The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-09 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

higist44=llal Liberty Acts of some of the
Northern States. Mr. IVERSON does not. He
says, describing in a way which is very satisfac-
tory as regards public sentiment in the North,
" Nor do I charge the failure of the execution of
this law upon these Personal Liberty bills. No,
sir, they have never operated to prevent the exe-
cution of the Fugitive Slave law. It is, as I said,
mob law, in all circumstances, which has produced
these results; and will, as long as the Union and
Slavery last together. Whenever a fugitive slave
shall be discovered in one of the Free States, and
the owner goes in pursuance of law and the Con-
stitution to reclaim him, what follows ? They ob-
tain the arrest of the slave, but before the case
comes before a justice, or before judgment can be
rendered, there is a mob of free negroes, and whites,
who are only one degree removed from their coloured
brothers in brutality and ignorance. They assemble
and wrest the negro from the possession of the
owner, while the conservative masses, the "gentle-
men," those who are in favour of justice, who
believe the owner is entitled, under the Constitu-
tion and the law, to reclaim the slave, what do they
do ? They stand with folded arms, and look upon
these mobs, and laugh to scorn these Southern
people." He then adverts to the proposal which has
been made to enact as a remedy that the Free States,
who secrete and refuse to bring baek our slaves,
will 'be liable in damages. In the first place, what
wou'Ld such a law be worth ? You can't sue a State.
A State in its sovereign capacity cannot be brought
into Court. If a thousand slaves were received by
Massachusetts, and refused to be returned, how can
you sue the State of Massachusetts ? That would be
impracticable and impossible. Besides, you /could
have to sue in a Court of Massachusetts, The jury
who was to decide on your rights would be a jury
of Abolitionists. The defendants who are to be
mulcted and the parties who compose the Jury,
and the Judges who decide on the claim of
owners. All such propositions as that are mere
mockery, and no man can suppose that such a
remedy as that would be worth a dollar or a cent.
As to the protection of slavery in the territories by
Congress, that he considers now hopeless. The
South will never be satisfied with anything less, but
the North will never concede it. He shows how
the result of this policy wiil be the rapid forcing
all the slaves into the cotton States, and here is
a Southern senator's view of the final consequences.
" Now, sir, look at the process. We have now in
the United States four millions and a half of
slaves. They increase, according to the last Census
I Bill, at the rate of about thirty-twb per cent. every
ten years. If you precipitate all this population
into 8 or 10 Gulf States, we will have, in ten years,
6,000,000, in twenty years we shall have 8,000,000
or 9,000,000, and in thirty years 12,000,000
to 15,000,000. In less than twenty years the
slave population of the South will largely prepon-
derate over the white. Then will come universal
emancipation by the Federal Government, and such
scenes of murder between the two races as has
never been seen or heard of in the whole world's
history. Such, in my opinion, is the inevitable
result, and such is the policy of the Free Status."
And, allowing a little for rhetorical exaggeration,
Republicans would agree with him on the main
point, that limitation of the territory of slavery
will, under the circumstances of the States, lead to
its ultimate extinction.

THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. Bm.—Afternoon, 12b. 38m.
To-monßow.-31Grningr, lh. 9m.—Afternoon, lh. 36m.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 9, 1861,
,i'HEEMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
32—b17liest since noon yesterday.
21-7.owest this morning and during the night.
29 —this dly at noon.

BAROMETER-30.34.
'WlND—Southerly—light; with fine frosty weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1861.

Our private information from America suggests
difficulties from all sides in forming any safe con-
clusion as to the probable result of the crisis which
has just arrived. It may yet take some time
before the various passions and interests stirred
by the Presidential election and the Secession
movement have effervesced and fermented, cooled
and settled, into some permanent result. A corre-
spondent from the border State of Pennsylvania,
describes the city population there as prepared
almost to re-enact slavery in the State, in order to
save, as they suppose, their commercial inte-
rests. In the cities of the North, it is to be
feared, the dollar view of the whole question of
-slavery reigns supreme, and immense meetings
can be convened to promote the most unworthy
compromises. The country districts are, however,
collectively, much the more populous, and they
appear to be sound. They retain more of the
feelings of early settlers—all the love of liberty
which led them across the Atlantic ; they hate
slavery with a deadly hatred, and their vote it is,
chiefly, which has given the victory to the Repub-
licans, and to, the limitation of slavery to its present
boundaries--beundaries indeed only far too large,
too fertile, and too fair to be blighted with such:a
curse.

It is this anti-slavery sentiment among the yeo-
manry of the North, indeed, among all that portion
which city counting-houses do not influence, that
the more far-seeing slaveholders regard as render-
ing permanent union between the North and the
South hopeless. We have been/ specially struck
with this in reading the speech of the Democratic
Senator for Georgia, Mr. ITERSON, on forming a
committee of thirteen to consider and report on the
present state of things. We see here a full and
candid statement of a respectable Southerner's
views on the whole question, and they all tend to
the conclusion that sincere coalition between the
North and the South is no longer possible. That
the two sets of States are so diametrically op-
posed. in their conceptions of slavery that they
cannot agree to differ on it ; one side being devoted
to it an to a blessing from Heaven, the other detest-
ing it as the offspring of Hell.
He asks, what can Congress do which it has not
done? It has given ns a Fugitive Slave Law of
which the South does not complain—no better
Fugitive Slave Law could be devised, he says, by this
Congress, or by any other; the defect is not in the
law, " but it is in the fact, to which no man can shut
his eyes, that a vitiated public sentiment in the
Northern States is so strong against Slavery that
no enactment can ever bo carried out while this
state of public sentiment lasts. It is true that
now and then a slave is reclaimed. But it has
been done at the point of the bayonet, and at an
expense of ten times the value of the slave." We
on this side the water are certainly gratified to
hear that the public sentiment is so much better
in the community at large, than amongst' the,
legislators who passed and do not repeal this

infernal

Throughout his very long speech Mr. IVERSON
reasons on the assumption that the sentiments of the
North are so perverse, and corrupted, that no trans-
action with them could be of any binding value.
Thus, on the question of " guarantees from the
North to the South," he says, "of what value
would they be, granted in a state of fear ? Ido
not use this word in any offensive sense. But the
North, if it yields at all, yields to the fear that the
South is going to dissolve the Union. What value
would such concessions be to the South ? Nay,
I want to know what value any pledges
or guarantees would be from the Northern
States ? None, sir, as long as a vitiated public
sentiment of Abolition exists. And when is that
going to decay ? Never, so long as the Union
lasts. It is a part of their political creed. It
enters into all their ramifications of society, into
the pulpit, the schoolhouse. All teach this doc-
trine of the irrepressible conflict and how many
arguments in. favour of Slavery, its morality, its
social blessings, ever reach _the Northern ear ? How
are you going to reach this feeling ? There is but
one way. That is, to let the South go out of the
Union ; and when the North sees its folly, then the
feeling may recoil, and a sound state of feeling may
arise, but not till then."
From the letter and speech we have referred to,
it is evident that the South cannot trust the North,
and that the Republican majority, there, never can
be reconciled to the vile institution of the South.
It is,. at the same time, plain that there is a large
party in the North which, from pecuniary motives
chiefly, would be glad to compromise with the
South, while in the South, again, especially in the
border States, there is a numerous party, if it
dared but speak out, opposed to Secession. We
hope the Republicans will remain true to their
very moderate principles, but we confess we are
not without fear of base and, possibly, successful
attempts by the men of the doll= to bring back
again the Southern seceders.

Although quite incidentally, and in the most
unostentatious way imaginable, Lord PALMERSTON
availed himself yesterday right well of an
admirable opportunity for reviewing the situation
of affairs generally prior to the re-assembling of
the Legislature.

Parliament will have met upon Thursday the sth
of February—that is exactly four weeks from to-
morrow. And on Wednesday, the Bth January—
that is yesterday—the Prime Minister found the
platform from which, and the audience through
which, to address a few words to the nation at
large upon some of the most important events of
recent occurrence—more particularly, upon three
efirthe most extraordinary incidents 'that have
taken place in our generation.
The occasion upon which the Chief Minister
spoke thus directly to the point
aonfdthe Crown
to
the purpose upon matters of the
most vital import to England, to Europe,
to both hemispheres, it will be seen, from
the deeply interesting rfepoourtr ofim pthreesspiornoceoefditnhgiss
given in another part
was no more remarkable in itself
a literaryitselfthan
the laying cf the foundation-stone of
and scientific edifice, to be called the Hartley Insti-
tution,down at Southampton. For Lord PALMERSTON
himself this incident not unnaturally possessed an
interest of a peculiar character. His connection
with the locality which was the scene of it, being,
as he himself remarked, not merely personal but in
a manner hereditary—Lord PALMERSTON'S father
having in his time represented the borough of
Southampton in Parliament. Added to which the
veteran Premier, besides having been some years
back one of the representatives of the southern di-
vision of the county, is himself by residence and
by sympathy a Hampshire .man to the backbone.
Beyond even this—there is that fact full of
interest both to Lord PALMERSTON and to the
people of Southampton, the fact that upwards

Same of the Southerners have:complained much

of half a century has now elapsed since
the noble viscount was elected a burgess of
that ancient corporation, Recollecting these
things, remembering too the great age attained by
Lor,d PALMERSTON without any appreciable dimi-
nution in the vigour, whether of his rare intellectual
gifts or of his hardly less remarkable physical con-
stitution, it is interesting to every thoughtful
citizen of this empire to note, from however remote
a distance, the circumstances of this illustrious
statesman's reception, in his supreme position as
Prime Minister of England, of his cordial welcome
yesterday by his friends and neighbours and brother
burgesses of the ancient borough of Southampton.
It is characteristic of the man himself, and
significant of his singular and indomitable
vitality, to read in the report of yesterday's
proceedings down at Southampton, that
during the procession to the site of the
Hartley Institution the veteran Premier
" walked slightly lame"—not from infirmity, the
noble lord being in his " usually robust health,"
but simply " owing to an accident which happened
to him while shooting on Saturday last at Broad-
lands." The accident, it is only just to add, arising
from the shot out of the gun of another member of
the party having glanced :against the Premier's
leg, and drawn blood—happily, it is added,
producing no more serious consequences
than the temporary lameness particularized.
The incident is so vividly illustrative of
the: unflagging energies of this man of almost
undimmed adolescence—who has, nevertheless,
already reached a period of life not quite
one lustre removed from the patriarchal age of
an octogenarian—that we have been unable to
resist the impulse to allude thus conspicuously
to it in our leading columns, regarding it as
another of those frequent reminders (unde-
signedly afforded to his fellow-countrymen byLord
PALMERSTON) of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S explanation
in reference to him—" We are all proud of him !"
Proud of him physically and intellectually. ',Proud
of him we have often been in past years as an
administrator, as the chief diplomatic guardian of
the honour of England and Englishmen. Let us
yet hope that we shall have good reason this year to
be proud of his policy at home and abroad, as the
responsible chief of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment. Particularly towards the close of last
session we had occasion to exult in Lord
PALMERSTON'S utterance (in the House of Commons)
of opinions and sentiments worthy in every re-
spect of his European reputation. Since then
his responsibilities as Chief Minister of the Crown,
as the recognised leader of the British Government,
have increased rather than diminished. To
understand upon the instant how they must by
necessity ;have thus increased, it is only requisite
to bear in remembrance those three events which
have roccurred ;between the close of last session
and the commencement of the session now fast
approaching, those three astounding events which
were the principal subjects touched upon in Lord
PALMERSTON'S speech yesterday at Southampton.
The capture of the capital of China by the soldiers
of England and France ! The progressive consolida-
tion of Italian Unity ! The beginning apparently
of the disruption in North America of the Great
Republican Confederation ! The reference made by
Lord PALMERSTON to each of these three wonderful
events will be found worthy of especial examina-
tion. His words, as indicative of the future policy
of his Government, will be found not only worthy
of particular scrutiny, but here and there in a very
peculiar manner most auspicious. Would thatiLord
PALMERSTON could have vouchsafed to us auguries
as welcome in regard to the financial policy of his
Administration, as in reference to its Foreign Policy.
Upon Mr. GLADSTONE'S department, however, the
Premier wisely touched not at all. He had genial
words of praise to lavish with outspoken gene-
rosity upon the Secretary for War, upon the
Foreign Secretary, upon H.R.H. the Commander-
in-Chief, upon the Governor-General of India,
upon Admiral HOPE, upon Sir HOPE GRANT,
upon the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE—he had
not one syllable of a complimentary kind to
articulate in reference to the Chancellor
of, the Exchequer. That right honourable
gentleman, according to a growing belief, is be-
ginning to be regarded, (it is said, by the Premier
himself, and by not a few of the Premier's Minis-
terial colleagues) as the JONAH of the good ship of
the Government. Whether—to right the cargo
which he is for ever shifting about so very
rashly and perversely--he will come at length
to be himself summarily pitched overboard as
one needlessly imperilling the fortunes of the
Cabinet and the finances of the nation
cannot much longer be left as at present,
entirely problematical. February will soon bring
the labours of the session of 1861 upon us—and
then but a brief interval will have to elapse before
we shall have an opportunity of judging how far
the future financial policy of the Coalition will
tend to expiate Mr. GLADSTONE'S past blundering;
how far the financial policy of the present
Ministry will harmonise with that home policy
and that foreign policy, by which this second
Palmerstonian Administration is striving so mani-
festly to further the interests, and to facilitate the
diffusion, far and wide, of the great principles of
Constitutional Government.

The Marquis d'Audigne, has left Wallace's Hotel,
St. George's-place, for Elvaston, Derbyshire, on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Harrington.

SBCESSION OF k;OUTI1 CAROLINA:

Lady De Dunstanville has quite recovered from
her recent indisposition.
Count Strezlecki has returned to town from
visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, at
Tottenham Park, Wilts.

His Excellency the Belgian :Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer have• returned to New Lodge,
Windsor Forest, from a tour of visits.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee, at one o'clock, on Friday next.

The Duke of Newcastle is entertaining company
at Clumber Park. His grace is expected in town on the

The following extract is from a letter of a per-
sonal friend at Lewisburg, in Pennsylvania :

18th inst.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
are expected in town in a few days from Portumna Castle,
Galway.

The Countess of Jersey has taken a house at St.
Leonard's-on-Sea, and will move there with her family in
a few days.

The Countess Dowager Grey, who has been
seriously indisposed of late, is now in better health.

The Secretary of State for India in Council has
appointed Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K,C.8.,
Bengal Engineers, an 'ordinary member of the Council of
the Governor-General of India, in the room of Lieutenant-
General Sir James Outram Bart., GC B resigned.
I • • .7

The committee of investigation of the Great
Western "of Canada Railway have at length, after a re-
monstrance from an influential body of shareholders, pro-
mised that their long delayed report shall be ready in
about three weeks.

THE DISTRESS IN COVENTRY.—Madame Celeste,
of the Lyceum Theatre, has given notice that a Morning
Performance will take place at that Theatre on Tuesday,
Jan. 15, when the entire receipts will be given to the fund
appointed to alleviate the very terrible distress at present
existing among the riband weavers of Coventry and its
neighbourhood.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.--The Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the
Commissioners far the Reduction of the National Debt
that there was no surplus of actual revenue over the actual
expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland for the year ended the 30th of September, 1860,
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by them on
account of the sinking fund, under the provisions of the
Act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the 6th day of January
and the 31st of March, 1861.—C. H. W. A'CounT,
Assistant Comptroller.—National Debt-office, Jan., 1861.
—Gazette.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 1 per mille premium, and the 'short exchange on
London is 25.20 per £ sterling. On comparing these rates
with the English mint price of £3 17s. 101 d, per ounce for
standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the
same price in Paris as it is in London. By advices
from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 rcr mark ; the short
exchange on London is 13.4 k per £ sterling. Standard gold
at the English mint price is, therefore, not quite 1-10th per
cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of
exchange at New York on London for bills at sixty days'
sight is about 101 per cent., which, compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is against England. At the above rate there is a
profit on sending gold,to the United States.
SHIPWRECK OFF THE NORFOLK COAST.—On
Sunday the brig Arethusa, of Blyth, froze Shields for
Dieppe, was lost on the Cross Sand, off Great Yarmouth.
The weather being bitterly severe, the crew, eight in num-
ber, were placed in a position of great suffering and peril.
The Caistor lifeboat proceeded, however, to their assistance,
and they were landed at Yarmouth, where they were placed
in the Sailors' Home.
THE MURDER AT PLYMOUTH BARRACKS.—
PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.—The inquest on the body
of Sergeanj Jones has been adjourned until Friday. The
jury unanimously refuse to proceed with the case while the
magistrates prevent the attendance of Hacked. Jones was
buried this afternoon with military honours.

THE ROAD MURDER.—Sir Fitzroy Kelly and
Mr. Cole, of the Western Circuit, have been retained on
the part of Mr. Sylvester, to show cause against the rule
obtained by the. Attorney-General in the last term, to quash
the inquisition taken in this extraordinary case, that a new
inquiry may be hid before commissioners. The case will
not come on for argument during the first week of the term,
but a special application will be made to the Court to fix a
day so as to enable Sir Richard Bethell to attend. On the
part of Mr. Sylvester a vast number of affidavits have been
sworn, and it is stated that some very serious charges will
be made against certain persons of endeavouring to baffle
the inquiry, and also against the conduct of the police.
MAN KILLED AT THE PIMLICO RAILWAY STA-
TION.—A master carpenter named Samuel Crabtree, aged
62, was engaged at the Victoria station of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway in the erection of an engine
station. On the afternoon of the Ist inst. he was on the
roof of the building, when suddenly missing his footing he
fell to the ground, a height of 25 feet. Without loss of
time ho was conveyed to the hospital, but it was found that
several of his ribs were broken, and that he was suffering
from severe internal injuries, which resulted in this
death two days afterwards. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental death."
SKATING ON THE RIVER DEE, CHESTER—FATAL
ACCIDENTS.—The river Dee has been frozen over since
Wednesday last, and hundreds of skaters have been on the
ice. On Saturday a youth, named Williams, was skating
just opposite Dee-lane, when he came across a hole in the
ice, and before he had time to turn off from the spot he fell
in and was drowned. A young man, who gallantly rushed
into the water after the lad, was quite exhausted when
taken out. A young gentleman, named Sheriff, who was
skating on the ice, is also missing. He had skated some
miles up the river to a place called Farn, and is supposed
to have perished on his way back. A young man from
Liverpool came to Chester for the purpose of skating, and
has not since been heard of.

BIRMINGHAM QUARTER SESSIONS.—At these
sessions, yesterday, Mr. Henry Sparrow, commission agent,
came up to receive judgment upon a conviction of an ag-
gravated assault, with intent, he., at the previous sessions,
upon Mr. Samuel Griffiths, iron broker, he., of Wolver-
hampton. The conviction 'pen the most serious part of
the charge has since been affirmed by the Court of Queen's
Bench, but in the meantime Mr. Sparrow having apolo-
gised to Mr. Griffiths, as far as the latter was concerned,
sentence was not demanded. The, Recorder (Mr. M. D.
Mil) commented on the serious character of the offence of
which the defendant had been guilty, and said that but for
the apology the sentence would have been severe. Under
the circumstances he ordered Mr. Sparrow to be impri-
soned for one day, and to pay a fine of -.C50.
SNOW STORM.—LOSS OF A BRIG.—GREAT YAR-
mcarTit, Jan. 7.—A heavy fall of snow set in on Saturday
night, and has continued? with little intermission, up to
this evening. The average depth on tho road is not less
than 10 or 12 inches, rendering double teams necessary for
ordinary vehicles ; but in the fields the drift is in some
places sor 6 feet deep. On Sunday, at half-past 8 a.m.,
the brig Arethusa, from Newcastle for Dieppe, laden with
coals, the wind squally from the N.E., and the weather
very thick with snow, struck on the Cross Sand, and began
to fill so rapidly 1 hat the crew (seven in number) had barely
time to quit her in the ship's boat, leaving everything be-
hind. After drifting about for three hours in the blinding
storm they were picked up, almost exhausted by the Caister
lifeboat, and, having landed at Caister, were forwarded on
the same day to the Sailors' Home of this port, where they
received change of clothing, warm food, and other neces-
saries. Within 10 minutes after the crew left the brig
every vestige of her had disappeared in the sands. The
Arethusa was 172 tons register, and was insured from
£l,lOO ; cargo uncertain.
THE SCREW STEAMSHIP QUEEN VICTORIA.—
PLYMOUTH, Tuesday.—The telegraphic cable is in course
of removal in a satisfactory manner from the ship. The
high and dangerous temperature in the hold, caused in some
measure by the brightness of the wire used in the cable, has
been completely subdued by the unexpected submersion
when the ship was stranded, and it is now in capital condi-
tion. The total length of cable received on board was about
425 knots, viz., the two shore ends, together, say, 70 knots,
the remainder 355 knots. The weight of the cable is, say,
shore end, 70 knots, at 7 tons por knot, 490 tons ; small
cable 355 knots, at 2 1-7 tens per knot, 748 tons ; total,
1238 tons. The two gun brigs, Rover and Pilot, each of
400 tons, are moored abreast of each other, directly astern
of the Queen Victoria. The Pilot is to the starboard, re •
eeiving cable from the after hold ; she has the entire of ono
of the shore ends, about 27 knots, nearly 200 tons, and
may be able to take about 50 miles of the small cable. The
Rover is to port, and has received from the forehold of the

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., Dec. 16, 1860.

BOYA

►PEILeI

" Politically all things helve continued to get worse and
worse. Pecuniarily, as a general thing, it has been the
same. Banks have suspended, and the value of all things
greatly diminished. I have not much reason to fear that
I shall particularly suffer, but we are now in the midst of
such a scene of turmoil and madness as can be hardly con-
ceivable to you at a distanc e. You can form no idea of the
character and feelings of .a slaveholder, their pride, arro-
gance, and demands I send you enclosed a
speech of one of the best of these mad and bad men, that
you may see what we have to contend with now. Our
greatest fear is civil war. The South is desperate. .
There has been a mighty meeting in Philadelphia of from
forty to fifty thousand on this subject; and to allay the
wrath of the South, they are willing to make such conces-
sions as would ultimately ai (mit slavery again in free States,
from which at great loss it has been excluded. This arises
from their selfish fears of the loss of Southern custom !
But the country, far more populous than the cities, have
no such interests, and will not submit to this; and if they
all would, the South is shrewd enough to see this is all from
self-interested motives, any I laugh it to scorn. There seems
no alternative but that freedom frrom slavery must ulti-
mately triumph, or this vi 'hole country be overrun with
slaves arta slaveholders. Miseries unutterable await the
South in this contest, and tl le great problem of self-govern-
ment appears at this time 1) ) be in the greatest jeopardy."

steamer 23 knots, say, 180 tons, and may be able to stow 70
miles of the lesser cable. There must, of course, be a
severance of the cable when each brig's stowage is on board.

The Duke of Hamilti m has joined the Duchess
and family at Paris from S. ?,otland.

The Marchioness (Doi vager) of Lothian and Lady
Alice Kerr have arrived in t 4 ►wn from the Continent.

The Marquis and Mar shioness of Ailesbury have
been entertaining a succest ion of visitors at Tottenham
Park, Wilts.
Viscount Jocelyn and the Hon. Frederick
Jocelyn have been suffering from an attack of measles for
seine thlys past.
The Lord Chancellor returned to town on Mon-
day evening from Torquay.
Lord and Lady Churchill have left the St.
George's Hotel.
Lord Methuen has lett the St. George's Hotel.
Count Maximilian Esterhazy has arrived at
Chandos House, from Vienna, to enter upon his duties as
attache to the Austrian Embi way.

Up to noon to-day the weather, although very cold, with
occasional heavy falls of snow, continues moderate. No
further damage has been done to the ship, and every mile
of cable removed lessens the liability to injury. The cable
is to be landed at Keyham steamyard.
TIIE COLONNADE, CLARE MARKET.--A row of
small houses situate at the back of Clare-market, and
known as the Colonnade, has been recently appropriated to
various uses of a philanthropic and beneficial character,
comprising a home for destitute boys, who are employed in
various situations during the day, and who return at night
to the refuge to sleep. There is also a soup kitchen, a
school for adults, a working men's clubroom, and smoking-
room, and a reading and working room for women. Another
portion of the building Ills now been fitted up for the re-
ception of poor needlewomen, who, by the payment of a
trifling weekly sum, will obtain the advantages of a com-
fortable home and be preserved from the temptations and
danger to which poor friendless women are exposed. The
institution wes 'opened on Monday evening, and, although
the number of inmates will at first necessarily be limited,
yet it is hoped that its benefits will before long be extended
to a larger number.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1861.

Mr. Alfred Mellon's opera of " Victorine," originally
produced in December, 1859, was revived here on Monday
evening, with a success as complete as that which attended
its first performance. Considerable ohanges have been
made in the cast. Julien is now assumed by Mr. Wharton,
in the place of Mr. Santley ; Mr. Wallworth supersedes Mr.
G. Honey as Griffon; whilst, most important of all, the
part of Victorine herself has fallen into the hands of Miss
Louisa Pyne, who, it may be said without the slightest dis-
paragement of the accomplished artiste who personated the
unfortunate heroine last season, does it, both as regards act-
ing and singing, complete justice. Mr. Henry Haigh is still
the representative of the fortunate lover, Michel; Mr. H. Corti
retains the part of Hector, which he sings and acts so ad-
mirably ; and Miss Thirlwall is again the Louise of the
piece.

The pantomime here has been considerably abridged
since " Boxing-night." The transformation scene, which
is one of the most gorgeous and fanciful ever produced,
with its beautiful effects of real water, is received nightly
with the most rapturous applause.

A r r
lEs r NEWs.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PARIS, JAN. 9.

The Constitutionnsl says :

" It is generally believed that in the event of
the French fleet leaving Gaeta it would cruise for
some time is the Adriatic."

GAETA, lAN. 5.
A shell thrown by the Sardinians has penetrated
into the room above that of the King.
The Ministers insist on their Majesties taking up
their quarters in one of the casemates.

The shells have also reached the Central Hos-
pital. The wounded will be removed to Ter-

racina.

Some more Neapolitan howitzers have been

placed in position.

VIENNA, lAN. 9.

The official Weiner Zeitung publishes an auto-
graph letter of the Emperor, dated the 7th inst.,
proclaiming a very comprehensive amnesty for
Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, and Sclavonia, on
account of such penal acts as have merely aimed at
a change in the system of Government as esta-
blished before the 20th of October, 1860, or which
were in any way connected with such a purpose.
The Ministers are ordered to put this Imperial
ordinance into immediate execution.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 2.

The dismissal of Safetti Pasha has been rescinded,

Hungarian and Polish Garibaldian voluhteers
are arrriving in Pera, on their way to the Danubian
Principalities.

Generals Mierosjawski and Turr are expected

here.
The news from Servia reports increasing disquiet
in that principality.
The success of the loan is still doubted.
Exchanges have risen considerably.

TURIN, JAN. 8.

The Gazetta di Torino says :

"It is asserted that the Sardinian Government,
deferring to the wishes of the Emperor Napoleon,
has suspended hostilities before Gaeta until the
14th January, with the object of negotiating for
the surrender of the place."
It is said that the French fleet will leave imme-
diately, one vessel alone remaining off Gaeta till
the 19th inst. to guarantee the execution of the
armistice. If the endeavours for avoiding a further
effusion of blood should fail, the operations of
General Cialdini are to be vigorously supported
by the Italian fleet.

ROME, JAN. 5.

This morning placards were discovered en the
walls of the city, exhorting the Romans to await
the aid of the Sardinians.

The report is current here that Mgr. Bella, who
is detested by the people, will replace Mgr. Merode
as Minister of War.

The Neapolitan soldiers have received orders to
return to their homes.

The Fren eh have discovered a depot of arms in

the Foro Appio.

BERNE, JAN. 8.

It is asserted that Sardinia has offered guarantees
for securing Venice against Garibaldi on the condi-
tion that the great Powers place no obstacles to her
action before Gaeta.

PARIS, JAN. 8, EVENING.

The Patric and. the Pays assert that the pamphlet
"Rome et les Eveques" is the work of a private
individual, and has no official origin.