The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-15 00:00:00

MAILS DUB.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jan. 18
via Marseilles Jan. —.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pactet. Feb. 3
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Feb. 1.
Cnina, Penang, and Singapore, via Suuthampton.Jan. 18.

_
via 'Marseilles ...Jan
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 18.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18

_ .
via Marseilles Jan. —.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 25
via Marseilles Jan. 20.
Portugal....
Ataita, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 18

via Marscilijs Jan.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Jan. 21.

by U.S.lpacliet.,..

by Canadian packet. Jan. 16.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerille .. Feb. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Jan. 15.
Mexico
....Jan. 28.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili,
California, and British Columbia.. Pen', 1 Jan. —.

The Rev. J. Macnaught, who resigned the in-
cumbency of St. Chrysostom's Church, Everton,
about a year ago, is consequence of a radical change in his
religious belief, has just published a recantation of his
" errors." He declares his scepticism to have been a
"mistake," and he desires once more to enter upon the
work of a minister of the Church of England.

The following are the gold ships known to he on
their way from Australia :—The Yorkshire, with
75,9090 z,; the Omar Pasha, 22,4450 z.; the True Briton,
12,3790 z.; the Donald M`liay, 10,2260 z ; and the Wave of
Life, 13,9890 z., making a total of 161,0780 x., worth
£644,312, of which about £360,000 may be considered fully
due.

A large nunber of the worltpeople who are at
present out of employment at Tralee paraded the principal
streets of that town on Monday last, carrying a black flag as
a signal of destitution. The authorities, fearing some riot-
ing might take place, summoned all the available consta-
bulary from the country districts.

One of the most influential meetings held in Glas •
gow for many years took place on Monday, on the
invitation of the Lord Provost, to arrange for the proposed
Lanquet to Viscount Palmerston. The attendance included
members of every political party. The proceedings were
most harmonious and unanimous; and steps were taken to
do honour in April next to the Prime Minister, in honour-
ing whom the citizens of Glasgow honour themselves. We
(North British Mail) understand the banquet will take
place in the City Hall, a most suitable place, where GOO
persons can be accommodated at dinner in the area,
while 300 ladies can be admitted to the galleries to grace
the occasi3n.

PRIVATE BILLS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
—At the commencement of the next session, on
the sth proximo, it is anticipated that an order will be
made by the Speaker for the printing of the evidence
given before committees on private bills, and alSo of
sliuses to be introduced. In the late session Mr. Hansard
was examined on the subject, and stated that he could
supply copies by 9 o'clock in the morning, and 25 would be
furnished for £2 10s. per sheet. It is considered that
would be beneficial to the house to have the proceedings on
private bills printed instead of being written. A similar
course has been adopted in the Court of Chancery, and it is
now proposed to advance the art of printing, and to super-
sede in Parliament in a measure the use of writing which
has so long prevailed.

'1 HE SLATE TRADE.—Private letters received
in Liverpool by the mail steamer Ethiope, from the
West Coast of Africa, state that the slave trade was very
brisk at Whydah, and that several sailing vessels and wo
large screw steamers had taken in cargoes of negroes at
that place, and got clear away to sea, notwithstanding the
presence in the vicinity of one or two British cruisers. It
appears that there is a regular system of telegraphy prac-
tised between the slave dealers all along the coast, and that
the proceedings of the cruisers are well watched and re-
ported, so that slave vessels are constantly apprised of the
movements of the men-of-war, and take measures accordingly
This accounts for the escape of the slavers, no doubt.
SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Sunday morn-
ing last the Rev. Henry Dawson, rector of Great
Munden, Herts, committed suicide. At ten o'clock he had
not come down as usual to the breakfast table, which led
the servant to proceed 'to his room; but not hearing any
response to her call she became alarmed, and obtained the
assistance of the man-servant, who burst open the door, and
lying in the hip-bath he discovered his master quite dead.
He had committed suicide by opening the main artery of
the arm with his razor, which was found lying open on the
ground outside the bath. His body was perfectly cold, so
that he must have committed the act some hours previous
to being discovered. An inquest was held on Tuesday,
when the jury returned a verdict that he committed suicide
while in a state of insanity. He was 42 years of age, and
was a nephew of the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., and the
third son of the late Right Hon. George Dawson.
POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN POLAND.—A letter
from Warsaw of the 10th inst., says :—" Warsaw,
on the 9th, was the scene of a fresh political assassination,
committed in open day with extraordinary audacity. It
appears that in the course of the past month three emis-
saries of the National Committee were arrested at a little
village in the neighbourhood of Warsaw. Their own im-
prudence betrayed them. They very foolishly sent the
waiter of the inn at which they stopped to look into the bag
in their carriage for some fodder for their horses. In doing
this the waiter, who was a Jew, discovered sonic arms
which were concealed there. This he told to his master,
and the authorities were at once acquainted with the cir-
cumstances, the three emissaries being taken off to prison.
On the 7th the Jew, who was the cause of this arrest, went
to Warsaw to the Commissioner of Finances to receive the
reward for the betrayal. The revolutionary committee had
become aware of his intention, and at 11 o'clock in the
morning the Jew was stabbed in the back with a poignard
in the very ante-chamber of the commission. Pressing his
hand to his wound he had strength enough to pursue the
assassin with cries of Murder.' He soon fell from loss of
blood, but the pursuit was kept up by one of his co-
religionists, who followed the fugitive into a house. A
crowd soon gathered, and the man was arrested. The
wounded waiter is in a very dangerous state."
LEGAL NOTICE. The Lord Chancellor has
directed the Registrars not to pass any order made
under the Trustee Act of 1850, the 16th and 16th Vic., cap.
55 (The Trustee Extension Act), or the 25th and 26th Vic.,
cap. 53 (Transfer of Land Act), which shall have the effect
of a conveyance or assignment of any lands, or a transfer of
any such stock as can only be transferred by stamped deed,
until the same shall have been duly stamped as required by
section 13, of the 15th and 16th Vic., cap. 55, and section 47
of the 25th and 26th Vic., cap. 53. The Commissioners of
Inland Revenue will at any time stamp an order after it is
written, and before it is passed by the Registrar. CECIL
MONRO, Registrar. Registrar's-office, Dec. 19, 1862.
A NEW POTATO.—A. member of the Belgian
Central Society of Agriculture has recommended
to the attention of the society a new variety of the potato,
which is remarkable in the triple point of view of flavour,
abundance, and facility of preservation. It appears to be a
variety of what is called chardon in Belgium. Its stalk
grAvs to the height of 12 inches, and throws out many.
branches. The blossom is of a pals violet colour, and pro
duces no fruit. A field of i acre of third-classo soundality
lightly manured, produced 22,000 kilogrammes
wereab se astonishednn e nf anynot
unsound potatoes. The crop was
but
dug out on Oct. 12,
potatoes. The neighbouring far
only at the enormous produce, tmaeris
the
In the last sitting of the Frankfort Diet M. de Sydow,
the new Prussian Envoy, took his seat. The following
persons were appointed as commissioners for the delibera-
tions which are to take place at Dresden, relative to the
establishment of a general tax on shares in industrial un-
dertakings—Dr. S,ebenhaar for Saxony, Dr. Luder for
Ilanover, and Dr. G winner for Frankfort. Saxe-Alten-
burg declared that she was prepared to adopt the proposal
of the committee relative to a uniform system of weights
and measures.