The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

THE HOLY PLACES.

The Moniteur publishes the following letter from
Jerusalem, dated the Bth of November :
"The finnan and vizierial letter which concede to
France the ground which forms the site of the ancient
church of St. Anne arrived at Jerusalem on the 29th Oct.
Three days afterwards, on the Ist Nov.—All Saints Day
—the French Consul, accompanied by the Governor,
Kiamil-Pasha, and by all the Mussulman and Christian
members of the Council of the province, proceeded to
the ancient sanctuary, and solemnly declared that it was
taken possession of in the name of the Emperor, to re-
erect it from its ruins, and to restore it to the Christian
worship. After this ceremony, and after the keys of
the Holy Place had been publicly placed in the hands
of the representatives of France, the judicial autho-
rities, in presence of all assembled, and aided by
the members of the Consulate, proceeded to mark the
boundary of the new French property, which the French
Consul had immediately enclosed.
"This events has filled with joy all the Christians'of
the Holy City, who bless the name of France and her
august Sovereign. The Mussnlmen themselves, who
moreover entertain a great respect for the name of the
Virgin Mary, and who look upon the church of St.
Anne as a venerated spot, did not display any dissatis_
faction at a concession which they c,msider a mark of
gratitude of their Sovereign for the great services ren-
dered recently by France to their country.
"Until the new consecration of the church of St.
Anne only short masses will be celebrated there on por-
table altars within the sanctuary itself of the church.
This morning the French Consul, accompanied by all
the member. 3 of the Consulate, attended the two first
masses, which were held for their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress."

REPRFSENTATIOS OF SOUTII,4mPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
A. rumour, to the effect that Mr. James, one of the
Liberal candidates for the representation of this borough,
had retired in favour of Mr. Weguelin, the governor of
the Bank of England, has been freely circulated to-day.
This, however, is quite at variance with the truth, a
communication having been received from Mr. James
to-day to the effect that he is determined to go to the
poll.
A meeting of Mr. James's friends (upwards of 100)
was held this evening at his committee-room, when it
was made known that the canvass in his favour was pro-
gressing in a most satisfactory manner.
A deputation from the London shipwrights have
visited this town to induce the Southampton shipwrights
to vote for Mr. James, who defended the former in their
late legal contests. Meeting of the electors in the large
electoral ward of St. Mary's have been addressed with
success for the last two nights by the adherents of Mr.
James.
Mr. Weguelin's friends and supporters are using every
exertions to forward his interests.
The friends of the Hon. E. Butler are watching with
some degree of interest the split on the Liberal side.

It is reported that when the new street on the south
side of the Thames is completed, St. Thomas's Hospital
will become part of the large railway terminus at Lon-
don-bridge.
Yesterday afternoon (Friday) a frightful accident
occurred, which terminated fatally, to Mrs. Mary Cassey,
aged 48 years, of Lant-street, Borough. She was cross-
ing the road, near St. George's Church, when she was
knocked down by a waggon, which passed over her.
She was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, and died
shortly after admission.

m ROYAL
sn.v Brr e RueidsearetßantiNd K.—T
that
theHE
professionaIANTICIPATED C
gentlemen
o tro I
.
engaged in endeavouring to come to a compromise of
the contest between the officers and parties appointed j
under the two utisdietions have been in close conference
as to the conditions on which the consolisation of the
proceedings should take place ; and it is the prevailing
belief that the proposed arrangement will be settled
before the lapse of many days. The nature of the
arrangement is, that Mr. Harding, the official manager,
shall hand over to Mr. Lee, the official assignee, all the
assets in band, for the purpose of distribution amen; the
creditors. Mr. Harding, the official manager, it is
understood, will continue to discharge the duties more
properly belonging to his office. Se will settle the
amount of contributories, decide on the amount of call
which it is necessary should be made on the shareholders,
and take the requisite stops for enforcing payment of
those calls. It is estimated that the assets of the bank
will realise about 83. in the pound, and this sum will be
distributed by Mr. Lee ; the remaining 125., to be called
up from the shareholders, it is understood, will be dis-
tributed by Mr, Harding,—.2lforninviddvertiscr.

At a meeting of the South Australian Copper Com.
pang, held yesterday afternoon,
it was agreed to
reorganise the undertaking and to provide a limited
amount of capital to carry on the works, the latest ad.
vices being regarded as favourable.
We have received a copy of the Caledonian Mercury
of yesterday, containing a long account of a public
meeting held on Thursday night, in Bdinbergh, in favour
of the proposed monument en the Abbey Craig, Stirling,
to the memory of Sir Wiliam Wallace. Resolutions in
accordance with the project were unanimously agreed
to. We shall give an extended report on Monday,
The Rev. Daniel Aloore, the incumbent of Camden
Church, Camberwell, was this day elected to the
Golden Lectureship
by a majority of one—the num-
adopted
bers being 19 for Mr. Moore and 18 for Mr. Cape 1
Molyneux.
withav eregard lately adopted
lINCLAIIIED DIVIDENDS.—The Bank of England, in
canonecxuererlelneecet
aweidthth the
considerate course Government,
h
eg ato un-
claimed dividends. By Act of Parliament all stock on
which the dividends remain unclaimed for ten years is
transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, but in performing this process the
Bank now address a communication to the parties in.
terested, acquainting them that their names appear in
the Bank books, and that if they will take measures to
establish any claim they may have, all proper assistance
will be afforded them. Formerly books containing the
names of every person holding stock on which the
dividends had been unclaimed for ten years used to be
published at stated intervals, but they offered great
facilities for fraud, and after the celebrated Fletcher
forgeries they were discontinued. Since that period
some method has been wanting to prevent the State from
taking undue advantage of cases of accidental neglect,
arid the present plan appears in this respect to afford
everything that could be desired.
ACCIDENT IN WATERLOO.ROAD.—An accident of a
very serious nature occurred last night in the Waterloo-
road. The cart iage of Mr. Hawes, of Montague House,
Russell-square, in which were two daughters of that
g,:ntleruan, was proceeding over Waterloo-bridge at a
steady space. On reaching the Surrey side of the water
the horses took fright, and galloped furiously for some
distance down the read. Nearly facing the railway ter.
Tullius the carriage came in contact with a cab, and the
horses immediately commenced kicking violently. The
ladies were not rescued until they had sustained some
.1 severe injuries, but the wonder is how they escaped at
all with life.