The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1859.

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ICELAND,

SATURDAY MORNING.
THE ARRESTS.

Everything continues tranquil, and the excite-
ment created by proclamations and arrests has'past
away, leaving, scarcely a bubble of effervescence be-
hind it. An investigation into the case of the pri-
soners arrested in Callan and Kilkenny is tole held
to-day,. but, as usual, the inquiry is to be strictly
private ; even the nature of the evidence to be
brought forward is a strict secret, and confined to
official bosoms. It is said that in various places
parties who have anticipated midnight visits from
the constabulary have disappeared suddenly from
their residences, and are now on their way to the
land of the free across the Atlantic. The Kilkenny
Mocierator—Government supporter—alluding to
the captures effected in that quarter, observes :
"The station in society and ages of the several per-
sons already arrested evidence two matters of great
importance, viz., the personal meanness and obscu-
rity of the several members, and their accessibility
to external and factious influence, owing to their
want of experience and to that enthusiasm which
belongs to youth, and is sure to be, in most cases,
unaccompanied by discretion. The club, so far as we
can interpret it through the arrests already
'made, is
one not either serious or formidable in its charac-
ter or constitution. It appears to be eschewed
alike by men of any position in society and by
almost all but silly youths or overgrown boys of
the mannikin bent, who would be men, or even-
heroes or martyrs, before their time, without ever
looking before they leaped, calculating consequences
or considering the difficulties to be surmounted be-
fore the Phcenix or resurrection, or rather insurgent
theory, could be realized. Looking thus at the
despicableness of the society, the question comes to
be considered,—ls the Irish Government justified
in stilting it into importance by instituting State
trials, or even trials at the ordinary assizes, to de-
cide on the issue ? Might not the boys' be dis-
posed of at petty or quarter sessions, be sent to
gaol and subjected to treadmill exercise, to give
them time for sober reflection, convince them of
their foolery, and cool down their distempered
enthusiasm. '

The Roman Catholic clergy meanwhile continue
to exhort their flocks to discountenance all secret
societies. An Athlone paper says—" After the cele-
bration of mass on New Year's-day, the Venerable
Archdeacon O'Reilly again warned the congrega-
tion' against having anything to do with secret
societies, pointing out to them the evil conse-
quences which were certain to result from such
illegal confederacies. He denounced them as op-
posed to the laws of God and man, and referred to
the arrests made in parts of the country as instances
of the danger which attend those who would con-
nect themselves with secret associations. The
words of the venerable archdeacon appeared to
leave a deep impression on his hearers."

MIXED MARRIAGES.

The .Evening Mail has the following remarks on
the re-marriage in Rome, according to the rites of
the Roman Catholic Church, of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Sligo. Dr. Cullen having deter-
mined to carry out the decrees of the Synod of
Thurles to the very letter, all efforts to procure a
dispensation from the Court of Rome proved abor-
tive, and every obstacle to prevent the marriage
from taking place was thrown in the way by the
church authorities at home and abroad. The lady
however, remained firm, and eventually the cere-
mony was solemnized by a Protestant clergyman.
The intolerant decree being thus practically set at
nought, it doubtless struck Dr. Cullen and his abet-
tors that the next step on the part of the recusant
would be a total secession from mother church, and
as the latter has an especial love for her titled chil-
dren it was deemed the safer, policy to strike after a
faint show of resistance. Hence, probably, the
reported good offices of Monsignor Talbot in the
adjustment of the delicate difficulty. " The Papal
prohibition of mixed marriages," says the Mail,
having gone forth in Ireland, one condition was
intimated on which the strictness of the law might
be relaxed—namely, that the whole family of the
next and of all future generations should be given
over to the exclusive tutelage of Rome. Had the
Marquis of Sligo submitted to that modest stipula-
tion he would have found no obstacle that a £lO
note could not remove in the allegation of kindred
which was set up against his proposed marriage
with the lady on whom he had placed his affections,
for her sister had been united by episcopal hands,
but a short time before, to a gentleman who stood
precisely in
firmaame relation. The noble lord,
however, was nd the young lady, with la spirit
and intelligence which reflected the highest credit
upon her bringing up, disregarded the flimsy pre-
text, and gave her hand as freely as it had been
asked, without abandoning principle on her side,
or requiring a base abnegation of it on his. The
gross and ribald defamation which was, forsooth,
launched at her ladyship's good name from a privi-
leged quarter it must be painful to her and her
friends even to remember; we, therefore, shall no
further refer to it than to state that the indignation
which it provoked was not confined to a single
family. The Roman Catholic gentry of Ireland
highly resented it ; and it was the expression of
their disgust and displeasure, conveyed very plainly
through Monsignor Talbot on the occasion of his
late visit, which brought the Pope to consider the
impolicy of lording it too imperiously over that im-
portant class. Hence the invitation to Rome, and
the arnende honorable which has been there offered
for the scurrilous invectives of " Mee Lard of Clon-
fert."

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YOUNG ENGLAND OLD-ENGLAND,

(From the Spectator.}

Are there any young men in piblic life in Eng-
land ? It is a question not without interest, and it
seems of peculiar import at the present time. The
subject is started in turning over the leaves of that
useful little book, " Who's Who ? "--7 a sort of ad-
dress card-case for everybody, In spite of one's
personal knowledge, which might suggest the fact,
it almost surprises one to find that. all-our eminent

politicians are men advanced in life. For instance,
Gladstone and Disraeli are still called rising men,
mr:n of great promise ; and Disraeli especially is
thought by certain solemn red tapists to have at-
tained his present post by rare luck and improper
rapidity. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer is
a middle•aged gentleman of 53, and Mr. Gladstone
is only four years younger.f Mr. Disraeli also, has
been 21 years in Parliament, and ;‘,lr. Gladstone
has been 18 years a Privy Councillok. These two
men brought each to politics a very rare genius,
and yet it has taken each more than 20 years of the
wearying work and intense intellectual effort of
Parliamentary business to win rank among our
consular men. Amongst all the Privy Councillors
of the Queen. there is not one man under 30 ; and
there are only seven men under 40 (for we exclude
the. Duke of Canibridge, who attained the rank by
birth). If we call 40 " middle-aged," we should thus •
find of the 231 righthon. gentlemen all but eight are
above that middle term of life—all but eight.grave
and reverend seigniors. The eight youngest coun-
cillors are not all of that volatile and juvenile turn
which -Might be expected. One, indeed, is the Duke
of Beaufort, who has been too playiui at Brighton,
and four other noblemen (Castlerosse, Donough-
more, Newport, and Drogheda) are called right
honourable, not because they give counsel to the
Queen, but becanse they have, or had places at

Court. The remaining three " young" councillors

are men who may be supposed to have graduated
by State work to that position; they are Lord
Stanley, Lord Naas, and Mr. F. Peel—three young
men not remarkable for youthful effervescence or
juvenile indiscretion. Lord Stanley is the very
youngest councillor of the Queen ;. the public regard
him, however, as a man more grave, more solid

than his father, and he has the heaviest responsi-
bility of any member of the Cabinet. Thus for a
young man to rise high now-a-days he must be, by
nature, very old—older than his own father.
Including the eight already named there are only
32 Privy Councillors under 50; and of the whole
number (231), 131 are over 60. No one can say
that politicallife in England has rapid promotion.
Nearly one-half of the 100 councillors under 60 are
noblemen who attained the rank as a natural con-
sequence of their birth, and there would thus re-
main about 50 men (less than one-fourth of the
whole) who obtain by political service the rank of
privy Councillors before they are 60 years old.
Young Cabinet Ministers are very rare : exclud-
ing Lord Stanley, there was Lord John Manners
who joined the Cabinet at 34, the Duke of New-
castle at 43, and Mr. Sydney Herbert at 40.
'These three are our youngest public men of Cabinet
'rank ; but in that rank, though not in connection

feired.

with home offices, is Lord Dalhousie (who was a
Cabinet Minister at 31, and is now only 43) and
Lord Canning, who is only 46. At the other end
of the illustrious roll-call we find that the Queen's

oldest councillor is the Marquis of Lansdowne, who
was called to the Privy Council in 1806 (the 'year
Pitt died) ; and next is Lord Palmerston, who this
year completes half a century in the councils of the
Sovereign. The oldest man in the Privy Council
is Lord Lyndhurst. It looks like an odd reversal
of parts to find that if the Queen or the public
required a well-matured statesmanlike plan,showing
the results of experience and grave thought, they
might wisely select to prepare it the youngest
councillor and the youngest man in the council
(Lcrd Stanley) ; but if the Sovereign or the country
wished for an orator possessing an eloquence ever
young, and ardent enthusiasm, for the expression
of a national idea, the eldest man in the council
would be the best choice, and Lord Lyndhurst
would do justice to the occasion. Reading the
political controversies of last year, we also find that
against no man were there so many charges of
" levity," " indiscretion," " flippancy," as against
the late Premier—all but one, her Majesty's most
veteran adviser. Are all our old men young, and
all our young men old ?
Mr. hisraeli, in one of the fierce debates of 1852,
appealed to " the generous and the young at both
sides of the house." In the present Parliament,
the young then under 30 are but a minority of 50;
of that .50 there are not many who at pre-
sent give public promise of political eminence.
Amongst the few are Lord Ingestre, the Hon.
George Byng, Sir John Ramsden, the Hon. W. F.
Denison, and Lord Robert Cecil. Even if we add
the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton and Lord Caynham,
there are but eight rising young men in a house of
658. This gives point to a complaint that the large
boroughs send us too many middle-aged mayors
and manufacturers. • _

But if a young man is thus discouraged from
entering the Parliamentary career, are there hopes
of more rapid success in the church, the army, the
navy, the law, or the civil service ? Let us see.
The youngest archbishop is Dr. Musgrave, of York,
and he is a man of 70. The youngest bishop offers
a fairer hope; Dr. Bickersteth, of the see of Ripon,
is but 42. Out of 35 other bishops there are but
five under 50, and amongst the five we are glad
to notice Dr. Tait of London • his work requires an
old head on a young body. kilitary service is not
a much more rapid way of attaining eminent rank,
There are but three general officers who have ob-
tained that rank under 30 years' service ' • one of
these, Sir John Inglis, obtained his rank for his
very special service at Lucknow, but he has alto-
gether served as a soldier for 24 years.. Major-
General Mansfield, now chief of the staff in India,
is the youngest in service (23 years) of all our
general officers. The title of Knight Companion
of the Bath is a high prize for our military men ;
but there only four Knights under 50—Sir John
Inglis, Sir Edward Lugaard, Sir Henry Storks,
and Sir Robert Napier.
The navy presents'still slower promotion,but it is
counterbalanced by the fact that boys can enter
the service at an earlier age. The majority of
officers in the navy do not attain the admiral rank
until after 40 years' service ; of late, a small number
have attained it after 35 years. The most rapid
promotion on the list, and quite exceptional, is that
of Rear• Admiral of the Blue, George Elliot, who
has attained that rank after 30 years service.
. The permanent civil service, including the Colo-
nial Government, is actually, contrary to what
many would suppose, the department of the State
where young men advance most rapidly to positions
of high emolument and responsibility. Sir Charles
Trevelyan was Secretary of the Treasury (with
£2,000 a year) and K.C.8., at 40; none of his
contemporaries running the - race •f life in other
branches could possibly attain an equivalent post
or rank at so early an age. Sir Henry Barkly was
probably the youngest civilian, not of royal blood,
who has received the dignity of K.C.B. ; he was
knighted at the age of .37. Next to Sir Charles
Trevelyan, and like him, an eminent civil servant,
is Sir Rich. Madox Bromley, K.C.8., of last year,
now 45, and holding the post of Accountant-General
of the Navy. Of the three just named, Sir Richard
Bromley is the most remarkable as an illustrative
promotion in the civil service; for Sir Charles
Trevelyan obtained his rank and post throne; his
Indian reputation, and Sir Henry Barkly through
Colonial position (added, of course, to very
high services) ; but Sir Richard Bromley
has been all his life working up his way
through the hotne civil service. It must be
said, however, that though a few civil servants have
won exceptional rank and reward, the men thus
promoted are entirely too few, and that the claim
of the service generally to titular honours is very
grudgingly conceded.
The law remains to be considered. The youngest
judge of the United Kingdom is Judge Keogh, who
was appointed to the Queen's Bench, Ireland, at
the age of 38. It is no disparagement, however, of
his remarkable abilities to say that he won his pro-
motion by Parliamentary rather than by legal
work. Judge Willes was a judge at 39 ; Baron
Bramwell at 47 ; Baron Martin at 48 ; Chief
Justice Cockburn at 52. All the other judges were
five, ten, or fifteen years older before they reached
the bench. Ordinary knighthoods we do not take
into account ; they are given often by chance, and
sometimes for very routine reasons. There are very
few knight bachelors, however, under 40 ; the only
under 30 is Sir Charles Bright, who was
knighted by Lord Eglintsn in the first enthusiasm
at the supposed success of the Atlantic cable.
When Talleyrand heard talk around him of
Young Italy, young France, young England, he
said, " What, are we to have governments of bibs
and tuckers ?" But we mere nearly realise the
appreciation of one bf the leading counsel in the
" Clandestine Marriage," who, hearing that a junior.
is 40, says, " I wish you success, young gentleman.'
All our young men are 40.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY:.

The royal mail steamship Arabia, Capt. Stone,
has arrived at this port, with advices from Boston
to the 29th Dec., and Halifax to the 31st. She
brings 73 passengers and 76,696 dols. in specie.
On the 31st ult. the Arabia spoke the United
States mail steamer Fulton, 40 miles east of Halifax,
Jan. 4, in lat. 50.21 N., long. 36.45, she passed the
American ship Baltic, standing to the southward ;
on the 7th, in lat. 51.50 N., 10ng.,14.57, she passed
the ship Greenock, standing to the southward ; on
the Bth, 9.40 p.m., she, passed the steamer Europa
off Holyhead. At four this morning the Arabia,
came into collision with a polacca-rigged brig tow-
ing out, and sent boats to her assistance. The brig
had lost eutwater and bowsprit, but was making no
water.

The New York Herald of Dec. 28 gives the fol-
lowing summary of news for European circulation :
"In the Senate on Wednesday quite a number of
petitions in favour of a protective tariff were p7e-
sented and referred. A bill was introduced autho-

rising the removal of the revenue offices located at
the New York Quarantine station. A resolution

was adopted calling on the State department for all
the correspondence relating to the suspension of
diplomatic intercourse between Mexico and the
United. States. The Postmaster-General was in-

structed to report what changes in the postal laws
are necessary to render ihe = Post-office department
self-supporting. A joint resolution, authorising
certain naval officers to receive complimentary

testimonial fron the_ British Govern.ment, was

adopted. A bill was introduced appropriaiing a
million acres of land for the support of free schools
in the district of Columbia. In executive session

the naval appointments sent in the day previous
were all eonfirmed. In the house the bill granting
pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812 was passed

by a vote ofl3o to 73. The bill appropriating 862,000
dols. for invalid and other pensioners, and the bill ap-

propriating 181,000 dols. for support of the Military
Academy, were also Rassed.i A series of resolutions

referring various portions of the President's annual
Message to appropriate standing committees, were

offered, and in committee of the Whole the topics of
the Message were discussed. Mr. Geo. Taylor de-
livered a speech supporting the foreign policy of

the Adminihration, and especially with reference
to the complicated state of our relations with
Central America. Mr. Davis of Mississippi, asked
leave to offer a resolution directing the Committee

on Foreign Affairs'to report a bill authorising the
President to take possession of Cuba. The house,
however, refused to Entertain the proposition.
"The news from Washington is in some respects
important. In Congress on Thursday the Senate
refused, by a vote of 28 to 20, to take up the bill
passed by the house at the last session giving lands
to colleges in aid of education in agriculture and
the mechanical arts. A bill grantingnpension of

30 dols. per month to the Widow of-Col: Turnbull
was passed. A bill regulating the manner of choos-
ing United States senators was presented and re-

The Senate will meet in the new chamber

on the 4th of next month. A large number of new
subjects was started in the house, among them a
bill of 1,000,000 dol to enable the President to settle

our outstanding difficulties with Spain and acquire
possession of Cuba. It was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs. The civil, navy, diplo-
matic, executive, and judicial appropriation bills
were reported. A bill to repeal the English act
for the admission of Kansas was introduced by Mr.
Bingham, Republican, of Ohio, and referred to the
Territorial Committee. A special committee was

ordered to investigate the accounts of the late
Superintendent of Printing, with power to send for
persons and papers. Both houses stand adjourned
till the 4th of January.
" It is stated that the Government has received
information of a filibustering expedition, destined
for Nicaragua, fitting out at New Orleans, and the
federal officers there have been instructed to use

the utmost vigilance to supress it.
"The Senate has passed a joint resolution creat-
ing temporarily the brevet grade of admiral, in
order that it may be conferred upon the gallant
veteran Commodore Stewart, as in some degree
an offset to the harsh treatment he has experienced
at the hands of the retiring board. A similar pro-
position has been introduced in the house, and it
will no doubt pass soon after the recess of Congress.
" The session of the Senate was opened on Thurs-
day by prayer by Father Boyle, a Roman Catholic
priest. He was arrayed in full costume, and a
great number of priests, also in vestments, assisted
on the occasion. There was a numerous attendance

of spectators, and it is reported that the novelty of
the scene occasioned no little conversation, while the
apparently devout aspect of the Senators led to the
belief that the services created an unusual impres-
sion upon them.
" The Commissioners of the Patent-office, with
the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior,
has issued circulars to certain of the leading agri-
culturists in different sections of the Union to attend
a convention to be held at the Patent-office build-
ing on the 3d of January nex, at 10 a.m., for the
purpose of discussing such facts in practical hus-
bandry as may have come under their experience
and observation, and of suggesting means by which
our crops may be increased, improved in quality,
and made more profitable to the producer. The
department will allow the delegates a mileage of
five cents. to Washington and back, with an addi-
tional sum of twenty-five dollars to cover their
hotel expenses.
" The feuds of the border ruffians of Kansas have
burst out afresh. It is reported that the notorious
Montgomery, at the head of 200 men, attacked
Fort Scott the other dao and captured the town,
killing half a dozen of the inhabitants in the melee.
The object of the assailants was to release one of
their band, who was in confinement on a charge of
murder. It is furthermore reported that a gang of
Kansas marauders had ravaged Vernon county,
Mo., killing a citizen, and carrying off valuable
spoil in the shape of horses, cattle,- and negroes.
Other depredations and murders are also reported,
but we have no doubt that they are all greatly
exaggerated.
" Christmas was very generally observed through-
out the city on Saturday. Among the most inte-
resting celebrations and festivities were those at the
Home for the Friendless. 300 little children
who are there cared for were present, many of
them singing and speaking very prettily. Between
one and two thousand persons visited them during
the day, taking them numerous presents.
" As an instance of the growth and importance
of our trade with Bermuda we may mention that
within the past few weeks upwards of 16 vessels
have cleared at this port with full cargoes for those
islands.

av
" The packet-ship Daniel Webster, Capt. Spen-
cer, arrived at this port on Thursday from London,
havink on board the captain and crew of the British
ship United Kingdom. This vessel sailed from
Quebec on the 6th of Oct., bound for Bristol, Eng-
land. She encountered severe weather, and on the
7th ult., during a heavy gale, sprung her rudder,
and subsequently, in another gale, lost it altogether.
She also sprung a leak, and on the 14th ult., when
fallen in with by the Daniel Webster, had ve feet
water in her wells, was leaking at the rate of three
feet per hour, and was almost unmanageable. The
captain and crew of the unfortunate ship saved
little or nothing of their effects. Capt. Spencer
reports, Sept. 20, in lat. 43.30 long. 43, on the out-
ward passage, passing among a large number of
dead bodies, swollen and distorted, with seabirds
preying on them. They were, no doubt, of the
steamship Austria's passengers. They were nearly
together, in groups of two and three.
" The steamship Karnak arrived at this port on
Saturday, in 21 days from Liverpool. She expe-
rienced very heavy weather. The Karnak will
hereafter run between New York, Havana, and
Nassau, N.P.
" The Vanderbilt steamship Arid, which sailed
from Havre by way of Southampton on the Ist
inst., arrived at this port on Sunday evening from
Halifax. She left Halifax on the 23d inst., in
command of Capt. Brown, who succeeded the late
lamented Captain Ludlow."
STATE OF TIIE MARKETS.

The sales of cotton yesterday (Dec. 27) embraced
about 900 bales, closing dull, without quotable
change in prices. Dealers were disposed to await
the receipt of later news, due by the Asia, before
doily, much. Flour was in moderate demand;
while the sales were light and prices without
change of moment. Wheat was quiet, and sales
restricted to a lot of Illinois red at 1 dol. 10c., and
of Chicago spring at private terms. Corn was
heavy for new, but firm for old, while sales were to
a fair extent, including Jersey and southern yellow
at 74c. to 76c., while southern at 73e. to 741 c., and
old western mixed at 77c. to 78c. Pork was easier,
. with sales of new mess at 17 dols., and of old at
I 17 dols. 50c. ; old prime at 13 dols. and new
ditto at 13 dols. 50e. to 13 doll. 624-,e. Sugars were
firm, with sales of abdut 500 hhds. Coffee was