The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

FESTIVITIRS AT BIRMINGHAM IN
LATEST NE WS
HONOUR OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. •

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sumptuous:dinner at Bingley Hall, provided at the
expense of the worthy chief magistrate, at which
upwards of 1,200 poor persons were entertained, and
festivity and cheerfulness were the order of the
evening. Mr. Ratcliff, anxious to give pleasure
and happiness to the really indigent and deserving,
hit upon the novel and ingenious mode
of issuing tickets to the entire of the clergy and
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one joyous meiiiing the most aged and deserving
of the poor of Birmingham. In the toasts given
and responded to, a hearty spirit of loyalty was
manifested : all hearts appeared to be gladdened,
and the kindest expressions of mutual good-will
were universally prevalent, coupled with cordial
aspirations that Heaven would bless the union
of the happy pair.
In addition to this a grand banquet was given by
Mr. Ratcliff, at Dee's Royal Hotel, to above two
hundred of the principal inhabitants of the town
and neighbourhood ; also a free concert of surpass-
ing excellence, at the Town-hall, to an assemblage
of nearly five thousand persons. Such munifi-
cent consideration for his fellow-citizens on the part
of the present Mayor will long be held in grateful
remembrance among the loyal inhabitants of Bir-
mingham, from whom Mr. Ratcliff has gained
"golden opinions, which cannot fail to be endur-
ing.
We have further to add that the intended pre-
sentation of articles to her Royal Highness the
Princess Frederick William of Prussia, from
the Birmingham manufacturers, originated with
Mr' Ratcliff, and has been met in the most
gratifying manner by the production of unequalled
specimens of art, which will be presented to-mor-
row at Buckingham. Palace to the
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FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
The Emperor yesterday received autograph
letters of congratulation on bis late escape from
the King of Sweden and Norway, the Grand Duke
of Hesse, the Duke of Nassau, and the Duke of
Brunswick, and also an address to the same effect
from the Senate of the free town of Lubeck. His
Majesty also received a letter, in which the Grand
Duke of Tuscany notifies that the Archduchess
Anne, wife of the hereditary Prince Ferdinand, had
been safely delivered of a princess.
A Paris letter, in the Nerd of Brussels, says
" The document which the French Government
has drawn up on the subject of the refugees is not
a ' note,' properly so called, but merely a series
of directions to its representatives at London, Brus-
sels, Turin, and Berne to present observations to
the Governments of those places on the subject.
In sending these directions, the Cabinet of the
Tuileries has ceded to the wishes of all the Euro-
pean powers, and especially the German ones. The
ministers accredited in Paris and the personages
sent there to congratulate the Emperor have all
insisted on some measures being adopted. The
King of Sardinia, like all other sovereigns, has
manifested a firm determination to expel from his
States the agents of a criminal propagandism
against foreign governments ; and there is reason
to believe that the revolutionary press in Pied-
mont will be for. the future subjected to a more
severe §urveillance. The King of Wurtemberg,
though on a sickbed, has written to the Emperor
of the French to say that he will take part in any
measures that may be adopted by the powers to
protect the Continent against attempts of the re-
fugees. In addition to the communication made
by Lord Cowley, the Queen and Prince Albert,
who are frequently in correspondence with the
Emperor, have written to his Majesty letters full
of touching interest. There was at one moment a
question of sending the Duke of Cambridge to
Paris, but the Queen and the Ministers thought it,
unnecessary, on account of the extremely cordial
understanding existing between the two Cabinets.
Letters from London state that the Prince of Prus-
sia, in the name of all Germany, represented to the
English Government the necessity of giving to
Fthnce and Europe some guarantees against the
manoeuvres and plots which are organised under
the protection of British hospitality."
Tue following telegraphic despatches have been
received here

BERLIN, Jan. 27.—A new project from Den-
mark, having for object to place the Duchies of
Holstein and Lanenburg in an exceptional position
in the Danish Monarchy, has been brought to
Frankfort by Baron de Blixen, but the members of
the Diet have declared against it as insufficient.
Madrid, Jan. 27.—The Address in answer to the
Speech from the Throne has been read in the
Chamber of Deputies. It signifies that the appro-
bation of the house is given to the programme of
the cabinet.
BOURSE, JAN. 28.—The following were the
closing quotations
per Cents 94 60

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TUNIS.

Letters from Tunis, dated the 18th, state that
Gouma, the Arab chief, who had rebelled against
the _Bey of Tripoli, and had refused the asylum and
pension offered him by the Sultan, had accepted the
offer, through the French Consul at Tunis, to
establish himself in the south of Algeria. He is
there to receive the title of Caid, and a territory,
to be assigned by the Governor of the province.
The Regencies of Tunis and Tripoli are pacified by
the agreement. The thanks of the Bey of Tunis
have been presented to M. Roches, the Consul-
general of France.
The Ministers of the Bey are busied with reforms
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