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6 — ne ans EUROPE. Rassian Report of the Re ewal of the War in “crete, a wee? French De’,ates on the Policy in Gérmany and Italy. Tho E7rning of Her Majesty’s Thea- fre--Scenes and Incidents. Losses of Madame Titiess, Mr. Maplesen, Earl Dudley and the [osurance Companies, The German mail steamship Hermann, Captain Wenke, whicb left Southampton on the 10th of Decem- Der, arrived et this port yesterday evening, landing four hundyed and one passengers, The Hermann brings our European files, in detail of our cable Cospatches, daied to her day of sailing from Bogiand, : A telegram from 8t, Potersburg, of the 7th of Decem "ber, says:— Intethgence published here aonounces that hostilities again broke out in Crete on the 22d of November, Turk- eh reinforcements bad been sent thither armed with dreech-loaders, In consequence of resentations made tothe Russian C re somed taking away fugiti from the island. Mt ie also stal thatthe Viceroy of Egypt refuses to ay the triby ue to the Porte, requiring that the atter etould take into account tbe costa iveurred by Egypt in sending troops to Crete ‘The debate on the relations between France and Ger- many was commenced jn the French legislative body December % MM. Garnier Pages opened the discussion in a speech in which ho criticised most severely tho foreign pohey of the government, France bad declared in favor of nationalities, and bad contrived to array most of the uathonalittes—Germany, Russia, America, Italy—against her, Peaco was prociatmed, and disquieting policy pursued, The Salzburg interview was a blunder, and the Sitiance with Austria a mistake, It was with Germany that an alhanco ought to be formed, and, above all, a Prusso-Italian alliance againgt France ought to be obvi- ated, In the English House of Commons, on the 7th, Mr. Hunt explained that the new Cunard contract would ‘bo elf-sopportivg, inasmuch as the back postage from America, for which the company would account to the Post OMice, would almost balance the subsidy, the Paris Etendard remarks:— Our correspondent at Rome continues to believe in the imminence of a new attack against the Holy See. Tho specehes of Marquis de Moustier and M. Rouber 4n the French Senate on the Roman question aroused Sho susceptibilities of the Italian legislators, and accord- fugly both in the Senate and House of Deputies, ip Fiorence, General Menabrea was asked wht attitude the government fotended to assume on the Roman question, at the camo time being informed that Parlia- Ment was ready to support the government in claiming Romo for italy. Gencral Menabrea explained to the Sevato the policy of the government, and agreed to the following resolution, whieh was adopted unanimousiy ‘as the order of the day :— the declaration of the Minis. rnment, will manfuliy rasintaln id the dignity of the nation and hasten its pletion, passes to the order of the day, General Menabrea eaid:— 1 wish to establish that to obtain « settlement of the Romay question al! rashness must be avoided, and that even ihe thought of violence or force must b: dismissed, When our right is affirmed in the presence of Europe; ave shown all the respect due to religious in: ; when Europe 1s convinced that not eply not bosiile to the Papacy, but that we wish to edependence and uphoid its majestic princip! feria n divergence of view, which now appears’ deeply Seated because it is formed from the recent painful re- goliections, will graduaky diminish, and at length, I hope, entirely disappear. tn the Chamber of Deputies, {n Berlin, the affair of the Danish deputies, Herren Krueger and Ablmann, who Fefuse to Lake the outh to the Prussian constitution, ex- @ept under protest, came on for discassion....The posal of tho committee was almost unanimonsly adoptea, whereby tho Chamber refuses to allow them to take the @atbs under protest, and In case of their persisting in Meir prevent attitude, excludes them from thelr seats, ‘and calle upon the goveromentio institute fresh elec- Mons in North Schleswig, A telegram from Bombay, India, of November 29 Feperis cotton quict, Freights to Liverpool, 602, Ex- Is, 113¢4. Wcng Kong advices of November 15 report tea firmes, @ewand moderato, total export, 67,500,000 Ibe, Ex. 4s, 4d, gbao, China, telegrams of the 91h of November advise eitk higher; export to date, 33,000 bales, Ex- @bavge on London, 63 id. The return of the six months mance by ihe banks has caused a beavy fall on the exebanges, THE ROMAN QUESTION. The v bh Legislative Debate on © Reln- tiens with Italy KRome—M. Rouher's Recond Address—Jules Favre in Reply-An Exciting Scene and Adjournment. The following is a full report of the adjourned debate fm the Legisiative body of France ou the relations of the @mpire towards Maly and Rome:— When the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate was read, Baron Jerome David M. Tolers was for @ long time at the he Ubis country, and he must be fully aware how easy it 18 aficr evenis bave been accomplished to iuterpret the ferent phases of them in such @ manner as to throw blame on a government, The portion @ost pondered over, the moat important and, | m the most dangeroue portion uf his a speech ho represents House of greater by suce allowing the var, lating disconte try would in yy Pope to observe, “You allowed me to be despoiled of @ portion of my ferritory, aod tt is only when! have almost nothing Jef that you intervene to aid mo, For sucu eonduct I certainly owe you no gratitude,” The policy of the government cautot be reached by such ii bons, since it bas been national, hogest, legal and ore. The troaty of Zurich clearly manifested the op b government respec ag the terri. Serial constitution of Itayy, but while we disapproved the conduct of that State we could not go to w feu) the Pri mere intimation of the wilt of France would quficod to prevent a war, for Mere are fools in ould not have recoiled before a contest with France; and whe. weak nation belie’ 4 Das @ good cause it Moos not fear io 4 Power, as the examplo ot Dewmark pro When the inciden's respecting Romagoa, the Marches and Umbria took piace the Pope was surroundea by infuences hostile to the French empire, and to our appeal be always replied, “Non poxumus.” The Court OP Rome said to France, * You will be compelled to follow me; but we con: Tented ourselves with protecting that'portion of terri tory which was indispensable to the i Boly Father. Jam no partisan of I abink we have no right to prevent its con: tau be completed without our aid and without violating froation, (Appinuse.) French policy in italy das been perfectly loyal, and it led to Abe Convention of September. That treaty has been torn up by the Italians, and | join with thore who thank the government for having sent our troope to potect Rome ageing’ an ¢@xtorna! attack and to enforce respect for the Convention. (Hear, bes Agrretion on one side Gri ingratitwte on the other Aave marked the conduct of Voy, (Renewed applause.) She tar bem aggresive in én the mesariy of to be or hot to be in raying, with a , “Rome or death!" T believe ehe has nob ihe necesnty, The pe of Rome would (Hear, hear.) tombe wants in a band 9) ‘tho head of to com- European revolitiog, ich seems to hed ite in the Italian J seont}t @ polit! mamme, luyslly exer sore me thick Aer fi owe to the episting laws, the conse! Woriou? poowinese to veolen'ty LrougAl together wh, the me u Yay be etre 1 of the country t ” By colng to Rom 4 well ay the Papacy, ¢ We are now in the to evecusteibem? 1 uption, that ¢ upation 4 Hone Bot im teat the the diame fe with Year) We are bound to romein ppditn® OF Talv- otters ron entrants tees of * < tes’ + déahqulility; recent events have given us t Ser" 69. Considering these declarations, we have only Mg wo deabe ne. picazes f the Florence go" - { PE By mei to the goverament and withdraw -4 ite designs in case of European comp! icati ver, | ourdemand for interpeliaiion, (Greatapplause, “Vote, bear.) We must rewa 0 at Rome until agolemn ‘the | vote !”) Malian Pariiament shall have assured us th<s after our ‘M. Bemrrgr—One word, gentlemen, 1 feel bound to departure another attack wil! not be mrc¢ the Eter- | eay that Iam very bappy to fod myself ip perfect nal City, (Warm approbation.) The Holy | cord with the sentiment of the immense majorly Father, we trost, will introduce seforms into his States, | the Chamber, (Hoar, hear.) This manifestaton will Dut he cannot do so until be shall have no jonger to | resound throughout Europe. Why sbould got ‘b read (beir results, (Hi oar, ) a happy to see os government showing itself frm and resolute; it is the policy which for sixteen years has assured pub- le order, prosperity and national greatness to France. (Loud assent.) Jsapport the reference to the gov mont to examise the icterpellstion which demands the maintenance of our troops in the Pontifical States, and J oppose that which descrives the sending of our sol- diera to the assistance of the Holy Father as a second expedition to Rome, Yes, we have accomplished an Xpedition against revolutionists at home and abroad, id T thank the | sbiocoy {Prolonged ap- Plause from many benches.) M, Rovawr eaid:—Gentiemen, I shal! address myse'f Priacipally to the fustification of the conduct cf the government in the past and at present ; 1 will then in- quire whether it true that the policy pursued is marked by indecision, reticence and ambiguity; and I hope to make my declarstions #0 clear ag to dispel all obscurity and epable me boidly to appeal to the loyalty of public opinioa, Firat, 1 believe it will be of use to inquire what t# the character, the scope and the object of tho revolution which has threatened Rome; 1 will them judge the conduct respectively of the Nehan and French governments; afterwards I will turn to the objections of the Hon. M. Tbiers againstthe Ttalian campaign and against Itallan ualty, and will ‘endeavor to justify from every pornt of view, social and morsel, the intervention which the opposition reproaches ue with; fnbily, | will approack and grapple with the dileinma in which some bave sought to place us, and I hope to do so with a frankness which wilt bring every troubled censei.noe round to the loyal declarations of the government. (Hear, hear.) What was the charac- terof the revolution which menaced Rome? Was it prepared in darkoews and mystery hee fees to \ icly to sbow itself In the cht of day? 3.18 was publ organized, developed ia view of the Pontifical territory, on the avil of Italy, altogether too hospitabie toward tt Was, at least, the imprudeuce of these Preparations compensated for ®y the rapidity of the execution? Notat al. Darng eight months the Pon- tificial States were under the doub.¢ menace of an inva- sion and of an insurrection at Rome, Italy was disturbed by 1; France was diaquieted; Europe was moved. the Tevoluiion was anxious during this interval to assume. appearance of a regular power. General Garibaldi a dressed to the Ministers of England, Prussia, and Rus. sia resident at Rome @ circular note, informing them that he bad beon appointed in 1848 Governor of Rome, and that his autbority, not having ceased to be valia— tor the Pope is only an usurper—he intended to resume his mgbis apd bis power. (A laugu.) What was ite plan? To provoke insurrection Kome, aud then to support it by corps of volunteers who jd by that time bave crossed the Poptiticial trontier, What were ita means of organization ? Subscriptions which bad been collected jonieily im England, depots of arms, enlissment offices, where, among men of hon- eat convictions, there were —_mercenarics— (hear, bear)—because on enrolling them they were paid & premium end promised quadruple pay, Guribaid: was Qt tL. oad of two secret societies at Rome—tue Na- ‘ional Committee and the Ceitro of Insurrection. H also acted at Florence, and that publicly, a8 President of the National Committees of the Roman Refugees, Somo time passed; tbe volupteers drew pear to the Pon- Ufcal frontier, and om the 2ist of June two hundred of them attempted to cross, But the in-urrection did not break out at Rome, and these two hundred volunteers were repused at Tern! and dispersed Ay! the ltahan army. (A voice—“Roman.”) No, by the Itelian army, The two Roman committees were resonstituted, and all the members suspected of moderatism excluded, Dis: couragement seemed, however, to have seized on the revolutioniats, and Gambaidi appeared to ve on the point of abandoning bis projects. A peace congress was then asvembied at Goneva—(iaughter)—where all the rovolutioniats met, M. Gannier-PaGes—There were secret agents to pro- voke excesses, (Noise, M. Rovaer—The coeded their ri the meetings o, ¢ revolutionists; but they were apared the trouble by the publication of the bulletins of the ments of the will then seo ication em- Garibaldi, proceedlugs. I will oniy quote sor spee bes of Garibaldi; M. Garnier! whether he ought to apply to bim the q ployed just now. (Lavghter of approval. who nad received a ovation on fugitive. This miserable Congress terminated amid the indignation of th: inhahitan's, The impulse had, how- ever, been given, and some Italian Deputies of the Left and Sena.ors took up the movement; Menotti formed bands openly and took them to Monte Roiondo. These acs were committed in the face of an exwring government, A concert of falsehood was formed in the Italian press. Tbe successes of the Pontitical troops were transformed into deteats; Rome was said to have risen in insurrection; the Pope was stated to have lefs tue Vatican, aud tie credulous populice con- sidered Rome as already conquered, Garibaidi arrived at Florence, harangued the people, and told them that bey were mewaced by a foreign ‘fleet, which would, however, be dispersed before the breath of the people, (Laughter, ) M, Jutes Favre sald—Gentlemen, when my colleagues end mysoif presented a demaud for interpeliation, it was to draw from the government expheit declarationa, To meet the: the honorable minisier bas been precise; but there ie one point to which 1 wish to call the at- tention of the Chamber, involving, as it doca, an in- consimeucy in the proceedings of government, The task #o valiantly accepted by the ministers is not the same as that which they took on themselves in it io a year our jon, wt Tes Emperor, could pot be any longer maintajped, and our aimbassacor at Romo dociared that it was become aito- gether impossible, (Nolse» From that impossibiluy #prang tho Convention of September, as the govern- ment hoped tbat tue Holy Father, remaining face to face with Iisty, would come to an understanding with her. From 1849 to 1864 tue government explained its intervention by the hope of obtaining liberal conces- sions from the Holy Father, and as it was pot success- ful we withdrew in 186, Weill, I say that the situation bas changed entirely. 1 said to you the other day that the difference between the Aus.rian and French action was thatthe former was submisstve, and the latter gave advice To-day our intervention will be inevitably stamped with absolute submission to the Holy Father, iNojse.) You had got out of a dilficult porition, Accord- ing to the words of @ venorabie prelate, it was not pos- sible either te advance or recoil, You have recoiled and made Fragce do so likewise, (Renewed poise.) When I say that tho government of the Holy Father is Jo opposition to modern liberty 1 uee the terms of the Emperor's lector, He had boped to bring about a cop- ¢.liavon between liberalizm and the Pope. The gover mout has mow lost that Lope and, therefore, submits io tue Holy Father. (Marks of dissent) 1: proaounces cliearty tbat it will de‘end the Pope in every case, At present the French government js in face of am Italian osbimet wien it declares to be composed of moderate men, Bad 10 whose policy ft gives its adbesion, y is tbat policy? You have only to cast your eyes circulars of General Menabrea to see that the pos. seasion of ie declared indispensable to Italy. (toterruption,) ¢j3 another point which the Minis. ter of Sia uched, He has spoken of the mark of the Holy Father has gives us yu consenting to participate In the con out condition, Can besay that the Holy See accepts the which Frenca policy would wish to estab- ) You are going to pass a vote of conil- fags of Germany and Mexico, It wiil te, (Murmurs) As for by which you propose Providencs end time are invoked. That ‘6 holding puerile Janguage unworthy of great Jon and a great assembly, (Fresh interruptions.) [ do pot say that the goverument of France is pot strong enough to force ite will on It but I do say it pursues ® chimera whoo it hopes to obtain the renunciation of the vote of 1861. Italian unity has been attributed to the House of Savoy, Without going back to Machia- vel and Dante, the princ!pal inspirer during {he present Ovject pursued ? tury bas been the Ponti? who now obstructs it, He 3 who sounded in Italy the cry for deliverance—ho who roused the courage of the Itali (Mare murs) I desire to see a conciliation; but 1 ace no more probability now than in 1849 and 1864, for this reason, bh T Italy nor the Holy See will abandow their pretensions. Thence consequence arises, that our cocupauion will be indefaite ehall spend there iy-tive millious a year; we shall lock up anarmy fleet which, under certain cireurmstances, would iuable elvewhere, You compromise not oniy the igaity of France, bat you mark with the brand of policy ® cause which ought to find ite strength higher than in ‘tnd I beg the Ubamber to prese which it bas bithorto doze, 5 ) M. Juss Favan reascended the tribune om some benches, and said—Gentiomen, may p- perramuting to you; I find it ead enough, We aro en, and ought BOs to act like chiidien. The Parsionyt—TI cannot ailow the last words to pase unnoticed. The Chamber does not actas M. Favre do- scribes, But at the end of a debate so long and ap atten- ton #0 sustained, when convictions are formed, it ie natural that (be Chamber should experience some Iassi- tude, (Hear, hear.) M. Jouxs Favae (deseending from the tribune)—Then Jot it repose. M. Gisis-Bizorw-elt ja not ingeitade; 16 is il will (Noive,) The Paesorvr—t must notice the word which M. Glale Bisoln has just provouuced. 1 am bound to siate that, om the contrary, during the whole of this debate the Chamber has shown how anxious it was that the discussion should be ff la root of my assert! Glais- izoin to speak if bi es, (Laughter, w—TI appeal to the loyalty of si id that it would 1b justice require that be should ‘contre and right of you complain, bare been cer- and myself addressed to the go: opjecte—to shank it for the ) Tint om the negotiation, aad, lastly, to give to the government the Sy vote of this the which inspires us be brought to the knowledge I hear it said that character of distrust, deputy that the demand for interpeliation beinc with- drawa by its authors, by the terms of the rules :t can- (Various move- not be submitted to the Chamber, ments.) M. Berrrer—It seems to me that the act bas not yet deen completed by the President, But ag we bive ob- tained formal and positive deciarationa, withou! ambi- guity, from the Minister, I shall not pressthe po ut. M. Rov! observation, gentlemen, to show 0 that the vote of 4 the only means ¢! with the government, If the declarations made dy the government had neither satisfied the authors of the ine Verpellation nor the Chamber the vote would have went the demand to the exaraination of the government, and that step would have proved the disaccord, Therefore, it is not porsibie to have recourse to the same means to prove perfect accord. It 13 in conformity with ai! Parilamentary precedents to manifest the agreement of the Chamber and tie gov- ernment by voting the order of the day pure acd sim- ple. (Yes, yes!"’ **Vote, vote !'’) M, Gueroult ascended the tribune, (Vote, vote!” “The close, the close!" Noise.) M =Bexryver—Bofore pronouncing the close of the de- bate permit all Nonest consciences to solace themsrives. (Various movements.) I bave only two words to reply to the Minister to sbow the perfect loyalty of my inten- tions, (Speak, speak!”) In the existing state of things it is to be regretted that the legisiative body has not the right of voting the order of the day, assigning ite reasons, (Various movements.) aro asked to vote the order of the day pure aod sim- ple I say that it {s mot possible, I have Mstened to the developments of the other jnterpel- lation, that ot M. Jules Fi and! understood its scope. Well, in my con e—let thi thors «rant me entire freedom of language—I conde it, Can then confound in the same vote two demands, of which I approve one and reject the other? (Various move- menis. ‘Vote, vote! The close, the close|’’) M. GurRovtt, from the tnbune.—Task to spe position of the queation, (Numerous yoices close! the close!’’) The Preeinent—The cloe is demanded, Tain going to put tt to the vole unless you Going to speak against it, 4M. Gusroutr—I shal do 60, 1 wish to support in fob words tho conclusions of M. Berryer, (Iuterrap- tion.) The Prespext—It is against the close that you have to speak. M. Gusrovit—It is In the interest of all that the eitua- tion should be perfectly clear, (Fresh noise, and cries of “The close! The close!) It would be logical that the question should be put ag it bas just becn by M. Berryer. (Vote! Vote |’) Gentlemen, it was not on the closing that I wished to speak, but on the position of the question, The Presipent—I put the closing of the debate to the vote. The close was pronounced. M, Haeryens—We demand that the proposition of M. Berryer should be put to the vote, (Noise, ) M, GoenouLt—I ask to support, (Interruption.) ‘The Prestpemt—I consult Chamberon the question of the order of the day pure and etmple, “ape crane of the day, so announced, was agreed to by 237 to 17. The Preewwent—As the second demand for interpella- tions has been whhdrawn, I have to ask whether to- morrow (Friday) or Monday next sball be fixed for the discuesion on the interpeilations- concerning the foreign policy of the government in Germany and Italy, (Cries of *To-morrow,” ‘* Monday.””) Toe Chamber, being consulted, decided that Monday should be tne aay. ‘The proceedings then terminated, THE AMERICAN IMPEACHMENT. of the Power of Public Opinion. [From the London Times, December 10.) The refusal of the House of Representatives to prose- ento the impeachment of President Johnson terminates one of the strangest episodes in the history of tho American Union. There never was @ more stari'ing in- stance of the power of pullic opinion on a Lgisiative body. 1 Houre of Re} ntatives ia divided between ropublicans avd democrats nearly in tho ratio of three to one, the seven republican members of the Impeachment Committee, five supported, the resolution recommending the House to impeach the President at the bar of the Senate. Under ordinary circumstances the impeachment must have followed asa matter of course. A few months ago it would bave been inevitable, It had been proposed to the House by the Judiciary Committee, it was sup- ported by @ large majority of the republican members of the Committee, and the House itself was mainly com- posed of members of the republican party. But the elections of the autumn had shown that tho majority of the voters in the North recolied from the extremo measures of the republicam leaders, and, though the elections had no direct effect on the House iteelf, they Spparently exercised on immense mora! influence on ita Bes. By a vote of ono hundred and eight to filty- ‘proposal complete dead lock of deni emma AJ practical advantage was muted, * * The rejection of the, ‘Csal to impeath the President for bigh crimes and e1neavors will leave Congress free to attend to the More pressing wants of the Union, but the misenief of this mistaken proposal will, probably, not so easily disappear, It seers ely that the lenders of the repui glish Opinion @ reason to repent th unbridl mosity against President; but if this were a’ would receive, they deserve, litte commiseration, It is to as be feared that the nation at largo will be a judiced this abortive = manifestation. ‘he ident has given abundant proofs of his own in- tractable disposition, aud the abstract of his iast message shows that up to the meeting bol seg ho bad uot learned tbe necossity of abating any of bis pre- teneions. The conclusive vote against the prosecution of his impeachment may not improbably be taken by Such & man as an approval of bis policy, It mustinany case confirm him ip the course he has adopted, The consequences which may be traced in the jegislation of the session which has just begun cannot be doubtful. The strength of the republican party is brokeu, yet tt commands a majority in the House and In the Senate, The tenacity of tho President is confirmed, yet he is Hable to be overruled by the votes of adverse ma- joritien The hopes @ salisfactory reconstruction diminished. ae are 7m cannot be supposed that the republicans will acquiesce in Mr, Jobuson’s schemes, and |t is beyond hope that Mr. Johnson will modity his own views, (bere must be 8 trial of sireogih on every question as it arises, and tuo doutiful balance will sometimes imcline to one and sometimes to the other aide. Neither can get rid of the other, and tho ‘utmost that can be anticipated is 4 litlo amendmont of the more preesi: diMeulties of the present situation, followed by a postponement.of the ress of the work to a better season, at oul from the prospect of useful Te tion in Congress, the of the nation must be almost irely devoted what would, under any Circumstances, be the great tase of the coming year—the selection of the new President and th of the “platform” upon whic! siructed, alon—Reminiscences of the Opera, Actors and Stage. (From the London Times, Deo, 9.) The following account of the destructive dre by which her Majesty's theatre, London, was Ii to rulps, as it comes froma Mr. ve Jennings, secretary and auditor of the accounts of the management, can be de- Pile, Jountnge ea an treal, all day fa the thestra, and . Jennings was, as jay in re, an was the only in the house with the three fre- men, Browa, top and Maynard, and the halikeeper end general custodian of the building, Mr. Sprules, and bie wife, when the fire broke out. Mr. Jenvings was forced from the theatre by the building ber ed with emoke and the roof ing With dre at exactly quarter-past eleven, as be had an tnstant made feterence to hie watch, Noticing th® Intensely red tilu- mination of bis room, which unnatural and fearful Light totally overcame the white brightness of two gas /obes afd the fire which wae burning In the grate, Mr. Seaniege Jooned out into the Haymarket and saw the facades of buiidings, and, atthe end of Sufolk place, ail the iarge windows of the Union Club, blezing wih — flickering light, exactly like the effect of a splendid golden sunset, dcepening into red, on a clear summer evening. A passage of soteo length, hoes ye ing ab right angles to another long passage, which ta the asual thoroughfare between the ball and the etnircabe wenden up to tte stave, was, when he opened bis door and eniored the passage, full of smoke, From @he absence of the usual gas burners, which for the sake of ecovomy on» ay BOon-performance, as Friday Was, wore pot lit, dr, Jouniags hed difioulty ta makiag his was through tk from bi@ intimate @ theatro, by feel. mg the hail, he ball wae vacant Not on forcing tite into the street police who, pone od promptitede, wes loft, foroidiy oy * tion to Feturn into the theatre ing to he buliding, wn the Haymarket theatre were con- nt roadway in freat of the burning eh wolling. if hoarse, Rours before nce the smell of smok wich ie tage of 18 gre view \nere ie Bo doubt thet if aay jm this, the moat remote and least fre~ of the beiiding, ot ren seven breajening enemy might bare beew no. one heen b hoes, tht NEW YORE, HERALD, MONDAY, DEC4MBER 23, 1867, i a roouth of the Vast area or pit, now filled and al fire, and scattering of like rockets, its vaulting clouds of sparks, similarly to monster flights of firedies, laterally and to skyward, The four hollow walls of the late id edifice were now as the curve of a lack cup, in which a noble sacrifice of art end to this theatre, To Mr, Mapieson this proves a most serious check and diMteuity, We are given to understand that th: of his entire operatic career, to the amou! are wholly gone, Furniture, fittin, cont organ, four hundred stalls of t pe manufacture, music library, irreparable in tis loss, undreds of costumes of the o) both for male and female artists, the gigantic central chandelier and the new gas lustres round the tiers, ical matru- ments, draperies, piauofortes; in fact, all bis apparatus and fittings necessary for furnishing out confessedly the most beautiful and perfect Opera House iw the world— all bave gous, Dimensions and Fintsh of the Building. From the curtain to the back of the boxes it was upwards of one hundred feet tong and fifty-six feet high; the width at the curtain was forty foot and that of the pit sixty-five feet, The stage measared sixty feet from the orchest to the back wall and cighty foet between the side walls, ‘The building was of brick, covered with Roman cement, the entableture being of Bath stone and the surrownd~ ing coluzons of cast tron, colored to represent stone, and seventeen feet in height, The rincipal front was two hundred and eighty-three fect in length and sixty-four feet hig 1700 the Interior of th: building was parti modelied by Marinari, sce: painter at Drury inne. The exterior colonnades and jes were completed by Messrs, Thomas Nash and 1818, at a cost of £50.000, One charac ie Of tho theatre was its acoustic quality, in which reapect it is said td have been un- equatied by apy buiiding of ita class, The wr yer, ro library, belonging to Earl Dudiey, are sald to be in- sured for £70,000, Madame Titlen’s |,O8se8. [From the London Star, Dec, #4 Wo rogret to learn that Madame fitieng alone has lost Jewelry from £1,000 to £1,200, in addition to al: ber mag- nificent stage dresses, Tho grand organ, which cost £500, and all the stago scenory and decorations, painted forthe most part by Telbin, Grieve and Culcott, have been destroyed, A Curious Incident. By an odd circumstance the only thing which has sur- vived the general wreck is the dross in which the on Giovanni"? was wont to be played, the Burned pb m the London Times (city article) Deo, 10) Subjoined ts @ list of insurances effected on Her Majesty's theatre, exclusive of the surrounding houses; several of the offices, however, have lessened therr risk by reinsurances im other offices not named:—On the buttding—Liverpool and London and Giobe, £10,000; Northern, £6,000; Lancasht £5,000; Sun, £4,000; Atlas, £3,000; Manchester, 000: North British and Mercantile, £2,000; and Commercial Union, £2,000. On propertise—Nerih British and Mercantile, £6,000; and val, Liverpool, £3,000, making a total on the building and properties of £44,000. The insurances by Messrs. Graves & Co,, the print sellers, are stated to be—Aill- ance, £7,000; Northern, £5,000; County, £3,750; W minster, £3,000; Hand-im-band, £3,000; Liverpool and London and Globe, £3.000; Lancashire, £8.000; Sun, £3,000; and Western, £3,000—a total of £33,750, History of the Buildings Which Have Steod the Site. [From the London Observer, Dee. 9.} Tho first theaire butlt on this spot was erected by Sir Jobn Vaobrugh. It was raised by thirty persons of rank, principally of the whig party, if we may judge by their inscribing the first stone with the words *' Littie Whig,’’ {n compliment to Lady sutherland, a celebrated beauty of the day. The money subscribed was £100 each, and the theatre opened April 9, 1705, with an Ttalian opera, which was far from being successful, Ip the year 1720 a sum of £50,000 was raised by subscrip- tien to support the Malian opera. On June 17, 1789, the theatre was burned down, and in consequence of this accident the opera was transferred, first fo the “ little theatre” in the Haymarket and subscquen'ly to the Pantheon in Oxford street, which was liconsed to the Lord Charwberiain, During this interval Mr. Taylor, the proprietor of the old Opera House, exerted bimse!f s0 successfully that the foundation of the now erection was laid by the Duke of Buckingham, and 1 loss than @ year the house wag comploted. The’ season of 1791 ai the Pantheon was very unsuccessful to the manager, Mr. O'Reilly, who thereby incurred debt to theamount of £30,000. On the new Opera House being completed a general opera estabiish ment was form nd the direction reposed in five noblemen, om whose refusal to act the management should devoive on Taylér, and the debts of the Pantheon season were transferred to the new concern, The then Lord Chamberiain refused to grant the license, but, the Pantheon ws @estroyed by fre in the following season, 1 to theatre was licensed, tbe regular business of tl opera commenced. The entire soon felt lor’s ba 4 th tamed #11 3803, 1 smto jor’ thus gonttau 0 winet $ Brace 1p04 ha sold to one Mp. Goold ahaies tu the opera to the amoumt of £17,500, being seven-six- teouthe, while, Taylor morigaged the remaining nine- eixteenths to Goold for £6,790. The ground on which the King’s thestre stood was held on lease from the Crown, the audience and stage patt being on two distinct leases—the former at £1,260 and the tntter at £300 per annure, These leagos extended to the year 1891. Goold conducted the management til! his death, in 1807, Catalani was the great attraction of his management and the sam as salary received by her in the season o 1807 was £5,000, and her total profits with concerts, &c.. ‘was £16,700, On Goold’s death the management ¢e- voived on Taylor, who soon became involved in a chan- cery suit with Mr. Waters, Goold’s executor, No obange, however, took place till 1813, when the house was for some time closed by order of the Lord Chancellor. In 2814 it was reopened under the management of Mr. Waters, who purchased it under decree for £25,000. In the peo Taylor was a prisoner for debt in the ne King’ In 1826 the theatre was again pat up for sale, and the whole concern was pu chased by Mr. Waters for £70,150, who, to raise t cern relapsed into ite former state, and August 15, 1820, An ope. a and ballet having been announced for repre- sentation, the company ou arriving at the doors of the douse were unable to obtain admission, for Mr. Waters bad withdrawn to Calais and the theatre was closed, The Opera House now passed into the bends of Mr. Ebers, who volunteered as manager, and in the first eeason he eo greatly improved the ballet that the salaries f dancers alone amounted to £10,000. At the conclu- on Of the eeason of 1623 the theatre was let to Mr. Be- ili; but Mr. Ebers e'terwards resumed the manage. ment, which he retained till the close of 1827, In 1828 tho theatro was let to Mr. Laporte and M, Laurent, at the rent of £8,000, and this was ® season of groat success, In consequence of the combined atiractions of Sontag and Pasta. In Me eourse of the se years ae Ebers held the Opera House ho lost, however, £46, The theatre passed through various hands with fiue- Soating fortunes till Mr. Lumley did mach to restore ita popularity in 1842, when be commenced his manage- mm and 184’ ‘ularly brilliant season, through ye Tn 1961, after some short sea- sone and Jong vacations, it was opened by Mr. E. T. Smith, and for the last five years the theatre bas been under the direction§ of Mr. haplevon, It was known as the Jargest in Europe, La Scala, at Milan, alone excepted, ‘The exterior was greatly improved by Mesara. Nash and Repton in 1818, and was thon surrounded on all sides by a covered colonuade supported by Doric pillars, Reminiscences of the Opera and Senge, {From the Lonuon Herald, Dec. 0.) ‘The annals of that opera which has sustained so severe a lose through this lamentable conflagration begin with those days of as] to the science of music in England when comiag over from Hamburg, = | m bg trembied for bee Sale inaldo at ing’s in the Haymar! op that same spot of Seon bak which now presents @ black and tottering ruin, burying a rast amount of exquimte artinic ; burying also, we fear, pn gen nate of fortuue honoratly and intelll- gentiy acquired; ae@ burying again, iet us add with especial emphasis, the humble properties of many poor servitors in that radiant temple of pleasure, who have, at tho same time, been deprived of their employment. Faacy ibe audience, the beaux and bel ihe Tanne Costumes and powdered beauty, high In headdress and high in the heel, sparkling and splendid, of 4711, contrasted with the chignons and sweeps of train, the diamonds and dawdiers of last Thursday evening. Bat the spirit} was at ail times the same, There were always high-bande@ directors and angry com A distensions and jealousien and emulations of rival houses; parties of patrons who wanted te swear down nger and swear up another, and tweediedum and lweediedoe provoking the contempt of the Dean a Buonocial, to be praised by one # Eaudel to bo Isaded nearly e hundred years, sotwwithstanding of the Germa i nm 01n) 4 perio you do de! aa aageisof her- jure hated one ‘20 cam marvel it? Tho stage of Hor Majesty's theatre was « realm for one queen to rule There could not be+wo Jenny Linda, and so La joni deemed La Faustina to bean impertinencs, so it was, mand wil oa sae our manners may havo changed ¢o far that tl ynarrels of these petulant darlings of the pubile waken Up and made the subjects of Lerce cs omnibus boxes, opera is and club rooms. do not hear of directors succumbing to the tyranny of a fpretiy woman, and getting rid of her competitor by reducing D: ta lings a week; but we Go trace through all the chromicies o( opera the piquancy of perpetual discord, assure you that the out of vogue very much whea the “Bey we the town a musical entertainment MWoretto, that it seat one aod wo ein! y Han trict course of hu mal uigite venom, Bose ducats, wi of ber generals received had better ask your thus, by boing indomitably {my abe bad asked; ‘a, “4 King’s ata ago of Pantheon; Bantl, who bequeathed her larynx to the municipality of Bologna, in which city it is devoutly cherished in a gisss case, Bil- lingtor Wonder;"’ Braham, who came in with the century and 6 ® generation unaccustomed to English voices; and then Caialani, who, for a while, suppressed aft ‘rivalry, queoned it’ !n the domain of songstresses, delighted all hearers, insisted upon haif the gross receipts of the opera house aud netted £20,000 1D 81x Montha, Precnutions Against Fire in Theatres—Dan- werous and Fat; {From the London Times, .. * * * But besides an antiquity, as Li forced to measure ite antiquities, a favorite 1!) was destroyed on Friday night. As long as we can re- member every child im London bas been told that y top of the oid Opera House there hu: Of water sufficient to turn an} nfiagration into ® deluge, and only too likely substitute one ealamity for 80 gh some purpose or other. — As ono’s reason mature: nce modified the credulity of youth, ono tain wings as to the possibility of directing this Niagara on the proper q' ere, asked who was to be there? How was he to open the valves, or even to know where to find them? How was the water to be sent right up aloft be soon effect a lodging? But that ther that something must come of its con‘ents if they existed, no one could doubt, If the water did not come down it id go up, and there might be an explosion, an creat ° ind Imteresting fact, even if it did no good. The result however, baffled equally all hopes, expectations, en misgivings, The sup; firmament of waters was diacharged on Friday to no effect. After it had fulfilled ite mission, ay we are assured, the tank, or the wooden lining of the tink, caught fire like anything else. The only conceivable use of suspending a huge weight of water in aroof already lable to dangerous strains, and yet pecemmarily light, is im the emergency of # firo, Yet, after performing its part very solemnly for three- quarters a egpese 9 the o'd impostor was found on Friday to be good for nothing. For the future the de- pendence will be on the pian, construction and mate- Tial of the edifice rat! than on any scheme for drow! ing a fire if it ever gets hold of a building. We shall be excused for drawing attention to the circumstances under which our largest theatre has been burnt out, as they say, like a tar barrel, ia sixty or seventy minutes, in spite of its tanks and half the fire engines in London— some worked by steam. ur public buildings and their contents are becoming more and more valuabie, and of some it may be said the loss would be irreparable. They ought to be all thoroughly Greproof, and can all be rendered fireproof without inuch difficulty or cost, Who would have thought, indeed, fifty years ago thet the substitution of irom for wood would make much more progress in sbips than Ip buildings, and that we should now be floating casties of iron, and still laying beams and rafters of wood? So it is, however, and timber is now all the cheaper because it is no longer the only material for ship building. This, however, is a public affair, for we are every day threatened with a catastrophe beyond all example by the construction and materials of some of our pablic buildings; and now is ‘Ube time to call attention to that danger, DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE, Reporte From Africa and Renewed Hopes of His Safety. Ata meeting of the Royal Geographical Soci England letters were read from Dr. Kirk, of Zanzibar, fourteen days later in date than the last that have beon published, The letters are as follo FROM MRS, KIkK TO SIR R. 1, MURCHISON, Zaxzman, Oct, 11, 1867. The white traveller concorning whom Dr. Kirk wrote to you on the 28th of last month, according to further accounts, staeyd five days at the village where the caravan wa3and then went on to the next chiof. The whte man was of moderate height, not stout, wore white coat and trousers and a black cloth cap, rovod which he sometimes wrapped a white cloth, Hi gave the chicf alook.og glass, eight yards of flann and a tin box. A He went on northwaras. He gave a letter to Bun- duki, the leader of another caravan, which ts expected op the coast in month. instraments which he used had a compass and other night, He could converse holl, but did so imperfectiy and with the Nyasea like Dr, Kirk;" he hada beard. Three of his four had bags of beads, the others and Dr. Kirk in Sual idiom, party carried boxes; ma This is gi tho feformation ha wishes roe to \ell ypu he has ‘bardly any doubt at ull hat it is indeed Dr. Livingstone, If it is not, who can tbe? There a8 no other white man in the interior that we know of, a Portuguese from the west would not speak Snaheli, There is also a rumor that a white man has been seen jo the country of Uruwa, west of Uyiji, but as yet we Dave not been able to trace the report, It was heard ee mentioned In a conversation between two na- ves, Dr. Kirk had rent a large parcel of guns, letters and oth: ings to Ujijito meet Dr. Livingstone, which, if he bears in any way that such th’ Jay there for him, would probably influence bis movements, P. 8.—Mr. Brenner, the companion of the late Baron ‘vou der Decken, 1s just returned to Zanzibar from the river Dana, which he asconded for adistance of betweee ono hundred and two hundred miles from thesea. He describes the river as deep and navigable for small craft, and it fows through a rich country. FYROM DR, KIRK TO MA. WERR, Zaxemar, Oct. 9, 1867. The interesting discovery that a white man has been seen seven months ago to the south of Lake Tanganyika induced Mr. Churchill, the consul, and myself id to ait OVO, & piace on the Coast, the point of arrivs parture of the Ujiji caravans, The result of ow has been to find two other inea who also saw th’ country of an- and to place his Appearance, hi d have been told that letters were given to one of the bead mon of another caravan they <t Marungu. This man wo have since found ist personage, but « well. known man. #0 that on his arrival from the interior, ja the course of a month, we have not ‘our curiosity satisfied, but I sincerely hope our bast wiehes for our dear friend Livingstone realized. ‘we shall fled be has been successful, and is pushing his way to the Albert Nyanza, thonce to emerge, via tho ‘Nile, on the Mediterranean. He wll have been the first maa who has not only erossed the continent, but has through its whole length, from the Cape of Good to the mouth of the Nile. But the essential part of hia work will have been done betore he reaches the Nile, and be may safely return towards Zanzibar, if #0 minded, with laurels sufficient to constitute him the greatest of all explorers, and the African traveller par lies or an ides ip which way to do so if they wished to please merely. Besides, our conversations were carried on without an int , and although making no pre- tence to a full knowledge of the J Know quite suffietect to be able to express myself and dispense with that forile source of confusion—an interpreter. 1 need SUICIDES. Salcide by Drowning. 4 4 pine o'clock yesterday morn: Bame te unknown, slepped aboard the Hoboken ferry. recognized. Tia wan take jorgue for identification, and Coroner Gover Botified to hold an inquest Deceased was adout forty years of ago, and wore a suit of biack clothes, fur cap and galters Ae Ex-Robel OMeer Kille Himself Probably for Love. [From the Pittsburg Chronio) A distressing case of deilberate sulcid: terday, at the residence of Mr. Sami stroot, The victim of his own violence was a youl married man pawed James Mannix, who was em; at harness making. Abroo years, and %, treom he expected friends, room aod washed aud drosted himeelf with great -_ attor h he returaed to his o it ani ere, Hastening to his be of of the barrels sie Ra ia ease Sorat pee He was immediateiy ' ryan ue,bepe of ve. the afterneen sensible ai but wWoald converse bat i i and during *29 war he Jost all of bis ® Siember of division No, 42, ofa seas Hotes tee al bi ik book lay beside him @ directions that enoug! ‘all funeral expenses, ‘has been subject to fits of deep despondency, ‘a said, by an iptimate friend, that recently, | the band of » young lady tm this city, be fact probably explains bis deed. i : 3 5 § i 2 ; Ete z 4} Prt i bel ‘ Ever since he bas been ang Suicide in Fairhaven, Coun. [From the New Haven Journal, Dec. 2", ) Avery unfortunate affair happened tn F yirhaven on Thursday night It seems that late in the evening the body of Miss Catharine E. English war, ‘Young im the well in the rear of the residence of Der brother, Mr. N. 8. English, where she bad been Ii, ‘The lady bad been suffering from an aberration 67 the raind. and while im this state she plunged into tie feet deep, and was drowned. and the body taken from th wel assistance ren- dered possible, in the r6roing a jury of iuquest was suinmoned, who fendeséd a verdict in accordance with = facts, The deceased bas suffered much for a long me, “ Suicide tn New Jerscy—Curlous Coréner’e Veratct. (¢ {From the Bridgeton (N. J.) Chron'cle, Dee, 21.) On Wednesday evening of this week a distressing” suicide took place near Dividing Creek. A ing mae Bamed Clemence Moora, aced about twenty-two iimohe son of Hamilton Moore, deliberately shot hit through the left breast with a pistol, causing his death in about three minutes. Mr, Moore bad been at Divid! Creek during the ony and it {is supposed was partially intoxicated, wh 6 proceeded to the house of brother-in-law, John Hickman, aod requested a place to lie down, The report of a after hearé by his sister, Mrs, Hickman, to his bedside, when he weapon which he had ee yl dreatiul deed, ae a have shot myself; I did it on purpuse; goodby,’ expired. Coroner Jonn Loper was Tmmeaiately, summoned, who certified as follows:—'Having viewed the dead body of the said Clemence Moore, and made ingame respecting his death, I do certify that lam fied no gailt attaches to any person by means of dea’h, and that the said Clemence, oa the December inst., at the house of John Hickman, in township of Downe, himself voluntarily, and malice aforethought, did kill and murder, THE STAGE AT HOME AND ABROAD. Madame Adelaide Ristori will ap pear for a new nighte- under the management of Mr, J. Grau, at the Thédtre Francais, in the character of Marie Antoinette, com- mencing on Monday, December 30. This ig the last week of the “Grand Duchess” at tho same establish- ment. Miss Fanny Janausohek will appear auring the pres- ent wock in four of her best réles at the Academy of Muzic, Pike's Opera House on Eighth avenue will open om January 6, 1868, with Max straxosch’s Italian operg- troupe. The truly great La Grange and the sweet: voiced Brignol! are the leading stars of the new troaipe. The "‘Mossian” will be given at Steinway Hall om Christmas day in superb style, with Parepa-Rosa as the soprano. De Cordova gives one of bis humorous read- ings there to-morrow night, They want the “Grand Duchess” badly in Philadel, phia, La Grange and Brignoli bado the Quaxer City farewell at a matinée on raturday, and will be followed by the Hanlons this week. Janauschek played for thé last time at the Chesinut on Saturday night, and Sallie Hinckley’s ‘‘Cendrillon” succeeds, John Brougham and Edwin Adams leave the t Areb, and wiil followed by Lucille Western and ‘Ours.’ ’ In New Orleans theatrical and musical affairs stood as follows om the 15th:—' Blace Crook” a the Academy, Edwin Booth at the Varieties, ” Dan Bryant terminated a brilliant cugerement a Maguire's Opera, House, San Francisco, Horna, on November On October 30 he eppeared as in - the of “Caste,"? which 1s calied Faiconer’s tion. ie Hinckley, who played Esther Eocles, is pretty sharply criticised for her dressing, or rather un- dressing the réle, Mile. Cecile Reillez, of Bateman’s dramatic bas already made herself a favorite in. Boston various New England cities where she has appeared, A Japanese troupe delighted the eyes of the people of Charleston, 3. C., week, ey ‘The favorite contralto, Fanny Stockton, who lately immer Night's Dream, the new apectacie at Ribot commenong 13, 1868, Lady Don, Mollie Williams and Foltz 0, Vincont are in Detroit, The ‘Black Crook’’ is threatened in Memphis after Frank Mayo’s departure, ave succeeded Harry Mesars, Loweil & Simmond ‘Wall in the International Dramatic Agency, The Florences appear at the Brooklyn Academy at Christmas, . The Haulops sail for Europe on New Year's Day, Bateman is going to Boston with Tostée, Frits ané all the others next week. Grau will start for Havana with Ristori efter playing afew nights here, Costa being too unwell to superintead past owen of his oratorio, “Naaman,” at Paris, ite deterred, : ‘ The Hungarian musicians who played at the French Exbibition are eugaged to appear at the Lyceum theatre, London, Fi Among the number of individuals 8 be raised to the Austrian Upper House is the famous physicien Rokitan. sky, father of the celebrated basso, ok ‘The forthcoming opera bouffe at the Athesée, "Mart- brough s'en va ten Guerre,’ contains an Bi among the characters, wuose pieasing same « Lord Boule-de-Gomme, : It aj rs that Mme. Ratazai, wife of 12¢ " alien sntuister, bas tately Deon ws wees se nore and music of av opera which is shorty to be prodaged cya ar bt and lett with M, Bagier ig- still correspondss8 Fig! the ‘French iN assuring *feryboly whom it may ee coat ae ‘not vave the Theatre des Italieng ¥ Tho violinist Jacques Dupuis bas obtained flattering success at Leipsic. ‘The success of Gounod’s ‘‘Romeo”’ in Brussels te fully confirmed by later reporta, The dramatic censorship at Rome bas interdicted performance of *‘Don Caries," , Théatro a te, Monnaie 281.9, 09 20 Sine wager us x ‘Robinsoa Crusoe. "* The author of *Roland,” M._Mermot, ts Anjebing the dook and music ef bis opera, ‘sseanue ® are.” * The name of the “White Faws.”” as any of Offenbach’ Stoskton lead in it. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, The Democratic Nationn! ‘The New York correspondent of the cal rier furnishes a0 a piece of political gossip & sory te t @ffect that at an ieformal meeting of leading in thie city It was decided to urge the holding of ext Democratic National Convention two weeks to the holding of the Republican National Coa for the purpose of heading of the republicans by pating General Grant, The question then arose, Ing to the same correspondent, a8 to the best place holding the convention, aud of the leading members of Tammany present at the meeting aji favored the plan of holding the convention In this city, and to signalige the inauguration of the new Tammany Hali by the mecting of the fires National Convention that ebould sominate General Grant Proposed National Conservative Conv: Ata fecent meeting of the conservatives of county, Ga, @ resolution was adopted ia Louisville, Ky., onthe 224 of February next for purpose of taking into consideration the preservation of the Unien of the States according 10 priaciples of the constitution, and om ' represented by two delegates from district. ‘The Macon (Ga,) Telegraph approves the move ment, and hopes it may be found practicable. Political Miscetiasy- The statement that Hon. Johm Mrokman, of Peanayh vania, hed come out for General Bameoeh for President ie denied by authority.