The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-26 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY•

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OSBORNE, Monday.

Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess
Beatrice, and her Serene Highness Princess Hohen-
lohe, attended the service at Whippingharn Church
this morning, where the Rev. G. Protheroe officiated
and administered the holy sacrament.

CHRISTMAS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES'S
NORFOLK SEAT.
SANDRINGHAM, Monday.
The annual Christmas presentation of beef to the
cottagers on the royal estate took place this morn-
ing. On the terrace at the west front of the house
were provided huge tables which groaned under the
weight of about 50st. of beef, cut up into pieces of
various sizes, and placed in four different quantities
representing the several parishes, the whole being
tastefully decorated with holly and other evergreens.
At about half-past nine the presentation took place,
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom-
panied by the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lieutenant-
General Knollys, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Mr.
Fisher, and Mr. Holzman, came out on to the ter-
race, and gave away the beef ; her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, with the infant princes, be-
ing a gratified spectator of the interesting proceed-
ings from one of the windows. The recipients,
numbering at least 250, comprised the whole of the
cottagers in the parishes of Sandringham, Babingley,
West Newton, and Wolferton, and those occupying
the cottages of the Prince of Wales at Dersingham, as
well as a number of aged widows of Dersinghain
not residing on the royal estate. The beef, supplied
by Mr. Cook, of West Newton, had been labelled
by Mr. Carmichael with the name of the recipient,
the size of the gift being governed by the extent of
family of each person ; thus a man and his wife
received three pounds' weight, and one pound extra
was given for each child, so that some received up-
wards of half a stone weight. In some instances
the husband, and in the rest the wife came, but all
looked clean and tidy. The Sandringham and
Babingley poor came first, and, after each had re-
ceived his or her gift, passed along the terrace mak-
ing their grateful obeisance to the prince and
princess, both of whom evidently derived much
pleasure from the enjoyment they were occasioning.
Next came the poor of West Newton and Appleton,
and then followed those from Wolferton and Der-
singham. The single men on the royal estate--
labourers and others—received money gifts as an
equivalent for the beef. The whole proceedings
terminated in about an hour afterwards.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, with the Marquis and Marchioness of
Carmarthen, Lieut. - General Knollys, Lieut.-Colonel
Keppel, Mr. H. Fisher, and Mr. Holzman, attended
divine service in the pretty little church in the park,
which had been very tastefully decorated with
wreaths and festoons, by direction of the Prince of
Wales. The Rev. G. B. Moxon, 8.A., officiated
and preached.

The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Louisa
Percy left his grace's residence in Portmnn-spiare at the
close of the past week to pass the winter at Torquay.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are
surrounded by a select party at Hatfield House, Herts.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath are re-
ceiving- company at Longleat, Wilts.
The Earl and Countess Percy arrived at Albury
Park, Surrey, on Thursday last, from Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland.

The Earl and Countess of Leicester are enter-
taining a solect party of visitors at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
The Earl of Powis is entertaining a large faxailY
party at Powis Castle.
The Countess (Harriet) of Ellesmere is sur-
rounded by a large family party at Bearwood, Surrey,
assembled for the wedding of Lady Blanche Egerton and
the Earl of Sandwich.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., and
Lady Wynn have been receiving a succession of visitors
during the past week. The festivities were brought to a
close on Saturday last.
We understand that Miss Henrietta Margaret
Williams, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., and
niece of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., is about
to be married to Mr. Peel, of Denbighshire.

THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL MARINE IN CHINA.
—According to the terms of the convention recently
concluded between the Chinese Government and M. per-
thorny, the French Plenipotentiary in China, the voyages ef
French trading vessels between China, Japan, and Cochin'
China will hereafter be considered in respect of the payment
of tonnage dues as simple coasting voyages. Consequently
all vessels bearing the French flag will be allowed to tarde
between the ports of those countries without being called
upon to pay tonnage dues oftener than one in four months,
whatever may have been the number of voyages they may
have made. This measure is also applicable to French
vessels trading between one Chinese port and another
without touching at any foreign port, and also to junks
and other vessels employed by French merchants in
coasting operations which hitherto have been exempt
from all tonnage dues under the 22d article of the treaty
of Tien-tsin.-3foraiteur.
THE JAMAICA INSURRECTION.—At the Court of
Petty Sessions, which was held at Morant Bay, 03
Saturday, Oct. 7, a disturbance took place in court, which
led the sitting justices (Walton and Bowen) to order the
police to bring before them whoever it was that was in'
terrupting the business of the Court. Charles Geohegan
was accordingly laid hold of by the police, but
on doing so, Paul Bogle, and about one hundred
others of his followers, immediately rescued him from
custody, took him to the Market-square, where with sticks
they severely beat the police who had attempted to WO'
out the instructions of the magistrates. On the MondSY
following, and immediately preceding the outbreak.,
Lewis Dick was being tried before the sitting magi-
strates for a trespass upon Middleton Estate, the Prn-
perty of W. M. Anderson, the agent general of fal:
migration, and the magistrates accepting the plea e'
guilty, ordered him to pay a fine or be imprisoned.
At this moment Paul Bogle, Charles Geohegan, and some
200 more came into the Court-house, ordered Dick to POT
no fine, but to appeal against the judgment he himself had
permitted to be entered upon the recorfl of the court.
Now, in order to explain the situation of Middleton, 3
is necessary to say that it is a sugar estate adjoining
the negro settlement at Stoney Gut (an old throe')
up estate, peopled and settled entirely by negroes, and
where Paul Bogle kept his "chapel," as it is called)
Finding that Bogle, Geohegan, and the mob had grow)
bold upon their success of Saturday, in the rescue of
Geohegan from the custody of the police, warrants ware'
issued for the apprehension of these and other ringleader°.
Seven policemen and three constables were sent to Mail
this capture. They were, as our readers know, disarmed
and sworn to take sides with the rebels. Immediately
afterwards came the attack upon the Court-house.---
Jamaica paper.
DARING ROBBERY IN THE CITY.—On Saturday fit
most audacious robbery was committed in a grey
Ar
thoroughfare in the city, and at the height of the day,
circumstances almost precisely similar to those attends in
the robbery of jewellery at the shop of Mr. Walker,
Cornhill, on the preceding Saturday. Four men, three o.r
them very young, wore seen to place themselves with filelr
backs towards the window of Mr. A. Campbell, watchrua"; -
and jeweller, 63, Cheapside, and putting their elbow,:
through it, to seize indiscriminately a number of Watebto
and guard chains in the window. Mr. Campbell was in be
shop at the time, and hearing the crash of broken gla°the
rushed into the street and found all the four men the
grasp of people who were passing and had witnesse'tbere
outrage. The prisoners were taken into the shop and bog,
gave up four gold guard chains and two silver yrs°,
worth together about £3O, and other articles of jewol,l9ity
The value of the glass broken was about £2 105. '-'0,50,
1
police-constable Henley, hearing the smashing ef the
ran to the spot, and afterwards took from one of ore
four men a whole handful of gold chains. The Pris°,,,,,o
were taken to the Bow-lane police-station, and ther° ;000,
the names of James Hawkins, 34 years of age, ii
four
19, George Smith, 17, and George Hughes, 16.
were found to be wholly penniless, without shirts,
otherwise poorly clad. It was from Smith that the ""'ger,..
ful of gold chains was taken by the policeman, and ti',t of
, tleman who had seized the boy Hughes, the yeungestior
the four, in the act of robbery, took from his hand
watch. Green and Smith said they had done it forth :I'ot
pose of being locked up, and that they had only c°ril too
of Coldbath-fields en the previous day. For sun2o,,, did
after the robbery Mr. Campbell, the owner of the suc4a or
not know to what extent his stock had been danuag Bg
stolen in the confusion consequent upon the outragoe,
one of the two prisoners who broke the window and
Walker in Cornhill on Saturday week in a like mann! slO,
stole two new gold watches of the value togcther_co'urt
ins
has since been sentenced at tho Central Crireinalii:_.
five years' penal servitude, two previous conviction its the
been proved against him, a similar fate probablYPietad
two prisoners in this case who have before been co)