The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-24 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, Dec. 23.
The Queen, Princess Helena, and Pi ince Leopold,
walked and drove yesterday, and Princess LJUISe
drove out, attended by the Hon. Mrs Bruce.
The Hon. Lucy Kerr has succeeded the Hon,
Florence Seymour as Maid of Honour in Waiting.

The Duchess of Grafton and Lady Ashburton
have arrived in Paris. The Duke will meet them in that
city on their way to Cannes to pass the winter.

The Duchebs (Dowager) of Grafton will leave in
a f,w days to join the Duke and Duchess in the south of
France.

The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of London°
derry, we regret to say, is in a condition considered by
her medical attendants almost hopeless. For the last four
months the marchioness has been in weak health, and lat-
terly there has been no prospect of her recovery.
The Earl of Dunmore left town yesterday for
Dunmore Park, his seat in Scotland.

Vit,count Courtenay, Mr and Lady Evelyn Bruce,
and the Hon. George Craven have joined the circle assent•
bled at Dean Park, on a vi6ic t) the Earl and Countess of
Cardigan.

Lord and Lady Bloomfield arrived in town yes-
terday from a v sit to the Earl and Countess of Hardwick°
at Wimpole Hall, and to ➢lr and Lady Elizabeth Adeane,
at their seat in Cambridgeshire.

L'ird and Lady Dunsany have sustained a loss
by the death of their youngest son, the Hon. Edward
Plunkett, who expired at Dunsany Castle, Ireland, 012
Tuesday.

The Hon. Captain and Mrs Vivian have left the
St, George's Hotel.

British American Colonies and the Hudson
Bay Company.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—ln July, 1863, a prospectus appeared of the banger
of the Hudson's Bay Company to a Financial A-sociation,
in which they claim the whole of the prairies—lands and
valleys—between British Columbia and Canada, containing
the only parishes in British America with an excellent
climate and and a fertile soil.

Now, though the Company claim the sovereignty, lord-
ship, ownership, el this vast region, larger than Germany,
France, and Spain, united, yet they do not possess in
reality as much as would " sod a lark," they are merely
tenants at will, the Crown, on behalf of the people, being
the owner; and why the Whig Government wishes to con•
tinue this, the last and only monopoly disgracing the
Statute-book is inexplicable, as k'reeTrade and no monopoly
were their mottoes.

How different was the conduct of the Tories when in
power, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, then Colonial Secre-
tary, having liberated Vancouver's Island and British
Columbia, and formed colonies under the Crown, intending
to do the some with the regions in question.
When Parliament meets this subject must soon be de-
cided, as the British Confederation and the gigantic
monopoly of the Company, with the exclusive privileges
they claim, cannot co-exist.
The Hon. George Brown, the Premier of the Canadas, is
now in London, who may be able to inform Mr. Chichester
Fortescue, the Under-Secretary of State, whether that gen-
tleman's reply to Mr Wyld, in the HAIR) of Commons, was
correct, viz., that "Canada cared nothing about it."

T RATEL LER.

Dublin International Exhibition, 1865.

It is eminently satisfactory to learn that this en•
terprise, undertaken by Irishmen, actuated solely
by patriotic motives, will fully realise the hopes of
its promoters. The preparatory arrangements are
in a forward condition, and the promises of support
from home contributors ensure the success of the
Exhibition.

Continental exhibitors have come forward with
alacrity, and from them large contributions are
expected. From France there will be a magnl'
ficent collection of bronzes and goldsmiths' work,
of silks and laces; it is even hinted that the
Gobelins and Sevres will not be unrepresented.
Austria will send specimens of all those beauti-
ful manufactures which attracted so much atten-
tion in 1862. Italy intends to surpass herself;
filigree work from Genoa, ornamental metal
work from Milan, mosaics from Florence, and
cameos from Leghorn, will attest the renewed
industrial ac[ivity of this rising country. A display
of sculpture, equalling, if not surpassing, the ati
tractive collection sent in 1862, is promised from
Rome. The show of manufactures from Belgium
will be in proportion to the extent of her important
industries. Countries in the North of Europe will,
bo ohi,fly reptelsenred by works of Fine Art, of
these special details will be given hereafter.
One special feature of this Exhibition, not
attempted on any former occasion, will be au inter.'
national display of musical instruments. A large
hall, specially designed for concerts, and capable
of seating 3,000 persons, has been devoted to thith
purpose. In it the instruments of all nations will
be collected, and daily performances will take place
during the continuance of the Exhibition. Exb"
bitors will therefore have the advantage not only Of
showing their works, but also of having them
tested under most favourable circumstances, and
music as an art will be added to the other attran4
tions of the Exhibition.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR Tgs
ENSI.YkcG WEEL—Monday Horticultural : Perfumes
from Flowers and the Processes of Distillation. Tuesday"
Ethnological, at 8: Flint Implements, Salisbury-hill,
Bath,' Mr Evans; Natural History of Iranians,'
Khanikof ; Hairy Man of Jesso,' Mr Wood. Royal In'
siltation, at 3: Chemistry of a Coal ;' Juvenile Lectures.
actuaries, at 7 : ' Table for the Formation of Logarithlo3
and Anti-Logarithms,' Mr Gray. Thursday—Royal 13-
stitution, at 3 : ' Chemistry of a Coal ;' Juvenile Lectures:•
Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3 : Chemistry of a Coal,'
Juvenile Lectures.—Athenzion.

DEPOSIT OF PRIVATE BlLLS.—Yesterday wao
the last day for the deposit of private bills at the House 011
Commons. On or before the 31st inst. further particulars
of the intended new railways must be deposited, and 00
Parliamentary deposits of 8 per cent. of the capital must b°
made in the Court of Chancery by Jan. 12. A new rail.
lation has been adopted on the subject. In future no vi°l'
cants for the deposit of money are to be made cut "I
" third" parties. and borrowing the 8 per cent. is rl°t
allowed under this new order.

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Loss OF A FISHING SMACK AND SEVEN I,l°S*
—CAISTER, near Great Yarmouth, Friday Nlgtai•-•'.
Signal lights of distress were seen by the Caister beachraell
and coastguard early on the morning of the 19th December
(writes the Rev. G. W. Steward). The wind was blowil3°
from S.E., and there was a heavy sea running. 5„:
Caister lifeboat of the National Institution immediately
off, but on reaching the Cross Sands they could liad
traces of a wreck. I have now, however, the melaneb°''
duty to communicate that the vesstil which sent UP tit
lights was a Yarmouth fishing smack, named the
carrying five men and two boys. She was 0w:1303%
wrecked, and all hands unhappily perished. Another sroac-
belonging to the same owner was in company with her, an
seeing her first light bore towards her; when within a 1311°1
distance from her the master had the precaution to drop
the lend, and finding only tour fathoms of water, had 31/6,ci
sufficient time to turn his helm, and thus narrowly eaciPeso
the disastrous end of his partner vessel and crew. He W ,
near enough to catch a glimpse of her sail wearing
The crew of the lifeboat taw the surviving smack near °II
spot, but they saw nothing whatever of the wrecked YedBe;
A part of the wreck of the Vivid has come on shore 73,
Yarmouth. The service of the lifeboat's crew, althouga
fruitless, was not the less prompt or praiseworthy..s%
knowing some of the lost crew, and feeling for all A,
neighbours, they are a good deal saddened. The master
or:
the lost smack is said to have been a deserving mod.fi,
excellent man, and was coming into harbour, as the fisl°'
smacks all do about this time, for Christmas.
A FORTUNATE INVENTOR.—The enormous de;
[nand that has sprung up for the series of dyes t11a..„
are prepared from coal, has probably no parallel the 1145,,,
tory of colour manufactures. Mauve, magenta, g'r°ll.
and other popular colours, are all produced by Itarlitiiia,3
treatment of certain substances that are produced during
say
distillation of coal. The inventor, or perhaps we eboulct
the discoverer, of these dyes was a lad in the City af. Laudon School, now grown to man's estate, and eaPYI/,!gtba
income of several thousands a year, as his share 0'
profits.of the manufacture of these dyes.—City Press. cod
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.--Tn ere 18
y.
prospect of the passage through the house afthe c...)rean6
tional amendment to abolish slavery.--NeW aria2'

Dec. 8.
A VICIOUS ELEPHANT—A long train of oara
agb
venB'
containing a collection of wild beasts, vas passing
at
Welwyn, with the camels and elepb.auts walking at large
a poor old man offered a piece of bread to one of the ele
phants, and, after the animal liP::1 taken it, he iruniediatell
put out his trunk, without the least provocation, on
poor man by the arm, threw him with great violence t
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trun t
road, and then struck him with such force with his
before any one could render assitit.ince, that two or three
of his ribs were fractured: caught tihies