The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEIIING; JANUARY 31, 1861.

NOTICE. BUCKLEYS' SERENADERS.—
LAsr WEEK but TWO of the Season, owing to
several Provincial Engagements entered into previous to
their appearance in London. The Programme will be changed
every week so as to enable them to produce all their most
Popular Novelties, the Burlesque Operatic Selections will be
varied, including " Lucrezia Borgia," " Cenerentola," " Tro-
vatore," and "La Sonnambula." Doors open every night at
half•past Seven. A Day Performance every Wednesday and
Saturday. Doors open at half-past Two. Stalls, 3s. ; Area,
2s. ; Gallery, Is.
St. James's Ifall, Piccadilly,
19th January, 1861.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
-a- MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY.
GRA PI-1 IC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross,
TO-NIGH T, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at
Eight. Private boxes, £1 ls. ' • Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ;
area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. --A plan of the stalls may be
seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-
office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Jan.
19.

.VANS'S Magnificent MUSIC and SUPPER
1--4 ROOMS, Covent-Garden. MACKNEY has returned
to this Establishment. Suppers as usual after the Theatres.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. -AR GYLL
ROOM S.—GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing
at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in
the world. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading
and smoking rooms on either side of the spacious galleries are
replete with every comfort, and the refreshment rooms at-
tached to the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental
beauty. The wines and refrashments are of the highest qua-
lity, and the band, conducted by Mr. Packer, standalone for
its excellence. Admission, is.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE `OFFICE,
Fleet-street, London, 3d January, 1861: .
' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a„GENERAL
MEETING of Proprietors of the Law Life Asitthince Society
will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street/ London, on
SATURDAY, the 2d day of February next, at twelve o'clock
at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions Of ' the Society's
Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditors'
Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st
day of December, 1830 ; to elect a Trustee in the room of John
Henry Cancellor, Esq., deceased ; and a Director in the room
of Richard Richards, Esq., deceased; and for general pur-
poses.

The Director to be chosen in the room of Richard Richards,
Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th day of
June next.

By order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

pURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
-a- Chancery, made in the matter of the estate of George
•Robertson, and in a cause, William Robertson against John
Robertson and Margaret Robertson, widow—All persons
claiming to be Creditors of George Robertson, late of No. 5,
Stanraer-place, Maida-vale, in the parish of Saint Mary,
Paddington, and of No. 47, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, in
the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the county of
Middlesex, tailor, who died in or about the month of Feb-
ruary,lBsl, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 19th day of
February, 1861, to come in and prove their debts at the cham-
bers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley,
No. 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default
thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit
of the said Order.
Tuesday. the 26th day of February, 1861, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and
adjudicating upon the claims.
Dated this 11th day of January, 1861.

CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
THOMAS SMITH, 15, Furnival's-inn,
Plaintiff's' Solicitor.

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD,
VEGETABLES, &c.,
For the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham.
—AImirtALTY X `Adth jannarr. 188
111-1
,E COMMISSIONERS forECIFEINti the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 26th
February next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready
at the Office of the Director General of the Medical Depart-
ment of the Navy, Somerset-place, in London, to treat with
t.,ucli Persons as may be willing to Contract for the supply
of all such quantities of all or any of the following articles as
shall from time to time be required for the use of either one
or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at WOOLWICH
and CHATHAM, from the let day of April next to the 31st
day of March, 1862, viz.:—
BEEF and MUTTON,
BREAD,
MILK,
SOAP, Yellow,
VEGETABLES.

Samples of the Soap, together with the conditions of the
Revised Contracts, to which particular attention is called,
may be seen at this Office, or by applying to the Purveyor at
the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham.

No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on
the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends,
or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.

Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and hear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten-
der for ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-
place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsib:e per-
son, engaging to btcome bound with the person tendering in
the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contracts for
Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the
sum of £5O for each of the others.

FREEDOM FROM COUGHS IN TEN
MINUTES IS INSURED BY DR. LOCOCK'S
PULMONIC WAFERS.—From Mr. R. Bagley, Bookseller,
Ironmonger-street,--" Many parties in and around Stamford
have experienced the most beneficial effects from your excel-
lent medicine, in asthma, coughs, and difficulty of breathing."
—DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS give instant
relief, and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders
of the breath and lungs. TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC
SPEAKERS they are invaluable, for clearing and strengthen-
ing the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price is. lid. ,
2s. Id., and lls. per box. Sold by all Druggists.

AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S
ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption.
It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in-
curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent
coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly
beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for
fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes
after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert,
Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, and by all Druggists
in bottles, 13!,d., 28. 3d., and 4s. ed. each. Be particular and
ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam.

URGENT APPEAL.—At this inclement Season
an overwhelming number of destitute Sick Persons
seek refuge at the ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-
road, and the medical officers are frequently compelled, by
want of funds, to refuse admission to many deplorable cases.
Unless timely AID can be given numbers of these poor suf-
ferers must perish.
This was the first Hospital established on the principle of
free admission to the destitute sick, by their own application,
without letter of recommendation, and it relieved during the
last week upwards of 2,000 of the afflicted poor.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd. and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and
Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-
street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital from 10
till 5.

J. B. OWEN, KA., Chairman of the Weekly Board.

"The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative
medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation
and )f the perpetuating the disease."—HENßT, M.D.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAT EVENING.
The North-German Lloyd screw 111;eainship Bre-
men, Capt. Wessels, has arrived of Cowes from
New York, and gone on to Bremen. She left on
the 19th inst., and consequently brings three days'
later advices than those previously o hand. The
Bremen brings 21,151 dols, in sped. for England,
and 2,000 dols. for Bremen, and 14 passengers
in all.
Washington despatches of the rith state that
Lieut. Hall, the messenger despatoed by Major
Anderson for instructions from heaiquarters, had
started on his return to Fort Sumter. The exact
nature of the instructions Which ht carried with
him were, of course, not known, but it was ascer-
tained with sufficient certainty that the Govern-
ment had no intention of withdrawing the troops
from the position which they occupied, and that
Major:Anderson was instructed peremptorily to de-
fend himself to the best of his ability if attacked.
Col. Hayne, the messenger from Gorrnor Pickens,
who left Charleston at the same tine with Lieut.
Hall, still remained at W;tshington, snd it was un-
derstood that he had considerably modified his
views relative to his duties during his sojourn there.
He had, it is stated, telegraphed to Governor
Pickens this fact, and had asked for further in-
structions. - Meantime,, - evpr, .he bad called
upon President 'Buck, rid prtitini4td verbally
the ultimatum of &silt siikina,seliftik'seas under-
stood to insist upon the with drasetti*, the troops
from Fort Sumter: ,TlieTte„sident requested Mr.
Hayne to put his comrmnipatiqn in writing, when
it would be considered-vasyhich `'Peas all the satis-
faction he gave him. It'wttdrumsured in Washing-
ton that the Cabinet had ddtermaned uienimously
to receive hereafter no consTunationg . whatever
from any one claiming to be's iminitidioner from
South Carolina.
Congress on the 16th was absorbed, in the con-
sideration of the disunion question, :to the exclu-
sion of all regular business. In, the. Senate a
message was received from thdPresident explain-
ing the appointment of Mr. Holt to 'perform the
duties of Secretary of Wat ad interil: Mr. Rice,
of Minnesota, presented a resolutick which was
laid over, providing for the appoiftment of a
Special Committee of seven to itmstias to the pro-
priety of passing a general Ac the admission
of new States, and readjus thoboundaries of
California, Minnesota, an! ;47 gon. , Critten-
den's resolutions were t i ,-'kaken up, and on the
motion of Mr. Bigler t Mate voted 27 to 26 to
postpone the consideyeitdottf all-inther business
until they were dispoto,4.i' Mr. Powell's amend-
ment, extending th.;.: vzeions relatip to the terri-
tories to all ter that " may hereafter be
acquired," was tiaijted`iii 29 to '24. Speeches
were made by-Ifigtrd.:sfniznons and Anthony,' of
Rhode Island, thtliktiOff tsentiments4of which were
earnestly applauded:in the gallerids. A vote was
taken on a motiOn,(9:l3o4Pone consideration of the
resolutions, andit43yrrand fix a day for the con--
sideration of tlic Kansas. Bill, and it failed by a
vote of 25 for and hDO`agiiinst it. The Senate also
refused to amliaby 'Striking out the preamble and
resolutioni—tkxfo °AV Mcssra. Bitnjamin, Slidell,
and Wigfall, not 'vain*. A motion to lay the
resolutions on thP:tabidivas then carried, and the
Senate adj.:nutted piniaiaig a motion to reconsider,
after a short Fixecutivp-Session. In the House the
general depate,9nfin condition of the country was
continued. Mr. Cox of Ohio, presented a series of
resoluttonikpassed by the Legislature of that State,
• •
expresspg gittaclt”nt to the Union and declaring
againistithe'right oepecession. After considerable
discussion they were laid on the fable and ordered
lAdpr.inted. Messrs. Garnett, of Virginia,
wr•
of OW. Ifavnsztl,of Tennessee_ ~Ilolraan
and Morris, of Illinois, addressat the House on the
great question at issue before the country.
The Georgia State Convention assembled at Mil-
ledgeville on the 16th, and organized by the elec-
tion of George W. Crawford as President and
A. R. Lamar as Secretary. No other business was
done. The commissioners from South Carolina and
Alabama were invited to make addresses, and the
Convention adjourned.
The following despatch is from Albany, dated
the 18th

"The long-anticipated report of the Assembly Committee
on Federal Relations came in this morning. Mr. Robinson,
in presenting the report, stated that the committee had
been pushed for time, and had, therefore, not as precisely
determined as they could have wished. As it was, the en-
tire committee agreed in the spirit of the report, but with-
out being pledged to its views or even committed to its con-
clusions. The resolutions were not the views of even a
majority of the committee—hence they were submitted for
the consideration of the House.

"The report after rehearsing the condition of the coun-
try, denies th 6 right of secession, and demands that the
National Government recapture the public property stolen
by the rebels of the seceding States. It admonishes the
Legislature of the necessity for a prompt preparation for the
emergency that may demand the resources of the State to
defend its integrity as a member of the Confederacy.
" Having laid down their premises, the report thaws
thence the conclusions embodied in the following resolu-
tions :

" ' Resolved (if the Senate concur)—That the State of
New York has witnessed, with deep regret and earnest re-
probation, the attempt of some of the slaveholding States to
overthrow the national Constitution and laws, and to dis-
solve the Union, which has conferred inestimable benefits
upon all sections ; and she denies the right of any State to
absolve itself from its allegiance to the Federal Govern-
ment; and that she will put forth all her power and re-
sources to maintain that Government and to aid in the
enforcement of its laws.

" ' Resolved (if the Senate concur)—That the State of
New York sincerely desires to avoid civil war by every
means consistent with her honour, and to meet her sister
States in a conciliatory spirit, to consider all differences of
opinion amicably, to remove all just causes of complaint,
and by mutual concessions to restore peace and harmony
to the Union.
" ' And whereas the Government of the Territories has
long been a disturbing element in our national councils, and
has of late given rise to political divisions that appear to
admit of no compromise and to threaten the integrity of the
Union—one party insisting that the national Government
shall protect slavery in the Territories, another that it shall
prohibit it; and still another, that it shall not interfere one
way or the other ;
" And whereas all parties loyal to the Constitution and
Union agree that each State has the sole and exclusive
power of determining its own domestic institutions; there-
fore, to the end that this impediment to our national har-
mony be for ever removed,—
"'Resolved (if the Senate concur)—That our senators
and representatives in Congress be requested to use their
influence, after the admission of Kansas as a State on her
present application, to divide all the remaining terribry so
as to form two States, to be admitted as gates of the Union
so soon as the inhabitants thererof shall adopt State Con•
stitutions, Republican in form, reserving the right of sub-
division, with proper restricti')ns, or to divide the territory
after tho manner of the Missouri Compromise ; provided
that oar said senators and representatives shall have as-
surances satisfactory to them that such disposition of the
territories will be generally assented to and will restore
peace and harmony to the nation.
" ' Resolved (if the Senate concur)—That these resolu-
tions, with the vote of this Legislature thereon, be forthwith
transmitted to the Governor of this State, to our senators
and representatives in Congress, and to the Governors of
the several States of the Union.

" LUCIUS ROBINSON.
" FROTHINGRAM FISH.
" L. CHANDLER BALL.
" WILKES ANGEL.
" F. KERNAN.
" W. J. 111WERMOTT.' "

The New York Ti»zes, of the 18th, says :

,
" The President, it will be seen, yesterday mustered
courage to send to the Senate his nomination of Mr. Holt
as Secretary at War, and that body considered it in Exe
cutive Session. The debate upon it was understood to be
very personal and acrimonious, but, although the nomina-
tion has not yet been confirmed, there is little doubt that it
will be to-day, as a strenuous effort of the Secessionists to
have it referred to the Military Committee failed by a suffi-
ciently decisive vote. The nomination of Mr. M'lntyre as
collector at Charleston still hangs on the Committee of
Commerce. Colonel Hayne, the Commissioner from South
Carolina, yesterday completed his communication in ac-
cordance with the request of the President, and will pro-
bably present it to•clay. What disposition will In made 4

it by Mr. Buchanan remains to be seen. It is rumoured
very strongly that he is again getting uncertain in his
policy towards the Disunionists, and that in consequence of
this fact there was some very plain conversation in Cabi-
net meeting yesterday. The latest reports from the South
received in Washington are deemed of an encouraging
nature."

The proceedings of Congress on the 17th were
interesting, and in the Senate important. Mr.
Hunter called up the Deficiency Bill, which was
passed, after being amended in various particulars.
The item for the support of the captured Africans
was reduced from 900,000 dols. to 450,000 dols. An
item was audited for the payment of 300,000 dols.

for the establishment of a coaling station for the
navy at Chirique. Provision was made for a Bureau
of Public Printing. An amendment, offered by Mr.
Gwin, providing for the payment of 350,000 dols. to
Commodore Vanderbilt for carrying the California
mails, was amended, on motion of Mr. Latbain,
by striking out Mr. Vanderbilt's name, and
agreed to. After the Deficiency Bill was disposed of
,the Senate took up the Pacific Railroad Bill. Various
amendments were proposed and voted upon, and
several senators expressed their views for and
against the measure. The 'proceedings were finally
interrupted by a motion to go into Executive Session,
which prevailed, and the Senate soon afterwards
adjourned. In the house, the Senate joint resolution
allowing Commodore Paulding to accept rewards
from Nicaragua was reporte4 from the Nary Com.
‘mittee, but objection Was inado to its
and it was laid over: Mr,'Clemens, ,of ;Virginia,
presented a memorialy signed by **ppo
st•pri3ons 4n
his Congressional ?district, asking for an,adjustment
of the slavery question. in the Union. The hoitie,
in committee of thg whole- on 'the Army Billy then
continued the general discussion of the condition of
the country, the speakers being Messrs. Thomas, of
Tennessee; Sickles, of New *fork; Ashley of, Ohio ;
and Perry, of Maine.

The South Carolina Legis6ture still continued
the consideration of measures fit the defence of the
State, evidently expecting thatlhe General Govern-
ment will commence hostilities soon.- The Military
Committee reported in favour of :raising additional
troops and placing the State fully upon a war foot-
ing. A proposition 'to connect the'city of Charles-
ton with all the fortifications in the harbour in
possession of the State troops ° was considered in
secret session.

In the Virginia State senate, on the 17th, the
Committee on Federal Relations reported that the
Crittenden resolutions would be an acceptable basis
of compromise to' the commonwealth. They. also
recommended to the General Government and the
States to abstain from all acts calculated to pro;
duce a collision. The Governor, in transmitting the
resolutions passed by the New York Legislature,
expresses the utmost disdain, and says the threat
-conveyed can inspire no terror with free men.
The Assembly also ' approves of the Crittenden
proposition. , •
Despatches for. the Commander of the Gulf
Sqnadron, on the 16th,;left New Orleans for Vera
Cruz, in charge of Consul Pickens, of that city, It
was rumoured that they embodied orders for the
,
.coicentration Of the Itesseis composing the squadron
at .the Mouth of the Miksissippi and at the harbour
of Pensacola.
Mr. Holt was on the 18th confirmed as Secretary
at War by the Senate, by a vote of 38 to 13, after
a stormy secret session of about fourhours. airing
'its continuance Mr. Crittenden unekpectedly made
a speech, in which he severely upbraided • the
Southern members who voted against his resolutions
on Thursday, and thus defeated them. He declared
that Kentucky,
,occupied such. a position in the'
Union that it was of vital importance to her that it
should b© preserved, and that it must be preserved
at all hazards. The speech was represented to
have made a 'decided
sensation among the seces-_,
sionists. CAT-
_bum Liu" W 1 LIM Landing an-
nouncements to the contrary, had not yet sent in
his communication to the President, and did not
intend doing so before Monday. It was asserted
that the tone of the document was likely to be
quite moderate. Possibly a still longer delay
might result in a further access of moderation.
The debates in Congress on the 18th were in-
teresting, and the action taken was important. The
Senate, during the early part of the session, after
the introduction of various memorials asking for
the; passage of the Crittenden resolutions, was en-
gaged in the consideration of private bills. Those
resolutions were then again brought before the
Senate, and again action upon them was post-
poned until Monday. The Pacific Railroad Bill was
made the special order for Tuesday. Mr. Green,
of Missouri, introduced a joint resolution recom-
mending that the several States take immediate
steps, by convention or otherwise, to make propo-
sitions for a compromise of the existing difficulties.
It was ordered to a second reading. The bill to
authorise a loan, to fix the duty on imports and
relative to the outstanding Treasury notes, was
made the special order for Wednesday. The Kansas
Bill then came up as the special order, and the
debate on it continued until 2 o'clock, when the
Senate went into executive session to pass upon
the nomination of Mr. Holt as Secretary at War.
No more business was done in open session. In the
house, the general debate in committee of the whole
on the Army Bill was concluded, and the bill was
passed through the committee, after the failure of
a resolution offered by Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky,
to the effect that no forces authorised by the bill
should be used to subject any seceding State. The
principal speech made was by Mr. Sherman, of
Ohio.

The Georgia Convention spent most of the day
on the 18th in secret session. A resolution was
adopted in the afternoon similar to the preliminary
resolution adopted by the Florida Convention, de-
laring the right and duty of the State to secede,
and appointing a special committee to report an
ordinance of secession. The vote on this resolution
shows a very strong minority against the policy of
precipitation—the number declaring against it
being 130.

The call for a State Convention of the democracy
of New York, published on Thursday morning, sets
forth the alarming condition of the country, and
the causes which in the opinion of the callers, have
led to it, and comes to the conclusion that the only
thing which can save the Union is immediate ac-
tion on the part of the " time-honoured party." In
this view of the case a Convention is called to meet
in Albany on the 31st iast. The call is signed by
the members of the State Central Committee,
headed by Benjamin Wood.
Among the passengers who reached New York
on board the steamer Marion which arrived from
Charleston, were four labourers who had recently
been paid off and discharged from Fort Sumter,
who report some very interesting facts con-
cerning the condition of the garrison, ts and
the conduct of the men during the affair of
the Star of the West. Although the men are sub-
sisting at the present time principally upon salt
food, there is no disposition to find fault, but they
accept their fare cheerfully, as all that can be ex-
pected under the circumstances. There appears to
be no scarcity of anything but fuel.
In the State Senate on the 18th Mr. Fiero intro-
duced a bill appropriating 500,000 dols. for pro-
viding arms and equipment for the militia of the
State, the same to be expended under the direction
of the Governor. Mr. Spinola introduced a bill
providing for a special election to take a vote of
the people of the State on the Crittenden proposi-
tions for amendment of the Constitution ; also a
bill for the more perfect organisation of the military
forces of the State. In the Assembly the Committee
on Federal Relations made a report endorsing Mr.
aßobinson'st after
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