The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

THE ADELPHI THEATRE.

There is a delightiul prospect of some genuine
fun this evening at the Adelphi, it being the first
light of a new farce, or "apropos sketch," as the
play-bills call it, entitled, A Night at Notting Hill,
with Wright and Paul Bedford as the imper-
sonators of the two principal characters. Wha t
an anticipatory relish there is in the mere
announcement of a fArce promising such laugh-
ter as Wright and Bedford can alone pro-
voke from burglaries, centrebits, garrotting,
and ticket-of-leavers ! A promise all the more
reliable when we learn that the "apropos sketch"
in question has emanated from the whimsical brain
of one of the moss sparkling of our new race of
Humorists, the son of the famous actor and
manager of the Adelphi, the clever son of a clever
father—Edmund Yates—a son as witty as his
father was versatile.

TESTIMONIAL TO DR. LIVINGSTON.

PUBLIC MEETING (THIS DAY).
This afternoon a public meeting of the merchatsn,
bankers, and others, was held in the Egyptian-hall, at
the Mansion-house, for the purpose of congratulating Dr.
Livingston on his successful exploration in South
Africa, and to consider the propriety of originating a
pecuniary testimonial as an expression of their admira-
tion and gratitude to him for his self-denying and
disinterested labours in the cause of science and philoso-
phy. The meeting was numerously attended. The
Lady Mayoress and a large number of other ladies were
present.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, and was
supported by Dr. Livingston, Alderman Sir P. Laurie,
Alderman Wire, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keate,,
Colonel Sykes, chairman of the East India Company,
the Bishop of London, Sir R. Murchison, Mr. R. Currie,
Mr. J. Dillon, Mr. Kinnaird, the Bishop of 'Victoria,
Gordon Cumming, &c.
Dr. LITINGSTON having addressed the meeting, de-
tailing an account of his journey amongst the various
tribes in South Africa similar to that which has been
already published, the following resolutions were una-
nimously agreed to
"That this meeting, consisting of the merchants, bankers,
and others, the citizens of London, hereby present to the
Rev. Dr. Livingston their sincere congratulations on the
signal care and protection of Divine Providence vouch-
safed to him throughout his prolonged and perilous labours
in exploring the interior of South Africa, and the meeting,
cherishes the gratifying assurance that the important dis-
coveries of Dr. Livingston will tend hereafter greatly to
advance the interests of civilisation, knowledge, commerce,
and freedom among the numerous tribes and nations of
that vast continent.
" That this meeting, highly appreciating the intrepidity
and perseverance of Dr. Livingston in his extended and
dangerous journeys, deem it incumbent to originate a
pecuniary testimonial, as an expression of their admira-
tion and gratitude for his disinterested and self-denying
labours in the cause of science and philanthropy."
" That in accordance with the preceding resolution, a
subscription be now commenced towards the formation of
a fund, to be called the ' The Livingston Testimonial
Fund,'—that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, be respect-
fully requested to undertake the office of Treasurer."

A committee was then appointed to carry out the
above resolutions, after which a vote of thanks was ac•
corded to the Lord Mayor and the meeting terminat ed,

LIFE-BOAT A COIDENT.-LOSS OF THIRTEEN

LIVES.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

RIiYL
,JAtNn.is4t.ees
It is well known that the Liverpool Dock
maintain at a large expense five or six life-boats on
different points in the neighbourhood of the Mersey.
One of these is stationed at the Point of Ayr, at the
mouth of the river Dee.

Yesterday, during the heavy gale that prevailed on
this coast, this boat had goae off to a vessel in distress,
and when opposite the place was capsized, and her
crew, consisting of 13 men, were unfortunately drowned.
We are assured by a competent authority that the
whole of the life-boats of the Liverpool Dock trustees
are of a very
imperfect description, and are only partially
fitted as life-boats ; in fact, that they are in every respect
inferior to the improved class of life-boats which are
new being placed on the coast. There are three vessels between here and Abergele
shattered to pieces. The Rhyl tubular life boat,
which belongs to the Royal National Life-boat Institu•
tion, went out this morning at 9 a.m., as soon her crew
could after discovering the signals of distress, and suc-
ceeded in saving four lives from one of the three vessels.
The crews of the othtrs had, as far as could be ascer-
tained, succeeded in getting ashore before daylight in
their own boats. The captain of one of them, after

once getting ashore, went again to the assistance of one
of his crew, and was so exhausted by his efforts that he
died very soon after getting ashore the second time.
The life-boat behaved admirably, though the surf ran
very high.

Tml ADDRESS.—The Address to the Queen in the
House of Commons, in reply to the Royal Speech, will,
it is said, be m ived by Sir W. Williams, and seconded
by the Marquis of Stafford. In the Lords the same
duties will be assigned to the Marquis of Townsend as
mover, and the Earl of Cork as seconder.
NATIONAL GALLERY.—Kensington was not a favoured
site for the National Gallery with members of the House
of Commons in the last session. No money was voted
for the buildings proposed. The public may learn for
themselves by a visit to the spot, the value of a vote of
the House of Commons. The site is still a favourite
with the Prince, and the building is in course of erec-
tion. We trust yet to find that the members will reso-
lutely
do their duty.—Atlas.
The next general election is now fixed to take place in
June and .July next.
Gibson, the sculptor, is understood to b© competing
for the Wellington monument.
A new work on the blockade of Kars is about to
appear, from the pen of Colonel Lake.
Captain Sherrard Osborne, C. 8., will be appointed to
take the command of the new Arctic Expedition.
There is a rumour in Paris that M. Ledru Rollin was
lately elected a member of the Council-General of the
department of the Allier, and that the government has
prohibited the publication of the fact.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Saturday, Mr. Hum-
phrey Brown, M.P., was adjudicated a bankrupt on the
debt due to the Royal British Bank.
The quantity of corn, including oats, &c., imported
into this country from January to November numbered
as many as 10,939,008 qrs. and cwts.
In eleven months the value of coals exported was
2,652,1431.
From January to November the value of haberdaahery
and millinery sent abroad was 3,308,339/.
It blew a strong gale from the E.N.E. on Saturday
night, at Liverpool, and many of the coasting craft were
driven on the banks, and the captain of one of the smacks
was drowned.
The British and North American Royal mail steam-
ship America, Captain Small,
sailed from the Mersey at
half-past two on Saturday afternoon, for Boston and
Halifax, with the usual mad+, 66 passengers, and a full
cargo of merchandise on board.
On Saturday an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse,
named Caroline Corribill, committed suicide by preci-
pitating herself down the well staircase of the estab-
lishment. She had previously made three attempts at
self-destruction.
A collision occurred in the Shugborough tunnel on
the Trent Valley
the engineer and stoker of a coal train were seriously
Railway on Thursday night, by which
injured. The line was
blocked up for 14 hours. Want
of steam and the slippery state of the rails is supposed
to be the cause of the accident.
FORGERY AND ESIBEZZLEMENTioN THE LEEDS, BRAD•
FORD, AND HALIFAX RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning
Henry Autey, aged 30, clerk in the office of Mr. Martin
Cawood, Secretary of the Leeds, Bradf ,rd, and Halifax
Junction Railway, was placed in the dock of the Leeds
Court-house, charged with purloining three several divi-
dend warrants from the office of the company, forging the
name of Thomas Thompson Cunliffe Lister, Esq., of
Beamsley Hall, near Skipton, to these warrants, paying
them away, and appropriating the money to his own
use. He was fully committed for trial, 1

The further increase of 330,3171. under the head of
Government securities in last week's Bank returns is
assumed to consist of a portion of the 1,000,0001. of Ex-
chequer-bills which, according to the revenue statement
for the quarter, have been taken by the Bank from the
Govern ment.
In the year ended March last 91,4151. was expended
in medals, In the preceding year the expense was only
1,2531.
AilEnDA.SitEivi' AND .A.IILLINERT.—From January to
November the value of haberdashery and millinery sent
abroad was 3,308,3391.
CRYSTAL PALACE. Half-crown Day. Saturday,
Jan. 3.—Admissions on payment, 391 ; do. by season
tickets 1,167 ; total visitors, 1,553.
The expense to the country for education in Ireland
in the year ended March last was 195,0401.
A sum of ss. per share is to be returned to the share
holders of tho Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet
Company on the 12th instant.
NEW VALLEY DRAINAGE WORKS.—The commis-
sioners have appointed Mr. John Fowler, C.E , as
their chief engineer to carry on these important works,
originally commenced by the late Mr. Rendel, C.E.
Mr. Hillyard, who, since the resignation of Captain
Austen, has been the governor of the Birmingham
borough gaol, has been appointed governor of the
Maidstone county gaol. The salary is 6001. per annum.
The sudden death of M. Louis Bolmida, an eminent
hanker, and member of the Piedmontese Chamber of
Deputies, is announced by the Correspondance Italicnne
of Turic.

An extensive robbery has been committed at the
banking-house of Messrs. Mellersh and Keen, in the
town of Godalming. The burglars are supposed to have
come from London by the South-Western Railway by
the early morning train.
We have satisfaction in stating that the arrangements
for the transfer of the fine fleet of the General Screw
Steam Shipping Company to a new company have been
brought to a satisfactory conclusion. It is anticipated
that the vessels will be actively employed between this
country and the British and Brazilian coasts within
a few weeks.
The City of London Union frauds will, it is said,
involve defalcations to the extent of 100,000/. It is said
I 0 U's of the late Alderman Gibbs, who was chairman
of the Union, are found among the vouchers. He ap-
pointed Paul, and also his own son the auditor. Seventy-
two of the guardians have resigned.
LIGHT DUES AT THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—LIVER-
rooL, Jan. 2.—By further reference to the Liberpool
Customs Bill of Entry we find that the total amount
received for light dues, the whole of which passes into
the coffers of the Board of Trade, was in 1856 but very
little short of 100,0001., an amount considerably in
excess of London, and an increase on the amount of the
previous year by 14,000/.
By the last mail from India accounts have been
received that the body of the young officer, Alexander
,Tames Trotter, of the Bengal Horse Artillery, second
son of the late Mr. Archibaal Trotter, of Dreghorn, who
had attempted to swim across the river Jhelum, in Cash-
mere, had been found, and buried with military honours
at Rawul Pindee. He was a young man of great promise,
deservedly respected and beloved by his brother officers.
Six new fellows of the University of London have been
appointed by the Crown, viz. : —Lord Stanley, M.P.,
Right Hon. M. Talbot Baines, M.P., James Heywood,
M.P., Sir E. Ryan, Dr. W. Withey Gull (Guy's Hospi-
tal), and Dr. J. F. Wood.
The Senate of the University of London has resolved
to admit the Working Men's College into the University.
The Danish Government has replyed to the note in
which Austria and Prussia protested against the sale of
the Holstein-Laueburg domains. MM. Andrae, the
Finance Minister ; M. von Scheele, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs ; and M. Bang, the President of the
Council, are believed to have been the authors of the
answer now given to the two great German Powers.
The Danish Government is unable to accede to the
demands of Austria and Prussia, and positively refuses
to agree to a revision of the constitution of the whole
State (Gesammt-Verfassung).
A. letter from Canes, the capital of the island of
Candia, published in the Moniteur, informs us that the
quantity of spun milk produced in that island during the
year 1856 was much inferior to that of 1855, It is
estimated that the last crop will not exceed 15,335
kilogrammes. Spun silk was worth in July last 250
piastres the oke (the Turkish piastre is equal to 2id.,
and the oke of Candia is 2ilb.) but, the article having
risen in Europe, the price rose in Candia to 280 piastres.
It is now quoted at 265 piastres. The Candian silk care-
fully spun is of very fine quality, but that spun by the
peasants is very inferior.
RICHARD THE THIRD'S GRAVE.—A memorial has just
been erected at Bow bridge, whereon it is recorded that
near that spot lie the remains of King Richard 111. It
is a very handsome stone, set in the gable of one of the
new buildings there. The monument is in Ketton
stone, designed by Messrs. Flint and Shenton, and exe-
cuted in first-rate style by Mr. Broadbent—the work in
each case being presented as a free gift. The inscription
is in the following words—" Near this spot lie the re-
mains of Richard 111., the last of the Plantagenets,
1485."—Leicester Journal.
A !MAIL BAG LOST.—Placards, dated " Post-office,
Manche ter, Jan. 1, 1857," have been issued, offering a
reward of 201. for the recovery, or such information as
shall lead to the recovery, of the Radcliffe and Man-
chester mail bag, which " was entrusted to the care of
the train guard at the Radcliffe station, on the night of
the 18th December, and, by the carelessness of that in•
diyidual, is believed to have been lost between that
station and Manchester." Any person detaining the
bag, or any portion of its contents, after such a notice,
will be guilty of felony, and liable to transportation for
life.

THE CHEAP PRESS.—The best-conducted and last of
the Leicester cheap newspapers expired on Wednesday.
The editor, i❑ his concluding remarks, says :—" We do
not halt because we cannot take a step further. We are
brought to the end of the year, when it behoves every
one to take stock of his doings. Following, as journa-
lists, the excellent business custom, and not finding a
very satisfactory balance, we think it a suitable time to
relinquish that which does not yield remuneration for
our labour."

WALEING THROUGH PLATE GLABS.—A. very curious
accident occurred on Monday to Mr. Sergeant, organist
of the Roman Catholic Chapel. He was leaving Mr.
Courti's shop, High-street, under the mistaken impres
si 'n that the door was open, and so walked through a
large pane of plate glass. In paying this involuntary
compliment to the glass manufacturer, he injured his
face rather severely.— TVestern Times. ,
VIOLENT STORM.—The metropolis and suburban dis-
tricts were visited on Saturday by one of the most severe
wind storms that have taken plane for several years.
The storm commenced early in the evening, and was
attended with an enormous destruction of property, and
it is feared that along the coast a great loss of human
life has taken place from shipwreck. Even on the river
Thames the damage done to barges and small craft is
considerable, many vessels having their sides stove in by
being driven so violently against each other.
A BOY SHOT BY A COMPANION.—MALVERN, Jan. 3.
—A shocking occurrence has happened at the village of
Leigh, near this town, which was the subject of a coro-
ner's inquest, held before Mr. Hill, yesterday. Two
farm servants, named William Grout and John Judge,
were at breakfast in the kitchen at the house of their
master Mr. Hill, a farmer, of Leigh, when one of them
picked up a gun which had been left loaded in the room,
and after pointing it at a fellow servant was about to
return it to its place, when the charge exploded, and
Grout was shot through the head, his brains being
scattered about the room, and, of course, his death
being instantaneous. A verdict of "Accidental death"
was returned.

Somersetshire juries are proverbial for wisdom. Re-
cently a man was tried for burglary ; he bad been caught
in the fact, and a conviction was naturally expected.
The prisoner's counsel protested that he believed the man
to be innocent, and notwithstanding the judge's clear
summing up, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.
The foreman was afterwards asked the reason for the
verdict. " Well," said he, "we be most on ns P--
men, and though the Lunnon judge said he thought the
prisoner wur guilty, our Recorder (as was the prisoner's
counsel) said he warn't ; and we likes to stick up for
our Recorder !"—Gloucester Journal.

LATEST NE 4VS.

ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCH-
BISHOP OF PARIS.

PARIS, SUNDAY.

The Archbishop of Paris was assassinated at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the Church of St.
Etienne du Mont, by a priest who had been in-
terdicted from officiating, named Verges. The
reverend prelate died immediately. The assassee
was arrested.

The good Archbishop had headed a procession
to the Church of St. Etienne du Mont, to cele•
brate the Neuvaine of Sainte Genevieve, the
patron saint of Paris.

After the performance of the ecclesiastical cere-
monies the procession passed round the church in
solemn splendour, and returned to the nave, when
the Archbishop paused, to bestow his blessing on
the crowd which had been attracted by the gor-
geous spectacle. The good prelate had raised his
hands, and was in the act of saying the Benedic-
tine, when an unfrocked priest, named Verges,
rushed out from amidst the crowd, drew a poniard
from his gaberdine, and plunged it into the Arch-
bishop's heart ; then, fearful lest his deadly ven-
geance might not have been sufficiently slaked, he
drew forth the reeking weapon from the wound,
and plunged it again into the Prelate's bosom.
The attendant priests then rushed forward and
seized the assassin ; the people also surged on-
ward, and the Archbishop fell amongst them, his
blood rushing forth upon the floor of the church.
They raised him up, and bore him bleeding to the
sacristy, where he breathed his last, muttering,
with dying breath, "le Iklallieureux," as extreme
unction was being administered to him. After
gasping forth a few sobs, he faltered forth his
soul and expired, shadowing forth, in dying mur-
murs, the benediction which had been so un-
towardly interrupted.

The crime was so sudden, so utterly unexpected,
seeing the sanctity of the place, and the religious
feelings with which such a spectacle would natu-
rally inspire so impressionable a people, or that
small portion of the people who still assist at the ob-
servances of their Church, that such an event was
held to be impossible ; even when the blood
gushed forth, staining the floor of the nave, and
the gorgeous archiepiscopal raiments, the assem-
bled prelates and people could not believe the
dreadful tale that their eyes had told them. Even
the Grand Vicar of the Church, the Abbe Surat,
who stood beside the Archbishop whilst he was
bestowing his blessing on the people, did not even
perceive that he was wounded, until the prelate
fell at his feet bathed is blood.

Archbishop Sibour was appointed to be the
head of the diocese of Paris by the Government
of General Cavaignac, upon the death of Arch-
bishop Affre, who was killed by a musket shot
at one of the barricades near the Rue St. Antoine
during the sanguinary conflict which ensued on
the Communist insurrection of June, 1848. The
Archbishop bad gone to the scene of carnage with
the intention of appealing to the populace, and
entreating them to desist from further bloodshed.

Verges is but 32 years of age, and had already
been unfrocked by his diocesan, the Bishop of
Meaux. This sentence had been confirmed by the
Archbishop of Paris, and for this injury he had
sworn to be avenged. He had been noted on the
peristyle of the Madaleine of late, bearing a pla-
card on his breast, calling attention to his imagi-
nary wrongs. The police, from an ill-judged
respect to his sacred office, refrained from treating
him like other disturbers of the public peace, and
will now have to deplore their ill-timed clemency.
It is said that he is imbecile, others say that he is
and ; we must hope that this latter palliation
will be proven.

The body of the Archbishop will be shown pub-
licly to-morrow at the lying in state in the Cathe-
dral.

The assassin declares that he has committed
this awful crime as a protestation against the doc-
trine of the Immaculate Conception.
A Sister of Charity, who had observed the
movement of the assassin, and attempted to throw
herself between the Archbishop and him, was
wounded in the hand.

The assassin made an attempt to escape in the
crowd, but he was seized by five or six of the con-
gregation, and narrowly escaped being strangled
by them. In his examination before the authori-
ties he answered coolly. He says he was sus-
pended without just cause.

The following notice has been posted on the
doors of the Church of St. Etienne-du•Mont :

"Monseigneur the Archbishop having been
stabbed to death at 4 o'clock this afternoon by a
criminal hand in the Church of £t. Etienne-du-
Mont, the church remains under an interdict
until the expiatory
.ceremony which shall be
subsequently commanded."

To-day the outside of the Church of St. Etien-
ne-du Mont is hung with black. No High Mass
in any church through-
has been chaunted to-day
out, the diocese of Paris. In its place a !ow mass
was celebiated, after which th© clergy sang the
seven penitential psalms.

The Metropolitan Chapter has already met for
receiving the official notification of the death of
the Archbishop, and for taking measures for the
administration of the diocess until a successor be
appointed. The church of St. Etienne-du-Mont
is placed under interdict by the fact of the crime
having been committed there, and it will not be
opened until it is purified by an expiatory cere-
mony.

A SCREW STEAMER oN SHoRE.—PENZANCE, Jan. 2
—Nine of the crew of the screw steamer Dunaskin,
Captain Macfarlane, of Ayr, have been landed here to•
day, and report that their vessel, while on her voyage
from Lisbon for Bristol, with a cargo of fruit, has gone
on shore. They state that she struck on a rock about
11 o'clock last night, and in about 15 minutes went on
shore on the main land ; they got into the boat, leaving
the master, mate, and a man named Foley, on board,
whose fate is as yet uncertain. The crew report that
owing to the heavy sea striking the vessel, the boat
parted, and they could not reach the vessel again. It is
supposed that the vessel must be on shore within the
Rundlestone, near Porthgwarrow Cove.
AUSTRALIAN TRADE TO LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool
Chronicle, of Jan. 3, states that during the past year
N .
125 vessels left the Mersey, of an aggregate tonnage of
140,652 tons, while from the Thames during the same
pariod 276 vessels sailed, of a tonnage of 209,012 tons.
The average tonnage of the vessels leaving the Mersey B a
was 1,125 tons, while those from the Thames averaged
750 tons each. 17 vessels carrying Government emi-
We are expecting the u/tini,Ettca:E'
JA 4
of France and
grants have been despatched during the year from tho, England.
The new levy amounts to 14 000 men.
Mersey, chiefly by the " Black Ball" and " White Star'
line of packets. Nearly 7,000 persons were sent from ,
Liverpool by the Emigration Commissioners. In the A service of vigorous surveillance has been orga-
early portion of the year the emigration to Australia nised on the frontier.
was very slack, but on the receipt of favourable news
the tide again turned, and the third and fourth quarters People are looking for a Proclamation by the
of last year bear a striking contrast to those of the Federal Ccuncil.
•
preceding one. Above 16,000 persons were conveyed
in private ships from Liverpool. General Dufour has organised a numerous staff.
CONFESSION OF A MURDER.—The Limerick papers On his application the Federal Council has given
state that at the city police-court on Wednesday, before,
Alderman Watson and Captain Gavin, Johnston, a pri-
orders to place on a war footing eighteen addi-
vate in the. 88th Regiment, who gave himself up a few tional battalions of infantry, as well as nine com-
days since to constable Doyle, stating that he was the
murderer of a man named Pickersgill, at Hull, in October companies of carbineers, cavalry, and artillery.
last, made the following startling confession :—"rre
enlisted in the 52,i Regiment, from which he deserted,
command-in-chief of General Dufour, after his acceptance of the
the Federal army, expressed
when Pickersgill gave information which led to his arrest.
At the outbreak of the war in the East he was allowed himself as follows, at a public meeting
to volunteer into the 88th Regiment, and served with "It is a noble task which has been confided to
that regiment during the whole of the campaign, for
which he was decorated with the war medal with four me, and 1 Rill do everything in my power to
clasps. On the morning of the 15th of October last he show myself worrhy of the confidence which Swit-
met Pickersgill in Humber-street, Hull, with whom' d our common country, has placed in me.
retired to a public-house, where they both drank to be again able at the end of my
excess. They afterwards parted, but not before lam
ha
heto zerlan , .
a few angry words. On going up by the
having
y e warehouse, career to testify my devotedness to the common
Pickersgill crossed before Johnston when. the latter cause by rendering all the service in my power to
struck him on the head with a stick having lead at the the national cause. It is not only the military
end. Pickersgill, with the force of the blow,
fell into strength and the riches of a country which make
the dock and was never heard of afterwards.
Johnston I it respected, but it is the enthusiasm and union
being prosecuted at Hull. '
was sent back to gaol awaiting the result of he inquiries
of a people. lam proud for my country's sake

The Moniteur announces the murder of the
Archbishop of Paris in, the same terms as the
above, adding :

"It is impossible for us to describe the deep
emotion felt by the numerous faithful who were
assembled in the church, and the painful irapres.
sion which the news of the death of the Virtuous
prelate caused that evening in Paris."

of the unanimity of which it has given proof under
existing circumstances. I have confidence in the
goodness of our cause, and I have, above all, the
firm confidence that the God of the Grutli—that
the God of our fathers--will not abandJn us.
May God protect Switzerland r

The permanent committee of the two Chambers
of Wurtemburg, in supporting the petition of a
certain number of the deputies against the passage
of Prussian troops through the country, has de-
manded explanations from the Ministry on the
present state of the negotiations with Prussia on
the subject.

A telegraphic despatch from Trieste announces
from Constantinople, under the date of Dec. 26,
that some ships of the English squadron were on
the point of sailing for the Circassian coast, in
order to demand of the Russian authorities the
restitution of the cargoes of those boats which
were lately captured by the Russian general who
took possession of the fort of Soujouk Kaleh.

The steamer Carmel, from Constantinople, with
dates of the 22d, has arrived at Marseilles, but
the intelligence which it conveys is meagre in the
extreme. No details are offered us respecting
the march of events in the Persian Gulf, and the
local news are very uninteresting. We learn that
Feruk Khan is still intent on his journey to Paris,
and that he had paid his farewell visit to the
Sultan. Abd-ul•Medjid profited by this occasion
to assure the envoy of the Shah of his friendly
and pacific sentiments towards Persia. It is
said that the Shah is forced to carry on the war
by the fanaticism of the population. The tribea
of Asterabad had offered cavalry to the Shah.

By a decree, signed by the Prussian Minister
of the Interior and the Minister of Finance,
dated Dec. 30, the exportation of horses across the
frontiers, in every direction, is prohibited until
further orders.

The late rumours of the retirement of Marshal
Radetzky from the chief command in Austrian
Italy are confirmed. He will be replaced by
the Archduke Maximilian.

The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second
edition), in his letter dated Jen. 2, says:—
" It is now certain that Colonel von Manteuffel
has come here as an Agent Provocateur.' The
King of Prussia, who displayed such an un-
friendly feeling towards his Imperial nephew
during the late war, is now extremely desirous
that the latter should assist bim in applying the
moral thumb-screws to the Swiss. Colonel von Man-
teuffel is to try to persuade the Emperor Francis
Joseph to withdraw his Minister from Berne, but
his Majesty will hardly consent to do so. This
Government has probably nearly (if not quite),
as much faith as the Berlin Cabinet in the disinte-
restedness of the Emperor Napoleon ; but it is
one of the fundamental principles of Austrian
state-craft not to place implicit confidence in any
one, and therefore Baron Mensshengen will be
left at Berne. Should the Prussians get possession
of Basle and Schaffhausen, and French troops
enter Geneva and the Pays de Taud, the Austrians
will occupy Tessin, but if France remains a mere
looker-on, Austria will do no more than place a
corps of observation on her frontier towards
Switzerland."