The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-24 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--{This Day.)

LONDON, April 24.—Wind this day at noon, N. ;
slight breeze and cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, April 23.—Wind S.—Arrived—Gambia
(s.), from London, for the coast of Africa; Bermondsey,
London, for Sydney, N.S.W.
FALMOUTH, April 23.—Wind variable.—Arrived—Hea-
therbell, from Mauritius.

SUNDERLAND, April 23.—Sailed—Royal Saxon, for St
Helena.

TEIGNMOUTH, April 23.—Wind variable.—Sailed—
Haberdine, for St. John's, Newfoundland.
JERSEY, April 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—St, Peter,
from Rio Grande. Sailed—Lady Maxwell, for Gaspe.
DOUGLAS, LM., April 23.—Wind S.—Sailed—llir-
mony, for Quebec.
WATERFORD, April 22. —Wind S. to N.N.E.—Sailed—
Glide, for Miramichi.

HULL, April 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Standerings,
for Montreal.

BEAUItARIS, April 13—The steam tugs Great Linguist
and Victory, of Liverpool, ran on the rocks in the Swilly
passage, but came off and proceeded, towing the Culloden,
lately stranded in Caernarvon Bay.
WELLS, April 23.—The schooner Happy Return, from
Grangemouth to Dunkirk, which was ashore full of water
on the 15th lust., has been got off and will be examined.

(nu ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Alliance, from Cardiff ; Georga, Plymouth.
LIVERPOOL, 'Thursday Mcrning.
Wind S.S.W.
Arrived—Margaret, steamer, from Havre.
Sail d —America, for New York; Meroo, Calcutta ; Sam
Dunning, New York.

KINGSTOWN, April 23.
Wind S.E.
Arrived—Nelson, from Santander.
WATHRPORD, April 22.
Wind N. E.
Sailed—Glide, for Miramichi.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.21 a.m.
Wind E. • tide low water ; cloudy.
Sailed, 21th—Geneva, for Toulon.
DEAL, Thursday, 9.43 a.m.
Wind E.S.E., moderate.
Passed on the 21d—Velocity and Maria SOMOEI, for
Sydney—both from London.
Passed on the 24th—Rob Roy, for Sydney ; Bosphorus,
for Genoa—both from London.
Anchored—Planter, from Tobago, for London.
The Blackwall (supposed) in tow early this morning,
from Melbourne, for London.
Tile brig reported on the Goodwin Sands has come off
and proceeded northward.

" The Augsburg Gazette is quite in error," says
the Emancipation of Brussels, "when it announces
that the Count de Flandre is to represent Belgium
at Moscow on the occasion of the coronation of the
Emperor Alexander."
SCUTARI HOSPITALS.—A copy of all official reports of
the hospitals at Scutari, Kululee, Abydos, and Smyrna,
since February, 1855, has been presented to the Houses
of Parliament from the War Department. These reports
are now quite out of date. They were ordered to be
painted on the Ist of August last.
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT.—On Friday next Lord
St. Germans' bill, headed " Marriage Law Amend-
ment," is to be discussed in the House of Lords. It is
proposed to repeal the statutory prohibition of marriage
with a deceased wife's sister or niece; and further, it is
proposed to enact that such marriages before the passing
of this (intended) act, are not to be void or voidable.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOOIETY.—At the evening
meeting, on Monday the 28th of April, at half-past
3 o'clock, the following papers will be read :-1. Rea-
sons for doubting the existence of an Arctic current
along the east coast of Greenland, by Capt. C. Irminger,
of the Royal Danish Navy ; 2. Note on the Bonin
Islands, by Capt. M. Quin, R.N., F.R.G.S. ; 3. Re-
ports on the connexion between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, via the Atrato River, by .Messrs. Kelley, Ken-
Serrell, and Stone.
DIVORCE AND MATREWONIAL CAUSES.—The Lord
Chancellor's bill to transfer the jurisdiction in matrimo-
nial causes and to establish a court of divorce has been
printed. It is waiting the second reading in the House
of Lords. The measure is to be called " The Divorce
Act," and the day of its operation to be inserted in com-
mittee. The jurisdiction now vested in ecclesiastical
courts is t• determine, and all matters to be transferred
to the Court of Divorce. The judges of the new court
are to be the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of
the Queen's Bench, and the judge of the Court of Probate
and Administration. The Lord Chief Justice may depute
any one of the judges of the superior courts to act for him
in case he is unable from his other avocations to at-
tend. The Court of divorce is to act on the principles
of the ecclesiastical courts. Desertion of a wife for three
years without reasonable excuse is to entitle her to ali-
mony. A husband or wife tray present a petition to dis-
solve marriage on the ground of adultery, and the Court
is to pronounce a decree dissolving the marriage, and
the parties may marry again. An appeal is given to the
House of Lords within three months if Parliament be
sitting, and if not, then within 14 days after the next
meeting. The House of Lords may remit a case to the
Court of Divorce, and order particular witnesses to be
examined. The judges and officers of the ecclesiastical
courts affected by this measure are to receive compensa-
tion. The Court, before proceeding to hear the evidence
on a petition, is to appoint some competent shorthand
writer, who is to be sworn faithfully to take the evidence.
" Every such shorthand writer shall be paid out of the
Suitors' Fee Fund of the Court of Chancery such a sum
Of money by way of remuneration for his services as the
said Court of Divorce by any general or special order
may from time to time direct."
The German Journal of Frankfort contains a
letter from Vienna, which says :—" A new reduc-
tion in the army is to take place. The 4 battalions
and the grenadiers will be reduced to 60 men per
company, by leaves of absence which will be
granted. The half only of the Austrian troops
will remain in the Principalities until th© commis-
sion charged with the organisation of those pro-
vinces shall have completed its labours. The other
half has orders to return."