The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-22 00:00:00

SHARE 11fARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS.

Sharel Railways.

FOREIGN.

I Price. Closing Business
Share Railways. I Paid. Done.
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12.10 A berg., Notting. Bost.
and Eastern Junction 10 61 64 61 4
60 Pelfast and Ballymena all
13.14 Bin, Wol., and Str. Val all 74 81
Stock- Birk., Lane., andChesh
Junction lOO 06 68 67
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31
Stock Bristol and Exeter
Stock Caledonian
Stock Chester and Holyhead
50 Cork and Bandon
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all
20 Cornwall
t all 44 51
10 Do. A A roves. no div. all _
10 Do
until6p.cer an.
all
• .p
B ha sbeen pd.toß.
50 Dublin andßelfast June. all
25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 761
Stock East Anglian lOO 1 174
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 614 04 i 32 41
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33
25 Do. NW. A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81
25 East Kent all 12 la
Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 97
20 East Suffolk
10 Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 681 694
itock Edin.,Pert.h, & Dundee. 100 28 281 281
10 Forth k Clyde Junction all
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow& South Weals' lOl 93 95
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101
Stock Great Northern lOO 105 107 1071 .64 1
gook Do. do. A Stock lOO 02 04
;tock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 134
;took Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreldy 100 1041 1051
itock Great Western
itock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57
12 • Irish South Eastern all
50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 87 n
161 Do. Thirds
613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p
itock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100. 98 09 681 984
16 Do. do. F 416 6 4 4-1
9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 d
3 Do. West Riding Union 1
20 Do. Southport
1.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 61
1.6.3 Do.Newiss.at 4510sp.sb 4l
tock Lon.. Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 1131 1131
Mock London & North Westn' 100 951 osi 961 51 6
121 Do. Eighths
lock London& South-Westn lOO 954 06 96
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen all —,
tock Man., She., do Lincoln lOO 381 391 , 384
10 Metropolitan 3 d
tock Midland lOO 102 1021 102 i
tock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 74 76 74 5
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all
25 Do. 1 Shag,es • all
00 Newcastle and Carlisle all
25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 111 124 12
10 Newry k Armagh (def : 9
20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all
lock Norfolk lOO 65 67
50 North. Counties Union 3l M
31 3 d '
ock North British lOO 69
ock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO -- ..
ock Do.A Stk.— Arec. no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100
ock Do. B Stock lOO
ock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 94 P4l 931 41
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 f d d
,ock Do. Leeds lOO 481 481
ock Do. York - lOO 77 771 771 7
,ock North London lOO 101 103
10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd
and City Junction 4 ls.
10 North Staffordshire l7l 41 3; d 134
10 North-Western
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all -74 84
ock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 30 32
[0 Peebles all
!0 Portsmouth
.0 Rhymney lO
ock Scottish Central lOO 111 113
ock South. N.H., Aber. Stock 100 28 281
Lick Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86
ock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47
O Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d
ock South Devon lOO 361 374
cock South-Eastern lOO 741 75 75
rick South Wales
0 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 13 15
O Do. do
0 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 9 11
5. Stockton & Darlington all 324 334 334
5 Do. do. 1854 221 --
5 Do. do. 1855 7 -
- Stockton & Hartlepool 161
)ck Taff Vale lOO
>ck Do. Preference, No. 1
5 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22
)ck Vale of Neath • lOO 90 95
)ck Waterford & Kilkenny 100
D Waterford & Limerick all
I West Cornwall
D W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all
5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7P•e- has been pd. to B all 3 H
S Do. B all 61 "11
) West London all
) Do. Ist Class all
) Do. 2d Class all - •

:Ant}w•erp & Rotterdam
Ardennett

Behzian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessaa
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Dutch Rhenich

Eastern of France
Euphrates Valley
Great Central of France
Gt. Luxem., Con. slis
Italian Junction
Lake Constance k. Bah
Lierre and Turnhout
Lombardo Venetian
,Lucca Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf
Lyons and Genera
Maria Antonia

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BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

I Paid. Share! Railways. Closing I Business
Price.; Doss.
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inn Atlantic &St Lawrence! .„ _
Leased at 6 per cent.. "'"
18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ind 9 id * P
gu. 5 percent •
18 Do , all
18 .Do. Addit. Capital A 6 id par
18 'Do. Do. -B 41 id par
204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all thi 64 •
40
20. Do. New l6l 15 14 d
100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godriel lOO 78 82
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 •
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78
100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 1 4 P
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 pm
20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. --
20 CeYfon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 lb, 44
171 ~ Demerara
20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 IP
Stock East Indian„Tu. sp. c lOO 1084 1091 1081 1 9
20 Do. C Shares all -
20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 lip, 11
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5
100 D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all -
20
GeelongGeel ongAteortepLogruaatisonp.c.6 1
tooal 174 LI
Sto. per cent. Bonds
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 37
100 Do. 6 p.c. Dcben.,pay.'7B all 774 784
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 92 94 92
20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 21 214
20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 ip 44
20 Do. do 4 fp
20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2
guaranteed 5 per cent. j
201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 16 161 1(4
201 Do. New
100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with all 106 108
( opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108
100 Do. do. 'V3 without opt all 105 107 :1054
100 Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do
20 Madras, guar., 4} p. c all 18i 19
20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 204 201
20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 id f d
20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 5 par i p
20 Do. Fourth do.
took Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100
I Newßrunlyarick&Canda.
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g•.6pc 10 2 lid
Class ACapitl.Share
'.. Do. do. Land do.
2t Do. do. B. Capital do lO 4 3 d
.. - 'Do. do. Land do _ _
20 c Northof India Tramroad 2s
( Limited, Scrip
20 Dude (Limited)
20 Scinde
20 Do.
...4 5a171 245 11)4 21l
: Pip
20 Do. New
20 Do. Punjaub
20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bce,g4 5 par * p
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par ip

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CITY KIEBIVFS!,COITRT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)

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BRITISH MINES.

Share! Railways.

Blythe and Tyne 1( per
c. pref. (issued at 250)
Brig. do Exet4p.ctStock
Do. do. do. Shares

Caledon £lO, 44 per cent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Chester & Holyhd, 53 pc
Do. do. 5 p. et.
Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c.
Dun. Perth,& A ber.Jun.
E.Angn. Class A 7.1 z spc
Do. do. Class B 6 pc....
Do. do. Class C 7 pc ....
E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l
D.o. do N 0.2
De. New 6 per et. Stock
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
East Lanc. 6 per ct
E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths
Edin.&Glas. spc shares
Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.
Furness, 5 per cent
Glas. 4ITS Weat....t a. spc
Great Northern, 5 p. ct
Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm
Do. 44 p. c. do. do.
Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm
Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf
Gt.Snic vt' (Ireland)4
p. ct. pref. Stock
Great West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.
Do. Redeemable, 44 p et.
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et.
Do. Irredeemable, do. .
Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref.
Do. Birm. Pref. Shares
Gt. West.. Ches. Bp.c.pf.

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Business
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Mines.

raid. 1 Closing Business
Price. Done.

AGAIN.--HART V. PARKER.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

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Do do. 5 p. et. pref
Do firming. guar. stock
Do. Chester guar.shares
[Do. do. do
Do. do. do.
Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
I Lon. & Brig.spc. gm No.l
Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2
New gua., 6 p. ct
Do. do. 5 p. c No. 4
Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun -
eaton, 5 p. ct.
Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,
1 ate 3d shares
Londondy & Cole, shs
Londondy.& Ennis sh
& Lin., 6 p. ct 1
Do. 26

Do. alper cent.
3faryport & Car., 4 p.c 1
Do. 4 per cent
Do.

Con. 6 p. c. Stock .
Do. C,o n. Brisk Bir.6 p.ct.
Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock
11-)1). with option till 1860
Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.
Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s
p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm
Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with
option till 1866
Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares
Do. .5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46
Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do. Wav. V al. Ex. Sk 1847
North British, 5 per cent
Do. New, gua. 5 per cent
Nth. D ev. Rail. & D sk. Co.
N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.
Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref.
Do. do. do.
Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1816
30. York, H. & S. Purch
North Staffordshire
Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g
Do. do. do., 24 gua.
Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp
Scottish Central, new pi
Scottish N.-Eastern deb
Do. 34 per c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 44 percent.
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6 )
Do .44 per cent
Do. Fixed 44 p.c. let is
Do. New do., 2d issue.
South Wales, gua. 4 p.c.
Do. 41 per cent
S.-Yerksbire, 4 p.c. gua.
Stockton and I)ar. 5 p.e.l
Do. a per cent
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent.

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY
,EVENING,_ DECEMBER 22, 1838.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(
.LAY.)

. ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)

IN RE WOODHOUSE, DEBENHAM, AND PETTEGREW,

This cause came on to be spoken to this morning.

Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., said that this cause came on before
his Honour on the 20th December last, respecting the
',purchase of an annuity, and his Honour then settled
the principle upon which the annuity was to be pur-
chased ; but as there was no power given to charge
the executors with interest, his Honour directed it
to be mentioned this morning in order to see whether the
agents and the chief clerk could arrange it. In the order that
his Honour then made he did not dispute it, and with re-
spect to the interest, aftei going over the accounts pro-
duced, and without taking any further accounts, he thought
the sum of £2O would be sufficient for interest. His Honour
the Master of the Rolls said, " Let it be so if the parties are
agreed."

Mr. Follett, Q.C., said he thought £l5 sufficient, but
would not abject. There were a very large number of
small legacies to be paid here, amounting to between L'2s
and £3O, and in place of taking separate discharges he pro-
posed that the solicitor's discharge would be sufficient, on
receiving letters from the legatees. This gentleman had
already received a number of letters from the legatees
in respect to discharging the shares due to them,
and it seems to be quite right that he should re-
ceive payment and grant discharges. The amount of the
fund for distribution is only £3OO, and the legatees reside
in Auckland, Portland, and in different parts of England,
and some of them in Australia, and it would be difficult to
obtain discharges from each of them. ' He thought the dis-
charge by the solicitor would be sufficient.
His Honour the Master of the Rolls assented, and said
that if the executors paid, they must pay jointly. If the
executors distributed it, they undertook to distribute it

jointly. They would be both liable if they distributed the
fund—they could not separate it. They could not distri-
bute it one at one time and another at another.
Mr. Selwyn—The rest of the decree will be carried into
effect upon the usual certificates.

Mr. Follet—One half is to be appropriated by way of
annuity, and the other half is the portion out of which tho
debts and legacies are to be paid.
Mr. Selwyn—This winds up the whole case.

The Master of the Rolls—ln order to see that the terms
of the order of the court is carried into effect the amount
must be verified by affidavit.

CLASHING OP THE• COURTS.-THE VEXED QUESTION

This was a judgment summons, and defendant, who for-
merly kept the Vine Inn, produced his discharge from the
Ingo/Vent Court, and a copy of his schedule, containing
plaintiff's claim, The original order was made in 1856, and
defendant took the benefit of the act in 1857.
His Honour said he felt bound by the act of Parliament
to commit defendant ; he had, however, been informed that
persons so committed had been discharged by the com-
missioners. If defendant was committed for this debt
it would cost him £8 or £9 to get
,a discharge.
Plaintiff—l knew nothing of his taking the benefit of the
act. I had no notico.

Defendant—lt was under the amount that renders a
notice necessary. _

THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.

His Honour—From defendant's appearance and man-
ner I think he has the means to pay. Now the Court of
Common Pleas, at Westminster, says that I must commit,
and it is time that some creditor took the matter to the
superior court and got it settled. I shall not commit now,
but if the creditor chooses to go on he can.
INFANCY NOT FLBADED.--RICHARDSON V. ROBINSON.
Mr. Clarke appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Beard for
the defendant.

This was a judgment summons, and Mr. Beard asked, on
behalf of his client, for a fresh order. Defendant had to
keep an aged mother, and might have pleaded infancy, he
being only 20; but he was anxious to settle the matter.

Mr. Clarke said defendant ought to haie obeyed the order
of this court. Plaintiff had been put to great expense.
Mr. Beard—The order was too large; make one a little
sin:Her, and he will, I am sure, pay.
His Honour thought defendant had shown honest inten-
tions in not pleading infancy, and made the required altera-
tion in the order.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

CLEVER CAPTURE OF AN ESCAPED PRISONER.—John
Ilhomson, alias "Dick Doody," a very desperate fellow, and
who has already been tried with another, but not convicted,
bor. garotting a person named Stocker, in Arthur-street, was
brought up under the following circumstances in custod y
of Sergeant Chown; of the E division.
The prisoner was brought up at this court on the 19th
Oct. last charged, with a man named Lindsay, with attempt-
ing to enter the house No. 55, Davies-street, Berkeley-
square, and both were committed for trial on the evidence
of Sergeant Crocker and a detective named Joy, and while
wailing at the close of the court in the lobby to lie removed
in the van the prisoner Thomson (in the absence of Welsh,
the gaoler of the court, owing to illness) managed to effect
his escape.
Several active officers have been on the look out for the
prisoner since, amongst others Sergeant Chown, but with-
out success till the previous evening, when the sergeant
went about half-past eleven at night to the Union Arms,
Union-court, Holborn-hill, where at the time a raffle was
going on for a pickpocket, the house at the time containing
some of the worst of characters—pickpockets, burglars,
and garotters. To prevent the prisoner's escape the ser-
geant took with him 20 other constables, and so placed
them as to prevent all egress. Having searched the rooms,
the sergeant went into the tap-room, and seeing the pri-
soner sitting there, he made a rush at him, seized him, and
at once told him it was no use his attempting to resist, as
he had a large force outside. having told him he wanted
him for the affair in Davies-street, the prisoner said, "
me, Chown, I did not think that you knew me, and if my
pals had been hero it would have been warm for you ; no
force would have taken me." The sergeant said he never
saw such a place in his life as the' place where he was
taken from.

Sergeant Croker and Joy having sworn the prisoner was
the same man who escaped,
Mr. Beadon said the prisoner would be committed on the
original return.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.-
On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, a man named
William Wright was knocked down by a goods train in the
tunnel of the Edinburgh and. Glasgow Railway, between
Cowlairs and Queen-street, and so severely injured, espe-
cially about the lower part of the body, where he was torn
in a shocking manner, that he died on Monday morning,
about five o'clock, at the Infirmary. The unfortunate man,
so far as can be ascertained, had entered the tunnel from
Cowlairs; for a watchman was on duty at the Queen-street
station, and a number of plate layers were at work at the
lower end of the tunnel, none of whom observed him pass-
ing. The breaksman, it appears, had seen the man in
advance of the train, and every effort was made to arrest its
progress. But ere it was finally stopped one of the trucks
had overtaken and knocked bim down, and a lever, brought
from the station, had afterwards to be employed in raising
the truck before he could be removed from under it.—
Glasgow Daily Mail.

FRENCH IMMIGRATION INTO THEIR WEST INDIA
SETTLEMENTS.—A contract .has been entered into by the
French Government agent for.the supply of 20,000 immi-
grants, for the term of six years, to commence from the day
of engagement. The wages are fixed at 12f. per month for
men, 6f. for women, and 3£ for. children between the ages
of 6 and 14 years old: The'working days are to be 26 in
the month, or 312 in the year, and they are to make them-
selves useful in any way their employers may direct, though
it is understood the principal work will be the cultivation
and manufacture of sugar. A contribution of one .tenth
part of the immigrants monthly pay is to be retained,
which, at the expiration of the term of servitude, is to be
returned either for passage money home, or for any other
purpose; should the immigrant prefer remaining in the
colony.

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Monday last
Mr. W. Walton, a man who has held a respectable position
in society at Worcester, was committed for trial,
charged with embezzling moneys of the Worceste r Dis-
tillery Company to a considerable extent. The prisoner
had been employed as traveller and collector at £l5O a-year
and a guinea a day expenses up to last September, when
he absconded, and deficiencies to the amount of about £2OO
were then discovered. AU trace of him was lost until a
detective procured a photographic likeness of the missing
man, and, procuring a number of copies, they were trans-
mitted to the various police stations in the country, the
result being that he was discovered in lodgings at Douglas,
in the Isle of Man, where he was apprehended, brought
back to Worcester and on Monday last fully committed
for trial, lie hard niisiug just three mouths,

A correspondent writes from Nice on the 16th,
giving. some account of the proceedings of the
Grand Duke Constantine in that part of the world
before leaving for Paris :
"The Grand Duke Constantine paid yesterday
his first official visit to the naval arsenal of Villa-
franca, which he inspected in a minute manner.
The Russian High Admiral, who was accompanied
by the Chevalier Rochi, major in the Sardinian
engineers, paid.articular attention to the wet-dock
and careening basin, in which extensive improve-
ments are about to be commenced without delay,
at the expense of the Russian Government. It is
not generally known that at the same time that
the negotiations with Russia were pending for the
lease of the Villafranca establishment, proposals
were made for the same object by M. Mires of
Paris, who had conceived the idea of founding a
company to introduce shipbuilding in that port
These proposals were rejected on account of the
advanced stage of the Russian negotiations, but
the French capitalist appears to have abandoned
the idea with reluctance, for he paid yesterday a
flying visit to Villafranca, and having doubtless
felt convinced by the presence of the Russian
squadron that no hopes of realising his project ex-
isted for the present, he departed immediately for
Rome with two engineers and the manager of
the Roman railways in his wake. The Russian
squadron at Villafranca has been strengthened by
the arrival of vessels from Cadiz, and it now com-
prises one line-of-battle ship, two frigates, and three
corvettes, all propelled by steam. Admiral Isth-
min has hoisted his flag as second in command.
With respect to the movements of the squadron,
nothing definitive is known. It had orders on
Wednesday last to weigh anchor, but counter-in-
structions were subsequently received. The first
anchorage of the squadron will be Toulon, and it
will then probably proceed to Cadiz and other
Spanish ports, and return to Villafranca. On Tues-
day last, the first stone of the Russo-Greek church
was laid here, as you have doubtless already
learned, by the Grand Duke, with great cereniony.
All the members of the Imperial Russian family
residing in Nice were present, along with the en-
tire Russian colony, the authorities of the town,
and the French consul. A species of tent had
been erected over the site of the projected building,
and afforded shelter from the sm.', The interior
of the tent was fitted up as a Greek chapel and
decorated with flowers. An alter, groaning under
the weight of candelabras, richly bound missals,
gorgeously framed pictures, and sacred vessels, hid
been erected at one extremity of the tent. The
ground was kept by detachments of sailors from all
the Russian ships of war then anchored at Villa-
franca. These sailors, by the way, marched into
Nice with a
.precision which would have done
credit to a regiment of the guards, and altogether
they lack that elasticity and catlike activity so
essential in naval operations. They are sturdyand
rather savage-looking men, who would certainly
stand true to their guns ; but they exhibit none of
the characteristics of our tars, excepting a strong
predilection for rum. The Grand Duchess Cathe-
rine,
dressed in a splendid plaid mantle, was the
first to arrive ; she was rapidly followed by Prince
Constantine, accompanied by the young Grand
Duke Nicholas, dressed as a middy, and Duke
George of Mecklenburg. A second carriage con-
tained Count Stackleberg, Russian envoy to the
Court of Turin, and the cortege was closed by the
Grand Duchess Constantine with her maids of
honour. The Grand Duchess was attired in a
handsome white moire antique dress and a mantle
of white cashmere. The Grand Ducal party was
received at the opening of the tent by the four
officiating priests, who made a very gorgeous ap-
pearance. ATe Deura was sung, in which a choir
of sailors and sailor boys took part in an effective
manner, after which the Grand Duke deposited
some coins in a Greek cross dug out in the soil, and
then applied three blows with a silver trowel to a
stone which had been rolled over the cross in ques-
tion. This ceremony was repeated by the other
members of the imperial family, who took their
departure after having embraced a cross presented
to them by the principal priest.. After their de-
parture, the remainder of the congregation em-
braced the cross, and dispersed. A grand banquet
was given by Prince Constantine, in honour of the
occasion. The proposed erection of this church has
created some dissatisfaction in the town, not from
a motive of intolerance, but from 'the fact that the
building will interfere with the regularity of
the street which is projected in the same quarter.
It is believed that every legal opposition will
be offered by the neighbouring house owners to
the construction of the church on the exist-
ing plan. The edifice was dedicated by the
especial desire of the Empress-mother to St.
Nicholas and St. Catherine. The squadron at Villa-
franca attracts crowds of visitors, who are very
courteously received by the officers. The prima
donna of the Nice Opera House, Madame Boccaba-
dati, paid the flag-ship Retrizan a visit yesterday,
and met with a complete ovation. Her colleague,
Madame Gianni-Vives, encountered a different fate
the same evening on the stage. Her appearance in
the " Favorita ' was greeted with a storm of dis-
approbation, proceeding from a clique which has
set its heart on driving her and the present director
from the Nice Opera House. After struggling for
some time against this relentless opposition, Madame
Vives was seized with a nervovs attack and fainted
away on the boards, an event which brought the
performance to a close. The persecuted singer
has an agreeable voice, and she is most unjustly
made to suffer for the unpopularity of the di-
rector. The sisters Ferni, who evidently con-
sider it necessary for their musical reputation
to break a limb or to drive lovesick young men to
suicide in every town they visit, have purchased
some land here and propose building a villa.
These young violinists would do well to imitate
the admirable example offered them by the sisters
Milan,olo, who achieved their fame by legitimate
means, and conquered the love of the public by
their abstention from all the sickly arts of puffing.
The
.ball to have been given on Tuesday to the
officers of the 3d regiment, quartered at Villafranca,
in honeur of the Russian squadron, was adjourned
in consequence of the unfavourable accounts re-
ceived of the Empress Dowager's health. It will
probably take place after the return of the Grand
Duke from-his cruise to Toulon. Invitations had
been accepted by the Grand Duke and his wife,_
by the King of Wurtemberg, by the Duke George
of Mecklenburg and the Grand Duchess Catherine,
and .by five hundred other persons, including the
elite of Russian society and of that of Nice. This
ball will be given in the chateau of Villafranca.
The concert in favour of the poor, in which the
Baronne Vigier (Cruvelli) has promised to perform,
on condition that the stage of the opera-house shall
be transformed into a concert platform—in other
terms', that she shall not be led to break her vow
of never again singing on the boards of a theatre—
has been at length fixed for the 10th of January.
With the attraction of that magnificent voice, the
charitable cause will achieve a brilliant victory.
I will conclude by stating that a difficulty' exists
between the Sardinian Government and the Prince
of Monaco on account of no less important a ques-
tion than a builder's bill. Last summer a barrack
occupied by the small Sardinian garrison of Monaco
was partly consumed by flames. Sardinia now
calls' upon Charles 111. to pay the sum incurred for
repairs, but the latter sovereign stoutly declines to
listen to the appeal. A great coolness consequently
prevails between the two courts. Probably a fifty-
pound note would settle the entire business."