The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

vonshire

GOVERNMENT PRESENT.--A very beautiful pre-
sent is about to be made by tho Government to M. Tchokar,
a gentleman of Bucharest, as an acknowledgment of the
hospitality and courtesy exhibited by him towards Sir
Henry Bulwer, in the year 1857. M. Tchokar placed his
house at the disposal of the English representative, and as
he refused to accept of any recompense when Sir Henry
left, it hasbeen thought right to make an acknowledgment.
The present consists of a magnificent and valuable inkstand.
The centre is composed of a finely modelled representation
of a Wallachia' gentleman and his horse, the latter stand-
ing underneath a palm tree, the emblem of peace. A more
perfect piece of workmanship has never been executed even
by Mr. C. P. Hancock, of Bruton-street, to whom the task
was intrusted. It is worth while to pay a visit to Mr.
llancock's establishment, if only to inspect such a tasteful
and beautiful specimen of art manufacture.
THE LONDON ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION.—
The first meeting of this society took place on Saturday
evening at St. James's Hall, when upwards of 60 amateur
instrumentalists were present, and very creditably per •
formed several overtures and symphonies, under the able
direction of Dr. James Pech. The next meetings are an-
nounced to take place every Saturday evening, terminating
in June.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.--The Government
emigrant vessel West Australian, 599 tons, Captain James
Downie, belonging to Messrs. Park, Brothers, of London,
which sailed from Plymouth on the 12th of July, arrived at
Perth, Western Australia, on the 24th of October, with 20
married couples, two single men, 99 single women, four
boys between the ages of one and 12, four male infants' and
seven female, making a total of 156 souls, equal to 1431
statute adults, under charge of Surgeon- Superintendent
George Mottley. Two births and one death (an infant)
occurred daring the voyage. 3 ~
Ise .Nord mentions a rumour, to which, however,
it does not give credence, that Marshal Canrobert is going
to Rome on a.special mission, to take the command of the
corps of occupation, and to direct the evacuation which, on
that supposition, would be determined on, and near at hand.
Mr. Cobden attended the monthly dinner of the
Society of Political Economists in Paris on Thursday. The
conversation turned chiefly on the Isthmus of Suez scheme.
Mr. Cobden observed that the opposition in Parliament was
owing in some measure to the manner in which.tlie question
was introduced, the House of Commons almost fancying
that it was expected to take shares in the enterprise. The
principal opposition was found among diplomatists, who
seemed to think that the concession of lands and the cone
struction of forts might at some period be turned to the
injury of English interests ; but that there was no opposi-
tion on the ground that any country on the Mediterranean
could deprive England by means of that canal of a conside-
rable portion of her trade with the East. The natural ad •
vantages of England and her geographical situation ren-
dered any such apprehensions futile. Moreover, the oppo-
sition to the scheme had much diminished in England.
DEMOCRACY IN VICTORIA.—As a result of the
General Election conducted upon the basis of the ballot and
"Manhood suffrage," half-a-dozen working men, including
.two or three representatives, whose candidature was re-
garded as a "practical joke," have been returned to the
Victorian Parliament.—_atustralian Mail.
A NEW SOUTH WALES SQUATTING CASE.—A
decision of considerable importance has been pronounce]
by the Supreme Court iu a squatting case—Pringle v. Ma-
chettie. The action was for trespass by the driving of in-
fected sheep over plaintiff's run, whereby the plaintiff's
flocks became diseased. To this it had been pleaded among
other things, that the sheep were driven along a public
had actually
highway,
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held, had a clear right to drive
lea The, defendant, it was
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pretence of the diseased flock ? The Court sustained the
his flock along the highway, even
led
injuries guilty
which knowledge,
passe
responsible or any en-
gagedarm-
in a lawful act he was not
sue therefrem, provided it
ful consequences which might en
d through his neighbun's land. Being.f thereforeh
resulted from circumstances over which ho had no control.
Thus if he had really no knowledge of the existence oi
for the
communication in his flock he would not be responsible
communication of this disease to the plaintiff's sheep.—
Australian Mail.

The steamer with the-llombay mail on Thursday
will take £10,542 in gold for Alexandria, £7OO in gold for
Men,
,and £112,750 in gold and £282,010 in silver for
Bombay, the whole being on private account,