The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 24.
In consequence of the bad weather her Majesty
did not leave the Castle this morning.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone,
arrived at the Castle from Greenwich-park.
Field Marshal Prince Bariatinsky arrived from
London and had the honour of an interview with
her Majesty.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Mr.
Weigall's studio, in Piccadilly, yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses also visited the studio of
Mr. Leighton, of Orme-square, Bayswater.
The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords.

MISS FAUCIT will renew her engagement at
Drury-lane on Monday week, the Gth March, when she
will appear in " Cymbeline." The cast of this play will be
modified, Mr. Anderson playing lachimo in place of Mr.
Creswick. Mr. Walter Montgomery is also engaged, and
will appear as Orlando to Miss Faucit's Rosalind, the play
of "As You Like It" being announced for Thursday, the
10th of March.—Reader.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COMMISSION.—The Capi-
tal Punishment Commissioners met on Thursday
and Friday, the 23d and 24th inst., at No. 2, Victoria-
street, Westminster, when the Duke of Richmond, Lord
Stanley, M.P., the Right Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan, the
Lord Advocate, M.P., Mr. H. Waddington, M.P., Mr. Ga-
thorne Hardy, M.P., Mr. G. Ward Hunt, M.P., and Mr. C.
Neate, M.P., attended; the secretary, Mr. J. H. Patteson,
was also present.

THE MAILS, &C.--SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The
following mail steamships will leave this port during
the ensuing week, viz. :—The Nyanza, Capt. J. Weeks, on
Monday, with the Mediterranean and Boinbay mails ; the
Hausa, Captain H. J. Von Santen, on Wednesday with
mails for New York; La Plata, Captain H. A. Bax, on
Thursday, with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican
mails ; and the Ellora, Capt. G. S. Brooks, on Saturday,
with the Calcutta and China mails. The Poyal Mail Com-
pany's steamer La Plata was taken to Stoke's Bay yesterday
in charge of Capt. R. Woolward, for an official trial of her
speed before leaving on the 2d prox. with the West India
mails, she having been laid up for the last seven months under-
going a complete overhaul and refit in every department,
and she has had a new spar deck built. Four runs were made
at the measured mile, with the following results :—First run,
4 min. 49 sec., equal to 12.456 knots per hour ; second, 4
min 50 secs, 12413 knots ; third, 4 min 40 secs, 12.857
knots ; fourth, 4 min 50 secs, 12413 knots ; average of the
four runs, 12.537 knots. Steam, 161 b; revolutions of en-
gines, 151 ; immersion, 18ft 10i,n forward, and 18ft 3in aft ;
850 tons of coal, and 12 tons of water on board; wind W.
Among the gentlemen present were Mr. Eden Colville, de-
puty chairman of the company, and other directors ; Mr. J.
Dinnen, Admiralty surveyor ; Mr. H. Loney, shipwright's
department in Portsmouth dockyard ; Messrs. Rubie and
Murray, Board of Trade surveyors ; Capt. Hand, R.N.,
Admiralty superintendent of mail packets at this port ;
Capt. Vincent, Capt. Hay, Mr. R. Ritchie, superintending
engineer, &e. The Delhi, Capt. J. R. Kellock, is due on
Monday with the Bombay mails; the Shannon, Capt. F.
Woolley, on Wednesday, with the West India, Mexican,
and Pacific mails ; and the Syria, Capt. A. Parish, on Sa-
turday, with the Calcutta and China mails.
OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA.— •
The following circular from the Foreign-office has
been received by the President of the Chambers of Com-
merce in the North :—" Sir,—l am directed by Earl Russell
to state to you, for the information of the chamber over
which you preside, that the Austrian Government have pro-
posed to her Majesty's Government the following points as
the basis for the establishment of the International Com-
mission at Vienna :-1. An international commission, com-
posed of English and Austrian members, shall be appointed
for the purpose of examing the respective commercial re-
lations and intercourse of the two countries, and of obtain-
ing thereby, if possible, a basis for the introduction of
greater facilities of intercourse and reductions of duties in
their mutual interest. 2. This commission will be under
the direction of the Imperial Ministry for Commerce, and
will be composed of three permanent English members, to
be named by theßritish Government, and of three perma-
nent Austrian members, to be selected by the Imperial
Ministry for Commerce. The Imperial Ministry of Com-
merce will further name the chairman or president of the
commission, the general secretary, who will be at the same
time protocolist, and also, in conjunction with the Minis-
ter of Finance, an Imperial employe, acquainted with the
Imperial Customs' legislation and Customs' procedure.
3. The commission will increase its number, according
as the necessity may arise, by the addition of technical
mon, engaged in industry and commerce, for different
branches and articles of the same, and will take and carry
out all such measures for obtaining information as it may
think fit. 4. In accordance with the results attained by
means of this commission, the Imperial Ministry for Trade
and Agriculture will, in conjunction with the Ministers for
Foreign Affairs and of Finance, consider whether any and
what bases may exist for the commencement of negotiations
for a treaty between the two Governments. lam to add
that her Majesty's Government have accepted the above
conditions.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
A. H. LAYARD. Foreign-office, Feb. 21."
THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE IRON AND COAL TRADES.
—Both the iron and coal trades in South Yorkshire
are in a less satisfactory state than they have been for some
months past, and there is every appearance that complica-
tions and conflicts between the men and their employers
will take place before the opening of the spring business.
The demand for iron of all qualities has of late been very
indifferent, and the resolution of the Staffordshire masters
has been carried out in the district, the puddlers at th• ex-
tensive works of the Messrs. Dawes, at Milton and Elsecar,
being under notice to leave unless they submit to a reduc-
tion in the prices hitherto paid. Whether the men will
submit to the proposed reduction or take the alternative is
a matter of question, but, judging from the past, it is more
than likely that they will stand out. At other places the
men are in the same position, as the action taken by any one
body of the workmen will doubtless be followed by the others.
There is considerable activity in the coal trade, the demand
for the London and southern markets being very good,
although the want of locomotive power has for some weeks
past seriously interfered with the ability to supply. We
are promised a strike at one of the most extensive Silk-
stone collieries—the Strafford Main. The men have em-
bodied in a petition a series of grievances, some of which
appear to be well grounded. Unfortunately for the colliery
alluded to it has been one in which the masters and the
men have during the last two years been more than ordi-
narily at variance.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The weekly
meeting of this Board was held yesterday at the
office in Spring-gardens—Mr. Thwaites, the chairman, pre-
siding. Mr. Tite, M.P., gave notice that at next meeting of
tho board he would draw attention to the difficulty expe-
rienced in obtaining granite for the Northern Thames Em-
bankment, and said he should bring forward a motion for
the purpose of empowering the Thames Embankment Com-
mittee to ascertain the description of stone to be used for
the Southern Thames Embankment. The Main Drainage
Committee presented a report, stating that it would be ad-
visable that steps should be taken for the formal opening
of the main drainage works of the metropolis, which, with
one slight exception, will be completed by the end of March
next, Mr. L. Taylor wanted to know what form the open-
ing would take, and whether it would be supplemented
with a dinner, but the general question was referred back
to the committee to make the necessary arrangements. The
Park-lane improvement came before the board in a letter
from the Office of Works, in which the First Commissioner
urged upon the board that the transformation of Hamilton-
place, as proposed by that bill, into a " noisy thoroughfare
must deprive the houses of a great. advantage that at present
belongs to them, and must to some extent diminish their
value ;" and as he did not think that the manner in which
they would be affected came within the Lands Clauses Act,
he suggested that a special clause should be inserted in the
bill for the protection of the rights of the tenants in Hamil-
ton-place. The Chairman of the Board had written an
answer to this, stating:that the Board had the Lands Clauses
Act incorporated in the bill, in order that the amount of
injury sustained by the Crown tenants in. Hamilton-place
might be ascertained and compensationawarded, and, under
any circumstances, the Crown tenants would have full
opportunity afforded them of being heard before the com-
mittee sitting on the bill. The general business was dis-
posed of and the board adjourned.

TIPPERARY ELECTION.—CLONMEL, Friday.—The
nomination of candidates for the county of Tipperary
took place this day. The Court-house was densely crowded.
A great uproar prevailed throughout the day. Mr. Charles
Moore was proposed by the Rev. John Power, P.P., and
seconded by Mr. Scully, J.P. Mr. Peter Gill was proposed
by Mr. J. O'Ryan, a tenant of Captain Otway, and seconded
by Mr. Mitchell O'Donnell, a tenant farmer. Alderman
Dillon was proposed by the Rev. John O'Dwyer, seconded
by Mr. O'Meara. The candidates spoke, but could not be
heard beyond the immediate vicinity of the platform.
Alderman Dillon resigned in favour of Mr. Moore. The
show of hands was in favour of Mr. Gill, and a poll was de-
manded for Mr. Moore. The election is fixed for Monday.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.— St. Pat-
rick's Cathedral, which has been restored at an expense of
more than £lOO,OOO, by Mr. Guinness, was re-opened yes-
terday for Divine worship. There was a full choral service.
The Archbishop of Dublin preached. The Lord-Lieu-
tenant, the Lord Mayor, several Knights of St. Patrick,
and a large number of the nobility and gentry and clergy,
including several bishops, were present. The ceremony
was most impressive.