The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-24 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Hall,
Hamilton Jones, from Regent-street, for Caltborpe
nail, Ragby ; Mrs. Smith, for ditto.

The Marquis of Sligo, after an administration of
eight months only of the government of Jamaica, is about to
recalled. Major-General Sir Amos Norcott, the General
la command of the forces, will perform all the functions of his
Lordship until the arrival of his Lordship's successor.
Sir Edward Sugden (the new Lord Chancellor of
Ireland) gave a grand farewell dinner, in Guildford-street, on
Sunday ~veninit, to the Premier and a distinguished party,
Previous to his departure to assume his judicial functions at
Besides the First Lord of the Treasury, there were
Present the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord President of the Council,
the Speaker, Chief Baron Scarle, Right Hon. J. W. Croker,
Nlr. Bonham, and the Right Hontt. A. Baring.
The officers of the Treasury and Excise are, and for
some time have been, busily engaged upon calculations as to
Ile probable effect upon the general revenue of a total or par-
tiai repeal of the malt-tax. We cannot hold out any confident
hope to the agriculturists that either a total or partial repeal
beA attempted, because nothing has been yet decided ; but
We can ofely give them full assurance that they may rely
upon whatever relief shall be found possible.—Morning Paper.
We see by the Highland Society's Transactions,
that Mr. Burstall, of Leith, has introduced very extensively
the application of high pressure to thrashing machines. The
advantages of them over the low pressure engines, are cheap-
/less in the original cast• requiring only one-twelfth or one-
twentieth part of the wa,!'gr requisite for a condensing engine,
"d a knowledge of their rn.,•nagement is more easily acquired.
We have been given US' understand, that the state-
liblentilof cholera having broken oot amongst the convicts at
ortsmouth is very greatly exaggeratedi if not wholly untrue.
We are informed, that Mr: Assistant-Surgeon Edwards did
!let die of that epidemic, and that the convicts are generally
iq go,-id health.
bovER, DEC. 21--His Excellency the Hon. Fre-
derick Lan' b, Ambassador from Vienna, who arrived here on '
Friday evenings; left the York Hotel yesterday morning, under
salute from the guns at Heights, for London. Lord Adol-
phus Fitzclarence and Captain Fremantle left here yesterday
/ the French pacilot la Poste, for Calais, for the purpose of
meeting and conduc..:ng to England the Princess of Hesse
iletnburg, who will enwark in the Lightning Government
4stearn-packet.
The operation of removh:z the cataracts from the
'eyes of Mr. Byng, M.P. for the
inty of Middlesex, was
-410 t performed until he was blind, but his is now happily
tte_ stored. One of the eyes of the Duke of is at pre-
Tett fit to have an operation performed to extract the zataract,
t the sight of the other is perfectly good, although it is oc:.!-
Inattaily obscured, and it is not considered advisable until the
'Potnl.-4aint is further advanced to perform an operation, when
It can ,he done with safety. His Royal Highness was suffi-
tntly A-el': to bees nabled oft his
town on Monday with Lord
,hlnorben for :h seat of his Lordship in Wales, where the
'loYal Duke will ,:emain for about five weeks.
Owing to the billliancy of the sun, and the subse-
quent twilights, Sunday Ns-as, probably, the longest " shortest
IV" that has been witnessed for many years.
, The Hamburgh Report;r, a newspaper published
English, is to be discontinued at tke end of this month.