The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-27 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Pantomime of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, Harlequin and the Wolf in Granny's Clothing. Commence at Seven, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. —Op era C om i que.— WILL OPEN on WEDNESDAY next, Dec. 29, with Auber's celebrated opera, LA PART DU DIABLE, in which Mesdames Faure, Celine Mathieu, Helene Morel ; Messrs. Fougeres, Bryon D'Orgeval, Montclar, Georget, &c., will make their first appearance in England. Director and Con ductor—Mona. Remusat. Nightly Admission—Stalls, 105.6 d.; Box e ats S led),reserve 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. • Amphitheatre Stalls, Is. 6d. ary, ; Private Boxes, £'l 45., £3 35., and £2 2s. Subscriptions and Tickets to be obtained at Mitchell's Royal Library, 3.3, Old Bond -street. City Agent, Mr. Alvey Turner, 19, Poultry. Box-office. open daily from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. C. Nugent. Acting Manager—Mr. B. Barnett. Doors open at half-past 7; commenca at 8.: O YA L IeRINCESS'S THEATRE. -cu Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a new "'rand Christmas Pantomime, entitled T/IE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Dfamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, (Boxing-night) Dec. 27, will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter. After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters. Comments at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, This Evening, will be produced a new Burlesque, written expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough, and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The new and gor geous scenery by Mr. William Callcott. The principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, Mrs. Weston, Miss Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Romer, ac. ; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. J. Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss M. Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, and a numerous Corps de Bal let I I ill also appear. After the Burlesque a new Comic Pantomime, replete with new tricks and mechanical devices. entitled HARLEQUIN TOY HORSE ; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Hr Charles Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri. The Performances will commence on Monday (to-night) and Tuesday with the Comedietta of TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 every evening. 'MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietoi and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Open for the Season on Boxing-Night (This Evening), To morrow, and during the week, MR. WEBSTER'S COM PANY IS REQUESTED AT A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOIREE. Manager, Mr. B. Webster; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole; Memory, Miss Woolgar ; Everybody, by Every body else. After the first piece the New Act Drop by Clarkson Stan field, Esq., It.A., and painted by Mr. Wm. Telbin. With the Occasional Address, spoken by Miss Woolgar, and presented to Mr. Ben. Webster by Shirley Brooks, Esq. GOON Volt NOTHING. Mr. Toole and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled MOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Ride to Edmonton.:Clown, Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. -Hilde brand ; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lupino ; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborouzh. TIIIS EVENING, THE RULE OR THREE. After which THE MAID AND : THE MAGPIE. THE LITTLE SAVAGE. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A ST.LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATItE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, llr. William Cooke. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN INDIA ; or, The Fugitives and their Faith ful Steed. After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE lay the Star Riders of Europe. 'fa conclude with the great Oporatic and Burlesque-Eques trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MEIN CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB CRUISER. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Sprite, Mr. Thorne ; Pantaloon, Mr. 11. Morley; Clown, by the inimitable grotesque, Mr. A. F. Forrest. The gorgeous Transformation Scone the perfection of modern art. Stage Manager, Mr. Phillips, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor -C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE A RI'S GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIG lIT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Piet urea, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert-that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently d Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether gards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MuSicAL ENTIMTAINMENT commences as usual a Seven o'clock In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine an - I Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 26. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning- and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.33. WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine sunshiny weather at noon—rain in the evening. It blew a gale yesterday after noon, with continuous rain all the evening Dec. 27. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 44--this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.40. WIND, S.W. ; light and fine. A - • M > THE SUN. MONDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1858. MADELINE SMITH'S case, it might have been hoped, would have necessitated the timely inter vention of the Legislature to render thenceforth altogether illegal, and severely punishable, the careless vending of a deadly poison like arsenic. Nothing of the kind, however, has been the result of that disastrous and melancholy series of revela tions. A striking testimony of this has very re cently been afforded, in a frightful manner, by means of that cluster of domestic tragedies resulting from the sale of a large quantity of peppermint lozenges in the Bradford market-place. The story of that lamentable and destructive catastrophe requires no recapitulation. Everyone is, by this time, perfectly well acquainted with the particulars of a case, happily, in many respects altogether unprecedented. The circumstances of this case, moreover, have, within the last few days, been vividly recalled to the popular recollection. Wit nesses have repeated their evidence categorically, in open court, upon the trial but just now con cluded in connection with the Bradford Poisonings. Twenty unfortunate victims perished, as we all remember, some two or three months ago, in Brad ford and its immediate neighbourhood, in conse quence of several pounds' weight of cheap lozenges having been adulterated with pure arsenic, instead of what the pastrycooks call " daft," th e chemists terra alba, and the public at large know simply as plaster of Paris. There is no doubt at all about the deaths of all these people, young and old , men , women, and children. There is not the smallest uncertainty about any one stage of the proceedings. The huckster selling the poisoned lozenges at his stall, the confectioner who supplied him with his deadly ware, the confectioner's man who fetched the adulterating powder from the chemist's shop, the boy who there served him with it, the chemist himself, who was ill in bed at the time—each indi vidual instance has been subjected to a careful ex amination over and over again. We know all about it. We know perfectly well how it occurred. The narrative is repeated all over yet once more, and one of the upright judges of the land, and twelve honest English jurymen, decide deliberately, it. The representative who can so judiciously eulogise a Minister for the very incident in his career which most loudly calls for° reprehension, would be, of course, the very legislator to run counter to common sense in regard to the question of the Ballot. According to Mr. MONCREIFF liberty and the Ballot are incompatible. Though, upon one hand, if the opponents of the Ballot point to France, the advocates of the Ballot can, upon the other, surely point to the United States of America. What is not un-English to the Lords and Gen tlemen of England in their West-end Club Houses—is consistently pronounced by logical foes of the Ballot like the member for the Leith burghs intensely and essentially un-English in the humble artisan and shopkeeper in the process of electing a representative to the Legis lature. Anti-Ballot secretly blackballs a candi• date for admission to the Reform or the Carlton, and immediately afterwards !Accosts him smiling, and grasps his hand, as they meet outside there upon the Pall-mall pavement. Yet anti-Ballot protests at the same time, as against something mon strously base and despicable, against throwing the aegis of the Ballot over the bard-working-GieTZ;; who drops his vote into the urn for the nomination of a representative in the Imperial Parliament. So S VESTRY AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY, emphatically, conclusively, that nobody at all is in —NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAOR-. DINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the any way to blame throughout the whole of this OSWESTRY and NEWTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Town Hall, atWelchpool, in the county of deplorab le transaction. Montgomery, on TUESDAY, th e 11th day of n. J anuary, 1859, The decision in thi s ex t raor di nary case, we must at One o'clock p. m ., f or th e purpose of autho ri s ing to be bor rowed by the Company, on Mortgage or Bond, such sum or confess at once, en ti re l y passes our com:lrehension. sums of money n o t exceeding. the sum of £83,000, bei ng the s as um sh b a l l t a h t e s C u r Company's Special authorised to be borrowed, it certainly does appear to us wholly incompre- Dated the 27th day of Dece mber, 1858. hensible hensible how an y one can fail to rec ogn i se negli . DAVID PUGH, Deputy-Chairman. RICHARD STEPH NS, secretary. Bence in the sale of 121bs. of arsenic, when that Company's Office, 17, Buckingham -street, Strand, London. sale takes place, as it is positively sworn to have taken place at Bradford, during the course of last October. Common sense tells us that it must have been, not merely negligence, but the most culpable negligence —to have a large quantity of pure arsenic in an open cask—in an unlocked garret — without any label whatever upon the cask contain ing it : and then (having prepared the way for the catastrophe thus elaborately) to send an ignorant apprentice boy—who had had nothing at all to do with drugs beyond three weeks previously—up to this garret for twelve pounds' weight of plaster of Paris. Another cask is in the same garret—also uncovered, also unlocked—containing the required daft, or terra alba, or plaster of Paris. The raw apprentice lad of three weeks is sent up to make his own selection of the white powder, to weigh out 121bs. of it, to put these 121bs. into a couple of bags, and hand them across the counter, without any previous examination by any one competent to decide whether the white powder happened to be terra alba or ARSENIC. All this is clearly proved upon oath by various witnesses to have actually taken place, and yet the result of the judicial ex amination of the case is, that there was really no negligence, that not one single individual could be pronounced in any way blame-worthy. The judge is reported to have distinctly said, after hearing the evidence upon the matter, that " he really could not see any negligence." His lordship eventually " directed the jury to acquit the prisoner"—adding, " How could it be said there was any negligence here ?" and observing, furthermore, distinctly— " He did not know what a man could do except not keep arsenic." _Obviously after this the jury had no alternative before them—they had simply to obey the instructions of the judge, and the report of the trial naturally reads, therefore, with the simple intimation (extremely gratifying, of course, to Mr. HODG SON the chemist)—" The jury acquitted the prisoner accordingly." This is the administration of the law of the land as it now stands in regard to the sale of poisons. The judge who tried the case at the York Assizes on the 21st inst., tells the jury distinctly that as the law stands at present there was actually no case at all to . go to them, and that the prisoner must consequently be acquitted. Surely here is proof clear and-positive that the law as it relates to the sale of poisons requires instant scrutiny and complete and careful revision. It should render severely punishab—it should pronounce culpably negligent, the keeping of a deadly poison like arsenic for sale, unlabelled, in an open barrel, in a garret accessible to 2n ignorant shopboy. Mr. MONCREIFF'S sympathies evidently go rather with the pensive muse of the late Mr. ROGERS han with the more cheerful goddess inspiring he verse of the late Mr. CAMPBELL. He appre elates less the pleasures of Hope than the plea sures of Memory. His speech on Monday last the Council Chamber at Leith must have indi cated this clearly enough to his constituents. It was an harangue for the most part retrospective in its character—the language of it being couched partly in the tone of virtuous indignation. It began with a panegyric on Lord PALMERSTON, and closed with a repudiation of the Ballot. The hon. gentleman is evidently not up to time, ought to have lived in a past generation. are all of us—Conservatives as well as Radicals old-world Whigs and old-world Tories—we are al of us eager to get_ on, to advance with the ad vance of knowledge, .to keep pace with the progress of social and political enlighten ment. And Mr. MONCREIFF is for pointing steadily backwards. Here in the instance of the hon. member for the Leith burghs is manifestly a genuine specimen of a retrograde. Instead of endeavouring hopefully and earnestly to partici pate, if possible, in preparing the events which are to be recorded upon the future pages of our national history, now lying blank before us—he is for ever fumbling over the dogseared leaves, blotted and scribbled over, some of them, in no very symmetrical characters —records which we all know by heart, and some of which, by the way, we are heartily sick of. However, instead of considering things as they actually are, he scrutinises them pathetically, wistfully, and in almost despairing admiration, as they have been, and as we sincerely hope they never may be again. Thus the breaking down at last of the family compact of the Whigs he laments literally, in so many words, as a national calamity. At which affecting lamenta tion, by the way, some of those wicked folks down at Leith—positively laugh. Lord PALMERSTON'S three years' Ministry he considers will henceforth 1 )e inscribed upon the annals of the reign of Vie ronrA, as about three of the most glorious years in the national recollection. Founding his anti cipations in this way chiefly upon the treaty by which the Palmerstonian Government brought the Crimean war to a termination. Whereas we do honestly believe, as we have done ever since the conclusion of that all but disgraceful compromise, that the terms of the treaty between the Allies and Russia were distasteful to the British nation, and justified the reverse of popular exultation. It was a miserable anti-climax that abortive treaty— after the continuous roar of those thundering guns of the united armaments of England, and France. and Turkey, and Sardinia before the battlements of Sebastopol. Yet, for this paltry compromise after the effusion of so much blood and treasure—the ex-Premier has since then, ever and anon been most preposterously glorified. Remembering the panegyrics which opened the speech at Leith, on Monday, we can hardly won der, in the least, at the repudiation which closed quartered at Sultanpore and at two other places on this side of Oude, and probably a detachment will be kept here. At present we have two companies of the 54th Lancers, and some native troops; among others a Sikh battery. The natives in the neigh bourhood are bringing in arms daily, and a good many have already been broken up. Occasionally a rusty iron gun is brought in. Detachments and details are daily passing through, and supplies for the army in shoals." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, MONDAY, Nov. 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Mail steamer Candia arrived in Madras on the Bth instant, and on the 16th we received by tele graph from Madras the heads of political and commercial intelligence by her from London of the 9th of October. On the 11th inst. the mail of the 18th of October was telegraphed from Bombay as having arrived, and we were furnished with the usual political and commercial intelligences. On the 13th we received our mails per Candia here. On the night of the 19th we received by express from Bombay our files and letters from London of Oct. 18. • The produce market has again assumed a dull aspect, and business during the fortnight under review has been chiefly done to fulfil :lo:mer en gagements. The accounts from home and the high cost of goods here have taken buyers aback. In indigo we have heard of no further sales. Raw silk in moderate demand only. In cQrahs hardly anything doing. Sugar very sparingly dealt in in consequence of the high prices demandel by the holders. Saltpetre in less demand, and value &- dining. Linseed in small inquiry for Great Bri tain, but a fair business doing for America. Saf flower inactive for want of good parcels. Cutch delivering and in neglect. , THE IMPORT MARKET.—A very_brisk and exten sive demand has sprung up for all descriptions of piece goods, both gray and bleached, and extensive transactions have taken place at extreme rates. The accounts from all the principal up-country marts have been very favourable, which has been the principal cause of this favourable state of affairs here, but we very much fear that our market will again relapse to its former level when the demands of the buyers are satisfied. The money market still continues easy, and we have no doubt will remain so for some time to come. The Bank of Bengal has made no alteration in their rates of interest and discount. Government Promissory Notes. —On the an nouncement being officially made that the interest on the Indian Loan was made payable in London by draughts on India, at the option of the holder, the Five per Cents. improved to Company's rs. 4.12 discount, and the Four per Cents. to 10 nomi nally, for little was done. Rates again receded, and are now at Company's rs. 5.12 discount for Five per Cent. and 12 for Four per Cent. Some misunderstanding arose as to the- endorsement of these securities in London, which is now cleared u p, and improvement may be reasonably looked for. All papers sent to England must be enlaced stating the interest to .be payable at home by draughts on the Indian treasuries, and made payable to any party in England who has the power to transfer by endorsement. in London, as is the practice here. If the notes are sent back to India, these are to be en faced as interest payable here and transferred to a party in India who has power, as now, to transfe one to the other by endorsement. CHINA. (From the Overland Friend of *China.) aclilc THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECENII3ER 27, 1858 consistent, this ! Your reformer who avows so intense an abhorrence of the Ballot is the very man to admire the last treaty of peace and to eulogise the chief Minister of the Crown under whose auspices it was arranged and ratified. Great, indeed, is the difference in monetary mat ters between the close of the last and of the present year. Then the minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England was 10 per cent., and far more out of doors, and even at that exorbitant rate a sufficient supply could not be obtained, even with unexceptionable security. Every man distrusted his neighbour, and held with tenacious grasp the money which he contrived to obtain even by seri ous sacrifices. Hoarding was the order of the day, for none knew in whom they could confide. The stagnation of trade and commerce was complete. Production was completely suspended—mills and factories entirely closed, or working less than half time. Operatives and workmen of all trades were thrown out of employment, and reduced to the most pitiable distress. The savings which many had providently accumulated as the means for giv ing comfort in their old age, when past their labour were scattered to the winds, and the less prudent were compelled to part with clothes and furniture, or to resort to the tender mercies of the union workhouse. It is true that commodities were cheap, too cheap indeed, inasmuch as they were either disposed of at less than cost price, or so low as not to allow reasonable profits to the producers and dealers, but there was no money wherewith to obtain these extraordinary bargains. The majo rity of the less wealthy classes were only too happy if they were enabled to procure common necessaries without aspiring to any humble luxury and few of their ordinary comforts. Such was the state of affairs when the Act of 1844, the teterrima causa mali, the fountain and origin of all this misery, was necessarily suspended in order to prevent the Bank itself from closing its doors. The mere notice that it was at liberty to violate its provisions afforded immediate ?did, but not sufficient to prevent it from being com pelled to issue £2,000,000 on securities more than it was entitled to do. An Act of Indemnity was therefore required to avert the forfeiture of the charter. That was, of course, granted. Indeed, the only objection was, that Ministers had remained too long quiescent, and made the conditions on which the Bank were authorised to act too onerous. Ten per cent. was too high to be maintained when matters were recovering. Although the currency famine was alleviated, the price was so high that but few could avail themselves of the additional store. They were starving in the sight of plenty, and tantalised by cheering prospects which they could not enjoy. Even when the pressing difficul ties were removed, the terrible crisis which had taken place rendered men too cautious to engage in new transactions. They held aloof in order to see what might be the course of events, and thus pro longed the mischief. Indeed, the sting has in some respects scarcely been eradicated yet. There S still a difficulty about entering into engagements, as no accurate judgment . can be formed as to what may be the state of affairs when the obligations should be redeemed. As the Times some tims since declared, although for a very different pur pose, " the tyrannies committed in the name of liberty have never exceeded the reckless follies `o which men pompously march under the flag o. Prudence.' " Now, however, matters are very different. Money- is what is termed "a drug in the market" —that is to say, for all who have plenty already. fhe Bank of England has, notwithstanding the judicious r esistance of some of the directors, re duced the rate of discount to 22 per cent., and it is AM underbid by some of the large establishments out of doors. But " small men," who would gladly pay five or six per cent., cannot obtain the facilities necessary for carrying on their business. They ire still the sufferers, as they invariably will be, so long as the unjust and impolitic Act of 1844 is iuffered to remain a blot on the national statute book. We If the industrious classes—those who earn their daily bread by their daily labour, and w hose most earnest desire is to be enabled to obtain " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work"—kne w how deeply their interests were concerned in procuring the repeal of the monetary code, an agitation would be excited in every district throughout the length and breadth of the land that would speedily lead to the satin- factory arrangement :of this all-important subject. It would be made the prominent inquiry on every hustings, the test to every aspirant for Parliamen tary honours. The pressure from without would become irresistible, and " the hard calculators," and their alders and abettors, would be compelled to succumb to the voice of public opinion, plainly and intelligibly pronounced. The only cause that has maintained the present inequitable system is the mystery in which it has been so studiously in volved. The people are told that it is an abstruse topic, which requires deep study to comprehend. They are, to use the vulgar but expressive phrase, coin. pletely "bothered," and thus disregard the matter, shrinking from its discussion, although the wel fare, prosperity, and happiness of themselves and their families are involved in the result. They could easily understand the importance of cheap bread, and therefore the Corn Law; monopoly was easily vanquished ; but they are insensible to the advantages of cheap money, and therefore the still more grinding monopoly of the hard calculators is permitted to exist with unabated rigour, growing more and more intolerable with each succeeding year, THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, HULL. (FROM A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.) The commodious and fashionable hotel, in Paragon-street, Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced one of the most splendid establishments in England. The situa tion is open and healthful—a few minutes' walk from all the public buildings and places of business, and being con nected with the railway station, affords passengers =riving or departing by any train, day or night, the advantage of being on the spot, and having their wants and wishes imme diately attended to. Under the present management, visitors will find every comfort and convenience, and the charges are of the most moderate description. This great desideratum is accounted for by the circumstance that the Royal Station Hotel has accommodation for upwards of 150 visitors, and is fitted up with every luxury which a hotel can command. Every class of visitors has been pro vided for. Beds can be had from ls. to 2s. ; private roome, from 2s. to 3s. ; and all the other charges are of a character that will give satisfaction to every class of visitors who may pay the hotel a visit. There are gentlemen and ladies' coffee-rooms, a special room set apart for commercial gen tlemen, 14 private suites of rooms, large spacious rooms for dinner parties, public meetings, &c., two first-class re freshment-rooms, two smoking-rooms, bath and billiard rooms. Complaints having been very general of the exor bitant charges exacted at many of the hotels throughout the country, the present spirited proprietor of the abcve hotel is determined to meet the views and wishes of the public by giving not only his special attention to their comfort, but also by adopting a liberal scale of charges such as will give satisfaction to all visitors. Our best wishes are with him ; and we doubt not that the same suc cess which characterised his hotel, " The Crescent," at Filey, will attend him at Hull. We understand that the marriage of Mr. John N. Fazakerley with the Hon. Miss Georgiana Powys, third daughter of Lord and Lady Lilford, and that of.the Hon. Thomas Powys, their eldest son, with Miss Emma- Brandling, of Northumberland, will take place early in the ensuing spring. We learn from St. Petersburg that :the Italian Opera proceeds successfully, Mme. Bosio and M. Calzolari, both well known in Paris and London, being the conspicu ous favourites. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In treating on "submarine telegraphs" and their construction, as recorded in your valuable paper of 23d Dec., I perceive it is stated—" There are at least eight or ten fresh plans put forth, ex clusive of that which is about to open up telegra phic communication with India via the Red Sea." In referreng to Mr. Allan's cables, it will appear that " the deeper the water in which they are laid the safer they are, as their maximum conducting power and strength, with the maximum of weight and specific gravity, render their safe submergence in the greatest depths a very simple mechanical operation." The peculiarity of " their mechanical and physical attributes" appears to have been lost sight of in the endeavours of the writer to explain with what ease and safety they could be submerged into the greatest depths. Assuming Mr. Allan's cable is safely submerged o a depth of three miles, and its electrical condi tion not impaired, we must now consider what mechanical effect such a pressure of water produces on the insulator. From practical tests made by Mr. John Macintosh on portions of the Atlantic telegraph cable (supplied with a potassium wire in lieu of copper), he discovered, by immersing it in water for a continuous period of 23 weeks, and sub jecting it to a pressure of three tons per square inch, that it was perfectly insulated ; but, on the contrary, from this date the insulator appeared to deteriorate, and at the 25th week he discovered that moisture had reached the centre of the core s , consequently decomposing the potassium. To obvi ate this difficulty, he immersed fresh pieces of cable in bi-sulphuret of carbon and the chloride of sul phur, - which had the effect of closing up the pores and rendering the insulator thoroughly impervious to moisture—this, in fact, vulcanised the insulating core to about 1-16th of its own thickness. Having proved, by explaining Mr. J. Macintosh's experi ments, that his system of preserving the insulating medium from moisture is effectual, I beg to bring such a valuable fact to your notice. The result of these trials was prominently brought forward and fully discussed at a meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers prior to the laying down of the Atlantic cable, and with the view of deterring the directors of the Atlantic Tele graph Company from sinking their cable in its then inefficient state. The subject was subsequently discussed at a board meeting of the Company, but, unfortunately, it was overruled by Mr. Whitehouse, the Company's electrician, although the fact of such inefficiency was apparent to all. The result of applying such a cable for deep-sea purposes proves the accuracy of Mr. Macintosh's experiments, but, alas ! at a deplorable loss of from £400,000 to £500,000. Again, as a further proof, it is a well-known fact .hat the 50 miles of cable regained last autumn were found to be electrically unserviceable, although recovered from a depth of 140 fathoms. I must not trespass, Mr. Editor, too long on your kindness, but hope I ma y b e perm itt e d to state, in conclusion, that Mr. Macintosh's improved system of constructing Telegraphic Cables appears to have been entirely overlooked---as, with many other ad vantages, his cable only weighs about 4cwt. to Mr. Harley's 15cwt. per mile. The main practical point to be considered in the construction of all telegraphic cables, is, combined with sufficient strength, perpetual isolation. It is not by outer coverings of tarred and greased hempen twine, or such other soft materials, that will assist in rendering the core perfectly insulated, but by applying to the insulating material a pres sure of six to eight tons per inch, at the time it is encased round the copper conductor. This pressure is obtained by passing the conductor between a series of powerful double rollers, similar to the mode of manufacturing circular rods of iron ; and to prevent abrasion, fibres are incorporated in the outer coating of the insulating material, producing , a body of such consistency and power of resistance against any alteration of form that alone is not inherent with the pure insulating substance, such as guita percha or india rubber. I may add that the finished cable, on leaving the last rollers, passes through a body of cold vulcanising liquid, which has the effect of hardening the surface, and thoroughly closes up the pores, besides rendering the insulator proof against moisture and decompo sition. I conceive that a cable constructed ou such truo scientific and practical principles, ought, and, I believe, will eventually be, the one only capable of permanently resisting the severe natural actions to which all submarine wires are subject to. I have the honour to be, sir, etc., Dec. 24, 1858. G. R THE SURGEONS OF THE LUCKNOW GARRISON, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am a civilian, and have no connection with the Indian army. I write solely as a lover of fair play and public justice ; and I would, through your columns, put a question to the late and pre sent administrators of Indian affairs. How does it occur that, while all other descriptions of persons engaged in the great Lucknow siege have had their services acknowledged or rewarded, the members of an important department have, with a few excep tions, been overlooked? Of course, I refer to the medical staff, which till lately 'was entirely unac knowledged. A s yet, two only out of the eleven members have been decorated with the honours of the Bath. Even the physician of the Residency a distinguished medical officer, has been over looked. All the medical gentlemen were in equa. terms of praise commended in the General's despatch. yet five of them have only been rewarded, and that tardily ; while every • private soldier and faithful sepoy has long since received adequate acknow ledgment. The restrictions imposed by some anti quated regulation are doubtless at fault ; but why should those restrictions be continued ? Is the fact to be made patent to the world, that medical officers serving in the Indian army, acquit them selves however worthily they may, are not entitled to reward or honorary acknowledgment.? The publication of such a fact would certainly not con duce to the interests of the Public service. Yours, A BRITON Mlle. Catinka Heinefetter, -wh o at one time was principal singer at the Grand a , rri . burg of an affection of the heart ; ale was only thirty-seven years of age. IMPROVEMENT OF BoULOGNE.—LOW-WATER LANDING -PLACE.--The commission appointed on the sub ject unanimously approve of the plan submitted by the government for the establishment of a quaff de maree. The engineer entertains a strong hops of being able to corn commence the works next month. CHESS.—Mr. Morphy and M. Andersen have again played a game. The American champion proved once more the victor. He has navy won four games, and M. Andersen one. ROYAL ACADEMY OF Mtisic.—The nomination for the two King's Scholarships ~vacant at this time of the year, took place last Moday. i'he Board of Examiners consisted of Mr. C. Potter (chairman), Mr. John Goss, Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr. G. A. Macfwren, Mr. Henry Blagrove, Mr. W. Dorrell, and Mr. W. Lovell Phillips. The number of candidates examined was young gentlemen and 23 young ladies. The follovii•-.--,_ were elected scholars : Miss Charlotte Tasker and Master George Hale Thomas. The following candidates were specially commended : Misses M. A. Lindley, E. Bailey, C. M. Wallace, M. A. Walsh, H. Clint, and C. Fitzpatrick; Messrs. F. J. Amor, P. Waddell, J. T. Hill, L. Lee, H. C. Allison, B. Malla trate, E. R. T. Terry, and R. T. Jefferies. Miss H.-Con then was commended LIVERPOOL, Dec. 25.--The Royal mail steam ship Africa sailed to-day for New York, with the mails for the United States, about 60 pagseno - ers, and a large cargo. The next mail steamer hence i 4 th e Europa, which sails for Halifax and Boston on Saturday next. DESTRUCTIV I E FIRE.—On Saturday morning, between the hours of two and three o'clock, a destructive fire broke out on the premises pf Mr. Franconi, restaurant, Warwick-street. Golden square, resulting in a serious loss of property, and almost fatal consequences to several per sons. The fire was first discovered by the police officer on the beat, who lost no time in giving the usual alarm, and sending off for the fire escapes, which promptly arrived, followed by the London Fire Brigade engines. After some trouble, the whole of the inmates were made sensible of their impending danger, but go power f ul wa the heat and smoke that one female fell oa the leads below ; with diffi culty she. was extricated, and conveyed to the hospital, where she now remains in a dangerous condition from the extensive injuries she has sustained.. A good supply of water being obtained, the exines were set to work, but the fire was not extinguished until the house was destroyed, and the adjoining premises, Nos. 29, 30, and 31, belonging to H. J and D. Nicoll, tailors, and No. 33, to Mr. Charles Donaldson, hatter, were considerably damaged by fire and water. The cause of the fire is unknown. LATEST NEWS. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 27. The Euxine, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 8 a.m. this day. The mails left for London at 10. No quarantine. INDIA AND CHINA We have received, via Trieste, files of papers from Calcutta to the 23d of November, and from Hong kong to the 15th of November. We take the following from the Calcutta Eng lishman of the 22d of November : " The whore of the intelligence furnished by Go vernment to the local press with regard to the ope rations of the army during the last fortnight is con fined to four telegraphic messages ; one announcing the capture of the fort of Samree, in Oude, by Brigadier Eveleigh, with the loss of only two Euro peans killed and four wounded; the other intimat ing that Madho Singh, the rebel chief of Amethie, has surrendered, and that the fort is now occupied by cur troops; a third from the Political Resident at Indore, stating that Gen. Mitchell had marched to Hoshungabad, that Brigadier Parker's force would arrive there on the Bth, that Lieutenant Kerr has been obliged to desist fromfollowing the rebels into the Chindwaree hills, a large body having been re ported to be crossing the Nerbudda near Choyer ; and the fourth that Brigadier Eveieigh's column at last attacked 8,000 of the Sunkerpore fugitives, took three guns, and dispersed the enemy with a loss ; and this is actually all the news which has been communicated to the public at a time when it was generally believed that the present favourable season would be taken advantage of for effecting some great and decisive movement. The realisa tion of these expectations is moreover likely to be delayed for some further time, since it has been determined to afford the rebels every possible chance of availing themselves of the proffered amnesty, whilst on the other hand the indisposition of the Commander-in-Chief is not unlikely to be another cause of delay. Letters re ceived from the camp mention that many of the rebels and budmashes had surrendered upon the strength of the amnesty promised in her Majesty's proclamation; but, until the whole of the districts follow the example, the work of pacification will be only a slow one. The great object was not only to distribute copies of the proclamation among the rebels as widely as possible, but also to give them convincing proof of the promise of forgiveness not being a dead letter. The authorities have for that purpose hit upon an original and very efficient plan, which is to pardon altogether a number of rebels caught and condemned to death, and then allowing them to go wherever they please, giving them a number of copies of the proclamation for distribution among the rebels. We trust that the result may realise expectations. In some parts, however, the rebels do not appear to be disposed to surrender, for we have received private intelligence that Brigadier Wetherall, with the Suraon field force, on marching against the Fort of Amethie, and expecting to form a junction with the column under Major-General Hope Grant, was attacked by the enemy, who appears to have mustered up suffi cient courage to come out and fight the forces brought to bear against him in detail. The enemy was signally defeated, but the field must have been contested more obstinately than usual, for the casualties on our side amounted to more than one hundred killed and wounded. a According to the accounts received from all parts of India, the arrangements under which the Queen's authority over India has been ushered in, is ver)\- satisfactory, and it is pleasing to learn that according to all appearances the respectable class of natives generally received the official intimation of the change of Government with gratification and are particularly pleased with the Proclamation itself'. Addresses to her Majesty are being prepared in several places, and there will be no end of loyal professions and good wishes. There are also several among the native princes who, we are told, intend following the example, and her Majesty will, therefore, receive quite a rare collection of auto graphs, which may serve as an addition to her Majesty's private museum." The following items of news were supplied by Government : " Service Message from G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 11th November : " The Fort of Samree, in Oude, was taken by Brigadier Eveleigh on the 9th, with the loss of only two Europeans killed and three or four wounded. Madho. Singh, of Amethie, had surrendered to Major Bannow, civil officer with Commander-in- Chief s camp." " Service Message from G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 11th November, 7 p.m. : " The Fort of Amethie is now occupied by our troops. The sepoys have fled. The quantity of ammunition and guns taken not yet known." " Service Message from G. F. Edmonstone, Esq. dated Allahabad, Nov. 13, 5.30 p.m. " Sir Robert Hamilton reports from Indore, dated 10th inst., that General Mitchell had marched to Hoshungabad on the 7th, and Brigadier Parker's force would arrive there on the Bth. Lieut. Kerr has been obliged to desist from following the rebels into the Chindwarree hills, a large body being re ported to be crossing the Nerbudda, near Chover. Lieut. Kerr was at.Khapakra. Rebels are said to be making for Hosahag•dugchat ; they are short of ammunition. "Major Barrow reports that 16 guns have been secured in the fort of Amethie, but that there are more. Three companies of the 54th Regt., with guns, cavalry, and Sikhs hold the fort." " Service Message from G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, Nov. 18, 2 p.m.:-- " The following intelligence has been received from Sir R. Hamilton, dated Indore, 9th— " Major Cavers, with some of. the 23d Infantry and 100 Poonah Horse, was expected to arrive at Berhampore on the 16th. " Rebels between Meilghaut and Julpy Anniair, on the north bank of the Taptee, advancing on R.,hainpore." " Service Message from G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 18th November :-- " The following intelligence has been received from Major Barrow, dated Sunkerpore, the 18th : Brigadier Eveleigh's column attacked 8,000 of the Sunkerpore fugitives, took three guns, and dispersed them with loss. This portion of Byswara quite cleared of rebels. Salone District settling down, and all our Theseel posts being established." " Service Message from Sir R. Hamilton, dated Indore, Nov. 19, 8 a.m.:— " Some Sowars from the rebels made an attack on Imdwa (?) on the 17th, and plundered the place. Nothing from Capt. Keating to-day." The following is from Purtabgurh, dated the 3th of November : " 'The guns taken, or rather given up, at Amethi were brought in here to-day, where they are de posited in the arsenal, about 27 in number, I believe, but I have not yet seen them. The Commander in-Chief marched yesterday from Amethie, taking the Amethie Chief with him, towards Pasadipore, when the same thing will, I fancy, be enacted over again. The rebels all got away from Amethie, and, I fancy, took their arms with them. How this is to end I do not know. I suppose the intention is thoroughly to break up their organisation, take all their forts and heavy guns, and then leave the work to be finished by the civil power. There are two forts at this place, or rather an entrenchment and a fort. The former is to be evacuated and de stroyed. The latter is a large square building, sur rounded on the outside with a deep though narrow ditch, with bastions at the four corners. It is amply strong enough for our purpose, and we ought to have a place of the kind, only a good deal larger, at every station in India. Ido not fancy that any large garrison will be kept up here per manently. I believe a European regiment will be Tho English mail of the 25th of September reached Hong Kong on the 9th inst., 43 days from London. We have little to add to our last mail's report of the progress of the Earl of Elgin's nego tiations at Shanghai. It is understood that every thing, so far as the tariff is concerned, is arranged, and reports ran, when the mail packet left, that the Commissioners would sign the papers as on Monday, the Bth inst. The business - commenced, the Earl of Elgin intended a trip up the Yangtze kiang, some say as far as Hankow, the western most of the ports promised to us under the new treaty. Whether the Nankingites will permit the squadron (the Furious and Retribution steam fri gates steam sloop Cruizer, and gunboats Lee and Dove) to pass unmolested remains to be seen. We hope every pains will be taken to notify Taiping- Wang's chiefs that our intentions are peaceful, and that there is to:be no interference with the dynastic struggle. Hienfung's tribe, we may be sure, will do all they can to propagate the belief that, for some vaunted ooncession—the concession of passing up the Yangtze-kiang, perhaps—we are to aid in crushing out rebellion. Trade at Canton has taken a fair start. Since last despatch, six vessels have left Whampoa lb] London direct, viz., the Cairngorm, Chieftain, Lam mermuir, Morning Star, Warrior Queen, and Me- Horn. The next ship off will be that splendid new English clipper Friar Tuck, the captain, officers, and crew of which have been promised a gratuity of £l5O if they are first home. One ship has left Macao with teas, too, the Levanter, for New York. From Shanghai there had been no despatch for England for a fortnight, though one ship, the Ju bilee, for London, left after our last report. Two ships for New York complete the role of tea: ex port thence to present date. 'From Amoy there has been one vessel for the Cape of Good Hope. Total of tonnage in China at date, 197,926 tons against 192,425 tons of last report. Reverting to political matters—the Baron Gros returned to Shanghai on the 25th ult., and as his Excellency does not accompany her Majesty's Ambassador np the river, it is presumed he has not yet concluded :his arrangements with the High Commissioners. The United States's Commissioner is still at Shangai, so we infer that his negotiations in the matters of a tariff are incomplete. At Canton affairs are in much the same state as they were a month ago. There is a little more bustle in the suburbs, but within the city, both old and new, but very few business hongs are open. The allied Commissioners posted a proclamation on the 10th inst., in which the inhabitants were informed that the prohibition against removal of furniture was taken off. It will not surprise us find no time:lost in carrying off what was left whes a stop was at last put to the exode. The public are not to believe that the Chinese are contented with the prospect of our continued stay within the city of Rams; and if we are not goidg to re main there, they will have a difficulty in com prehending our reason for making a splendid car riage -drive :;all along the inner base of the wall from the Allied Landing place to the foot of Head quarters-hill_ TWWPPTI th. T.ittl. Droisth (North- East) Gate and Coong-yin-sam, too, nearly all the houses have been thrown down; and as the walls were principally composed of mud, the materials form excellent filling in for a macadamized parade ground, extensive enough to manoeuvre 10,000 troops. The garrison, we are glad to say, continues generally healthy. Kweiliang and Hwaskana, Imperial Commis sioners, have been true to their promise to notify the country of the conclusion of peace. At all events they have done so in the south, as ex hibited in the following rendering of one of the two cash newspapers obtained in Canton last week. Kwei, Imperial Commissioner, &c., and Fa (Hwa), Imperial Commisioner, &c., issue this proclamation in order to pacify the minds of the people. " Be it known to you, people, merchants, and gentry, in all the provinces, that a treaty of eternal peace has been concluded at Tient-sin with the Ambassadors of England, France, and America. Now that this treaty is settled (or after the treaty has been settled) we and all foreigners, will continue to enjoy tranquility. It is our earnest hope that it will be so, and you should all be aiding in and about the same. Obey—Do not despise this. " Dated the 3d day of the Bth month of the Bth year of Hienfung (Bth Oct., 1858)." The publisher adds.—This was sent (received ?) from Shanghai during the 18th day (24th Oct.) His Imperial Majesty's chartered steam trans port Scotland, Capt. Kendall, came in from Turon, Cochin China, last evening, having stopped at Macao to land 30 men and three officers all suffer ing severely from fever and dysentery. Four out of nine Spanish transports which had left Manilla with cavalry had arrived, and landed the men and horses in good order. There had been no fighting in the period of the Scotland's absence, but an ad vance on Seguin is to take place early next month. Hue will not be attacked until the north-east monsoon is well advanced. The troops, especially French, are suffering terribly from dysentery. EXCHANGE AND BULLION. HONG KONG, Nov. 14. Oriental Bank Corporation. On London, six months' sight, 4s. Std. On Calcutta, three days' sight, '223 rupees per 100 dols. On Bombay, three days' sight 223 rupees per 100 dols. Gold Leaves.-23.10 dols. per tael. Gold Bar.-22.90 dols. per tael. Sycee Silver.-7 per cent. premium. Other Bills: On London, six months' sight, 4s. 9d to 4s. 9d. On Calcutta, three days' sight, 224 per 100 dols. On Bombay, three days' sight, 224 per 100 dols. AMOY, Nov. 6.—Exchange. —Mexican dollars, 1 per cent. discount. SHANGHAE, Nov. 6.—On London, six months' sight, 6s. Bd. per tael ; Calcutta; three days' sight, 312 r. per 100 taels; on Bombay, three days' sight, 312 r. per 100 Luis ; drafts on Hong Kong, 30 per cent. discount. OPIUM. HONG KONG, Nov. 14.-014 Patna, 680 dols. ; New Patna, 710 dols. ; Malway, 605 dols; Old Benares, 636 dols. ; New Benares, 730 dols. MACAO, Nov. 13.—01 d Patna, 680 dols. ; New Patna, 710 dols. ; New Benares, 728 dols. ; Malwa, 610 dols. AMOY, Nov. 6.—Patna, 737 dols. ; Benares, 735 dols. Foocnow-Foo, Nov. 4.—Patna, 740 ; Malwa, 650 dols. SHANGHAI, Nov. s. —Patna, 520 taels ; Malwa, 410 taels• The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING. The semi-official Austrian Correspondence of this day publishes a strong article against the insurrec tionary movement in Servia. The article defends the rights of the Porte, and asserts a readiness to negotiate. It also announces that the Austrian Government is about to take precautionary Jnea sures of a military character. MARSEILLES, DEC. 25. According to private letters from Naples, of the 22d inst., reports were current that Government had ordered an additional levy of eighteen thousand men. It was also said that great activity prevailed in all the arsenals in the manufacture of arms. BELGRADE, DEC. 25. After Prince Milosch had been proclaimed Prince of Servia by the National Assembly, a provisional Government had been constituted, which was com posed of Elie Garasanine, Minister of the Interior, Sterka and Agricio. A military counter revolution has been put down (baseitigt). Public tranquillity had not been disturbed. Prince Alexander remains still in the Turkish fortress. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. Christmas-day was observed as a close holiday at the Bourse and public offices. The Emperor and. Empress went last evening to the Gymnase Theatre to witness the representation of the new piece Cendrillon, by M. Barriere. Prince Napoleon gave, the day before yesterday in his little palace in the Avenue Montaigne, a dinner to several of the Ministers and members of the Superior Council of Algeria and the Colonies. The Journal des Actionnaires gives the following explanation relative to the new credit establshment which has been so much spoken of :—" The new bank will, we are assured, take the name of Societe Generale du Credit Industriel et Com mercial.' The operations of this society will have nothing in common with those of the Credit Mobilier, at least as regards speculation; they will rather resemble those of the Comptoir d'Es compte. An officer of the new establishment nominated by the Emperor, will have the right of veto ; a permanent committee, appointed by the Board of Directors, will watch over the execution of its orders. As to the subscription of the capital, we think we may say that the plan now definitely settled provides for raising it by public subscription. The amount of the capital will, it is said, be 60 mil lions, which does not appear too large when we consider the wants to be supplied. It is generally, believed that the Council of State will soon approve of the statutes, which have already been reported upon by the section of finance. It will be well, in fact, if this question be pi•omptly solved, for it keeps the public mind and many in terests in suspense, and paralyses operations in some of the most important shares in the market." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16th says : " As was to be expected, the Ministry has rejected, as contrary to the interests of the State, the pro position of the central committee on the emancipa tion of the serfs to the effect that the nobles them selves shall be left to take the initiative of carrying out the emancipation. It is said that the proposi tion was made with the view of obtaining for the nobles a sort of parliamentary representation, and to compensate, by the acquisition of new privileges, for the authority which they will lose by emanci pation." The same letter says :—" The Council of the Em pire is at this moment occupied 'with the reorgani sation of justice in Poland. Projects drawn up by Councillor Hube form the basis of its deliberation, but they are not favourably spoken of. Some per sons think that the administration of criminal and civil justice ought to be united ; others, that the jurisdiction of the judges of small towns and vil lages ought to be increased." SERVIA. Prince Milosch Obrenovitch, who is said to have been placed at the head of the Government in Ser via, is the same that was dethroned in 1839. If the account brought by telegraph be correct, it is difficult to foresee the end of this complication. The Servians are a brave and warlike people, proud of their independence, and jealous of their privi eges and immunities. The armed force is repre sented by a small number of soldiers ; but all the male population are accustomed to take up arms on great occasions. Since the treaty of Passa rovitz the territory has belonged, with constant disputes, partly to Turkey and partly to Aus tria. In 1739, at the peace of Belgrade, it was ceded to the Porte. Czeni George in 1804 threw off the yoke of the Turks and was recognised Prince of Servia in 1809, but the treaty of Bucharest, in 1812, restored to the Porte all its rights over Servia. In 1816 a new revolt occurred under the leadership of Milotch Obrenovitch, whose party, still popular in Servia, is represented by the new vice-president of the National Assembly. The Porte vainly endeavoured to put down this revolt. It was not, however, until 1829 that by the treaty if Adrianople the complete independence of Servia was declared on condition of paying a tribute to the Porte. Milosch remained at the head of affairs for ten years, and was then, after a popular commotion, set aside. A letter from Vienna of the 20th confirms the news that the subvention to the Lloyd's of Trieste has been increased to 4,000,000 florins, in order to enable it to support the competition of Russian land French navigation companies. A letter from Munich of the 22d in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort says :—" The solemn demand of the hand of the Princess Mary for the Prince Royal of Naples took place to-day at Court with great ceremony. A grand dinner afterwards took place, at which the King, the Queen, the august betrothed, and all the Princes and Princesses of the Royal family were present. Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Ambassador, was among the guests. The marriage will take place here, by procuration, on the 9th January next, and in a few days after the Princesses will leave for Naples." The King of Denmark signed at Copenhagen, on the 21st, an ordonnance authorising M. Ansgard, Minister of the Interior, to close the Diet of the kingdom. The termination of the sittings of that body took place in due form on the 23d. ATKINSON, THE MURDERER.—After his acquit tal on the ground of insanity, on Saturday last, the prisoner coolly walked from the bar into the dock, where he was engaged for nearly - two hours intently reading a book. Since is trial he has put off all the assumed "imbecility" which he displayed before the medical witnesses, and con ducted himself with as much rationality , intelligence, and acuteness as any prisoner in custody.—Leeds Mercury. 7:` Thi le. Ft to ex peel 110 anin or th, 1 ' irin to kin el ose P yeti, am's 13imz :Di Chili M exi Di P eru I )i Di Sard Spa r Di E , .... 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