The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA!, EVENING'. JANUARY 3, 1861.

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa
Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees.
The great Pantomime of BLUE BEARD, universally
pronounded to he the hit of the season. Never surpassed for
Magnificence of Scenery, Costumes, Decorations, Dances,
Processions, and surpassing beauty of the Fairy Transforma-
tion Scene.
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Commence at Seven. Doors open at Half-past Six.

THIS EVENING and during the week, rHE MARRIAGE
OF GEORGETTE : Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. H. Corri.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. After which, the Grand
Oriental Pantomine of BLUE BEARD. The opening writ-
ten by J. V. Bridgman, Esq. Supported by a combination of
talent unequalled in the annals of pantomimic art. Mr. W.
B. Payne, Harry Boleno, Henry Payne, Hildyard, Milano,
Fred. Payne, Tanner, J. Barnes, the Zelinskis, Miss Clara
Morgan, and Mdme. Boleno. The Pantomime produced by
31r. Edward Stirling.
The MORNING PERFORMANCES each week, WED-
NESDAY and SATURDAY, commencing at Two o'clock.
Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting Manager,
Mr. Edward Murray.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, the MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE
Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. H, Corr'e. To conclude with the
Grand Christmas Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle-
quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns. Messrs. H.
Boleno, H. Payne. Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins,
Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes
and Tanner. Columbines, Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan.
Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle.
Lamoureux, &c.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven.

THEATR-g-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
"ewe, Mr. J. B. Backatone.
THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Tony,
bumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Young Marlow, Mr. Howe ; Miss
Hardeastle, Miss Fanny Stirling
After which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD
AN!) HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un-
rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris.

THIS EVENING, Jan. 3, ERNESTINE. Messrs. J.
G. Shore, R. Cathcart, Basil Potter ; Mesdames Heath, Car-
lotta Lecleroq, Weston, and Murray.
After which, a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled
ROBINSON CRUSOE • or, Harlequin Frida,v, and the Rime-,
of the Caribbe Islands : in which Monsieur Espinosa and
Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre, of the principal cantinental theatres,
will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest.

PADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
• THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D.
Fisher, Billirton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled
BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar,
B. Kelly, I,aidlaw, and F. Thorne.
Doors open at half-past B—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, 35. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

THF,ATRF,- ROYAL LYCEUM.
sois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING THE OMNIBUS. Pat Rooney, Mr.
John Drew.
After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza,
CRYSTA BELLE or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing-
THE VISIOV OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE,
AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR.
Followed by the comic Drama, entitled HANDY ANDY.
Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers,
Butler, and John Drew; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss
M. Ternan, and Miss Neville.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION
CONQUEROR ; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the
introducttion of the Wonders of the World. "Teeh roupe
of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett.
To be suoceeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and British Artistes.
Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto-
mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood,
entitled HARLEQUTN AND THE WONDERFUL
HORSE ; or. Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and
the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr.
Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing
In the comic scenes Ratty's Prize Equestrian ilarlequinade,
and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger.
Harlequin Mr. Sylvester.
Columbine 'Miss Hariet Dalton.
Pantaloon Mr. G. Perks.
Clown Mr. .Tames Cooke.
Sprites—Messrs. Thorne, Lockhart, and Sons.
Doors open at half-cast 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena--Mr. Pearson. •

CANTERBURY
Open Every Evening at Seven.
GRAND SET. ECTIONq (First Time) from LA FTGLIA
DEL REGIMENT° (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA,
and MARTHA.
Principal Artistes Miss RussEtt, Madame 'MARTA, Miss
TYRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C.
.BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI.
Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONG if MAN s.
The Comic Department compri,es Messrs. J. Br. ANCIT ARD,
A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, G. W. FELL,
CHARLEY Fox, and E. MARSHALL.
The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of
the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., " THE
GREAT DAY of lIIS WRATH," "TILE PLAINS of
HEAVEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view
until 12 o'clock at Night.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 18f1.

The American news by this mail is the reverse of
what it has so often been. It is of good temper and
amity towards England, but of fury and
war at home. A correspondence is forwarded
to us of the kindliest character, and full of
mutual good wishes between-the two Governments
—we might almost say between the PRESIDENT
and our QUEEN—relative to the visit of the Prince
of WALES to the great Republic ; and no end of
good hopes and good wishes are expressed on each
side; even our touchy cousins tell us that the visit
has created "an almost personal interest in the
Royalty which the Prince so well represents," and
that the feelings aroused and manifested will, they
hope, f, bind together more strongly than treaties
the feelings and the fortunes of the two nations
which represent the enterprise, the civilisation, and
the constitutiodal liberty of the same groat
race." The QUEEN wishes the PRESIDENT
to make known to all Americans the
gratitude she feels for their kindness to
her son, and the PRESIDENT has great pleasure
in making known what will give such general
satisfaction.

But how different when we read the accounts of
what should be the United States, in their relations
to each other. Secession seems in the South to be
advancing with rapid strides ; we say, it seems,
for we shall not know for a long time, whether
overt acts and practical separation will follow the
votes and resolutions to secede. There are so many
interests affected, and will be so many arrange-
ments to make both in America and Europe before
a State or a confederation of States can set up as an
independent pow'er, that the attempt to do the thing
may quite possibly lead to a reconsideration of the
votes. At present the work of separation is steadily
advancing in form. The Convention of South
Carolina met on the 17th, and took all the prelimi-
nary steps. It named four committees, the Ame-
rican mode, on as many subjects-1. Relations to
the Slaveholding States of North America. 2.
Foreign Relations. 3. Commercial Relations. 4.
Constitution of the States ; and then, to give a little
appearance of consideration and dignity they ad-
journed for two days, before coming to final
No informed that the
arrangements. We are a

order of secession is to pass during the week while,
the Senate had passed a bill, by a majority of 41 to
3, for arming the State, The popular manifesta-
tions in Charleston are also said to be numerous in
favour of State independency, and the word popu-
lar, referring of course to white men only—indeed
beings of the human shape, but not of the privileged
colour, are not considered to be men in the Caro-
linas. They are of course mere property.
In Congress all kinds of resolutions are proposed,
some of them passed, rilost of them withdrawn, but
none of them practical. One day a Democrat carries
a resolution intended to *ensure the Personal Liberty
Laws, by which several northern legislators have
nullified the infamous Fugitive Slave Law. Then
follows a Republican, recommending the repeal of
all nullification laws. Again, a Democrat carries
a resolution to the effect that the election of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN is no justification of dissolu-
tion, and that the Union is a palladium to be
prized above all temporary triumphs of any party
or of any man. Nothing, however, is done, or we
suppose likely to be done, in Congress, more than
in South Carolina. It is highly probable that the
blame of the proceedings in that State going to
the extent they have done, lies with the
President. He is not only a partisan
President, but probably a feeble man in
action. He has actually recommended 'lithe Union
to fast and pray and call on Heaven for help, when
the help ought to have come from himself. Eight
and twenty years ago a President equal to acting
in emergency filled the chair. South Carolina,
irritated by the Northern Tariff, had proclaimed a
doctrine of much less consequence than secession,
that of nullification. An American correspondent
of the Morning _Post thus describes how liiingo
were managed at that time :—" Then President
JACKSON took the initiative, and he was so prompt
that his first known step against the. growing
rebels was taken 45 days before the Nullifying
Convention of South Carolina met. The
Charleston forts were garrisoned and placed
under command of reliable men ; two armed
vessels were ordered to Charleston harbour,
the fullest instructions were sent to all the civil,
military, and naval officers in and near the scene of
threatened rebellion, to be watchful and prompt,
and rigorously to enforce the law, and to repulse
all attacks that should be made upon them. Ample
forces were placed within supporting distance of
the men at Charleston ; and two of our comman-
ders, General SCOTT, of the army, and Captain
ELLIOTT, of the navy, were to superintend opera-
tions should war be commenced by the nullifiers.
All these things were done before anything was
said to Congress on the subject, as it was not until
the 16th of Jan., 1833, that the PRESIDENT asked
for additional power from the National Legislature,
which was readily granted. In consequence of this
resolute conduct of the Government, and before a
single concession had been made to the rebels, the
latter abandoned the attempt, and submitted to
the law."

This was something better than throwing on
Heaven the responsibilities which belong to the
Chief of the State. Of all things revolting to the
feelings a good men nothing, hardly, can be more
so than political fasting and praying. Political
sermons are bad enough, in all conscience ; but
to go to the throne of the Judge of all Himself,
with our partizan and worldly quarrels, to make
our prayers a part of our political weapons, is,
as we conceive it, the highest pitch of profanity.
Were, indeed, the States of America really disposed
to confess their national sins before GOD, and to
take steps to avert His judgment,. little doubt
can there be what is their great sin
against the Maker of all men. Mr. BU-
CHANAN ought to call on the nation to deplore its
guilt, in having so long treated millions of the
chiidren of their Common Father as their own pro-
perty—enslaved them for the lust of gain ; and the
first step towards repentance, and averting the
anger of Heaven, must be to take immediate mea-
sures for doing justice to their cruelly wronged
brethren. We wonder Mr. BUCHANAN, when
issuing his proclamation for a Fast, and using reli-
gious language like a bishop, could forget one text
in the sacred volume—"ls not this the fast that I
have chosen—that ye let the oppressed go free."

Mr. HORSIIAN'S liberal constituents at Stroud
may, in his estimation, be mistaken, but the Right
Hon. Gentleman must certainly acknowledge that
they are gentlemen. Nothing could possibly have
been nobler, or more graceful, than the patient hear-
ing accorded to the ex-Minister, yesterday, by his
quondam supporters—particularly when it is re-
membered that the electors found themselves con-
strained, immediately after the conclusion of Mr.
HORSMAN'S lengthened and, out-spoken address,
found themselves compelled, in obedience, to the
dictates of their consciences, to pass, quite unani-
mously, against their representative, a vote of the
most rigid and uncompromising condemnation.

The misunderstanding between Mr. HORSMAN
and his constituents is an affair not of yesterday.
During the course of last Session it was
, a matter of notoriety all over the United
Kingdom. Upon almost all the vital questions of
the day the member for Stroud was at variance
with the vast majority of the Liberal electors who
had sent him to Parliament. His independence
was altogether too much for them in a great many
particulars. It WAS so in regard to the Commer-
cial Treaty negotiated with France by the hon.
member for Rochdale. It was so in respect to the
Reform Bill introduced into the House of Commons
by the noble lord the Foreign Secretary. Mr.
HORSMAN was against the repeal of the Paper Duty
—his constituents pined for it with an inexpressible
longing. Mr. HORSMAN was decidedly against the
perpetuation, and still more decidedly against the
increase, of the obnoxious Income-tax—he was
especially unwilling to support either of those
projects in the very year which was to have seen
that :hated impost abolished : he shrank with
peculiar reluctance from aiding in its perpetuation,
and still more in its increase, by the very financier
who had solemnly pledged his honour to its ex-
tinction in 1860 ! For some mysterious reason, a
reason still, we must confess, very difficult indeed
to comprehend, the Stroud constituency was in this
matter also dead againset their chosen representa-
tive—the electors of that liberal borough having
fallen so completely under the glamour of Mr.
GLADSTONZ'S rhetoric thatthefyrohmadhaiscthuaanlidyscaosmae
to regard even the Income-tax
boon of very rare excellence. Whatever Mr. HORS-
MAN did during the, last session within the walls
of the House of Commons was exactly the wrong
thing—was exactly the very worst thing he could
possibly have said or done—according to the opi-
nions entertained, in regard to his sayings and
doings, by his constituency. Insomuch has this
proved to be the case, now that the
session of 1860 has irrevocably passed away, until
it has come to be looked back to from the initial
month of 1861, as part and parcel of our Parlia-
mentary history, that the resolution carried yester-
day afternoon against Mr. HORSMAN by his former
supporters (his still unwilling constitutents), was
couched in words no less uncompromising than
those hero immediately subjoined :—" That this
meeting having listened to the addre§§ o Mr.

HORSMAN, regrets that he has felt it his duty to
pursue a course of Parlia.tnentary conduct during
the past session of which it cannot but record its
disapprobation—a course whicb, in their opinion, is
calculated neither to promote peace or liberty in
Europe, nor the true honour of this empire. This
meeting desires to express its confidence in the
Government, and feels disappointed that during
the late session of Parliament, instead of
receiving the support of Mr. NORMAN, to
which it was entitled, it was subjected to
repeated attacks, which this meeting considers
undeserved." And it was this resolution whicli at
the close of Mr. HORSMAN'S speech in explanation
of his conduct during the last Parliamentary session
—it was this particularly explicit and emphatic vote
of condemnation that was passed yesterday in his
presence down at Stroud, by the Liberal electors
there assembled to hear him, passed against him
point blank nernine contradicente! Having listened
to which extremely agreeable announcement, Mr.
HORSMAN thereupon—it is edifying to note—'with
the utmost possible equanimity, as one may say with
the perfect coolness of Sir CHARLES COLDSTREAM,
or of a Cucumber, intimated tranquilly to the electors
whohad thus condemned him, that, notwithstanding
the vote just passed, he yet hoped to be for many
years to come the Liberal representative of the
Liberal constituency in Stroud. So that while the
vote itself may be regarded by Ministers not un-
reasonably as a brilliant feather enough to be
stuck in the cap of the Coalition—when directed
arrow-like against the right hon. member for Stroud
it flutters against him quite innocuously. Mr.
HORSMAN dealing with it in effect somewhat after
the same fashion as that in which Mr. COBDEN
thraatonoa to el al with Russia some years back
close in our own hearing and in the vivid recollec-
tion still of the whole community—crumpling it up
coNtemptuously as so much wastepaper! Mr. HORS-
MAN nay be said to have done more even than this
with the et,Nutemned vote of yesterday—cramming
it afterwards into his pipe [the affected Calumet of
Peace with he Constituents] and smoking it !
Notwithstanding the vote, he says, he hopes to be
for many years the liberal representative of that
liberal constituency ! Whenever the present Par-
liament shall sooner or later, in the natural course
of events, die the death—the electors of Stroud will
probably let Mr. HORSMAN know, in terms quite as
plain and as comprehensible as those addressed to
him yesterday on the part of the whole body of
his constituents, whether er not hope has told
him a flattering tale in leading him to cherish
that exceedingly rose-coloured anticipation.

The settlement of the contest between Stroud and
HORSMAN has again been postponed sine die, even
after all the brilliant rounds fought between them
yesterday with so much good temper upon both sides
and with such unquestionably hard hitting. The
constituents of the right hon. gentleman could not
possibly have treated him, while he spoke, with
more generous forbearance, as they certainly
could not have expressed themselves afterwards in
language of more resolute reprobation. And in
reference to Mr. HORSMAN himself, it is only fair
to add that in the teeth of an overwhelming
opposition, he spoke right out, most manfully and
unhesitatingly. He slurred over nothing, but
took the chief topics of dissent between himself and
his erstwhile supporters seriatim bolding them up to
the light of day, turning them about and examin-
ing them in all directions. One of the earliest
sentences uttered by him, in his lengthened speech
of yesterday, sounded like the clarion of "onset"
from this Free Lance of the House of Commons in
the coming February. It was where he remarked,
—" At home we had many unsettled questions to
deal with—financial difficulties,increased taxation, a
disorganised Parliament, a Ministry entirely divided
against itself, and, as a consquence, every great
question of principle or policy degraded into a com-
promise." A sentence that, replete with auguries of
rare interest even in the earlier discussions of this
now fast approaching session of Parliament. The
part to be played in that session by Mr. HORSMAN
seems to be there significantly hinted at. "We sent
you to be a watch dog," cried one of the right hon.
gentleman's
oitmconstituentssxa
harangue.yesterday ,
yesterday, d, Yet one of
during the
course of Mr. ll
your complaints against me"— was his imme-
diate rejoinder—" is that I bark too much!'
Hardly that either, Mr. HORSMAN should,
in all fairness, remember. It is neither the
barking nor yet the biting that the electors of
Stroud object to, in his instance ; any more than
the electors of Sheffield object to the barking or the
biting of their own good watch-dog Tear-'em. It is
rather that the Stroud Electors object to that perpe-
tual snarling and snapping which would cause even
the most cherished favourite to degenerate into a
nuisance. Besides which, and far beyond all which,
when the yelping is sustained thus incessantly,
when the snapping is directed against all
around thus indiscriminately, it comes to pass
not unnaturally that the constituency who have
sent that watch-dog to Parliament begin to have a
wholesome dread of a sort of political hydrophobia.

Many years ago a little Jew placed his back
against a well-known pillar in the old Royal
' Exchange, and before a number of gentlemen
waiting eagerly to hear what fell from the oracle
of the Stock Exchange said—" The Emperor of
AUSTRIA shall not go to war—l pledge my word
for it." And the Emperor did not go to war. The
representative of the ROTHSCHILDS had his hands
on the purse-strings of the representative of the
HAPSBURGS, and the Jew proved himself master
of the Imperial armies. Had the HAPSBURG of
the day dared to defy the Jew, his ruin would
have been the speedy result. But the meek
Emperor was wise. He would not have feared to
peril perhaps his life in battle, but he did shrink
from perilling his empire in a battle with financial
' bankruptcy.
The present EMPEROR seems, however, disposed
to try his hand at fighting and governing without
money. He has pledged everything that could be
pawned, sold all he could sell, borrowed till the
great money-lenders would lend no longer—consti-
tuted a Council of Empire, to which he pledged
himself, by his own diploma, that, all important
financial operations should be submitted ; and yet
by an imperial decree, without consulting the Coun -
eil created by Mm for that purpose, he has compelled
Venetia to take paper of his own, for money ! It is,
indeed, to be receivable for taxes, in part, but part
of the taxes must still be paid in hard cash. In
fact, finding it impossible to get a thaler more from
any quarter, he has resolved to force, if he can, all
the silver and gold out of Ve netia, and
use it where he cannot get Austrian notes taken.
The poor Venetians are to be enslaved in every form.
By a foreign and hated ruler, by a foreign and
' hated army, by a foreign and hated police, and now,
lastly, by foreign and hated paper money. All
this is done, avowedly, because of the enormous
expenses incurred in garrisoning the Quadrilateral,
in order to hold the natives in subjection And,
whenever liberty and emancipation shall come, the
Venetians
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tphoactktehtesy willare filled
with this
worthless w will
thus
have incurred a public Venetian debt which Aus-
trialfind
can leave on their shoulders whether they like
or not.
This looks, doubly, as if Austria were determined

to fight ; she is manufacturing by fraud the base
money which will serv(that object so long as she
is there, and which, atthe same time, shall be a
heavy loSs to the inhbitants when she is driven
out. Notwithstanding the peaceful language,
therefore, of the Imperial Nev. Year's
prophet, there are tot wanting, still, symp-
toms of war in the spring. Venetia is not
to be sold, but fought or; and, as in that case no
money could be got foiher, the scheme is, to have
taken the money herslf while she was in posses-
sion. The best hope is that after the conflict
Austria will dissolve Tito her numerous nationalties,
and the Austrian Enpire perish in the liberty of
the peoples.

At St. Petersburglthe exchange has recovered
to 35 15-16 d. It was latly quoted 351 d.
SHOCKING CASE OP INFANTICIDE AT WOLVER-
HAmYroN,,—MURDER 0' TWINS.--On Tuesday afternoon
the bodies of two femaleinfants were discovered in a field
near the Orphanage, uner circumstances which leave little
doubt that they have ben cruelly murdered. At about a
quarter •past 4 o'clock Ir. W. J. Birch and Mrs. Birch, of
Poulteney's-plate, wen proceeding on a bridle-way that
leads from the back o the Orphanage to Goldthorn-hill,
and near the footpath they discovered the bodies of two
children, apparently tains. The bodies were tied in a piece
of towelling, which wis covered with some black ragged
stuff—a kind of merino—much worn, and they were fas-
tened to each other wit a piece of tape or stay lace tied
round their necks. Irformation was at once given to the
police, and the bodies removed to the police- barracks,
where they now lie, awaiting the coroner's inquest.—
Wolverhampton Chrotiele.
A YOUTH. DROVNED WHILST SKATING.—We
regret to state that a the, intelligent lad, aged 12 years, a
son of Mr. Charles Ray, of Friar-street, a member of
a large and highly nspectable family, was drowned on
Wednesday last, whist skating with his brother on the
river Stour, near the pay. At the inquest held before the
borough coroner, W. Dowman, Esq., in the afternoon of
the same day, it appeared from the evidence of several per-
sons that the deceased Charic., with his brother Edwin,
went with a companion to amuse themselves by skating on
the river, but unfortunately wont down instead of up the
river, the third le skating at the reach. It is supposed
the two brothers either fell into a hole in the ice near the
centre of the river, or that the ice gavo way. Both were
were submerged, but Edwin managed with great difficulty
to crawl on the ice, where he lay quite helpless, while his
brother was drawn down the stream, and his body was not
recovered till life was quite extinct. A verdict of acciden-
tal death by drowning was returned by the jury.—Bury
and Norwich Post.

DISASTROUS Fran IN LINCOLN 'S -INN -FIELDS .
Last night, shortly before 9 o'clock, a fire, attended with a
serious loss of property, happened on the extensive pre-
pises belonging to Messrs. Clark and Co., patentees and
manufacturers of the new patent combined iron and wood
revolving shutters, situate at No. 15, Gate-street, Lincoln's-
inn-fields. The premises wore three or four floors in height
and 120 feet deep. They extended froth Gate•street to the
back of the houses in Little Queen-street, and were flanked
by a number of other houses in Twyford's buildings, the
whole forming a block of warehouses and private dwellings
containing many thousand pounds worth of property. The
fire began in one of the engineers' workshops. As to the
origin of the disaster not the least reliable information
could be obtained. The workmen left off work at half-past
five o'clock, when the factory seemed perfectly free from
fire. The firm was insured for £3,000, but that sum will
not, it is understood, cover the loss sustained.

Loss OF LIFE BY FlRE.—Yesterday morning an
accident occurred to Rhoda Argent, aged 10, who resided in
Boston-court, Hackney-road, which terminated fatally.
The inmates of the house were alarmed by shrieks, and on
entering the room the girl was seen running up and down
in a most frantic manner enveloped in flames, when she
fell on the floor exhausted. Several pieces of carpet were
rolled round her, and the flames extinguished. She was
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and died shortly
after her admission.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A GRAND JUROR.—At the
Worcestershire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, shortly after
the Earl of Dudley, as chairman, had commenced his
charge to the grand jury, one of that body, Mr. William
Stanton, a farmer, fell down in an apoplectic fit. He was
at once carried out of court by several policemen, in the
hope that he might be revived by being taken into the air,
but before they had crossed the threshold he had expired.
MR. LINDSAY'S MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES.
—Before his departure for home, Mr. Lindsay sent the fol-
lowing letter to the Philadelphia Board of Trade :—" New
York, Nov. 21, 1860. My dear Sir,—l met the committee
of the Chamber of Commerce here, as you will perceive by
the reports which appear in the newspapers of this day. I
may state that I have agreed with your Government on all
the six points named (as also signals at sea), which will be
sent by your Government to the Government of Great Bri-
tain by the mail of next week, and I doubt not will be rati-
fied by international treaty within two months from the
present time. My visit, therefore, is likely to produce re-
sults of vast importance to both countries.—l am, yours,
W. S. LINDSAY."

LIVERPOOL CORPORATION FINANCIAL ESTIMATES.
—At the meeting of the council yesterday the Finance
Committee reportei that the estimated income for the cur-
rent year from all sources was £104,364, and the amount of
the obligatory expenditure £84,302, leaving a gross surplus
of £20,062. After deducting, however, £4,172, the amount
of discretionary expenditure upon schools, public charities,
&c., and £6,035 for sundry improvements already sanctioned
by the council, the gross was reduced to a net surplus of
£9,855. The estimated income included amongst other
items £26,328 from interest on money invested, £26,000 from
fines on leases, £B,BOO from the markets, £6,238 from the
tobacco warehouses, £8,805 from tenants at will, and £2,383
from the river craft dock. The expenditure includes £24000
for the constabulary and police force, £lO,OOO for the borough
gaol, £2,960 for the corporation churches, £2,000 for the
mayor, £2,000 for the town-hall, and £3,000 for salaries and
stipends, exclusive of the town clerk's department, the ex-
penses of which are estimated at £2,200.
The tone of the mercantile letters from New York
yesterday exhibits a great improvement, although the
politicians at Washington continued to express very dis-
couraging views. " The commercial panic," it is said, "as
far as New York is concerned, may be considered over."
The limitation of business was expected rapidly to reduce
the demand for money, which, it was thought, would be-
come quite easy in January. The stagnation of trade and
nearly entire suspension of the merchants in the Southern
Sates would, however, cause some stoppages in New York.
The failure has just been announced of Edward Lambert
and Co., with liabilities for more than £200,000, and the
liquidation was expected to be bad. Kirkland, Chase, and
Co., a large shipping house in Baltimore connected with
the coffee trade, had also stopped. The gold arrivals from
this side had amounted to £178,500 by the Europa and
Etna, and it was supposed that the Atlantic and Persia
would bring out £400,000 ; but these vessels, which sailed
hence on the sth and Bth of November, took an aggregate
sum of £769,450. The Secretary of the Treasury had
advertised for tenders, to be sent in before the 28th, for
£1,009,000 of Treasury notes.

An explanation has been reoeived of the mode
in which news from Pekin reaches St. Petersburg. The
recent speedy telegrams regarding the Chinese treaty were
transmitted, it appears, in the usual way. The Russians
have a regular courier system from Pekin, with relay
horses, and the despatches are delivered up to the first tele-
graph-office in connection with St. Petersburg which the
bearer can reach. The route is via Mongolia, Kiakhta, and
Irkutsk, and the common mail reaches the latter place
within 16 days of its departure from Pekin. From Irkutsk
to St. Petersburg 17 days are required to the telegraph-
office at Casan.

The suspension is announced of Messrs W. Sur-
ridge and Son, wholesale cheesomongers and provision
agents, with liabilities of about £30,000 to £40,000. Th•
estate is expected to turn out favourably.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA RAILWAY.—At the
meeting of this company yesterday it was resolved, after a
long discussion, to appoint a committee of seven--viz., two
first preference bondholders, one second ditto, two ordinary
bondholders, and two shareholders (with power to add to
their number), to confer with the board for the purpose of
sending a committee to Canada, and to consider generally
the affairs of the eompany. The parties named were Messrs.
Crawford, M.P., Newmarch, "Wheeler, Evans, Arnold,
Smith, and Hartridge. The committee will also report
upon a plan wnich has been proposed to provide the line
with adequate rolling stock and for the extrication of the
undertaking from its financial difficulties, and likewise upon
the existing agreement with the Great Western of Canada.

THE LATE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—The following
anecdote is highly creditable to the nobleman who has just
passed away. Some years since, when Lord Derby was in
power, and Lord Aberdeen was ranging himself with the
Peelites in Opposition, a Scottish professor of eminence
died, leaving his family very slenderly provided for. An
application was made to Lord Aberdeen to assist in getting
the widow on the pension list. His lordship immediately
wrote, in reply, that he was not on such terms with the
Government as tc, ask a favour; but he alluded very feel-
ingly to the death of the professor, whose acquaintance he
had cultivated, and in whose works he had found instruc-
tion and delight, and he begged his correspondent to give
the family a cheque for £lOO which he enclosed, and to
present it in as delicate a way as possible. Almost as soon
as Lord Aberdeen succeeded to power he secured a pension
to the widow and family. The deceased peer had a shy and
reserved manner, which was an obstacle in the way of his
popularity, but he was known to be a man of much prac-
tical benevolence. He was a kind and liberal patron to
rising men of talent belonging to Aberdeenshire, and was
the means of bringiag some of them into favourable notice.
One of his proteges was Mr. Giles, the distinguished animal
(painter,—lnverness Courier.

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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Moniteur contains decrees appointing M.
Michel Chevalier, Grand Officer, and M. Esezroe-
Delanture, Commander of the Legion of Honour.
In its daily political review, the Moniteur states
that financial events in foreign countries have
influenced the French money market in a manner
to be regretted ; but declares the report that the
French Government is under the necessity of
having recourse to a new loan to be without any
foundation. The Moniteur also states that the
amount of Treasury Bonds does not at the present
moment exceed 75,000,000 f.

VIENNA, JAN. 3.

The official Wiener Zeitung 'announces that, in
consequence of the death of the Bing of Prussia,
the Austrian Court will go into mourning for four
weeks. Both the Court theatres will remain
closed to-day by Imperial orders.
The Wiener Zeitung also says :—" We are autho-
rised to declare all reports of the retirement of
Count Rechborg from the Ministry to be totally
unfounded."

DRESDEN, JAN. 2.

The official Dresden journal, in reply to the
article of the Wiener Zettung on the arrest of Count
Teleky, states that the Austrian Government had
announced the approaching arrival of Count Teleky
to the Saxon Government, and on the day of his
arrest already demanded his extradition ; a request
which fur sums days Saxony delayed acceding to.

TURIN, JAN. 2 (Evening).

It is asserted that Prince Carignan is about to
proceed to Naples as Lieutenant of the King, in the
place of Farini, and that he will be accompanied
by the Commander Nigra.

ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 2.

A new Russian loan, amounting to 100,000,000
of silver roubles, has been contracted, and com-
pletely raised by subscription among the merchants
and other classes of the inhabitants of Russia.