The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-02 00:00:00

ROYAL DANISIt:--

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It is understood that the line is to be purchased by the.
Prussian Government, which also purposes to construct
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been general manager of the above railway since 1854. On
the outbreak of the late war in the Duchies his authority
was rather summarily attempted to be set aside by Marshal
Von Wrangel, the Prussian Generalissimo, who sought to
obtain the entire command of the line for the transport of
troops and war material. Mr Louth, however, firmly re-
fused to submit to this dictation, and threatened an appeal
to the nearest British consul. Ile then offered to meet
Marshal Wrangel's views as far as possible in regard to
the transport of troops on the English company owning
the line receiving payment for the service in the ordinary
manner. To this proposal the Prussian commander, after
some demur, agreed. The consequence was that the Eng-
lish company conveyed during the war men and stores for
both Danes and Prussians, and the line sustained no in-
jury. During the continuance of hostilities the receipts
were very considerably increased, but they have now fallen
to their old level.

VICTORIAN.
The total franc receipts on the Victorian Government
ailways from Jan. 1 to Sept. 22, 1864, amounted on 196
wiles of railway to X 351,388, and for the corresponding
Nriod of 1863 to X 323,506, showing an increase of £27,882.

THE YOUNG HERCULES is said to be the most
beautiful of ancient statues yet discovered. ;After viewing
it, Mr. Gibson, the great sculptor, is reported to have said,
" It made mo melancholy the whole of the day after I had
seen it to think that, after the labour of a life, I had made
such slight approaches to the perfection of the master-hand
which had executed that work."—Reader.

M. IUNAN and his wife have. arrived at Cairo.
The Professor intends to visit the Pyramids and Upper
Egpyt, for the purpose of arcluelogical research.

FELICIEN DAVID, the well-known author of

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" The Desert," " Lalla Rookh," " Herculaneum," and many
other charming operas, is at present in a very bad state of
health.

Irrissnio Smr.—The Ellen Vair sailed from Neath
on the 16th of November for Portreath, and has not since
been heard of.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Saturday, Dec. 31.—Admis-
sions by payment, 1,560; ditto by season tickets, 3,565
total, 5,125. Total for the week, 80,823 ; ditto since 10th
of June, 1854, 16,881,689.

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A TIIANK-OFFEMN“.—Thv parish of Little
Easton, Essex, has sent, through the Kev. V. Knox Child.
a Chtisintas thank-offering of XI to the National Lifeboat
Institution.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday
morning, at the Bamber-bridge Station of the East
Lancashire Railway, a guard of a goods train, named Rigby,
received such injuries that he cannot survive. The train
had stopped at the station, and he was uncoupling some of
the carriages. He called out "all right" before he had
loosened the coupling chains. The consequence was that
the engine driver started the train, and Rigi-ty was knocked
down, and one arm and both legs were run over by the
carriages. The poor fellow admits that only himself was
to blame for the sad occurrence.—Preston Chronicle.

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THE FROST IN CORNIVALL.—The frost of the
past week has been more severe than has been
known for many years. The thermometer for several
night stood as low as 22 deg., and many of the pools in
the neighbourhood of Penzance and Mount's Bay were
frozen over, an occurrence very rare indeed in that genial
neighbourhood. The water in the bay remained at 45 deg.
for several days with scarcely any variation. The severity
of the weather, however, has not prevented the general
preparation for the early potato crop. Planting in shel-
tered nooks and in hot beds is being vigorously carried
on, and the same remark applies to the planting of green

peas.

THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAIL STEAMERS
DUE AT LIVERPOOL THIS WEEK.—There are three
steamers due at Liverpool this week with the American
and Canadian mails—viz., the Hibernian, City of Cork, and
Cuba. The Hibernian would leave Portland, Maine, on
the 24th ult., and may, therefore, be expected to reach
Greencastle to-morrow evening, or early on Wednesday
morning ; and the City of Cork, with corresponding ad-
vices from New York, may be looked for off Crookhaven
or Queenstown on Wednesday evening or Thursday
morning next. The new Cunard steamer Cuba, commanded
by Captain Stone, late of the Africa, withothe mails from
New York on the 28th ult., may be expected to reach
Crookhaven or Queenstown on Friday evening, or early
on the morning of Saturday next.
COPPER SALES IN CORNWALL—The standard at
the copper ore ticketing in Cornwall on Thursday was
X 125 135., being a slight decline on the sale of the previous
week, b$ an increase on the month of X 1 2s. The produce
was 61, and the price per ton X 5 25., being an advance on
the month of about ls. 4d. per ton of ore. The quantity
of copper ores sold was 3,826 tons, equal to 239 tons 3 cwt
of fine copper, and realising £19,532 ls.