The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-01 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS,

wINO alteration'in either freights or provisions.
Exchange on London, 1101 to 110} (rather flat''
Paris, 5.13. Hamburgh, 36i to 36k. Bremen, 78
to 78k.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, DEC. 31.
The Royal dinner circle last evening included his
Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau,
Baron Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord and
Lady Cowley, Baron Hadeln, and Baron Roggenback.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance during dianer in the Castle, and played the
following pieces :
Overture, " Missolonghi"
Finale, Ist act, " Matilde"
Waltz, "Faust Diabolique"
Selection, " Huguenots" Meyer beer.
Gdop
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the evening, and performed the following selection :
Overture, " Ruy Blas"
Quartet Music (Posthumous) Andante
' —Scherzo, two violins, viola, and
violoncello, Messrs. Swinton, Day,
Hill, and H. Cbipp
Selection, " Euryanthe" Weber.
Erinnerung au Marienbad Spohr.
The Queen walked in the Home Park this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
royal children, took their usual pony and walking
exercise.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, accompanied by Prince Nicholas
of Nassau, Baron Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
and Lord Cowley, attended by the Marquis of Or-
monde and Colonel Bouverie.

The Duke of Cambridge is expected on a visit to
her M4j-sty, Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer,
and Lord and Lady Edward Howard, have received
invitations and are expected this afternoon.
His Serene Highness the Pince Nicholas of Nas•
sau Baron Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord
and Lady Cowley, Baron Hadeln, and Baron Rog-
genback, have taken their departure from the Castle
to-day.

Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Edmund Leahy, and Mr,
Matthew Leahy, bad an interview with Earl Gran-
ville at the Foreign-office, yesterday.
A deputation consisting of Mr. Schneider, Sir W,
Foster, Mr. Fowles, and Air. Ranking, had an inter-
view with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.

The Greek Minister has left town for Brighton.
The Right lion. Henry Labouchere has arrived at
Bowood Park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis of
Lansdowne.

Mr. J. A. Smith had yesterday an interview with
Earl Grey.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning—lispatch.]

When made up in From what
When
PLACES. General Post-office port dis-
London. patched. due.
America (by Brit. pkt.) N J an 2 !Liverpool .. Jan. 5
America (by U.S. pkt.) NlJan. 6 .. Liverpool 'Jan. 1
America (by U.S. pkt.) Southampt. 'Jan. 9
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3
Alexandria* ••..• • •• N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Jan. 18
Belgium • • • • •• N Daily .. .• .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil • • ! • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16
Buenos Ayres •• M 19th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16
California(viaChagres)Mj2d & 17th of month!Southam pt. Jan. 5
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Plymouth.. Jan. 3
Constantinople* .. • • N7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Jan. 10
Central America . 1,1!2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. J. 5
Channel Isles .. N!Mon., Wed., & Southampt. T. Tk•Sat
Chili •• • • •• .MI 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20
France • • •• M & N!'Twice daily .. ..IDover • • Twicedally
Greece* •• .• •• Njth 17th 27th ofmo Dover .. Jan. 10
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat.
Holland Wednes. & Satur. London .. Men. Thur
Honduras . N 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20
Ireland .. ••M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedally
India (via Southamp.) 31,20 th of the monthSouthampt. Jan, 23
India (viaM arsei lies) N, nth& 24th of month Dover • • Jan. 2
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .• M2oth of the month Southampt. Jan. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. .4
Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan 5
Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16
Malta* 17th,17 th,l9th,27th
& 30th of month } Dover Jan. 10
Naples* Nisth 15th 25th °falai Dover Jan. 2
Papal States* Nisth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Jan. 2
Peninsular.. .. 317th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. 'Jan. 6
Peru • • .. • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Jan. 2
West Indies .. 17th of the month Southampt.lJan. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 51,2 d of the month Southampt. Jan. 5
The mails to those countries thus marked (0) are conveyed by
wrench packet vi„ Marseilles
The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this
month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily.
CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California, ow the United Stated
are now despatched and due by every American packet

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SOUTHAMPTON.—COU-
RAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A FEMALE.—A man named Harris,
a gardener by trade, was fully committed yesterday, by the
Southampton borough magistrates, to take his trial at the
Winchester assizes, for attempting to murder his wife. Some
time since Harris suffered six months' imprisonment for ill-
using his wife. They had been living separate lately, and
the poor woman had maintained herself and child by stay-
making. On Saturday last Harris persuaded his wife to be
reconcileJ, and they both walked and made some purchases
together. While crossing, in the evening about nine o'clock,
a new made road, not much frequented, in order to get to
their home, they were heard violently quarrelling by the
wife of one of the Sappers and Miners stationed at the Ord-
nance Survey-office, which is close to this road. Presently the
soldier's wife who had heard Harris and his wife quarrelling,
as she passed them by was alarmed with the cry of murder,
she hastily returned, and found the man and woman strug-
gling on the ground. She heroically seized the fellow as he
was in the act of attempting to cut his wife's throat with a
gardener's knife, and pinned him to the ground, but not
before he had cut two large gashes several inches in length
in the lower part of his wife's cheek. The alarm given by
the two women soon brought assistance, and Harris was se-
cured. There is little doubt that if the sapper's wife bad
not behaved so courageously, the poor woman who was so
grievously wounded would have been murdered.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.—Afterv,aL,holeofthecei
letterrvers in the
rural
aslthof
this monthEWij
h
dis-
tricts will be denominated sub-postmasters, and the name
-e
of receiver will be limited to those who keep letter-receiving-
boxes in towns. After the above date also the machinery
r
for accounting to the public revenue for the unpaid postage
on letters originating and delivered in the same official dis-
trict will be simplified. This can now be done, it appears,
in consequence of the compulsory prepayment of postage by
stamps in the province-. Already this new regulation of
compulsory stamp prepayment has reduced the sums col-
lected by country postmasters for postage on letters, sent by
cross-road mails to one eighth of what it amounted to pre-
vious to the introduction of the new regulation, and it has
also reduced the postage collected by country postmasters
on correspondence passing through London, upwards of 20
per cent. For the year ending in January, 1851, provincial
postmasters collected upwards of 400,0001. in money postage,
and upwards of 800,0001. for postage stamps. For the future
the amount of postage in money will be immensely reduced,l
and the amount for postage stamps will be proportionably
increased.
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'FHB MARQUIS or SLIGO.—This
Isdeservedly popular
nobleman and excellent landlord, whose tenants are, in
general, in comfortable and prosperous •
circumstances, le em-
ploying much of his time in making arrangements to make
them still more so, by encouragement in their industrious
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—This
company are
about to build an extensive merchandise
depict at
their
Paddington station, to meet the requirements of th • eir goods
traffic.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 7 A.m.
The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain'
Luce, has just arrived, with 32 passengers, 371,000
dollars in specie, and dates from New York of the
20th ult.
The Kossuth excitement at New York had not
abated. The grand banquet given by the bar was
held on the 19th. On the 22d Kcssuth was to leave
for Washington.
Various reports were rife at New York relative to
the course likely to be taken by the Russian and
Austrian Ministers in consequence of the official re-
ception of Kossuth by Congress. It was stated that
their passports were to be demanded, but nothing
' positive had transpired.
The steam ship Daniel Webster brought California
dates, via Nicaragua, to the 16th, and 1,000,000 dolls.
in gold dust; 2,000,000 dolls. additional was at
Panama. At San Francisco business was good. At
Marysville and Sonora many murders had taken
place. The Marysville _Herald states that sixteen
dead bodies had been found in one week. The
vigilence committee had made several arrests.

Jamaica advices are to the 29th. Cholera was again
very bad in that island.

The mercantile reports from the United States
speak favourably of business prospects. Trade
generally was brisk. The money market was a shade
tighter. Government Stocks were in good demand
at firm rates. The exportation of specie continued
undiminished.

The market for breadstuffs was very quiet, and few
transactions are reported, holders waiting further
advices from this country. Western Canal flour,
4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. 37ic. per barrel. Gennessee
prime wheat, 1 doll. 2c. to 1 doll. 4c. per 601 b. In-
dian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel.
The Cotton market was inactive, and prices had
been feebly maintained. No decline, however, has
taken place. New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to
fair, Die. to 94c. per lb. Uplands and Florida, 9c. to
9ic. per lb.