The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-08 00:00:00

THE AMAZON.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY, 11 30 A.M.
Letters from Brest announce the arrival, on the
.sth of January, by a Dutch vessel, of six passengers
and nineteen of the crew of the English packet
Amazon, which was destroyed by fire.—Chronicle.

Her Majesty, we bear, has granted to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge the spacious apartments
of his late Majesty the King of Hanover in St. James's
Palace, which, we understand, are to be re-embellishe,l for
the reception of the Royal Duchess and the Princess Mary
A•lelaide, who are staying near Frankfort-on-the-Maine, and
are expected to return to England early in the spring.
A SETTLER FOR THE CAPE —Lord Harris, it is
said, is to proceed to the Cape to supersede Sir H. Smith.
The Kafirs have been harrassing us for a long while; and
everybody
says it is now high time for us to Harris them.
—Punch.
MR. ELIOT WARBURTON'S NEW WORK,
" DA-
RIEN ; oa, TnE BliatcriANT from the variety of its
startling incidents, the originality of its characters, and its
vivid pictures of society in phases little known to the ordi-
nary novel reader, is likely to attain that full degree of po-
pularity which was to be expected for a new production from
the pen of the author of the " Crescent and the Cross"—a
work which has gone already through eight editions. " Da-
rien (says the Daily lVews). like all Mr.Warburton's previous
publications, has many passages of rich imaginative beauty.
This eloquent narrative will be extensively read, and de-
serves to be so."
GOOD OFFICES AT CHRISTMAS.--.SOIIIO surprise
has been expressed at the frequent bolding of meetings of the
Cabinet at this festive season. The reason is easily explained,
when we remember that this is just the period of the year
when families congregate.—Punch.
LONDON AND SOUTII;WESTERN RAILWAT.—A
reward of 501. has been offered by the directors for the dis-
covery of the malicious individuals who lately placed obstruc-
tions on the route of the trains on this line.
The loss to the underwriters by the destruction of
the Amazon, it is believed, will prove moderate, the cargo
not having been very heavy, and the Royal Mail Steam
Company, who have an accumulated fund for the purpose,
being their own insurers. The cost of the vessel, which will
now hall upon that fund, is supposed to have been upwards
of 80,0001.

THE BIRD THAT WAS IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
—The bird in Downing-street that hea:d of the pending re-
signation of Palmerston, anti the same bird that, at the sanal
tune, chirped the news in the Cabinet of Vienna.—Punek.
A ROYAL STEAMER ! —The lth-gsera steamer has
put into Plymouth in a thoroughly disabled state, unable to
proceed with the let battalion of the Lille Brigade to the
Cape of Good Hope.— Tones.

SUSSEX HALL.—Last night a concert took place at
the above ball, and. was fully and fashionably attended. The
following distinguished artists took part in the concert :
Miss Dolby, Miss Pyne, Miss K. Loder Mr. Swift. 'rho new
tenor, Mr. Whitworth, and Herr Jong'rnans. Air 1116!"d.
son played a solo on the flute, and M. b'ainton on the violin.
Miss E. Jacobs also appeared, and sang several songs, which
elicited the applause of the audience • the manner in which
she rendered the celebrated air of ,4 Caste Diva" ' was the
theme of general aarairatim.