The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice and Prince
Louis of Hesse, walked in the grounds of the Castle this
morning, attended by the maids of Honour in Waiting.
Prince Louis skated on the ice in the Home Park.
The Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, and the Prin co of Leiningen, went out shooting,
attended by Major-General Seymour and Lieut.-Colonel
Rept el.

Prince Arthur skated on the ico, attended by Major
Elphinstone, R.E.

His Excellency the Sardinian Minister has left
town on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,
at Broadlands.

Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Hon.
Misses Canning have returned to Grosvenor-square from
visiting Lady Margaret Beaumont, at Bywell Hall, New-
castle-on-Tyne,

The Lord Chancellor's Vicarage of Nusson, near
Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, has become vacant by the death
of the Rev. Wm. Thorp, M.A., of Jesus College, Cam-
bridge. The benefice is worth £360 a year.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—
Monday, Dec. 24.—Admissions on payment, 10,244 ; ditto
by season tickets, 2,175.—T0tal visitors, 12,419.

THE GREAT EASTERN.—The required repairs of
this vessel, now lying securely and snugly on the beach at
Milford Haven, have been commenced, and are vigorously
being carried on under the efficient superintendence of Cap-
tain Jackson, of the firm of Ford and Jackson. They will
be completed early in the spring of the ensuing year.
THE REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEENSHIRE.—
The Aberdeen Free Press says—" There are two candidates,
if not both formally, yet to all intents and purposes, in the
field. Both Sir A. Bannerman and Mr. Leslie (of Warthill)
are organising the machinery for an active canvass of the
county, and the address of the former has been issued.
Mr. Leslie starts in the Conservative interest, and Sir A.
Bannerman comes forward as a Palmerstonian. There has
been some talk about the likelihood of one of the brothers
of our late member coming forward. As party distinctions
are now very much broken down, so proportionately, at
least, we should hope, would pressure—particularly of
landlords on tenants—be abated. We have, however, just
learned with some surprise that a certain noble lord has
already issued a circular to his tenantry in this quarter—
not, of course, dictating' to them how they should vote,
but intimating that he is a Conservative, and that this is a
time when there being so much false liberalism abroad
every good man and true should rally round the institu-
tions of the country.' Now, the noble to whom we refer
may personally, or in what he deems the interest -of his
order, have a very great horror of John Bright. Still, we
think, such a use of the influence of his position is a little
too strong for these days, and such as make people rather
desire to see measures carried calculated to abate the power
that can wield it."

FlRES.—Yesterday and last night a great many
fires occurred in different parts of the metropolis. The
most serious was at Mr. Groves's, wheelwright, Abbey-
street, Bermondsey, whose premins were completely
destroyed.

THE LAW AND EQUITY COURTS.—Yesterday the
offices of the common law courts were closed until Satur-
day, and with the exception of the Court of Queen s Bench,
the courts stand adjourned until the commencement of
term. The Court of Queen's Bench will sit to-morrow
(Wednesday) to conclude the case, " Stokes v. the Eastern
Counties Railway Company," and on its rising will be
adjourned until term, which begins on the 11th proximo.
The equity courts adjourned on Saturday, and the offices
were closed until the 7th January. The courts will not
open before them. The Divorce Court has also closed its
sittings until term.

LONDON AND SOUTFI-WESTERN RAILWAY.--It
appears that the directors of this company intend to recom-
mend to the shareholders that the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Mr. LTzielli should be filled up at the
ordinary meeting of the company in February next, As 30
days' notice prior to the meeting is required to be given by
candidates for the office of director, sb.areholders who may
wish to become candidates will have ample time to give the
requisite notice prior to the meeting, which it is understood
will be held on the 14th of February neat.

THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The parties engaged
in the herring fishery off the eastern coast are now " making
up" and congratulating themselves on the success which
has attended their vigorous labours. It is estimated that
tho boats connected with Great Yarmouth have taken 8,000
to 10,000 lasts, or the enormous number of 100,000,000 fish.
The sum thus obtained by each boat has been from £4OO to
£l,OOO, and all taken above £5OO per boat is regarded as
profit. At Lowestoft equally encouraging results have been
obtained, the value of the fish caught being estimated at
£50,000, one beat alone having taken 1,000,000 fish. The
fishermen are paid according to the success which follow
their exertions, and some of them will have £3O, £4O, and
even £5O, to receive at the hands of their employers.
WEIGHING A THEFT.—A citizen missed two
pounds of fresh butter, which wa• to be reserved for him-
self. The maid, however, had not only stolen it, but fas-
tened the theft ur on the cat, averring, moreover, that she
caught her in the act of devouring the last morsel. The
wily cit immediately put the kitten into the scales, and
found it to weigh but a pound and a half. This city mode
of accurate reasoning being quite conclusive, the girl con-
fessed her crime.—American paper.

THE FROST IN BRISTOL.—Th e temperature of
the air fell to 17.0 on the 21st, reaching a maximum of
32.33 in the day. On the 22d a wave of warmer air mode-
rated the frost, and the therroe,meter, four feet above the
soil, did not descend lower thayL 274. It remained, how-
ever, during that day in a n aarly stationary condition, the
maximurn not being above 328. On Sunday another start
was made, the minimum. attained being again low (19.7).
The mercury in the barometer has continued to fall. The
maximum temperature; for the week ending the 22d was
42.3 on the 16th, and. the minimum, 17.0 on the 21st.
How TO BRTNG DOWN RAIN.—Mr. Weeks, of
Sandwich, writes as follows to Mr. Rowell, who, at the
British Association, suggested the possibility of bringing
down rain from the clouds at pleasure :—" I have from very
early life been an assiduous experimenter. with electric
kites, atmospheric exploring wires, &c. Now I beg to
assure you that it has several times hawened that when
my kite has been raised immediately under a distended,
light, fleecy cloud, at a moderate elevation, a free current
of sparks has passed from the apparatus during some 10 or
12 minutes. I have suddenly found myself bedewed with
a descent of fine misty rain ; and, on looking up, have g
seen
d
the cloud upon which I was operativ
in magnitude,"--Zhe Buikkr. surprisingly reduce

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THE PEACE WITH CHINA.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC, 24.

The following telegram was received at the
Foreign-office, via Trieste, at 7.30 p.m,, from her
Majesty's Agent and Consul General at Alexandria
dated Dec. 18 :

Mr. Loch has arrived, with despatches from
China, and leaves this day for Malta.
The ratification of the treaty of Tientsin was
exchanged, and convention of Pekin signed October
24. The English and French ambassadors took up
their residence in the capital, and would remain
there till Nov. 9. The French army retired from
Pekin on the Ist of November. The English
would remain till the ambassadors left.

A large force is still to remain at Tientsin till
treaty conditions be fulfilled.

Principal clauses :—Apology from Emperor for
the affair of Peiho last year ; ministers to reside at
Pekin; indemnity fixed to be doubled; Tientsin to
be opened to trade immediately ; emigration
allowed ; Kowloon ceded to British crown ; treaty
of Tientsin and convention of Pekin to be put in
immediate operation, and to be published through-

out the empire.
Palaces of Yeun.min-Yuen have been entirely
burnt to the ground by British force.
Bodies of the prisoners who died in the hands of
the Chinese brought in and buried with honours,
in the Russian cemetery, on Oct. 17.
Captain Brabazon and Abbe Luc beheaded on or
about Sept. 21, after the battle of Pah-li-cb ow ;
bodies not recovered.

Indemnities expected from Chinese for families

of deceased.

English and French Ministers left Shanghae for

Tientsin.

Major Anson has arrived charged with despatches
7rom Sir Hope Grant for War-office, and leaves

this day.
Trieste, December 24, 1860. •
(Signed)

H. RAVEN.

(RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PEKIN, OCT. 31.
The treaty of Tientsin was ratified and the con-
vention signed here on the 24th October, by Lord
Elgin and Prince Hung.
The same formalities were gone through with
Baron Gros on the following day.
The indemnity to be paid by the Chinese has
been fixed at 8,000,000 taels in all.
The following is a summary of the convention :
In Article 1 the Emperor regrets the misunder-
standing at the Taku Forts last year.
Art. 2 stipulates that a British Minister shall
reside at Pekin.
Art. 3 arranges the payment of the indemnity
by instalments.
Art. 4 opens the port of Tientsin to trade.
Art. 5 removes the interdict on emigration.
Art. 6 cedes Cowloon to the British Crown.
Art. 7 provides for the immediate operation of
the treaty of Tientsin.
Art. 8 orders the promulgation of the treaty
throughout China.
Art. 9. stipulates the evacuation of Chusan by
the British force.
The allied armies are to leave Pekin on the Bth
November.

It is reported that the Ist Royals, the 87th, the
Queen's, the Buffs, and the Marines proceed to
England.
Lord Elgin resides in Pekin.
The Emperor is at Zhehol, in Tartary.
Bowlby, de Normann, and Anderson have been
buried with great solemnity.
Brabazon was beheaded about the 21st of Sep-

tember.
The Abbe de Luc also met with the same fate.
The sum of £lOO,OOO has been exacted for the
families of the British officers who have been
murdered.

The summer palace of the Emperor was burnt
by the British on Oct. 18.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 8.
The insurgents are still levying tribute in various
places and are menacing Ningp.

NAPLES, DEC. 24 (EVENING).

The King has held a reception of the nobility of
the Court, which was very numerously attended.

An enthusiastic demonstration in favour of his
Majesty took place in the evening.
The King will leave Naples on Thursday next,
after having assisted at the ball of the National
Guard.

Farini is about to publish the communal law for

Naples.

The state of the provinces is very satisfactory.
The news from Rome is of an alarming character.
The Kennard and the Ballcras, which left Naples
for the Roman States, were not allowed to land
their passengers at Civita Vecchia, the pretext
being that 6,000 Garibaldians were on board.
Against this Mr. Odo Russell has protested.
Lacaita has arrived at Naples.

It is said that a decree is in course of prepara-
tion ordering an extraordinary levy of men between
18 and 55 years of age.

GAETA, DEC. 18.

An enormous quantity of shells and shot were
thrown into Gaeta yesterday by the Sardinians.
Some of them fell into the garden of the palace
where the King and Queen were dining with the
Spanish Ambassador.
The bombardment has since slackened, and the
damage caused in the town is not considerable.
The King has received a letter from the Emperor
Napoleon. In this letter the Emperor expresses
his sympathy for the King, but tells him that he
has carried on the siege long enough for his
honour.

The King, in his reply, thanked the Emperor,
but added that he considered it his duty to persist
in the defence.

PESTH, DEC. 24.

The appointments of the members of the Gover-
norship Council for Hungary have arrived here

from Vienna.

Count LadislausKorolyi is appointed Vice-Presi-
dent of tho Council.

Court Councillor Szalay has been appointed
Director of the Chancery.
The councillors are to enter upon their duties on
the 2d of January next, when the present offices of
the governorship will be abolished.
The circular of Baron von Schmerling ham
created a great sensation.

BONN, DEC. 24.
Judgment has been pronounced in the affair of
Mr. Macdonald.
The defendants Baddeley, Rapp, Washington,
Rochfort Thurston, and Oldfield, were acquitted;
Perry, Anderson, Cumberland, and Drummond were
found guilty, with extenuating circumstances, of
having committed an offence against the State-