The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

The French and Swiss Governments are on the

point of coming to a friendly understanding.
It was rumoured in Paris last night that the
murderer of Judge Poinsot had been discovered.

Count Walewski yesterday delivered the annual
speech to the School of Fine Arts in Paris, which has for

so many years been spoken by M. Fould.

The application of Mr. Train, the projector of
street railways, to the City Commissioners of Sewers for
permission to extend a line from the boundaries of the City
to the Bank of England, has been referred back to the
committee for further consideration.

To-night M. Louis Blanc delivers a lecture, at
the London Mechanics' Institution, on the " Mysterious
personages in France towards the end of the 18th century.
The vacant rectory of St. Stephen, Walbrook, is
this time in the gift of the Grocers' Company. The num-
ber of candidates for the appointment is very large.
Letters from the East announce that the allied
squadron in the Chinese seas are making docks at Peiho,
where the vessels are to winter. They will be strongly
fortified."

A letter from Berlin states that the pamphlet,
" L'Empereur Francois Joseph ler et l'Europe," has pro-
duced a considerable sensation in that capital. The idea
that Europe has a right to exact from Austria that, for a
territory which she possesses gratuitously she shall not
light up a general war, is approved of.
The accounts from Paris regarding the prospect
of the Turkish loan being subscribed appear less favour-
able. It is stated that the long-expected action of Pontalba
against Mires has been compromised, to avoid public re-
velations.

The Westminster play has been revived, and last
night Plautus took the place of Terance. There was a
very full attendance, and the scholars acquitted themselves
with great ability.
The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's have deter-
mined to inaugurate the opening of the new organ by a

grand performance of sacred music. The "Messiah" will
be performed on the, 21st of January.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday afternoon, shortly
after the rehearsal of the Drury-lane pantomime, Mr.
Deulin, who for some years past has filled the roles of Har-
hquin and " Gent." at the above theatre, was partaking of

some refreshment at the bar of Wilson's tavern, Drury.

h lane, when he suddenly fell to the ground a corpse. The
u'eceased, who appeared in his usual health and spirits, is
supposed to have suffered from a diseased heart.
A letter from Vienna of the 18th says :—" The
depa?tures of troops for Italy have become more frequent
during' the last few days, and others are also being sent to
Hungaty. The Minister of Finance has just had an
audience of his Majesty, in which it is said he made a
report on the state of the finances which was not at all
favourable,"

A letter from Cayenne of the 18th ult. mentions
the arrival of the Rectumur with 550 Indian immigrants
on board. The vessel had been placed under quarantine
in consequence of the small-pox having broken out. The
sending back of the negroes who had been engaged on the
Western Coast of Africa is about to commence. A first
vessel was preparing to start for Km.
Yesterday morning a serious fire occurred at
Messrs. Lee and Co.'s mill, Ossett-street Side, near Dews-
bury. The place was entirely gutted, and the damage is
roughly estimeated at £2,000 to £3,000.
Another man, named Joseph English, a wheel-
wright, residing at Brightside, has been apprehended on
suspicion of being concerned in the attempted murder of
William Crookes; at Smithy Wood, near Ecclesfield.
Mr. Manning's extensive flaxworks, at Gains.
borough, were destroyed by fire on Monday night.
The execution of Samuel Twigg, the journeyman
bricklayer, who was sentenced to death at Stafford assizes
on Monday, for the murder of his wife at Bilston, will take
place on the sth of Jannary.
THE MANCHESTER VOLUNTEER BALL.—The long
anticipated ball in aid of the funds of the local volunteer
regiments was held last evening at the Free-Trade Hall,
and passed off very successfully. The number of visitors
amounted to upwards of 1,700.
According to the Freeman's Journal, Orange
outbreaks are expected in Londonderry. The military and
constabulary have been sent for.
The Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, with
£167,000 in gold on board, has now been at sea 70 days ;
and the Great Britain, with £474,000, 61 days.
The Indus, which sails to-morrow for India,
will take out £203,413 in specie.
The Bombay Mail via Marseilles, will be de.
livered to-morrow morning.
Friday next is the last day for receiving tenders
for the Jamaica guaranteed loan of £50,000.
The Stock Exchange, it is generally expected,
will be clesed on Monday, the 24th instant.
The condemned prisoners in Durham Gaol,
Thomas Smith and Milner Lockey, will be executed on
Thursday, the 27th.
Dr. Letheby has been analysing specimens of the
bread, milk, and mustard sold to the poor by the retail
dealers in the city. The mustard generally has been found
remarkably pure, and other articles slightly adulterated.
Yesterday a long service medal was presented to
Mr. Godfrey, the bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards.
The half yearly meeting of the Crystal Palace
Company was held this afternoon, at Sydenham. The
directors' half yearly report, which has appeared in The Sun,
was agreed to.
The next Royal Dramatic-performance at Wind-
sor Castle, we believe, will be Sir E. Bulwer's play of
" Richelieu." Phelps will sustain the part of the Cardinal ;
Herman Vezin, De Manprat ; -IN alter Laty, Barradas, and
Miss Heath, Julio.
The Lord Mayor and Sheriff made an official
inspection of the New cattle Market on Monday last.;
A letter from Melbourne by the present mail
mentions that a solid cake of gold worth £9,500, the pro-
duce of the crushing of only 10 tons of quartz from a reef
near Inglewood—a locality scarcely known 12 months ago
—had been sold to the Bank of New South Wales. This
bank had also purchased at Sandhurst a cake weighing
5010 z., the produce of 35 tons of quartz, and it is affirmed
that the same reef will produce £30,000 a year for many
years to come.
Baron de Belcastel, first secretary of the French
legation at Berlin, has been the victim of a robbery to the
extent of 6,000 fr., and all the crosses and decorations which
ho possessed.

A prospectus has been issued of the East India
and London Shipping Company, formed for the purpose of
establishing a fast line of inexpensive vessels direct to
India, the only port of call between London and Calcutta
being Madras. The fleet secured for the service comprises
the large and well-known auxiliary screw steamships fox..
merly on the Australian route, Golden Fleece, Jerson,
Queen of the South, Lady Jocelyn, Calcutta, Indiana, and
Hydaspes, which are to be transferred to the company at
about one-third of their original cost. These vessels will
be employed as sailing clippers, steam being used only in
case of calms and on nearing port, and the duration of the
voyage will, it is hoped, not exceed 70 days out and 65
days home. The shares of the company are to be divided
into two series, the first of which, representing £200,000,
will be entitled to preference dividends at the rate of 7 per
cent. There can be no question that such a line is much
wanted 'for the largo number of passengers to whom eco-
nomy is of importance, and that the company may also be
expected to render valuable service by the conveyance of
troops.

DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL OF ENGLAND.—The
death of the Duke of Norfolk has necessitated the appoint-
ment of a Deputy Earl Marshal of England, by the Crown,
during the minority of the present Duke. This great dig-
nity is hereditary in the family of the Dukes of Norfolk ;
but it cannot be held by a minor, as there are responsible
duties as well as privileges attached to the office; and the
question has arisen whether the Earl Marshal pro tem. (to
be now appointed by the Crown) must of necessity be a
peer of the realm. We believe there is no positive neces-
sity for the Crown to select a peer for this office, though
there is a strong impression in some official quarters to
the contrary. There can be no doubt of the fitness for the
appointment of Lord Edward Howard, brother of the late,
and consequently uncle to the present juvenile Earl Mar-
shal ; but till this question of the peerage is settled, it is,
perhaps, idle to speculate upon the person to be named.
Lord Edward Howard has been twice Vice-Chamberlain to
the Queen. The baton borne by the Earl Marshal is never
given up to the Crown, but passes, by hereditary right,
from one Duke to his successor. It is very plain; and, as
an emblem of so great a dig-Ray, very small and insignifi-
cant in appearance.—Court Journal.
VALUABLE LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—GREAT YAR-
MOUTH, Doc. 17.—This morning, when the weather was
squally, accompanied with hail and rain, and the sea run •
ning high, the schooner John and Ann, of Whitby, was
wrecked at 4 o'clock on the Patch Sand, to the north of
Yarmouth. The Caister lifeboat, belonging to the National
Lifeboat Institution, was immediately launched, and suc-
ceeded in saving the schooner's crew, of ten men, who were
afterwards taken to the Sailors' Home. There is not a yes-
tige of the vessel now remaining. Seaton Carew, Durham,
Dec. 16. This morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the
brig Eliza, of Middlesborough, laden with coals, when
going out to sea in tow of a steamer, struck, during a heavy
swell and wind from the westward, on the bar of the Tees,
and soon afterwards drifted on the North Caret Sand. The
Seaton Carew lifeboat, which also belongs to the National
Lifeboat Institution, was forthwith got out, launched oppo-
site the vessel, and the crew, seven in number, wore taken
off, and afterwards safely brought to land. The vessel soon
afterwards became a total wreck. Near the same spot the
brig Predroma, of Stockton, was wrecked a fortnight ago,
when her crew of 11 men were saved by the Middlesboro'
lifeboat, which also belongs to the same valuable society.
The cost of the Seaton Carew lifeboat was given a few
years ago to the National Lifeboat Institution by William
M‘lierrell, Esq., of Bath. Tho generous donor has now
the peculiar satisfaction of feeling that the result of his
benefaction has thus far been the means of snatching seven
poor croatures 49g4 P. Watery grave.