The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

AT HOME AT THE ANTIPODES. I SECOND EDITIO

Somes of our shops would do credit to the best trade
thoroughfares of London, and in them is to be found every
novelty, within two months of its appearance in England
Between 4,000 and 5,000 of us are volunteers—artillery,
cavalry, engineers, rifles, and naval brigade—and we are
about as efficient, and have about as great an idea of our
'military appearance and talent as you fellows who volunteer
in England. We have our reviews and our annual encamp-
ments on the AVerribee plains, near Geelong; and we are
told by our inspecting officers that " they never saw regular
troops execute," &c. So that, altogether, we glorify our-
selves as you do. Besides volunteering our youth arc wont
to invigorate themselves with cricket, football, and all the
other games in which young England delights. Cricket is
exceedingly popular among us; witness cur match with the
All England Eleven, and their second visit to us, shortly
to be made. We are a charity pecple too. The chief public
establishments in this way are the Benevolent Asylum, the
Hospital, and the Yarra Bend (so called from being prettily
situated at a bend of the river Yarra) Lunatic Asylum.
There are plenty of other hospitals and the like in different
parts of the colony. Having a proper regard to appear-
ances, we have decorated our city with some very fine pub-
lic buildings. Our treasury, club-house, and acme of our
banks, are very handsome, as are also many of our mer-
chants' stores or warehouses. The Houses of Parliament,
the new Post-office, the University, and the Public Library,
will be, when completed, creditable to our architects.
People who come out to this other England with rather
green ideas about " life in the bush," and so on, are amazed
when they find what manner of place Melbourne is. As to
our means of communication, we really do not paddle from
harbour to harbour, and up and down rivers in canoes, or
make overland journeys entirely on foot or on horseback;
but we have plenty of good steamers, coaches, and railways,
and some flue engineering works connected with the last.
There is a complete system of telegraphic communication
within and between the different colonies. Melbourne
streets aro noisy with Hansoms and omnibuses, but the
principal vehicle for passenger traffic is what is known as
the low-backed car. This vehicle contains two seats, run-
ning, not fore and aft, but athwartships, accommodates five
besides the driver, has a light roof with curtains in case of
need, and is drawn by a single horse. There was a very
good specimen of one of these cars in the last Exhibition.
Most people who come out appear at first to look upon
themselves as a superior race of beings, and qualified to in-
struct us on many points. A " new chum," as recent
arrivals are called, is known at ones by the "old hands."
His elegant saunter, his very new clothes, and his air of
affability and patronage, mark him out unmistakably. But
the new chum, like the Indian gruff, is soon brought to his
level, and soon becomes qualified to instruct his friends, on
his return home, as to the real state of things in the England
tar away over the watere.—Dickens' s"All the Year Round."

THE PRISON MINISTERS BILL AND TOWN
COUNCILS.—The question of how far a Town Coun-
cil is empowered to interfere in the case of an appointment
by borough magistrates of a Catholic chaplain to the borough
gaol was the subject of an animated discussion yesterday at
the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council. The case is
that of the Rev. James Nugent, who was recently appointed
by the borough magistrates Catholic chaplain of the Liver-
pool Borough Gaol, at a salary of £3OO per annum, which
sum has to be paid by the Town Council. In some corre-
spondence between the Recorder and the Honig Secretary
the latter has stated that the Town Council have no power
of reviaw ; but, not satisfied with this decision, the Council,
at their meeting yesterday, instructed the Town Clerk to
obtain counsel's opinion upon the subject.

A DERELICT VESSEL SECURED.—A large dis-
masted vessel, supposed to be derelict, had been
repeatedly seen floating between the Scilly Isles and the main
land. On Tuesday some of the pilots from Scilly again
descried the ship and determined to board her. They did so,
and found that she was the brig Minna, of Hanover, about
300 tons register, laden with deals. No living creature was
on board, and it is conjectured that the Minna, being dis-
tressed, was abandoned by her crew, the fate of whom is
not known. The brig, it is believed, was outward bound.
The pilots, "after much labour, succeeded in towing the
Minna to land at Scilly, and on Tuesday evening Lloyd's
agent at PenzAnce, W. D. Matthews, Esq., received infor-
mation of the circumstance.

Mrs. Butt, the wife of Mr. Butt, auctioneer,
Sheffield, was garotted about nine o'clock, on
Tuesday evening as she was returning from the town, and
when within a short distance of home. She was followed
and attacked by three men, one of whom threw his arm
round her neck and held her tightly until the others broke
her watch-guard and possessed themselves of both watch
and chain. One of the scamps then struck Mrs. Butt a
violent blow on the face, knocking her down and breaking
several of her teeth.-ellanchesiter Guardia*.
OUTRAGES ON THE YORKSHIRE HOLDS.-In
addition to the alarm experienced from the fre-
quent incendiary fires the Wold farmers seem to be threat-
ened with the additional danger of burglars. On Monday
night Mr. Pinder, of Linton Wold, was aroused by an alarm
of " A man in the house l" Mr. Pinder at once proceeded
to the dairy, armed with a revolver, where he found a man
looking through the window. Although in his nightdress,
Mr Pinder, after assuring himself that the man was not the
watchman from the stackyard, gave chase, and on the
fellow refusing to obey the summons to stop, fired at him,
and, judging by the blood left on the ground, hit him. The
shot, however, did not hinder the burglar, or whatever he
was, from escaping into the darkness. The adventures of
the night were, however, not at an end. Early on Tuesday
morning the servants, who were astir early, were alarmed
by a man looking through the kitchen window. This
fellow, finding they were giving a second alarm, fired a gun
into the house, smashing the glass of the window to atoms.
This second nocturnal visitor is believed to have been an-
other man. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights the visit
of these marauders were repeated, but, as Mr. Pinder and
all his men were astir, the ruffians had no chance of opera-
tion, and it is to be regretted that, favoured, by the dark-
ness, they have contrived to elude pursuit in each case. On
Thursday Mr. Pinder gave notice of these strange events
to the police. The watchman at the stackyard, some dis-
tance from the house, heard nothing.
DR. CULLEN ON " MIXED MARRIAGES."-D:.
Cullen has issued a letter to the priests under his
jutisdiction, giving them instructions how to act under the
new law relating to the registration of marriages in Ireland.
In the course of his letter he says :-" As to mixed mar-
riages, or marriages between Protestants and Catholics,
you are to use all your influence to prevent them. Though
when they take place they are valid, and, notwithstanding
civil enactments to the contrary, bind in conscience ; yet the
Church condemns them as detestable "and abominable, and
they are generally the occasion of the greatest evils, both
as regards the happiness of the parties, and the practice of
religion, as well as the Christian education of children.
Such marriages cannot be allowed in any case, unless
by pontifical authority, and even when a dispensation is
granted, no sacred rite can be performeed by the priest
when the contract is entered into. * * * Any marriage
contracted between two Catholics without the presence of
the parish priest of either party, or another priest properly
deputed, is a clandes ine marriage, and as such, since the
publication of the decree of the Council of Trent, is null and
void in the sight of God. Hence all marriages contracted
in this country by two Catholics before registered or Pro-
testant ministers have no force in the sight of God ; and all
who live in such marriages remain in a state of concubin-
age ; they are bound to separate or take measures to be
properly married. In the diocese all Catholics who attempt
a clandestine marriage, as well as the persons who officiate
at it, and the a finesses, are excommunicated ipso facto.
Hence the faithful will easily understand how carefully
they should avoid such invalid marriages, lest, by contract-
ing them, they bring on themselves the maledictions of
Heaven, instead of the blessings of religion."
PLANETARY THEORY.-11 is well known that
there exists between the distances of the planets
iram the Sun a certain arithmetical relation constituting
the irregularly increasing series 4,7, 10, 16, 52, 100, 196,
388, and that the reason why astronomers decided that
there must be some unknown planet between Mars and
Jupiter was, that this series, commonly called Bode's law,
from its discoverer, presents a singular interruption between
16 and 52, the terms corresponding to those two planets.
Whether correct or not, this law led observers to look for
the missing planet, and the result has been, as we all know,
the discovery of 78 telescopic planets, the mean distance of
all these being very nearly the missing term in Bade's series,
viz., 28. But now comes the fact that the real distances of
the planets do not in any instance exactly agree with the
terms of
,Bode's law, the actual distances being in integer
4,7, 10, 15, 27, 52, 95, 192, and 300.
The immense differ-
s
ence of 88 between the teal distances of Uranus and its theo-
retical one, which is 383, ought to have led astronomers to
suppose, as is the case with Mars and Jupiter, that there
must exist an unknown planet, or a belt of asteroids between
Uranus and Neptune ; but this is not the case, and all their
efforts have been hitherto directed towards finding a law or
series which may agree better with actual fact a than Bode's
law. Thus, at the last meeting of the British Association,
Mr. R. S. Brown proposed a series which reduces Neptune's
difference to 55, but which on the other hand produces
much more divergent terms for the other planets I and in
the Philosophical Illagaune we now find a paper by
Mr. EaVansittart Neale, in which the author endeavours
to grapple with the difficulty, by dividing the planet
into two groups; the first commencing with Venus,
and the second with Jupiter. The series of the first group
is then made by multiplying 2 by 3,6, and 12 successively,
giving the numbers 2,6, 12, `2l; the serious of the second
group is obtained by multiplying the last term 21 by 3,6,
and 12, which gives the series 24, 72, 144, 288. In this
hypothesis we must now add to each term of the first group
the theoretical distance of Mercury, which is 2; and to
each terra of the second group the same number '2, and then
24, whereby the whole series becomes 2,4, 8, 11, 26, 50
93, 170, and 311. Comparing these numbers with the
actual distances given above, we do not see that much is
gained; for although in the case of Neptune the difference
is reduced to 14, great discrepancies exist between the first
terms, which on the other hand Pre very nearly given by
Bede' s

►SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, Bth.—M. Ewers, the Russian En-
voy Extraordinary, and Lord Wodehouse, leave
this evening. The King is expected to return to-
morrow. M. Qaaade retains ;the post of Danish
Ambassador at Berlin, and has only accepted the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs pror,l9ionally.

D _EA it, ‘k).
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SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

BERLIN, Bth.—A deepatch from Warsaw of the

•
7th mentions that a report from the civil governor,
M. Laezinski, was about to be relieved of his func-
tions, and replaced by M. Rozoow. The Treasury
of the Committee of Finances has been removed
to the citadel.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

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BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA, It.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro.
rogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of January instant,
We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby pub-
lish end declare, that the said Parliament shall be further
prorogued, on the said 13th January instant, to Thursday,
the 4th day of February next; and We have given order
to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom
called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for proroguing
the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, with the
advice aforesaid, declare Our royal will and pleasure, that
the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the 4th
day of February next, assemble and be hoiden for the de-
spatch of divers urgent and important affairs: and the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens,
and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and
Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required
and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at
Westminster, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of Feb-
ruary next.
Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord,
18G1, and in the 27th or Oar reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

DEATH OF THE DEAN OF CORK.—The Cork Ex-
aminer announces the death of Dean Newman, of Cork,
which took place at the Deanery-house, St. Pinbar's, on
Tuesday afternoon. _ _ _

THE CITY POLlCE.—Yesterday this body of men
appeared in their new winter clothing. A. comfortable and
becoming feature in the uniform this cold and inclement
weather is the addition of antigropelos or leather leggings,
similar to those worn by some of the volunteers.

THE GREAT DOOR OF THE CAPITOL, WASH-
INGTON, which has been in hand for several years, has been
delivered, and is expected soon to fill its place in the palace
of the Federal Legislature. It was designed by Mr. R.
Rogers, an American artist of Rome, is of bronze, and its
decoration illustrates the history of Columbus.

CERVANTES.—A literary relic of Cervantes, which
if genuine is of the highest value and interest, has been
discovered at Madrid. It is a poetical epistle, hitherto en-
tirely unknown, from Cervantes, when a captive at Algiers,
to Matteo Vasquez, Secretary of State to King Philip the
Second.

ANGLO LATIN WoßDS.—About one-third of the
words to be found in English dictionaries are de-
rived from Latin and Greek primitives. They are nearly
13,000 in number, and spring from 154 ancient roots. Thus
from capio and captum, we have 197 words ; from duco and
ductum, 156 ; from fero and latum, 198 ; from mitt° and
missum, 174; from plico, 200 ; from pono andposituna, 250;
from specio, 177; from teneo and tentum, ICIB ; and from
Lento and tensuns, 162.

CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF FOI7R PUGI-
LISTS.--At St. Alban's Sessions yesterday, James
Tyson, Daniel Morris, Joseph Goss, William Evans (other-
wise known as William Broome), and John Coney, pleaded.
guilty to an indictment for unlawfully and riotously assem-
bling and disturbing the peace, and were bound over in the
sum of £5O, and two sureties of £25 each, or one surety of
£5O, to keep the peace for 12 months. The necessary bail
was duly entered into, and the defendants left the court,
and soon after the town.

CANADIAN MAIL—The Canadian mnil steamer
Damascus sailed yesterday fror:i Liverpool for Portland
with the Canadian mails. Besides these she also touk cut
about 70 passengers and a fair amount of cargo.
BLACKBERRIES IN JANUARY.—It is a remark-
able fact that ripe blackberries are now freqnently
to be found in the hedge-rows in this part of Devonshire
and the borders of Somerset. On the last day of the old
year a youth called Nelder, of this town, picked a very
fine bunch of ripe blackberries on Exater-hill ; and on
New Year's-day several blackberries and a fine bunch of
ripe ones were also found in the hedge-rows near the
Ottery-road station of the South-Western Railway Com-
pany.-21-vertots Gazette.
THE mien EXODUS.—.-Whatever msy have been
the former sins of some Irish landlords, there is no
reason to accuse that class of being accessory to the con-
tinued emigration of the last few years. In 1849, more
than 72,000 persons were evicted from their dwellings, of
whom a large proportion doubtless left Ireland ; but in
1859 there were but 491 cases of eviction, affecting in all
2,348 persons, so that, even if every one of them emigrated,
this cause goes but a little way towards accounting for the
departure of more than 80,000 persons in the latter year.
A notable event took place at Olduam on Mon-
day. About 8,000 persons were "teed" and feted
by Mr. John Platt, of the Hartford New Iron Works, in
celebration of his eldest eon attaining his majority. The
festivities were held in the works, which were specially
fitted up, and the amount of provisions consumed would
have stocked a large retail establishment. There was a
ball in the evening, and an address to Mr. Platt.
BUSINESS IN TILE COMMON LAW COURTS.—The
arrears in the common law courts on Monday, when term
commences, will number 146 rules, &c. In the Queen's
Bench, 68 ; in the Common Pleas, 44. ; and in the Exche-
quer, 36.
The Precursore of Palermo states that at a
meeting held by the radical society called the Plebiscite, it
.1 was resolved to invite the members of the Left in the
Italian Chamber to resign their seats en masse.

SNOW-STORM IN NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA.—
More snow has already fallen in Colorado than was
ever known to fall an entire -season before. At Denver the
thermometer stood 14 degrees below zero on the morning of
the 27th of November. The Atchinson Champion learns
from passengers who arrived on the overland coach on Sun-
day that the snow is also four feet deep between Denver
and Rock Creek. All along the route from here to Salt
Lake the cattle belonging b trains are dying from cold and
starvation. The depth of the snow has greatly impeded the
progress of the overland stages, and in some instances they
I have been delayed for several days.—St. Joseph 21'ews,

Dec. 8.
FlP.ES.—Several fires happsned yesterday in
various parts of the metropolitan district at which
the London brigade and parish engines attended. One was
in the premises belonging to Mr. Spillan, a bnitder,
in
Ilughes's-fields, Deptford, which destroyed a range of tim-
ber buildings, Wyld's-court, Wyld-street, Lincoln's-inn-
fields. As in the former case the workshops and stores
were destroyed. and the adjoining premises damaged by fire,
water, and removal. Both sufferers were insured. The
other fires were of minor importance, the damage at each
being trifling.
THE INCENDIARY FIRES UPON THE YORKSHIRE
WoLDS.—The mystery which has surrounded the
dastarly incendiarisims which have been !perpetrated upon
the Yorkshire Welds is likely soon to bs solved. Since
about the middle of December last, when the frequency of
the fires, occurring as they did in three distinct places in
one night, was beginning to give a serious aspect to affairs,
Lord Wenlock, the vice-lieutenant of the East Hiding,
with a promptness and energy which characterise every-
thing he takes in hand, set to work to solve that which
had hitherto puzzled the ingenuity of all the ordinary con-
stabulary which had been employed on the Welds. His
lordship ',communicated with Government, and obtained
the:offer from them of a reward of £5O for the apprehension
of an one of the incendiaries, and the use of a metropolitan
and a couple of provincial detective officers. These officers,
in company with Col. Layerd (chief constable of the riding),
visited the scenes of the fires. Every rumour was probed,
and for a time unsuccessfully ; but a few days ago their
tact and energy were rewarded by the apprehension of a
man charged with setting fire to the stacks at Huggate.
This man was brought before the magistrates ao Pock-
lington, on SoMrday last, but was remanded till to-mor-
row (Saturday). Ile is a travelling sweep, who goes about
the Weld district of the East Riding. On the nigt before
the fire he went into the farmyard of Mr. Hoch
of Huggate, and asked one of the servants if their least:
stacks were watched. He was allowed to sleep in the barn
that night, as he had frequently done before. On the
lowing day day ho was about the village, and about 5 o'clock
went into the house of a cottager to whom ho
was known,
and asked for some matches. The woman at the cottage
asked him if he had heard of any ef the fires latelyto which
he r:plied, " No, but you will have one in Hirgate to-
But he answered " Yes,
thus far elicited. On 'Wednesday another man was appre-
as an incendiary, and it is
llliagthnt.d"etetTnseadiduconNi°t.u"s'nT6hei: is the zest of tho evidence
hended at Norton, near Valton,
presumed that he trill be bronght mil along wit's `lns r_ewc-r,
—.Leeds Mercury.

TER BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA

MAILS.

By the overland mail we have advices and papers
from Calcutta to Nov. 22 ; Madras, Nov. 28; Bom-

bay, Dec. 14; and Hong-Kong, Nov. 14.
We take the following from the Bombay Gazette
of the 14th ult
g' The little war' on the frontier threatens to
tarn out not so small a matter after all. Besides
the native force already under Neville Chamber-
lain, 7,000 European troops are moving to the
frontier. The fights which have occurred, and in

which so many valuable lives have been lost, have
been defensive encounters against the onslaughts of
tribes we have armed and driven into revolt.

" The changes in Sir Naville Chamberlain's posi-
tion, by which command is obtained of the line of
communication with the plans by Shandarra, was
_ _

concluded on the 18th ultimo, without opposition on

the part of the enemy; but in the afternoon of the
same day an attack in great force was made up the
gorge in front of the camp. The enemy had to
stand the fire of field guns, and appear to have lost
about 120 killed and 200 wounded, according to the
best information obtainable. They effected, how-

ever, a formidable attack ontwo of the pickets, in
which, we regret to say, we suffered considerable
loss. We have to lament the loss of four cfficers—
namely, Captain Smith, of her Majesty's 71st; Lieu-
tenant Jones, doing duty 71st ; Lieut. Chapman,
her Majesty's 101st ; Lieut Mosely, 14th Native
Infantry ; and nine Europeans and 36 natives
killed ; together with Lieut. Inglis, 14th Native
Infantry, and 73 men wounded. Total casualties
on our side, 119. _ _

"On the 20th the tribes attacked Gen. Chamber,
lain with much determination; the picket which
the enemy had taken was gallantly regained, and
the enemy driven down the hill, Lieut. Sanderson
and Dr. Piele, of the 101st Regiment, were killed
and five officers wounded, including Gen. Chamber-
lain and Col. Hope, Major Delafosse and Lieut.
Anderson; 128 men, tritish and native were killed
and wounded. The loss of the tribe was much
greater. On the 21st Captain Aldridge and some
men were killed. Since this last defeat the tribes
have not attacked.
" General Chamberlain reports on the 20th that
he does not require reinforcements, and speaks con-
fidently of final success.
" He occupies a commanding position with 13
guns. The troops are hard worked, but their
health has continued good. They are well pro-
visioned, and have plenty of ammunition.
" Oar latest intelligence from the Umbeylah Pass
shows that the situation is much improved, and that
the Fabian generalship pursued promises soon to
bear fruit. The tribes have made no serious attack
since the 20th. Their loss in killed is so enor-
mously exaggerated by spies who have visited their
camp as to show that in reality it has been very
great, and indicates that the numbers engaged have
been large. Decimated by casualtiee, without sur-
gical attendance, and perishing of cold, the astute
and practised diplomacy of Major James has found
the Bornewals more amenable to reason than they
hale heretofore been. The personal influence of
this officer on the Peshawur border has induced the
Bassee Kheyl, a turbulent section of the Afreedee,
to join our camp at Umbeylah. This significant
demonstration is in accordance with the uninter-
rupted quietude of the trans•indus territory. It is
to be hoped that by an early date matters, both
diplomatic and military, will have been so adjusted
that the force will be at liberty to accomplish the
objects of the expedition. The command of the
field force intermediately held by Colonel Wylde,
C. 13., of the Corps of Guides, has now been assumed
by Major-General Garvock, who has arrived at
Umbeylah.

" The wound received by Sir Neville Chamber-
lain, though not dangerous, having proved more
troublesome than was anticipated, will probably
compel his return to the plains.
"Letters from the Punjaub state that his-Excel-
lency the Commander-in-Chief will not go to the
frontier, but occupy a central position, probably at
or near Lahore. Mention is made of several arrests,
including native commissioned officers, in the Sikh
corps stationed in the province.
We give the list of officers killed and wounded
up to the latest accounts :
KILLED.
Oct. 21--Lient. Oinks, R.A.

Oat. 26--Lieut. Clifford, Adjutant Ist Punjaub Cavalry,
volunteer—Lieut. Richmond, D.D., 20th Punjaub Native
In fantry.
Nov. 6—Major Harding, Bombay Staff—Lieut. Murray,
71st Highland Light Infantry—Licut. Dongal, 79th
Cameron Highlanders, volunteers.
Nov. 13—Lieut. Davidson, second in command, Ist Pun-
jaub Infantry.

Pantry.
Nov. 19—Capra Aldridge, 71st Highland Light In.
fantry.
Nov. 20—Lieut. Sanderson and Dr. Piele, of tho 101 s
Regiment.

Nov. 18—Captain Smith, 71st Highland Light Infantry
—Lieut. Jones, 79th Cameron Highlanders, volunteer,
71st Light Infantry—Lieut. Chapman, 101 d Bengal
Fusiliers—Lieut. Moseley, 14th Feruzepere Native In-

WOUNDED.
Oct. 21—Lieut. Brown, Royal Engineers, slightly.
Oct. 26—Lieut. Drake, 321 Muzbees, severely—Lieut.

Barrow, Survey, severely.
Oct. 30—Major Keyes, Ist Punjaub Infantry, severely,
lost two fingers.
Nov. 6—Lieut. Battye, Guides, dangerously, doing well
on 18th—Lieut. Oliphant, severely, doing well.
Nov. 13—Lieut. Pitcher, Ist Punjaub Infantry, severely
in the arm—Lieut. Forlong, Guides, contusion.
. _ _

Nov. 18—Lieut. Inglis, 14th Native Infantry, danger-
otusly,,good accounts on 20th—Major Ross, slightly.
Nov. 20—Brigadier General Sir N. Chamberlain—Col.
A. T. Wilde, C. 8., Guides—Col. Taylor, Major Delafosse,
and Lieut. Anderson—Col. Hope, 71st, and Campbell, sth

P. 1., slightly.
" The town and fort of Gaadur were completely
destroyed by fire on the night of the 23d ult. Great

distress in consequence. Guadur is due west from
Kurrachee about 400 miles, the place at which the
land line of telegraph from Kurrachee, intended to
form part of what will be known as the Persian
Gulf lithe of telegraph to England, terminates. The
telegraph from Kurrachee to Guadur was completed
in April last :under the superintendence of Mr.

Watson.
" Lady Elgin reached Sallander on the 3d and
left for Delhi on the sth. She halted at Delhi on
the 7th and Bth, and left Allyglinr on the 9th, com-
ing thence by train straight to Allahabad on her
way to Calcutta.

" His Exeellency the Commander-in Chiaf of
Madras, Sir Hope Grant, was expected to return to
the Presidency last week from Cannanore, and
abandons for the present his intention of making a
tour of inspection to Southern India and Burnish.

" The Lord Bishop of Calcutta and the metropo
litan of India has arrived at Bombay, in company
with the Bishop of Madras, to hold his first metro-
politan visitation.
fi His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of,
Bombay, is at present in Bombay.
" His Excellency Sir William Mansfield, corn,
mander in chief, has proceeded to the Mahablesh-
wur Hills for residence.
" The agent of the Governor General for Central
India left Indore on the 2d instant, on his tour
through Malwa.
" An official report to she Government of India,
in the railway department, mentions that if the
supply of permanent way materials from Bengal
does not fail, there is every reason to expect that
the East Indian Railway will be opened for public
traffic up to the banks of the Jumna, at Allahabad,
by the Ist March, 1864 ; up to Booluushur-road by
the Ist January, 1864 ; and up to the banks of the
jaman, at Delhi, by the Ist July, 1864.
"Toe British Government has, it appears, inter-
fered in the matter of the four Italian gentlemen
detained as prisoners by the Khan of Bukhara. The
Atneer of Affghanistan has been requested to send
an ambassador demanding their release ; Meer
Uilum Jan has been sent, although ostensibly for
another purpose; Sirdar Mahomed Arzim Khan
has sought British protection, which was of course
refused.
rh,3 Candaharies threaten an appeal to the
British Government to be released from the rule of
Sirdah Mahomed Ameen Khan.'