The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-01 00:00:00

GERMANY.

A letter from Cassel, of the 28th ultimo, says :
" Count LEININGEN has forbidden the ermanent
Committee of the States to hold any meeting or ul-
terior deliberation under pain of being brought before
a court-martial. The ordonnance of Count LEININ-
GEN, of the 24th, was published to•day. The dis-
arming of such citizens as had not before given up
their arms is to take place immediately."
The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of
Vienna, 25:h, says :—" The detachments of Austrian
troops now in Bavaria will shortly leave that country
by order of the Government. The expenses which
the Bavarian Government has been put to for the
support of these troops will be immediately repaid by
Austria." _ _ _

The conferences at Dresden would not be resumed
until the 30th, when MM. MANTELIFFEL and
SCRWARTZENBURG would return from Berlin.
Advices have been received from Vienna of the 26th.
The Wiener Zeitung announces that the Railway
and Telegraph Journal, hitherto published by the de-
partment of the Minister of Trade, will be given up,
and a new journal issued under the special surveil-
lance of the Minister of Trade, which shall be devoted
to the general interest of the various branches of his
department.
The Wanderer states that the general feeling
against the admission of the Jesuits into Austria is
gaining ground daily. Bven the Communal Council
of Lemberg, which has hitherto been far from inimical
to that order, has given in a protest against their fur-
ther encroachments. _ _

There have been several falls of snow, in consequene
of which the railway traffic has been in some measure
impeded.

GREECE.

Accounts have been received from Athens to
be 18th.

The KING was expected shortly to return, bringing
with him his nephew, who is to be brought up ac-
cording to the faith of the Greek Church.

REWARD FOR MRS. SLOANE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Seeing that it is a matter of doubt on the
part of the Poor-law Guardians as to the propriety
of offering a reward for the apprehension of Mrs.
Sloane for cruelty to the poor girl, Jane Wilbred,
and thinking it a national offence to allow any person
to escape charged with so grave an offence without
a thorough investigation into its merits, I beg to
suggest that a public reward be offered for her ap-
prehension. Let the working men of London go
through their shops and make a subscription, and 501.
or 1001. reward may be offered within 48 hours from
this, and let the guardians see that the English arti-
sans have human hearts and feelings. I beg to enclose
21. 7s. 2d., being the amount subscribed by my fellow
workmen for this purpose, hoping that when it is an
flounced through your widely circulating journa.
will be immediately responded to.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Vauxhall, Dec. 31, 1850.

J. D

P.S. Should the object for which the above was
subscribed be already attained, please hand over the
amount for the girl's benefit.

THEATRE Ro Y AL, DRURY-LANE.
The first part of Henry IV. was performed here
last evening, fur the purpose of introducing Mr. Bar-
ratt to a metropolitan audience in the character of
Falstaff. We had never before heard of Mr. Barratt,
but judging from his performance of last night, he is
not likely long to remain unknown. He is possessed
of a fund of rich comic humour, which, however, is
completely under the control of an excellent judg-
ment ; his acting is that of a most intelligent artiste ;
in him we hail the legitimate successor of Bartley.
Anderson w2s the Prince, and the best Prince we
have seen for many a long day, and Vandenhoff,
albeit somewhat too old for the part, was an efficient
Hotspur. The play was well put on the stage.

THE LATE ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Esq, —lt is
with sincere regret that we record the death of Mr. Alex-
ander Macdonald, of her Majesty's General Register House
for Scotland. Mr. Macdonald for many years held the office
of Keeper of the Register of Deeds and Protests. But it was
as an expert and zealous antiquary that he was chiefly
known to the public. He was one of Mr. Thomson's best
and earliest assistants in the publication of the "Acts of the
Parliaments of Scotland," and other works undertaken by
the late Record Commissioners. He was long one of the
most active members of the Society of Antiquaries of Scot-
land, and the library and museum of that body owe much to
his industry and intelligence. He edited several volumes for
the Maitland Club, to which he contributed a very useful
work, "The Register of Ministers in the Year 1567 ; the
earliest extant record of the ecclesiastical appointments of the
Reformed Church in Scotland. He also contributed largely
to the materials of Sir Walter Scott's notes and illustrations
of the " Waverly Novels". As a private gentleman Mr.
Macdonald was endowed with a kind and amiable temper,
which Kill make him to be long and sincerely lamented by
all who had the happiness of his friendship or acquaintance.
—Edinburgh Court.

DEATH OF MIL WILLIAM SEGUIN.—We regret to
announce the death of this eminent singer, which took place
on Sunday last, after a short illness. Mr. Seguin's profes-
sional attainments are well known to the musical world.
Possessed of a fine bass voice, he was a sound musician, of
pure and cultivated taste, and especially distinguished as a
performer of sacred music. His untimely death at the age
of only six and thirty, will be much felt, as the loss of an ac-
complished artist, and a worthy and amiable man.

WATCHING OUT THE OLD YEAR.—Last night the
custom of passing the last hour of the expiring year in con-
gregational devotion was observed at all the principal Wes-
leyan chapels in London, which were filled to overflowing.
The superintendent ministers of the circuits, who generally
conducted the devotions, delivered addresses on the occur-
rences of the last year, improving the retrospect in a spiri-
tual light; and just before twelve the assembled congrega-
tions knelt in prayer, until the stroke of a clock announced
that a new period of life and hope had commenced, when all
rising, joined in a hymn of praise. This practice has of late
years been adopted by other denominations, and was ob-
served last night in some of the metropolitan churches.
THE METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPERS IN THE PRO-
TINCES.-At the Mechanics' Institution, Gateshead, on the
evening of Monday week the under-mentioned newspapers
for 1851 were sold at the following prices, after circulation
among the members:—
The Times ... £2 14 0
The Daily News 2 13 0
The Sun 2 10 0
And at the Corporation Mews-room, Stockton, the under-
mentioned were disposed of at the following prices :
The Times ... £2 1 0
The Morning Chronicle ... 115 0
The Sun 1 11 0

THE HOTBED OF CHOLERA IN THE a
line northward from Blackfriars-bridge, in a band of 200 or
800 yards' width—there, in the parallelogram which lies
along the main rroad from Stonecutter-street to Bridewell
Ilospital were 76 deaths ; there, in the little clump of houses
forming the angle of Farringdon-street and Holborn-hill,
were 17 deaths; there, in a square spaceibehind twenty-
seven shop fronts in Fleet-street, were 57 deaths; there, in
the small parish of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, were deaths at the
rate of 25 to every 1,000 of the population. Those who are
acquainted with the ancient geography of the City will
readily sonjec4ure a reason. They will remember when the
cuurse of water running at London under Old-bourne-bridge
and Fleet-bridge into the Thames was of such breadth and
depth that ten or twelve ships' navies at once, with mer-
chandises, were wont to come to the aforesaid bridge of Fleet,
and some of them unto Old-bourne-bridge.' Ihroughout at
least a large: portion of this diotrict the subsoil consists of
black mud - the bed of the ancient river—in which are set
the foundations of the modern houses.—Mr. Simon's Report.

Mr. Dyce Sombre has been recently at Vienna.
lie rendered himself in no way remarkable while in that city.
ROYAL MARINES.—WOOLWICH, DEC. 31.—Captain
Wade has three weeks' leave of absence for the benefit of his
health. Lieutenant Harington has rejoined from his course of
instruction at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. Lieut.
Freeland has one month's leave of absence.

On Saturday night last the Countess of Chichester
presented the Noble Earl with another son. We are happy,to
learn that her Ladyship is progressing favourably.—Susses
-Advertiser.

The exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Paint-
ing, which is about to close, has been extremely successful.
Pictures to the amount of '1,3001. hare been sold, and the
gallery has been visited by more than 20,000 persons.