The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-05 00:00:00

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will pre-
side over the festival of the year of the Royal Literary
Fund, on Wednesday next, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Ilarrowby. Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Secretary Libouchere' Lord Panmure, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, SxCharles Wood, the Rght Hon. R.
Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of
Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. BaineF. The Council
sat two hmsTs.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—A meeting of the ren-
ters of the late theatre at Covent-garden was held on
Saturday at Mr. Robins's rooms, in the Piaztia. for the
purpose of considering their present position. Mr. Sur-
man (the representative of the proprietors) stated that
since the last meeting of the renters and proprietors,
about two months since, the Duke of Bedford had brought
an action of ejectment to recover possession of the site
of Covent-garden Theatre, and early in this present
week his grace would, no doubt, re-enter upon the
ground, and, consequent upon that event, the proprietors
and renters will becoine divested of all interest in the
theatre and the ground. Tne proprietors had no means
of re-building the theatre, and had stated their intention
of surrendering their leases. Of course they could not
expect the duke to remain quiet under these circum-
stances. Mr. Sunman thought the duke had acted libe-
rally in giving up the five quarters' rent due to him.
DIRECT TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEENLON-
DON AND ST. PETERSBURG.—Since the re-establishment
of commercial relations between Great Britain and
Russia, the Electric and International Telegraph Com-
pany have received despatches direct from St. Peters.
burg, within a second of their leaving that capital ; the
length of wire being about 1,700 miles. The medium
b telegraph, which
the messages ware conveyed in the printing
and simultaneously with the necessary touch
oft the finger on the instrument at the Lethbury or Strand
stations in London. This is the 'greatest telegraphic
feat. yet achieved through the naediurri of the Submarine
,and indicates the progressive and rapid extension
wires, ' •
of instantaneous criinraunication. The direct transinie-
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.et between London and the other princi-
pal continental clues is now a matter of daily occur-
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that there will he no execution lons the 16th, DR it must I
take a longer time than lies between this day and that I
to have the motion in error in the ease of Dunee Se
cided; and the identification of Murphy beine ,-, „. ; 1
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in the conviction of Dunne, the former must be held I
over for' the purpose, if the letter is to ha-ve a new trial.
The affidavits in the case have been made, and counsel
for the prisoner are confident that the point rai,ed by
them is a very good one and must. prevail. We have
heard on the most reliable autherily it is intended to I
urge the matter to the furthest, even to the }louse of I
Lords, if this be necessary." 1