The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

which Austria was one province ; and a strong
and free Hungary, to which all the eastern pro-
vinces would rally.

There can be little doubt that Baron SCHMER-
LING is very much hampered in his action by such
a colleague as Count IticussEßo and others ; but
what he has offered both in regard to political con-
cessions and the public administration of justice, is
so much that he is entitled to say that " A long
distance will have been travelled in the path of
political progress when the things which at this
moment I recommend to your attention shall have
been carried into effect—shall have become part of
the people's habits." It will be so, but there will
be a long distance to travel still. Trial by jury,
and possibly a Habeas Corpus Act, are not part of
the programme, though the latter appears to be
pointed at in one passage. Publicity in trials and
oral examinations are great advances; but, when
we think of a genuine patriot in the hands of
Austrian judges, we feel the unspeakable value of
an institution which compels tie Crown to submit
to the judgment of his peers the question of a
man's innocence or guilt.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
has been pleased to appoint Captain Wm. P. Cust to be one
of her royal highness's equerries.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have been
unable to meat at Trentham this Christmas, owing to the
Duchess being confined by a aevire cold at Roseneath
Dumbartonshire.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family,
who came to town for a few days siye from Warwick Cas-
tle, leave shortly for Torquay.
The marriage of Lord Delamere with Miss
Augusta Seymour, daughter of Sir Hamilton Seymour, was
solemnised on Thursday, at St, James's, by the Rev. Pitt
Cholmondeley.

ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Th 2 Buckley Serenaders
well maintain their ground, and on Wednesday were hon-
oured with overflowing audiences. Anna Maria Jones ap-
pears to be an immense favourite, whilst " A little more
Cyder" brings down a perfect hurricane of applause. Mr.
G. Buckley is the test bones we have ever seen, and his
solo from the opera of " Zampa" must be heard to be appre-
ciated. The entertainment is brought to a close by a plan-
tation festival dance entitled " Dixies' Land," the comica-
lities of which are irresistible, and the audiences never leave
excepting'in the best of humour.
SSRIOUS CASE OF STABBING.-011 Thursday
night two men, engaged in a cab-yard at Kennington,
quarrelled whilst in a state of intoxication, when one of the
mon, named Nash, stabbed the other in the neck. The
wounded man was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital,
where he now lies in a very dangerous state.
SNOW-BALLING.—A gentleman named Carley,
residing at Albmy-street, Clerkenwell, was so violently
assaulted by snowballs that a fall ensued, and his collar•
bone was broken. One of the offenders, named Woodhouse,
is in custody.

ROBBING A COMRADE.—At Woolwich, yester-
day, a marine named Greig, was committed for trial
for robbing a comrade of a sovereign, and Beesley, a
private of the 21 Battalion Military Train, remanded on a
charge of uttering counterfeit coin.
BURGLARIES AT CIMISTMAS.—john Smith and
Hester Tarling, well known thieves, were yesterday re-
manded for a week by Mr. Coombe, the magistrate of the
Southwark police-court, for having in their possession, a
quantity of boots and shoes supposed to be the proceeds of
a burglary committed on Christmas-day.
STEALING A POLICEMAN'S UNlFORM.—Yester-
day, John Green was sent to prison for having in his pos-
session a constable's uniform which had been stolen.
Green said he had been promised 2d. to carry the bundle a
short distance.
CELEBRATING CllRlSTMAff.—Frederick Vyner
was yesterday sent to prisen for two months by Mr. D'Eyn-
court, for refusing to pay £1 155., the value of glass broken
by him at a public-house in the Bagnigge-wells-road.
COUNT TELEKI.—The Nord refers to the capital
condemnation pronounced against Count Teleki for the
part he took in trying to deliver his country. Giving him
up to the Austrian police was therefore wantonly consign-
ing him to the scaffold ; but the Nord is of opinion that the
various Governments and public opinion will defend the
Count. It says :—" Public opinion is now a power which
the strongest Governments cannot brave with impunity;
much less those which, like Austria, are every day com-
pelled to make further concessions to it. If, however, the
Austrian Government should think of executing the sen-
tence pronounced against Count Teleki ten years ago, it
would precipitate the issue which a kind of fatality seems
to be preparing for the difficulties which beset it."
The shares of the Labuan Coal Company expe-
rienced a considerable advance yesterday, advices having
been received confirming the favourable opinion of the
mines, and stating that any quantity of coal can be pro-
cured at cheap rates. The agent writes :—" I quite agree
with the original statement of Mr.-Smith, the mining en-
gineer, that the colliery will prove an extraordinarily
lucrative adventure, and will supply the whole East with
coal." The prospects of the undertaking are also consi-
dered to have been much benefited :by the conclusion of
peace with China, and the consequent probability of a
greatly extended trade.
Advices from Christiania state that the traffic of
the Norwegian Trunk Railway, of which one-half the
capital is held in England, is steadily recovering from the
check caused by the disastrous floods in the spring, and
that the current receipts now show an increase over the
corresponding period.of 1859, which was the best year since
the line has been opened. To meet the last payment of 5
per cent. preference interest the receipts were 5,000 dole.
short, but this deficiency has since been fully made up.
The accounts from Vienna describe a great
increase of distrust. The notification that the dividends on
the national loan, which are bound to be paid in silver, will
be arbitrarily met in paper at the exchange of 140, has pro-
duced a very bad effect, and there are also rumours of a
forced loan of £3,000,000 being in contemplation. The
introduction of a forced paper currency in Venetia is like-
wise talked of, with the double view, perhaps, of relieving
immediate wants, and of causing loss to fall upon the people
in case of any revolutionary movement.
PRICE OF AGRICULTURAL STOCK.—SOme fat
wother sheep were exhibited in Watford-market last week
and sold to the butchers in the neighbourhood, several at
six guineas each ; they were under twenty-two months old,
bred and fed by Mr. Scdgwick, of Cash.io-bridge Farm,
from Southdown ewes (Mr. Rigden's breed) by Oxford-
shire Down tups.
RIOT IN A WORKHOUSE.—This morning eight
pauper girls, who had been inmates of the City of London
Union ever since they were infants, were brought before
Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Poliee-court, charged with riotous
conduct in the house. The magistrate commented strongly
on their ungrateful conduct, and sent them to prison for 10
days.

Yesterday the inmates of Camberwell-house, Dr.
Paul's Lunatic Asylum, celebrated the festive season in a
very joyous manner. Cakes, nuts, and lemonade were
served, and the farce of " Box and Cox" was performed
before them. Their enjoyment was very great. The music
had a peculiar happy effect.

Snowballing in the Tuileries gardens,was carried
on to such an extent on Christmas. day that it became
necessary to send for troops to protect the public. A parcel
of young scamps systematically assailed every well-dressed
person, particularly ladies who wore bonnets worth spoiling.
One young man, supposed to be an Englishman, used
his cane in self-defence, and a regular row was the Gongs-
quence. Many bear-skin caps belonging to the grenadier
guards who came to restore order were seen rolling about
in the snow. The troops were unarmed, and could do
little, but ultimately a body of urgent: de viae cleared the
gardens and arrested several of the snowballcrs.
THE LATE COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAIL-
WAY.—Since the collision which took place on Monday
last on the Midland Railway near to the Nottingham sta-
tion, between the Derby and Leicester trains, one of the
sufferers named Wm. Lyl,o, who was in the employ of the
company's contractor for loading timber, has died of con-
cussion of the brain. An inquest has been held upon the
body, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
The jury also, from the evidence adduced, considered that
no blame rested with the company's servants, inasmuch as
the driver of the Leicester train appeared to have used
every exertion to stop his train, but was prevented from
doing so, owing to the slippery state of the rails.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27.—During a terrific storm of
wind, snow, and sleet from the south-east, last evening, a
large vessel called the Erina, laden with timber from
Sweden for Bristol, was wrecked on the outer breakwater
at Portland. It appears from the statement of the crew that
during the, worst part of the storm, about 5 30 p.m., the
breakwater and the light at its outer extremity were seen
close at hand, and in a few minutes afterwards the ship was
dashed against the timber staging of the breakwater and

shortly-became a total wreck. The crow, with the excel:.
tion of the pilot, were saved by means of a rope thrown to
them by the lightkeeper, who was fortunately at hand when
the catastrophe took place. The poor fellow drowned was

a Cowes pilet. It is believed he had previously been
seriously hurt by the falling of a spar, which may account
for his not being saved. The damage done to the staging is
very considerable and will take some time to repair. The

wreck, after breaking up, was carried by the wind and tide
round the end of the breakwater and was strewn along the
beach, on the western side of the harbour, for some distance.

Another' vessel called the Harriet, of Hull, was wrecked
about the same time on the beach, near Weymouth. All

hands wore saved. If the weather moderates this vessel

may ba got off,