The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-29 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF SIR JOHN INGLIS.

DOVER, SATORDAY MORNING.
General Sir John Inglis landed here this morn-
ing from Calaii, and left for London at 8 a.m.

Prince Albert arrived at Ostend on the 26th, having
left Dover at an early hour in the morning by the
Belgian steamer Diamant. Hie Royal Highness, who
travels in the strictest incognito, left immediately by the
express train for Cologne.
We (Plymouth Journal) regret to hear that Mr. I. K.
Brunel is suffering from severe illness, brought on, prob-
ably, by his anxiety in carrying out the heavy works that
he has in hand.

A letter from Stockholm in the Hamburg News states
tnat six women, five of them married, have just been con-
demned to banishment by the Swedish tribunals for
having abjured Lutheranism and become Roman
Catholic•.

FACILITIES FOR LOWERING BOATS ON BOARD
TRANSPORT AND CONVICT SHIPS.--A notice was yester-
day posted in the Liverpool Exchange to the effect that
in future at least two of the boats belonging to transport,
troop, and convict ships, are to be fitted up with
Clifford's patent lowering apparatus.
_ _

At a meeting of the fire insurance offices yesterd ,y it

was determined to lucre:ice the rate of premium cbar-ged
on floating policies on all er any of the docks in Middle-
sex from 24. 6d. to 3J. 6d. per cent. per annum, and on
the uptown warehouses from 24. to 2s. 61., the increased
rate to be charged from and after the Ist of June next.

The Chelmsford Chronicle, adverting to a rumour
relative to the resignation of the Bishop of Rochester,
says :—We can state upon good authority that there is
not the )I.ghtest foundation for this rumour; and the
o'ergy will be Lied to learn that the right rev, prelate,
whom they hold in such high respect, is not about to
Sever himself from them."
BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.—
The usual annual meeting of this society was held this
day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Lord Brougham pre-
siding. The noble and learned lord delivered a long ad-
dress which was listened to with great attention, and the
report having been read and the usual routine business
transacted, the proceedings terminated.
FORTIFICATIONS OF THE NEEDLES PASSAGE, ISLE OF
WlCHT.—Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the Com-
mander-in-Chief of Portsmouth, Admiral Sir George
Seymour, the Lieut.-Governor, Major-General the Hon.
Sir James Yorke Scarlett, with a party of distinguished
naval and military officers, went on board the Fire
Queen tender, Master Commander F. W. Paul, and
proceeded down the Solent to view the new fortifications
at Sconce's point, and other works, which protect the
entrance through the Needles, west end ef the Isle of
Wight, from the attack of an enemy seaward.
Da. BROWN-SEQUARD'S LECTURES.—The lectures of
this celebrated physiologist, delivered at the R )yal
College of Surgeons and St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
have excited amongst all ranks of the profession of the
metropolis an unprecedented amount of interest. The
theatres have been thronged with audiences whose atten-
tion was intensely attracted by the exceedingly interest-
ing and novel representations of the distinguished lec-
turer, His discoveries are well calculated to open many
new views regarding the physiology of the central ner-
vous system.—The Lanced.
THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER IN
GRAY'S-INN-LAN/IL—At Clerkenwell Police-court yester-
day, George Alfred Brown, aged 57, shoemaker, of
1, Fox-court, St. Andrew's, who stood charged with
feloniously cutting and wounding, with intent to mur-
der, Stephen Perry, sen., and Stephen Perry, jun., was
placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, for final exami-
nation. The court was crowded. The prisoner was
fully committed on the charge of maliciously cutting and
wounding with intent to murder the father, and for cut-
ting and wounding the son with intent to do him
grievous bodily harm.
A meeting of gentlemen Interested in the
pEruesriodpienagn,
and American Submarine Telegraph Company was held
yesterday afternoon—Mr. James Wyld, m
when a favourable opinion was expressed on the practi-
cability and the advantage of the route. The importance
of the link in the system between this country, Gibral-
tar, Malta, and India, and the advantages likely to ac-
crue from the connection opened with America, France,
Portugal, and Spain, were the points several), advo-
cated, and resolutions requesting the support and assist-
anus of the various governments interested, received
approval.
M. Ds LAMERTINE.—The following noblemen and
gentlemen have formed themselves into a committee to
receive such enbecriptions as the sympathy of this cow).
try may offer to relieve M. Lamartine from his present
pecuniary embarrassments :—Lord J. Russell, M.P.,
Viscount Goderioh, M.P., Lord H. Vane, M.P., Lord
Monteagle, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Right
Hon. Edward Ellice, Sir Robert Peel, M.P., Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton, M.P., Mr. H. Denby Seymour, M P ,
Mr. George Towline, M.P., Mr. A. W. Kinglake, M.P.,
Mr. R. Monckton Manes. M.P., Mr. Charles Dickens
Mr. W. M. Thackeray, Mr. Henry Vincent, and Mr:
A. Hay ward.
LOCAL MANAGEMENT ELECTIONS IN ST. PANCRAS
—An extraordinary contest, under the Metropolis Local
Management Act, took place on Thursday, in the
parish of St. Pancras, in which seven out of the eight
wards into which the parish is divided were contested.
The contending parties were the Liberal and economical
party in local management, known as the Ratepayers'
Association, and the party who have had the majority
in the vestry since the passing of the Local Management
Act,-and who are known as the "Camden Hall," or
clerical and extravagant party. The re- ult of the polls,
which was not known until near midnight on Thursday,
has been to secure seven out of the eight wards for the
Liberal and economical party, and to give them, instead
of being longer in a minority, a clear ruej nity of about
30_ in the St. Pancras local parliament.

Nov that puLtical matters wear a more settled aspect,
and the fears of a dies, lu! ion of Parliament are at
an and 1,,r a tim,, the abundance of money iu the
market is beginning t) have its effec,, and numerous in•
quiries are made f•ir wining securities ; so that, notwith-
standing the Wbitsun holidays, the Sbare Market has
assumed a more active and buoyant appearance ; and
the demand for share's, if it continues, is likely to have
its effect on prices generally. Wheal Trelawnys were
inquired f rat 24 to 25 e.ul several transactions have
taken place. Wheal dary Anne also have been in re-
quest, and prices advanced .to 47, 40. Vale of Tony,
22s 61 to 23.61; the miner,isxeportedas looking well,
and will sample 90 tona_of lead for the month. East
Russells have fluctuated but-little, though a fair business
has been done, and the price leaves off at 64 to 6g.
owing to a discovery, became in demano,
4,4, buyers. Wheal Margaret, 523 to
'0 4,
; at the meeting, the accounts showed
saNnso,dr
withtand nd)l9ci everiddt '
a profit of 119/ I.s 7:1 on the quarter, and a dividend 0
2/ 101 per share (1,1200 was declared, leaving 4411 is 3d
in hand. South Frances have continued about the
same all the week.—Mining ,Tournal this day,