The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

DOVER, Thursday.—His Royal Highness Prince
l Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, R.E., and Captain Du
Platt, arrived here last night by the 7 10 train, and, after
dining at the Lord Warden Hotel, embarked in the mail
packet John Penn, specially ordered for the service of the
Prince, and, under the superintendence of Capt. Jenkyns
proceeded to Ostend, en route to Germany. His Royal
Highness was received at the railway station and attended
to the packet by Major-General Crawford, Major Jones,
A.D.C., Mr. J. G. Churchward, &c. The weather had
been very tempestuous the previous night, but had mode-
rated during the day. After the departure of the Prince,
however, the wind began to blow hard again from E.N.E.,
and during the night freshened into a strong gale. The
John Penn, nevertheless, arrived off Ostend at one p.m.,
but a dense fall of snow and sleet were so blinding that the
packet had to feel her way into harbour by soundings, and
at length got alongside the' quay at 2.30 a.m., when the
Prince landed, and remained at the Bath Hotel until the
departure of the German train at 7.15 a.m. The weather
came on so bad last night that the Belgian Government
packet remained in Dover harbour all night, and left with
the mails this morning. It is understood that Prince Alfred
will return to England about the 6th of January.

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, who has
been staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land at Trentham, has left for Castle Howard, his lordship's
seat in Yorkshire.

,%re understand a marriage is arranged to take
place between Lieutenant-Colonel Cust, of the Grenadier
Guards, and Lady Florence Lascelles, sister of the Earl of
Harewood.
We hear a marriage is arranged to take place
early in the spring between Miss Victoria Russell, eldest
daughter of Lord John Russell by his first marriage with
Lady Ribblesdale, and Mr. Henry Montagu Villiers, eldest
son of the Bishop of Durham, and nephew of the Earl of
Clarendon, K.G. The fair betrothed is a goddaughter of.
the Queen.
The funeral of the late Marquis and Earl of
Dalhousie took place on Wednesday.
A testimonial, a service of plate of the value of
120 guineas, was yesterday presented to Mr. G. N. Tyrrell,
late chief superintendent of the London or southern division
of the Great Western Railway, by the working staff.
The Weekly Register denies the statement that
the late Duke of Norfolk left a large sum to the Pope. It
says that when the will is proved, it will be found to con-
tain no legacies.
The Paris correspondent of the Weekly Register
asserts that since the return of the Empress Eugenie, the
Emperor has declined to allow her to attend any meetings
of the Council of Ministers, as formerly. The writer says
that the Empress has presented Cardinal. Morlot, her con-
fessor, with 100,000 francs, as an offering to the Pope.
The last number of the Bulletin des Lois contains
a decree, dated Dec. 17, approving a convention between
the Minister of the Interior and MM. Bower, Trotter, and
Curtis, for laying down a submarine telegraph between
France and the United States.
The half-yearly meeting of the Canada Company
took place yesterday. Out of the funds in hand in London,
amounting to £26,044, the directors recommended the pay-
ment of a dividend of £2 10s. per share, free of income tax,
which was agreed to.
The tobacco manufactory at Florence, a Govern-
vermnent establishment, caught fire on the 21st. A quan-
tity of tobacco was destroyed to the amount of about 8,000 f.,
but the establishment was insured at Venice and Trieste.
The fire is considered to have been accidental.
THE WEATHER.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—
The severe frost and cold continue. We had another heavy
snowsterm last night, and a considerable quantity of snow
has also fallen at intervals to-day. There is now (5 p.m.)
every appearance of a further heavy fall, with the wind from
the east.

CRYSTAL PALACE—The revels attracted a large
concourse of visitors yesterday, numbers of whom found
their way to the lakes, and amused themselves on the ice.
The Palace was lighted up in the evening, and the enter-
tainments went off with perfect success. One Shilling Day,
Thursday, Dec. 27.—Admissions on payment, 6,3x0; ditto
by season tickets, I,3Bo—total visitors, 7,730.
EXECUTION AT DURHAM.—The execution of
Milner Lockey for the murder of Harrison, at Urpeth, took
place in front of Durham Gaol yesterday morning. Along
with Lockey, Thomas Smith, for the murder of John Baty,
at Winlaton, also suffered the extreme penalty of the law.
GALLANTRY AT SEA.—At the Liverpool (tempo-
rary) Sailors' Home, Mr. Imrie, chairman of the Liverpool
Local Marine Board, on behalf of the President of the
United States, presented to Captain Donaldson, of the
Liverpool ship Roderick Dhu, a valuable sextant, bearing a
suitable inscription, in acknowledgment of his gallant con-
duct in having rescued the crew of an American vessel.

ACCOMMODATION FOR THE COAL TRADE AT THE
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The Mersey Dock Board, at their
meeting yesterday, agreed to meet the demands of the coal
trade at Birkenhead, by letting a large quantity of land cn
the margin of the great float at the rate of Is. 3d. per yard
per annum for seven years, and to expend £4,000 in laying
down lines of rails, &c. During the discussion which took
place on the subject, it was elicited that the coal trade of
Birkenhead had increased from 62,000 tons in 1851 to 300,000
tons in the present year.
THE IRON TRADE.—DUDLEY, Dec. 27.—The
iron masters of the district held their preliminary meeting
this afternoon at the hotel in this town. There was a nume-
rous attendance, and the feeling of those members of the
trade who were present was very unanimous in favour of
maintaining the prices agreed upon at the last quarter
day.: The new rules, under the Mines Regulation and In-
spection Act of last session, which the mine owners of this
part of the kingdom have resolved to submit to the Secre•
tary of State for his approval, formed almost the only topic
of discussion.
THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGLIAM, Dec. 27.—The
usual preliminary meeting of the ironmasters in the South
Staffordshire and East Worcestershire district was held to-
day, at
.the Hotel, Dudley. There was a very full attend-
ance, and a resolution for maintaining existing prices during
the ensuing quarter was passed with only one dissentient.
Very little discussion took place upon the present inactive
condition and probable future prospects of the trade, the
proceedings being for the most part confined to a conversa-
tion upon the special rules under the Alines Inspection
Act, which the mineowners have adopted, and which, after
the requisite publicity has been given to them, will be sub-
mitted for the approval of the Secretary of State for the
Home Department.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-

A special general meeting of the proprietors was held yes-
terday, at Euston Station, the Marquis of Chandos in
the chair, for the purpose of creating £208,125 stock of
the company, and authorising the issue of the same, or
so much thereof as may be required in exchange for stock
or shares now held by the shareholders of the Warrington
and Stockport Railway Company, in the proportion of
£9 ss. London and North-Western stock for each £lO
stock or shares of the Warrington and Stockport Com-
pany, in pursuance of the powers contained in the War-
rington and Stockport Railway Leasing Act, 18.59, for
the purchase of such railway. And also for the purpose
of creating V 96,884 additional capital in shares, in pur-
suance of powers contained in the several Acts of Parlia-
ment relating to the company. And also for the purpose
of authorising the appropriation and issue of the said
capital, and of stock already created, to the shareholders of
the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, in
exchange for the stock or shares now held by them, rh the
proportion of £5O London and North Westorn stock for
each £lOO Shropshire Union stock, in pursuance of the
resolution of the special general meeting of the company
held on the 21st day of June, 1860. The noble chairman
explained that the object of this meeting was of a purely
formal character, and proposed resolutions in accordancm
with the terms of the advertisement by which it had been
convened. These having been agreed to, the meeting
adjourned.

SERIOUS DAMAGE TO RYDE PIER.—In the heavy
gale of Tuesday night a great deal of damage was done
both on shore and afloat. Two schooners, the Irayelock
and the Thomas, and the ketch Rose, were driven through
Hyde pier. The Thomas, collier, was the first; she was
driven broadside on, and made a clear sweep of it. She was
followed by the Havelock, also a collier. The Rose cut her
way through in another part of the pier. Several lighters,
&cc., were sunk. The Thomas and Havelock were both
moored to the Pier Company's moorings, and all the da-
mage done them and the pier, it is understood, will fall on
the Pier Company.
THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY.—James Thomas
and Elizabeth his wife, were yesterday placed befero Mr.
Arnold, the magistrate, at the Westminster Police-court,
charged with being concerned in the late robbery of £2,000
worth of jewellery from No. 3, Lowndos-square, Belgravia,
the residence of Lady Talbot do Malahide. The main
evidence against the matt wa3th:: finding of a hat, with his
name and address pasted in the inside of it, on the roof of
the adjoining house to the one in which the robbery was
committed. There was no evidence against the woman.
She was ordered to be discharged, but the man wag re-
manded. None of the stolen property has been as yet dis-
covered.

A MAN ROASTED TO DEATII, AT HULL.—On
Tuesday night, a young man was found in the hold of the
sloop Hope, of Swainefleet, near Goole, lying in the Queen's
dock, at Hull, roasted to death. The deceased obtained a
living by frequenting the vessels and subsisting on what
the seamen gave him. The accident was first discovered
by John Bs.yos, a sloopman, whose vessel was lying along-
side the Hope. Observing smoke and sparks issuing from
the hold of the Hope, he proceeded at once to pour buckets
of water down until the fire was extinguished. On de-
scending to see what extent of damage had been done, he
discovered the deceased lying at full length near the cabin
stove, with the upper part of his body and one of his arms
burnt to a cinder. The deceased, it is supposed, west into
the cabin to warm himself, when the fumes from the coke
overcame him, and while lying on tke cabin floor his dress
aught ire,