt st]hl;etek‘lveisn do u
twt
the westward, in the best berth in the harbour, off
the commissariat wharf. .

On Monday morning, October 1, it was blowing
a fresh gale, N.N.E., at low water, the ship's
stern tailed on the sand, but she swung to the
flood tide as the tide rose, and rode the hurricane
out until one 'p.m., when a gust of extreme fury
caught the ship, she being then broadside to the
wind, and drove her up on the beach. She fell over
in shore. The force of the wind was s? great that

Dockyard wall blown down in two places, and
nearly all the houses in the town partially or wholly
unroofed; public buildings unroofed and four
chapels blown down (one a new stone one). All the
trees are either blown down or stripped of their
leaves and branches. The salt water has blown
over the island, and all the wells are salt as far as
the Blue-hills, four miles inland. The top of the
lighthouse is blown in and the light destroyed. A
temporary light is shown.

The accounts from the other islands are very
dreadful ; great loss of life and property. Most of
them being low, the sea made a clear breach over
the settlements and completely destroyed them, and
the inhabitants are suffering from want of provi-
sions ; indeed, the suffering of the poorer classes
must be dreaieft4l7 their gavt.lena and provision-
grounds and huts arc all destroyed, and hundreds
have no shelter. Providentially, the loss of life at
Nassau has not been great—only three, although
numerous accidents have taken place. The number
drowned in the harbour is not known. The lights
on Abaco are damaged, and temporary ones (about
the brightness of a ship's light) shown); Stirrup
Cay is most damaged ; Great Isaac's and Gun Cay
lights have not suffered.

Wrecks are reported on all sides by the small
boats and distressed vessels that have arrived since
the storm.

I am unable to obtain as yet any trustworthy in-
formation from the out islands, but will endeavour

to do so.

' A. J. CHATFIELD, Commander and
Senior Officer.
Her Majesty's ship Nimble, Nassau, Oct. 9.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.—We have had a disap-
pointing market in nearly all kinds of shipping yarns,
and, contrary to the general expectation of pro-
ducers, they have been compelled to take rather
lower prices to make sales. The amount of busi-
ness transacted, however, has been very fair in ex-
tent. The sellers of cop yarns for shipping report
rather more doing in them, at steady prices, with a
tendency slightly against buyers. In home-trade
yarns there is no change of prices as compared with
Friday. Cops pretty steady. There is a small
business doing, and buyers supply themselves only
for immediate requirements. Of course, the demand
is restricted to some extent through a great many
manufacturers having commenced running their
mills short time. The cloth-market is flat, with
but little inquiry for any description. Buyers for
India and China hold aloof, and are making but
few offers, and those few at rates which sellers can-
not accept. If the sales were pressed, lower rates
would have to be taken. Sellers put up their quo-
tations in consequence of the rise in cotton, butsuch
quotations can only be regarded as nominal. Messrs.
John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth-market :--17
raised their piices ; but the very limited demand for
goods, and general feeling of depression to-day,
have checked this slight improvement, and our quo-
tations remain the same as last week."

CARDIFF, sth.—Throughout the district the steam
coal collieries are actively employed, and in conse-
quence of the improved demand from the Eastern,
Wrest Indian, and Mediterranean markets the output
at many of the pits has been considerably increased.
Large quantities are also being cleared out for Gib-
raltar, Malta, and other coaling stations of the mail
packet sooesrfrlvetsiahci
ellen.
sinking
largepnl operations
ianotgri
establishmentsod oe rsatl oer
el
oimeetvieprr
mto the present
measures,
eas
setinoastrneubld:
formerly
oirrsnlakyel
(3lda'p consumed n itdthwaaenorwde
vigorouslyt hei their own
encgoaagl
engaged
in the
e entered t
export
xr
pe do
rtth
ter
andi
ea r, k
nt ,
the home trade there is 1.1 good business doing, and
requirementst i arens abr
ce c
beingg greatere
o ndu conducted
. t e d A
wt
itte ironhhabout
the same regularity as during the past month.
LEEDS, 6th.--To-day's markets in the cloth-halls
have been, like those of the last few weeks, rather
flat. Some of the buyers present appeared to be
more intent on buying any lots they could pick up
at prices lower than those regularly asked, than on
buying goods in the regular way ; but, with the ex-
ception of some classes of heavy goods the season-
able demand for which is now nearly over, few job
lots are to be met with. Plain cloths, meltons, and
coatings have sold but slowly. The demand for
tweeds has been quite as good as for the last two or
three market days, though it is not so brisk as was
reported a month ago. Still thereis no stockof theso
goods lying over, and manufacturers keep busy.
The general quotations for wool, woollen yarns,
and cloths are without change.
NOTTINGHAM, 6th.—At our Exchange"
c,
an The
day there was only a moderate atten
d3ducthe busi-
demand for lace yarns wasagaiu slow, hall to-
ness done was at about the
prices of last week.
There was rather less done in dhosiery yarns, the
rates of last week being maintaine • Silk firm in
The ingruciirnyaifnoerdblirroiNtli'll:.
nets was again languid,
price, but not much do i nal; d
out material alteration.
was only a :limited 1
ma to-day, and the at-
tendancedis-
in the
flandsriewas rather weak. A few par-
posi lion to buy goo prices
ROCHDALE, sth.
00-s,
—Tsnhderethe like of printers and
eels of heavy g
changed hands, and prices were steady
fancy manufacturerslie are fairly employed,
and &In'
of them are engaged on spring goods, or
and ma*.
• ',ltems for such. The demand for -
preparing p,
are
goers wss rather more active than last
Yorkshire go
were sold, and prices were firm. There
k • more
wee flannel,s
in the local wool trade. Manufac-
turers cahreng neot buying largely, but late quotations

STAFF'-COMMANDER HENRY A. MORIARTY, whose
name has been sL; conspicuously mentioned in con-
nection with the laying of the Atlantic cables, has been
nominated a Companion of the civil Division of the Order
ofse mtheewtaitth.tarTi
yhirseicseasaatiitsifeaectoorritheevt,Liiif
ilr
ekteda
mosttpon as
ablea
and indefatigable officer. The promotion to the Active
List of Commanders by Sir J. Pg akin ton of Stan-Com-
mander Moriarty might be regarded as a compliment to the
class of which the now recipienthonour of is a member,
but we fear to him personallythere would jai? no advan-
tage, and we only hope that te present First Lori: of th°
Admiralty will mark the' sense in which he holds t:2O
abilities of Commander Moriarty by at once promoting'
him nvityo gthoaodrank of captain. The precedent Pwould beg(
one, and. certainly not likely to engender
anyeab ill-feeling, from the simple fact that we do not lay a
• le from the Eastern to the Western hemisphere every
year ; and it should not be forgotten that if we might hap-
pen to lose a cable, we should require a man like Com-
mander Moriti'ity to look for it. In the meantime we are
not without howhat if the offer of a captain's commission
be made to Commander Moriarty, there will at the same
time be conveyed to him the proiniso of such immediate
employment as will lead to his further promotion when
qualified by the ordinary term of servitude.—Army and
Navy Gazette.
r.,,
~,,,,
GRAND OCEAN YACHT RACE.--.-'ine New York
Yacht Club aro now making arrangements for a grand
ocean yacht race to take place next year. It is intended to
start about 34 yachts from New York to Havre. They
will be all American built, and the builders, according to
the last accounts, have their hands full. The majority
will bo of wood, though we understand a few will be con-
structed of iron plates. Mr. Bennett, jun., of the New
IYork Herald, is having a yacht built of about 200 tons for
this contest.

HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
TSole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Ed-
mund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann
Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H Vandenhoff.
To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb.
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone,
THIS EVENING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
The Sisters Healy.
After which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Ch
esas.
Ma hews, Howe, Kendal, Gordon. Weathersby, ;
dames C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws,
Hill, ctc.
To be followed by GRIMSHAW, BA.GSHAW, AND
BRADSHAW. Mr Buckstone.
To conclude with SLIOCKINJ EVENTS. Mr. Common.
Mr. Chippendale ; Mrs. E. ritzwilliam, &c.
Commence at Seven.

OYAL LYCEUM_ THEATRE.
110 Sole Lessee and Manager, D
Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AN ciEssit.
Henrade.
At a Quarter before 8. the ne Drama, in Four Acts
he New
, THE
LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. T
Scenery by Mr. T. Greiveand assistants. MEvans , essrs.
Anderson, S Emery,
Widdicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D.
biewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds,
and J. C. Cowper.
To conclude with TWELETandON'SMiss Gratton TAIL COAT. Toby
Tweedleton, Mr. 11. WiddEDicomb; .
Aeting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.
Box-office open daily lrom Ten till rive.

Miss

111 HE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM
TREAT ttE.—Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. D.
Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci-
cault. At 7 o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
Last Two Nights of the present Performances.
THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John
Oxenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr.
Yining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and
Mrs. Buckingham White.
After which, at 9 o'clock, TIIE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN,
by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A.
Thomson; Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore.
Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo-
doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr.
F. Lloyds.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T HIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (22d time), ETHEL ; or,
ONLY A LIFE. Miss hate Terry, Mra. Alt red Mellon,
Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billington, Stephen-
son, Ashley, Romer, C. J. Smith, Sic.
To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROII THE
GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ;
Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley,
Eburne.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, L kRKINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr.
Balmore ; Miss C. Saunders.
Alter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddes.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborou,gh.
THIS EVENING, IN THE WRONG BOX.
After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of
DELI FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Cat 4 for a Piece.
Mes.q.s. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swan-
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We learn by the arrival of the Belgian, with news
from New York to the 26th ult., that the trial of
JEFFERSON DAVIS has been postponed until the
spring. This is a most unwarrantable proceeding,
and can neither be defended in law nor in reason.
If his adversaries really believe him to be guilty of
offences against the State they should not hesitate to
bring forward what evidence they can against him.
If they are aware that their accusations cannot be
supported, they should be honest enough to admit
it. It is anew system of punishment to keep a pri-
soner untried, and, in fact, amounts to condemning a
man unheard. No one, except Gen. BUTLER, seriously
contemplates the execution of Divis, the hanging of
one man for the crime, if crime it were, of six
millions. The heaviest sentence that could be passed
upon the illustrious Southern would be one of
imprisonment, and that it seems the Radicals feel
competent to pass upon him without the assistance
of any legal tribunal. But they will very probably
carry matters too far. Mr. Divis's health is very
uncertain, and all accounts agree in representing
bia condition to be precarious in the extreme. The
anxiety, the suspense, and excitement in which he
is
kept, added to the confinement at the fortress,
naturally diminish very much his chances of
recovery. It JEFFERSON DAwts lies in prison it
will be a lasting reproach to the American people,
and will probably produce both in Europe and
America a strong revulsion against the Radicals and
their policy. The fact is that they are apprehensive
that, so soon as Mr. DAVIS is actually tried, the
PRESIDENT will, if he is found guilty, exercise the
prerogative of pardon and release him.

Mr. JOHNSON'S position just now is a difficult one,
and his Southern supporters appear
to be fullyted
aware of the impediments in his path. It is stated,
though with what truth is uncertain, that
the PRESIDENT has urged the Government of
Louisiana to force the Constitutional Amendment
through the Legislature. We are also told
that several prominent South Carolinians are
helping the Government to carry the amendment
through the South Carolina Legislature, as a mea-
sure of relief for the PRESIDENT. It is possible that
they think it will be wiser in the present serious
state of thing's to make any sacrifice so as to arrest
the progress of Radicalism, and to strengthen the
Democratic party in Congress. ;Ur, JOHNSON

------------
-been, it is said, advised to surrender his opposition
to the Constitutional Amendment, so as to leave the
Radicals no cause to advocate but negro suffrage,
which is generally unpopular. It would seem as if
the Radicals, in anticipation of this concession,
were already abandoning the very cause which
they have hitherto so strenuously upheld. WEN-
DELL PHILLIPS has been making a violent oration
at Brooklyn, in which he denounced the PRESIDENT,
the Cabinet, General GRANT, and the Constitu-
tional Amendment, all in turn. What will be the
course adopted by the Radicals in the event of
the PRESIDENT'S adopting the amendment is as
yet uncertain. It may be a political advantage to
Mr. JOHNSON to do so, but at the same time it
is a pity he should be forced so far to abandon his
principles and to lower his standard of civil union
, and constitutional law.

The riot at Baltimore has passed over. The
Atlantic Telegraph brings us the welcome in-
telligence that tranquillity is restored in the city,
and we hope an open collision between the parties
will be avoided. The Governor of Maryland still
retains his resolute attitude, and has announced
that he claims the right to try and pass judgment
upon the commissioners, and to take immediate ac-
tion should any conclusive evidence arise as to their
guilt or innocence during the investigation. The
trial is going on, and efforts are being made to
iudict the Commissioners and Mr. FOURNEY, of the
Washington Chronicle, for an attempt to incite
to a riot. This accusation might very safely
be extended to a good many others ; but it is
not probable that it will be seriously maintained.
It is fortunate for the interests of civil liberty that
the Governor of Maryland is so well able to
maintain the rights and the dignity of his position.
A Canadian jury has found two Fenians guilty,
and the judge has sentenced them to be hung, giving
them, however, the privilege to appeal. As might
be supposed this step has created a good deal of
excitement among the Fenians generally, who seem
to regard murder, plunder, and incendiarism as
their particular rights. If there is an idea of
punishing a Fenian for the commission of any of
these offences, the whole of the brotherhood are at
once aroused and busy denouncing the injustice.
The Americans appear to share these convenient doc-
trines, since the New York Municipality have passed
resolutions requesting the Canadian authorities to
release the prisoners, and have sent a deputation to
Washington requesting the PRESIDENT to use his
efforts to obtain their pardon. On what grounds
all this interference is based is not stated, and pro-
bably the Fenian admirers in New York do not
trouble themselves to particularise. The Tommany
Hall democrats, however, go a little further. They
have not apparently listened to the grandiloquence
of Fenian orators for nothing. At a meeting held
for the purpose they passed resolutions calling upon
the Government to insist upon the release of the
Fenian prisoners, and to assure the British Govern-
ment that the American people will retaliate for the
violation of humanity, civilisation, and justice
which the execution of the prisoners would involve.
So that, in the opinion of the Tommany Hall Demo-
crats, " humanity, civilisation, and justice" are re-
presented by Fenianism. Truly, the New World
goes faster than the Old ; and the discoveries made
on the other side of the Atlantic throw our philo-
sophers and investigators altogether in the shade.
The Americans have just now enough to do in
putting the world to rights. Mexico is a trouble-
some neighbour, and they are beginning to perceive
that the removal of the foreign element will

at Brownsville, in which he says, sensibly enough,
that the only way to improve matters on the Rio
Grande is to support JUAREZ heartily, not recog-
nising the claims of the SANTA ANNA, ORTEGA, or
other factions. JUAREZ is the recognised head of
the Liberal party, and therefore to allow other
leaders to come forward is to produce nothing but
anarchy and confusion. Gen. ORTEGA and his staff
intended leaving for Brownsville with the view of
establishing a constitutional Government, but it is
now reported that the Federal authorities will in-
terfere to prevent their doing so.

Abundant proofs are not wanting to show us the

futility of those arguments so constantly employed
of the great benefits that will accrue to those States

which have been put under the dominion of Prussia.
Nothing can exceed thepertinacity with which Count
BISMARCK follows up any persecution or prosecu-
tion in which he may be engaged, and surely it was
most unnecessary on his part to go on with the
case of llerr VON TWESTEN after all that has
occurred. Fortunately, in this instance, he has
received a decisive check, and the Superior Court
has confirmed the decision of the ordinary tribunal
of Berlin, which acquitted him of the charges
brought against him in consequence of his speech
in the Chamber of Deputies. Things have come to
a strange pass, indeed, in Prussia, if freedom of
speech is to be denied to the representatives ; and
does not this prosecution on the part of the Go-
vernment, carried on under the present peculiar
aspect of things, speak volumes as to the course of
policy which they mean to carry out? The public
prosecutor had demanded that Herr VON TWES-
Tt
inENvithshicohulfdriehnadvlye
desiretwo yhe an rsh' a
simbpereitsio nnom efnatr,
dbius
appointed. However, we all know what a
system of espionage can be kept up by a Govern-
ment which has virtually renounced its solemn
duties, and ignores the first principles of political
and popular freedom. In numerous ways, some
trivial and others of consequence, the fretting and
harassing work can be carried on, and woe
I betide that nation whose rulers call the
law to aid them in keeping down the
rights of the members of the Senate. We are glad
that the arrogant and pretentious Minister should
aun
have received this check, but we cannot flatter our-
selves that it will make
anythes fuubst al differencetroti. is one
o in
f
his mode of procedure for
impresses, and who
is equally indifferent to
those individuals whom nothing
the
praise or blame of others.
WO have every reason to suppose that the Berlin
Government are to carry out the plans they have
hitherto designed with more or less success in various
quarters, and we may well ask, in common consis-
tency, if there is a definite prospect of freedom for
those provinces and States which have recently been
annexed to the Crown of King WILLIAM. Already
we can see how the new regime is working in
llanover, where a Ministerial order has been pub-
lished introducing the system of general liability to
military service. Here is an instance of the man-
ner in which the rights of the people will be inter-
fered
with, and what is this Prussian system of Go-
vernment about which such a fuss is continually
made, and which some wiseacres seem to consider
demands special gratitude to Providence for
conferring upon the States in question? Is it not
a piece of tyranny from beginning to end, an
sets
torganised
thhpTofeessriisoynis' ofwith
tay va enn:g
ne aa nt
icoen, a
lwi
thyi which
sentiment, and soon becomes involved in persecu-
tions and prosecutions against all things of a liberal
tendency, and all persons of an independent charac-
ter. Nor can the Hanoverians see any cause fo
satisfaction in the circumstances that have attended