The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

spring.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 15, 11 A.M.

The Carmel has arrived with adrices from
Constantinople of the Gth and from the Crimea of
the 4th inst.

Slio brought 200 soldiers. 'Some cases of fever
having occurred on board, she was placed in qua-

rantine.
Despatches left at 9 a.m.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
We have received the following telegraphic de-
spatch from Trieste :

TRIESTE, SUNDAY, MARCH 16.

The steamer Australia arrived here this morn-
ing at 8 a.m., in 116 hours from Alexandria,
which port she left on the 11th.
The Indian mails left Alexandria on that day,
with advices from Calcutta of the 9th of February,
and Bombay of the 16th of February.
On the 7th of February a proclamation was

issued announcing the annexation of Oude, and

that the King bad been deposed.
The Sonthal rebellion had been renewed.
Lord Canning reached Madras on the 14th of
February. •
Lard Dalhousie was very unwell, and was to
leave Calcutta for Suez immediately after the ar.
rival of Lord Canning.
Trade was inactive and prices fluctuating., with

the exception of indigo.
The money-markets were easier.
Exchange at Bombay, 2'2i ; Calcutta, 2'21.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur publishes the following bulletin
of the health of his Imperial Highness Prince
Jerome :

's SUNDAY, 3.30 A.M.

"Daring the morning of Saturday the patient
was at ease, and had a short sleep at nine o'clock
at night.

"During the rest of the. day the Prince was
much better."

A Paris letter, in the Independanc3 of Brussels,
says :—" Baron do Brunow, exhausted with fa-
tigue, fainted on Wednesday in the Cabinet of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, just as the plenipoten-
tiaries were about to enter on their deliberations.
This incident, which caused great emotion amongst
the members of the Congress, had no painful re-
sults—M. de Brunow having promptly recovered
and been able to join his colleagues. Although
peace be not yet signed, the question as to who
will be the future Ambassador at St. Petersburg
has begun to be discussed. General de la Hitte,
the Marquis de' la Rochejaquelein, General Can-
robert, Baron do Bourqueney, and many others
are ,spoken of. It is said, however, that before
any nomination be 'Dade, .Count de Morny, Presi-
dent of the Legislative Body, will be sent as Am-
bassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to attend the
coronation of Alexander II."

The rumours of peace do not diminish the pre-
parations for war. At the arsenal of Metz 60
women are now employed daily in the making of
cartridges for the infantry.

Tho semi-official journal of Stockholm, in its
number of the 4th, announces that " his Majesty.
the Emperor of the French had chosen her Ma-
jesty the Queen Josephine, his relative, as god-
mother of the child whose birth is expected by
France." The despatch of the French Government
containing the invitation to the QllO3 t 1 was pre-
sented by the French Ambassador on the 25th ult.
A letter declares that both the court and the nation
feel flattered at her Majesty having been selected.
A letter from Rome, of the 6th, in the Piemonte
of Turin, says :—" The King of Naples has come
to it definitive und,Tstanding with the Holy See.
His Majesty consents that the celebrate:l privileges
of the Sicilian Monarchy shall be nearly all abo-
lished ; and has accepted the brief in virtue of
which the Holy Father destroys tha secular prero-
gatives of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Sicily.

WILLIA M IV. AND ADMIRAL NAPIER !—Mrs. D.
showed me a letter from --, which says, " I went,
yesterday, with their Majesties to the private exhibition
at Somerset House. We. were received by the president
of the Royal Society, who, among other portraits, pointed
out to the King twat of Admiral Napier, who has besn
commanding the feet for Don P edro. His Maj:,,sty did
not hesitate to show his political bias on this occasion,
by exclaiming immediately, Captain Napier may be
sir, and pm may be ri 1, sir • and, if the
Queen was not here, sir, I would kick you down stairs,
sir !"'—Raikes's Journal from 1831 to 1847.
BOARD OF 1-IEALTII.--A. deputation from the Asso-
ciated Registrars' Society had a lengthened interview
on Saturday, with the Resident the Hou. Mr. Cowper,
relative to the onerous duties imposed upon the regis-
trars, by the present and proposed Vaccination Bills,
and the inadequate amount a,r1.1 unsatisfactory mode of
obtaining the contemplated remuneration,
The marriage of the Hen. 'Wits Tnellason with M r
William Rose took place on Saturday, at St. George's,
Hanover•squara, in the presence cif Lord and Lady Wal-
gingham), Lady Rose, Hon. Arthur and Mrs. Thelluson
and Miss Thelluson, the Earl of Maluresbury, the Earl
of Euston, Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Hon. and
Rev. Douglas Gordon and Lady Ellen Gordon, Mr. and
Mrs. Dawkins and Miss Dawkins, Lady Rose Fane,
and Lord Burgbersb. After the ceremony, Lord and
Lady Walsingham gave a dejeuner in Arlington-street,
and subsequently the bride and bridegroom left London
for Tichford Park, one of Lord Carrington's seats, in
Buckinghamshire.

The Queen has appointed the Rev. A. Birch to the
Itectcry of Middleham, Yorkshire, vacant by the decease
of the Bev. Dr. Wood.

THE ACOOIICHEMENT OF TEE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH
—The Empress of the French, it will be seen from our
telegraphic despatches, was safely delivered of a Prince
yesterday morning, at a quarter past three o'clock. Our
readers are aware that, on Sunday, transactions take
place in the French Fluids. The effect of the announce.
meat of an heir to the throne of France caused a slight
rise in the public securities of that country.—/Iforning
Advertiser.

REJOICINGS AT THE FRENCH EHBASST.—On receiv-
ing the happy intelligence of the birth of an Imperial
Prince, the Ambassador of France yesterday caused i
To Deana of solemn thanksgiving to be sung at the
French Chapel, at the conclusion of High Mass. His
Excellency, all the members of the Embassy, and a great
number of French residents in London, were present at
the service. In the evening the Ambassador gave a
dinner to all the French of distinction at present in Lon-
don. His Excellency proposed as a toast :—" A I'Em-
pereur, h l'lmpe'ratrice, et au Prince Imp4rial. Puisse le
grinie de Napole,n, 1., la grace de Napoi6on IL, et la
sagesse de Na2ol6on 111., titre nn jour l'apage du futur
apoleon IV."

THE NEW BISHOP of CARLISLE.—It is expected that
the consecratien of the lion, and Rev. Dr. Henry
Montague Villiers, who has been appointed to the
Bishopric of Carlisle, will take place in the Chapel
Royal. Whitehall, on Monday, April 13. The bishop
elect has appointed Mr. Lee, of Queen Anne's Bounty
Office, Westminster, to be his secretary.
THE MURDERER BOUSFIELD,—The execution of Bous-
field, who was convicted at the last session of the Central
Criminal Court of the Murder of his wife, and against
whom there are three other indictments 'tor the murder
of his three children, is fixed to take place on Monday
the 31st inst. In the ordinary ewers* the sentence of
the law would have been carried, into effect on the 24th,
but that being Easter Monday, the sheriffs considered
it advisable to postpone the event till the following Mon-
day. Since his convictio'4 the criminal has been visited
by his father and moth .sr, who are respectable persons
in humble life. His `general demeanour has been most
apathetic. He has F,eldom alluded to his dreadful crime,
and appears to wish it to be thought that he is utterly
ignorant of having been guilty of the act imputed to him.
It is understood that efforts have been made to obtain
a commutation of the punishment, on the ground that
the prisoner was not in a sound state of mind ; but the
Secretary of State has returned no answer to the appli-
cation that has been addressed to him.
THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL, JOHN FOWICEIL—We
understand that John Fowkes, upon whom sentence of
death was passed by Lord Campbell last week, will be
executed in frontlof the county gaol, Welford-road, next
Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock. Fawkes has not
hitherto made any confession of his guilt, nor has his
demeanour altered since his conviction. He still seems
unimpressed by the responsibility of his position.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT A LAUNCH OF GUN-BOATS.—
On Saturday, the Drake and the Janus, two of the
large gun-boats which the Government have in course of
construction at Pembroke were laenched, and we are
sorry to say was attended with an alarming accident.
The boats are very powerful ones, as their measurement
will show. The Drake is 237 tone, and the Janus 228
tons, and they measure 110 feet between the perpendicu-
lars, have 95 feet N inches keel for tonnage, 21 feet 111
inches extreme breadth, and 6 feet 6 inches depth of
hold, and they will be propelled by screws worked by
engines of 40-horse..power. As the boats wen) gliding
off the frame, asr:dst the loud huzzas of the shipwrights
and spectators, one of them unfortunately ran against
the beam of a.platform, on which stood the storekeeper
of the d.,cks and a number of ladies and children,
who hr..d come to see the launch. The momentum of
the vessel carried away the supports of the platform,
which with its living freight fell into the slips. A scene
of alarm and confusion ensued, but as soon as the parties
could be got out from amongst the debris of the plat-
form, it was found that one young lady, Miss Matthews,
bad received a fracture of the collar bone and concussion
of the brain, and that the storekeeper andsome others
had received severe contusions. Miss Matthews re-
ceived speedy medical assistance, and it is hoped that
she will recover from the injuries.

Tn EXTENsE OF A BARONETCY.—A return moved
for by Mr. Guinness, M.P., shows how dearly certain
dignities must be paid for in this country. Thus the
fees chargeable on a baronetcy in the Herald's•office are
reported by Sir C. G. Young, Garter King-at-Arms, to
amount to 211. 2s. 31. (payable to the Herald's College),
besides which there is a sum of 151. 2s. 4d., "incidental
to the creation of a baronet," and payable by the for-
tunate dignitary for the necessary certificate of his
" arms and pedigree" registered in the college, so
that the sum total payable to the Herald's-office
is 36/. 43. 7d. ; but this is a mere trifle, The
newly-created baronet, it would appear, is further
mulcted by the Crown-office in the sum total of 2571.
9s. ld., of which 1201. is for "stamps," nearly 581. for
the "Royal household," and 211. for the heralds. We
next come to the dignity of " Knight Bachelor." The
knight is required to pay a fee of 91. 3d. if the dig-
nity is conferred by the Sovereign, 91. 13s. 6d. if it is
conferred by patent, and 18f. 15s. 2d. when the knight-
hoed is conferred prier to the admission into the Order
of the Bath as a G.C.B. This is in the rierald'r-office.
In the Crown-ofEce a sum of 1551. 12.. 10d. is exacted,
of which 301. is for stamps and 691. 12s. 41. for the
Royal household. Baronets have also to pay a demand
of 171. 163. 6.1. to the Patent-office. As regards the
Order of the Bath, there are no fees chargeable by the
Herald's College, except on the preliminary grade of
common Knighthood, already described.