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

AMERICA.

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 passengers, 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 great sympathy with the South at
meetings at Boston on the Bth. Mr. Edward
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 firmer, in
consequence of the arrival of the Persia and of re-
turning ease im money at 6 per cent. on loan. A
rise of 4 pr,r cent. in Illinois Central Shares. New
York
Central Shares closed at 83 dols. 80c.
werr, generally steady. 6,000 bales cotton, chiefly
transitu,n were purchased. Prices

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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. de Lenardiere, member of the Legislative
Body for the Deux-Sevres, has just died suddenly. in Peril"
gammon with Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, and
He had passed part of the day at his club, playing back-
hour for dinner arrived he expressed a wish to when the
Having been informed that the number of places reserved
were filled up, he went to a restaurant in the neighbouriled;:
and had just taken his seat when he fell from his e"a."
and expired.
THE ALLEGED FOUNDERING OF TIIE GREAT
BnITAIN.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The general belles
entertained here of the safety of the Great Britain has 11°W
been turned into certainty. Twice has she been spoken
since she passed Tuskar, on the 12th inst., and her position
dine there.
and direction were such that it would be foolish to even
dream of her being in the neighbourhood of the Western
Islands. On the 13th she was spoken by the Martha pelt
arrived at Falmouth, in lat. 48 N., lon. 11 W The 11";
day, the 14th, she was again spoken by the barque qfPn'
arrived at this port from Sulina, in lat. 45 30 N•P
12 16 W., which adds to her report in reference to the
Britain's third day out from this pohret, Great
Great Britain, "All's well."
aln4tdhheverasp
indicates that up to that time she had made a good run'
NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN Eußori!
AND AMERICA.--WO recently referred to the arrange-
mentssa that have been made for the conveyance of 0,"
between Great Britain and the United States by u.•
Canadian Line of mail
steamers, which call at Queen
town ; and to the probability that Belgium and Gernianl
would speedily follow with France in the adoption of °lig
position
indicates then
route for their correspondence. Last week the Hon. Sidne/
Smith, Postmaster-General of Canada, accompanied by Mr,
Griffin of the Canadian Post-office, and Sir Cusack Roney,
Toward
to Brussels where, by the introduction of Lord
were
Howard de Walden, the British Ambassador, they
immediately put in communication with M. Masni, the
Director-General of the Belgian Post-office. There is little
wi
doubt that Belgium will forward its correspondence with
the United States by the Canadian route as well as h9i,tlis:
Cunard steamers. At Berlin the deputation has been reee'vr
by M. Von der lleydt, the Minister of the Interior, and the
negofiations in progress, if they come to a successful ter,
mination, will cause the whole German Postal League IT:
eluding Prussia, the northern States of Germany, use
Bavaria, Saxony, and the South) to adopt the new arrangen
'
mente. A semi-weekly mail and passenger communicatio
will thus be established between a large portion ohourr,
and the whole of the American continent througt t
year.
A " History of the Commercial Crisis of 1837
and 1857 and 1858," by Mr. D. M. Evans,_ has just been
published by Messrs. Groombridge. Mr. Evans, us a Pre.
vious work, had recorded the crisis of 1847, and
amore re-
cently had described some of the most etriking eel
and frauds," of the intervening period. The pre'T,,,,
volume, therefore, may be considered to bring this sPeci
of narrative down to its latest date, especially. as ,itz;
braces an account of the Stock Exchange panic oz 'The
and there is a copious index extending over 10 year&
bably be
former work; met with a largo sale, which will pro 0
sustained in the present instance. Such, it inaY be sell PT:-
will be the case, for they are calculated to exercise a Ina.
some influence. When it is found that commercial out
takes and delinquencies cannot be slurred over thelnene2!„e
the temporary excitement they have occasioned shall s!"..
passed away, so as to leave the actors free to figure agelna7
eminent operators in the financial world, but that there at:
accessible records on the subject to which every ene ems
wally turn, the maxim that honesty is the best policy gill "cell'
an additional support. At the same time an effect eq
in
salutary will be produced by the details of those eveats
ur.
which the sufferers came out of the struggle with hono
The partners in some of the Swedish and other firms
that
were forced to suspend in 1857 may point to the accent"'
of the manner in which they met, and, in many cases,
triumphed over their difficulties, with a satisfaction no less
intense than the shame that must be experienced by the
favoured clients of the 'Western Bank of Scotland and of
the other joint-stook establishments by which the ruin was
brought about.
THE TEMOPRARY ARRANGEMENT AT SAN JUAN
T sr,Ase.—The following .is the proposition submitted by
General Scott to Governor Douglass, for int occupa-
tion of the island of San Juan :—" Without
prejudice to
the claim of either nation to the sovereignty of the entire
island of San Juan, now in dispute, it is proposed that each
shall occupy a separate portion of the same by
a detach-
ment of infantry, riflemen, or marines, not exceeding ono
hundred men, with their appropriate arra
ymen on the said
s, only for the
equal protection of their respective countr
island, in their persons and property, and to repel any
descent on the part of hostile Indians." General Scott
added in his note, that any addition or modification arg
il
gested by Governor Douglass would meet with respectf
oonsideration. Lieutenant-Colonel Lay returned with the
following reply :—" Memorandum—His Excellency Go-
vernor Douglass authorises me to say, having yet no tints
to consider the proposition offered by Lieutenant-General
Scott, or to consult with his official advisors here, he is it
a glance satisfied that no obstacle exists to a completelY
amicable and satisfactory adjustment continuing through'
out the period of diplomatic discussion respecting the title
of the Island of San Juan, either upon the plan suggested
by General Scott, or some other that may be mutual
agreed to after advisement." A copy of this snemorandurn
was retained by Governor Douglass, after being read an
approved by him, and signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Lay-
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Wednesday fore-
noon Mr. 111 'Laren, farmer, Park, near Alloa, and who had
only entered upon his lease of the Park Farm at Martini:oe
last, was found dead in one of his outhouses, suspended by
the neck with a cord affixed to the joisting of the roof. 111!„..
MPLaren was unmarried, was very generally respected, and
formerly leased a farm in the vicinity of Glasgow.
Two FATAL ACClDENTS.—Yesterday afternoon,
Mr. Bedford, the coroner for "Westminster, received infor-
mation of the death of Mr. James Gattrell, an extensive
builder, who resided at No. 1, Green-street, North Audler
street, Grosvenor-square under the following sirellui.
stances :—lt appears that' the premises of Messrs. Therese
Horton and Sons, tailors, No. 6 in the before-named street,
are under repair. The deceased was in the act of going II
the ladder, when the top of it suddenly broke, and he Je
to the ground on his head, fracturing his skull in such
e'
shocking manner, that he expired shortly after being taken
home.—Another fatal accident occurred to Mary Ann page
aged six years residing in Monmouth-court, Monmouth-
street. The deceased, it appears, drank some boiling watai.
out of a tea-kettle standing on the hob. She was converse.
to Charing-cross Hospital, but died of the injuries.
TIIE CONVICT NORMINGTON.— This unhappi
youth, now under sentence of death for the murder of amore
Broughton, is gradually manifesting a state of mind more
becoming his situation. The chaplain of the castle, the Rev.
J. C. Thompson, has been frequent in his visits to Nor:
te
mington, and his ministrations are attentively its
to
_.
On Tuesday night, a letter was written to the prisoner,:
parents at his dictation, he being unable to write' •dr.
this communication ho requested that no unnecessary gr,„
should be felt for him, and stated that he was resigisteer:
his fate. It is said that he has made a confession 01_17;
at"
guilt, and implicated some other man as a partici p
too.
his crime, but we cannot vouch for its accuracy. A r
to this effect is in circulation.—Leeds Mercury.
A the
NON-COMBUSTIBILITY OF CRINOLINE.--"-
t
. George-
meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society last night In •
emoline
street Hall, Dr. Stevenson Macadam exhibited es—
elution
dress, one-half of which had been immersed
in
Inibusti-
of sulphate of ammonia, in order to test its non-co
.noline,
bility. On a light having been applied to ?ce
tbn
the part of it which had not been steeped in t
was at once enveloped in flamo ; but tho only effeGt which ,
This ir''"
the light had on the other part was to char it. tied
considered a satisfactory experiment ; and it was
sible
that as ammonia was only 2d. per pound, it was ace gs
0_
to the humblest classes. It was stated that the con, ,'Dime
used in the royal establishment was steeped in a totally
different solution ; but that its cost prevented its geTf"..
use, and that the cheaper solution was equally fficassew•
—.Lain burgh Witness. COUP
DEFENCES AT LIVERPOOL.—The Defence k
mates, appointed at a recent meeting of the Mersey_ -VT:
Board reported yesterday (Thursday) that they had 11,8%;
correspondence with the War-oort, and had granted a sitea for the erection of
at the north end of Canada Dock. The military author ,tile!
also wished for sites on the Prince's Pier, and in the :gunk
bourhood of the Sloyne, but the committee
did
Ilk
to the
them at all suitable, and had referred the matter bac. ,
Wiir-offiee for further consideration. The proeeedinga P.!
the committee were confirmed, and a discussion ensued,
which the general opinion appeared to be that the Govern'
I.
went officials were going the right way to work or de
fending the port efficiently. and
IVIELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Between two 0.
three o' clock on Wednesday morning a vessel was
seiseriteo
hibiting a signal of distress near the shoal a short de..o ese,
from the beach at Aldlerough. Fourteen gallant
tfilw
each being provided with a life-preserver, immediaoeielyeuoo
pro-
ceeded to launch the lifeboat in order to render
hogenrs to page
After vainly endeavouring for more than threeoe
zed, and
the shoal, the lifeboat struck by a heavy sea,. Nine d Nine of the
was nearly three minutes before she leavingrighte
the re-
crew succeeded in getting into her ag awinAhout being able
maining five floating among the waves,
two of the reell
to afford them any assistance. AftFzf:
el whilebut they
.quickly
were washed ashore apparently li
eCable. w icked ul?
recovered. Shortly, another, named. an
that his jaw was broken,
still alive, when it was found .
in two (Green, a Trinity'
ho soon after expired. The re:a:lLnp
h icgked up. Green's dean
pilot, and Pearce) were dead
b en always first to engage
will be a great loss, he having
thee coast. At dayllght
t
in any dangerous enterprise on
known ws not in any hillne;
was found the brig, soon
she to k and stoat
alter manes a
dints danger, and very
out to sea.