The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NO 22, 1858.

the Legislature and Westminster, are many of the
principal offices of the Government. There are the
Admiralty and the Horse Guards—there the
chief official haunts of the Executive, home, foreign,
and colonial, nestling in that little, dingy, brick-
and-mortar cul-de-sac, called Downing-street, the
back entrance to which abuts upon St. James's-
park. Yet the entrances to that central pleasaunce
of all London, what are they ? The most casual,
left-handed, seemingly accidental. The oddest, the
most angular, at once the most in-the-way, and
the most out-of-the-way. There is Bucking-
ham-gate, hard-by the palace of the QUEEN ; but
Buckingham-gate looks for all the world as though
it were' constructed for the express purpose, not of
being passed through, but of being passed by—on
our route from Pimlico, along Bird. Cage-walk, to-
wards Westminster. There is the roadway turn-
ing up Constitution-hill, round the opposite corner
of the royal residence—the ill-omened causeway
where Oxford shot at her_ MAJESTY, and where
Sir ROBERT PEEL was thrown from his horse. But
the park entrance to Constitution-hill is a dreary
enough wilderness of palings, and roads of
gravel, and ironmongery. Then there is the
side gate out of the Mall, conducting us through
Palace-yard between Clarence House and Staf-
ford House, and so round by Cleveland-row
into the west end of Pall-mall. Further on is the
bran new road opened up between Marlborough
House and St. James's Palace under the shadow of
the German Chapel. Advancing still along the
Mall, you may turn, if you list, up that broader
opening from the park at the base of the Duke of
York's Column—that is, of course, supposing you
are afoot. Supposing you are in the saddle or
seated in hackney cab or cushioned brougham, you
must pass on by the broad sweep of the carriage
drive round that part of the enclosure—clattering
under the sombre archway of the Horse Guards,
and so emerging between the mounted sentries in
little stone horse-boxes to the right and left into
Parliament-street turning then at your own
whim and pleasure either towards Trafalgar-square
or towards Westminster, between Whitehall and
the Treasury. Scarcely anything in reason can be
made out of the little postern wickets hid away in
the intermediate space skirting the park between
the Duke of York's steps and the Horse Guards'
archway. Applewomen and small boys, tag, rag,
and
gli either,
ro aobtail,elbow and jostle you as you pass
th
and so wind your way into Spring-
gardens, and through Spring-gardens get somehow
or another into Trafalgar-square, by Drummond's
Banking-house or by Farrance the confectioner's.
One noble entrance might at length connect St.
James's-park and Trafalgar-square--continuing the
line of the Mall right on from the Palace to Nel-
son's Column. Arrangements are made, are all but
purchase of old Berkeley House.
Ico'rmanpslfeotremd, for
its the
site into a fitting entrance at the

very point once thought of as the destination of
the Marble Arch—and how obvious, how noble,*l
how superb the improvement. But no! Berkeley
House is only purchased to be carefully built up
again as the house and haunt of—the name
seems to us really farcical in the presence of such
illustrations of obtuseness—as the home and haunt
of:the Board of Metropolitan Improvements.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort are expected
to make a stay of between a fortnight and three weeks after
their arrival at Osborne next week. The Court will then
return to Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales will have
returned from Berlin, and all the Royal Family will be
assemblid at the castle for Christmas. This festival will be
kept strictly en famille, and it is only on the commencement
of the now year that the hospitalities of the Court will be
extended through a numerous circle of the nobility.—Court
Journal.
The 18th anniversary of the birthday of the
Princess Frederick William of Prussia was observed at
Windsor early this morning by a joyous peal from the bells
of the Chapel Royal of St. George and St. John's Church.
The birthday falling on Sunday, the other customary
honours paid to the members of the Royal Family will take
place to-day.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane are
passing the season at Rome.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady
Constance Villiers arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-
crescent on Saturday evening from visiting the Emperor
and Empress of the French, and left town last evening for
the Grove, near Waftord.
The Earl and Countess Stanhope have returned
to Chevening, Park from a tour on the Continent.
The Countess de Stackelberg and the Baroness de
Cazos have left Claxidge's Hotel for Paris.
Lord and Lady Foley and family leave town to-
day for Paris en 7 oute to Italy, where the noble lord and her
ladyship intend to pass the winter months.
Lord and Lady Arthur Hay are expected in town
in a few days from visiting the Marqis and Marchioness
of Tweedale at Yester House, Haddingtonshire.
Last Wednesday, at Auriol (Bouches du Rhone),
the wife of a peasant, gave birth to four children. All died,
but not until after they were baptised.
EA company has been formed at St. Petersburg for
improving the dwellings of the working-classes of tha
capital. The Prince of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz is at its head,
and it has the patronage of the Emperor.
M. Lain, professor of chemistry at the College of
Bcsangon, has proved the presence, in considerable quantity,
of arsenic in the wire from which pins are usually made,
,hree or four serving to give a perceptible quantity in the

common form.
The Journal de Bruges states that an episcopa.
congress was held last week at Malines, and that the Pope's
nuncio and Cardinal Wiseman, who is at present visiting
Belgium, were present.
FOREIGN MAILS.—The Alhambra, with the Pen-
insular mails, is due at Southampton, and the Armenian,
with the African mails, is due at Liverpool on Wednesday.
The Ripon, with the Bombay snails, and the Fulton, with
the United States mails, are due at Southampton on Thurs-
day ; and the Calcutta mail, rice Marseilles, is due in Lon-
don on Saturday. The Vigo, with the United States mail,
will leave Liverpool next Wednesday. The India mail,
via Marseilles, will leave London on Thursday, and the
Malta, with the Bombay mail, will leave Southampton, and
the Persia, with the United States mail, will _leave Liver-
pool next Saturday.
THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAlLS.—South-
funpton, Nov. 20.—A large mail for India and China ",vas
despatched by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
screw steamer Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, which sailed
hence to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. She
has a full cargo and 575 boxes of specie, jewellery, &c., value
£159,393 14s. 7d., viz.:—Madras—gold, £630; jewellery,
£1,426 ls. ld. Calcutta—silver, £104,285 ; jewellery,
£1,670155. Singapore jewellery, £235. Hongkong—silver,
£29,600; jewellery, £224. Shanghai—silver, b£11,041 ;
jewellery, £2Bl 18s. 6d. Manilla—gold, £lO,OOO. Total,
silver, £144,926 ; gold, £10,630 ; jewellery, £3,837 14s. 7d.
Among the Pera's passengers (120 first-class and 35 second)
are Captain the Hon. and Mrs. Liddell, for Malta ; Ensign
Baldwin, Rev. J. and Mrs. Wise, for Ceylon; Gen. J.
Williams, Capt. Holland, Lieut. T. E. Powell, for Madras ;
Col. and Mrs. Swinley, Rev. S. Beamish, Col. Troup,
Lieut. F. E. Lang, Capt. C. Thomas, Capt. J. B. Palmer,
Rev. W. Tarleton, for Calcutta; Capt. M‘Pherson, for
Singapore ; Lieut. Tweeddale, for Suez, &c.
LETTERS TO AMERICA.—The royal mail steamer
Europa left Liverpool on Saturday last for Halifax and
Boston with the American mails, and a full complement of
passengers and cargo. On Saturday next the Persia sails
for New York with the United States mails and passengers.
DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.—On Sa-
turday last the screw steamer Great Britain, having a
ship's cargo on board, left the Mersey for Melbourne, with
a full cargo, and a large number of passengers.
TIIE CEYLON.—Some surprise has been felt that
the Indian packet Ceylon should leave been put into Fal-
mouth last week short of coal, having been only out five
days from Gibraltar. The truth was, however, that owing
to the severe weather she could not coal at Gibraltar, and
it v a intended she should go into Lisbon to take ix
coals.l When she came off the coast of Portugal it con-
tinued to blow so hard that she was unable to go in, and
she then came to England and touched at the first port.
THE WEST INDIA PACKET.--The West India
Packet was telegraphed off Hurst Castle at two o'clock on
Friday afternoon, and she ought to have arrived in South-
ampton Dock at four o'clock. A dense fog, however, came
on about three o'clock, and the Phconix steamer was sent
out in search of the Magdalena. The fog horns were blow-
ing from all vessels in Southampton Water, and collisions
were apprehended. The Phoenix nearly ran into the Ar-
r o gent frigate, and wasnearly ran into by an Isle.,of Wight
steamer. Several boats went out in search of the Magda-
lena, and returned without finding her, amongst which was
the Customhouse boat, with Dr. Wiblin, the quarantine
officer, and Mr. Obree, the superintending tide surveyor.
After three hours' traversing up and down Southampton
Water, the Phoenix found the Magdalena off Humble
Creek, not four miles from the docks.
THE NEW BOURSE AT ANTWERP.—The com-
munal council of Antwerp has decided that the new Bourse
shall be built on the same site as that occupied by the old
one, and as nearly as possible on the plan of the former
building.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT BY FIRE.—On Saturday
Sarah Jane Mallins, a child six years of age, residing with
her parents in King's Bench-walk, Borough-road, nearly
met her death by fire. In the absence of her mother' she
was reaching something from the mantel-shelf, and her
clothes because ignited. On the mother's return home she
found her daughter in a shocking state from the injuries
inflicted by the fire. The child was removed to the hospital
in a dangerous state.
HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS.—It is understood,
on good authority, that the officers, clerks, and men of 70,
as well as those of 65 years and upwards, are to retire on
the 31st of March next, the end of the financial year,
although the order or circular has not yet been officially
promulgated; and that provisions are being made in the
Navy Estimates," now in course of preparation, for carry-
outthese arrangements, which will be the means of relieving
our dockyards of the old and incapable, and recruiting them
with the young and vigorous. This would also account for
the circular of the Ist of September last, not taking effect
on the Ist inst., as at first intended.—Civil Service Gazette.
The speeches delivered in Westminster Hall by
prosecutors and the counsel for the defence, on the occasion
of the impeachment of Warren Hastings for high crimes
and misdemeanours in his government of India, had a
world-wide fame, from the impression they made at the
time. No full report, however,..has ever been printed of
these elaborate harangues of our greatest orators, Burke,
Fox, and Sheridan, and of their antagonists, such men as
Law, Plumer, and Dallas. " This want,' says the Athe-
turvm, "is in course of being supplied by the publication,
under Government, proposed and sanctioned by Sir G. C.
Lewis, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the whole of
theso speeches. They will be printed from the Gurney
manuscript reports, copies of which are extant; and the
first volume of the work will, we believe, be shortly an-
nounced."
A letter from Compiegne, of the 18th, says :
" The representation given last evening at the palace by the
performers of the Theatre Franeaise was a most brilliant
one. The pieces given were "La Jeunesse de Henri IV."
and "Les Deux Menages," both of which were admirably
played. Their Majesties frequently gave the signal for
applause, and at the close of the performance the artistes
were recalled amidst loud plaudits. Among the personages
present were the Princess Mathilde, Lord and Lady Claren-
don, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the Marquis of Hertford,
Lord and Lady Cowley, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Mar-
shal Valiant, Count and Countess Walewski, Baron de
Rothschild, M. FOuld, M. and Mme. Rouher, the Duke
and Duchess de Bassano, the Marquis and Marquise de
Cadore, Baron de Talleyrand, General Bougenel, the Coun-
tess de la Bedoyere, the Baroness de Pierres, Baron d'Offre-
mont, &c. Several of the principal functionaries of the de-
partment were also invited. A. grand stag hunt was to
have taken place on Tuesday, but the wetness of the weather
prevented it; still their Majesties went to the place of ren-
dezvous, in spite of the rain, but it was considered injudi-
cious to let the dogs loose. The next day their Majesties
and some of the guests went to visit the barrack of the
Lancers of the Guard, and spent some time in the riding-
school. The Emperor displayed great skill in striking, at
full speed, objects with a lance, and Lord Palmerston, in
spite of his years, proved himself a first-rate horseman. It
is said that the Court will remain here until the 2d of
December."
COLONIAL TIMBER FOR THE NAVY.—So many
gentlemen from Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
and the Lower Provinces being now officially in London,
there may be a good opportunity for calling the attention
of the Admiralty to the fitness of their elm, pine, tamarac,
walnut, birch and oak for naval purposes. The country
would also save as the wood is cheaper than foreign. We
can form no estimate as to the quantity of timber annually
used in the dockyards ; but as it appeared in evidence
before the Weedon Committee that the Ordnance at W ool-
wich took near £50,000 worth a year, the amount for naval
purposes cannot be under £1,000,000 or £1,200,000. A
deputation of the gentlemen now here on colonial interests
to the Admiralty, accompanied by some of the
goodmerchan
ts
in the trade, might be of use. If wo get the wood as
from our colonies and at ,as low a price as from Russia,
Prussia, the United States, or other foreign countries, we
would rather see the money spent among our lumberers
and shipowners, who take in return so much of our manu-
factures, than sending it to strangers.
THE CELEBRATED CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—These
clever and original artistes are drawing their visit to a close.
The varied programme is nightly produced, with a bril-
liancy of change which elicits the liveliest applause. The
peculiarities of our black brethren are well 'brought out,
and convulse the house with laughter. In the second part,
Mr. Anthony Nish, a young artiste who belongs to New-
castle, figures in a violin solo, and figures, too, in a manner
which stamps him as a thorough musician, and a wonderful
master of Ins instrument. His solo, "Coming through the
Rye," on one string, was so tenderly played that the
audience could scarcely restrain their feelings during the
performance ; and when the piece was finished, a burst of
cheering was the well-merited reward . the imitation of the
bagpipes was so like the tones of that instrument that the
house wee taken by surprise,—Newcastle paper.

LATEST NEWS.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AGINCOURT.

The Agincourt, from Melbourne, has arrived at
Queenstown, short of provisions. She brings
£283,180 in gold.

The following telegram was received at Mr.
Reuter's office, November 22 :
MADRID, Nov. 21.
The Gazetta contains the official nomination of
Concha as President of the Senate.
The Correspondancia Autograplia contradicts the
statement of a circular of the foreign powers con-
cerning Morocco.

A telegraphic despatch from Nice, announces
that two Russian vessels of war yesterday took
possession of the establishment at Villafranca,
ceded by the Sardinian Government. Russian
sentinels immediately replaced those of Sardinia.

It has been already announced that the Russian
Government being desirous of closing the Sea of
Azoff to foreign vessels of war was actively engaged
in fortifying the Strait of Kertch. Formidable
fortresses have been built on both sides at the same
time. It appears that those which are to protect
the promontory of Paulowski are in so advanced a
state that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael
thought it desirable to visit the works on their
way back from the journey which they lately made
in Transcaucasia.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY

M. Berryer who was expected to return to Paris
this day, will not be here before to-morrow or the
day after, to prepare his defence of M. de Monta-
lembert, whose trial will come on, as already an-
nounced, next Wednesday. Few tickets have been
issued, though, as might be supposed, numerous
applications have been made. The press will, I
suppose, continue to be rigorously excluded. The
chamber (the sixth) where the trial will take place
is not very large, and a considerable space will no
doubt be occupied by officials.

- _
BOURSE, Nov. 20.—The market improved at the
opening, but heavy sales were again made at '74f
75c., and Threes are now at 74f. 80c. ; Mobilier
steady from 1,035 f. to 1,042 f. 50c. ; Austrian,
offered at 652 f. 50c. ; Orleans, from 1,410 f. to
1,415 f. ; Lyons, 887 f. 50e. to 890 f. ; Southern, 595 f.
to 593 f. 25c. ; and Northern, I,olof. to 1,012 f. 50e.
The following are the last quotations:—

41 per Cents. .... 97 24 Credit Fonder.. • . 675
Do. end mouth .. 97 50 Belgian 4 . ......
3 per Cents. 74 60 Piedmontese (5) .. 95
Do. end month.... 74 75 Roman .......... 95 50
Bank Shares. 3150 Austrian ........ 94
Credit Mobilior .. 1030 -- Spanish Threos . • 46 50
Do. Account 1037 50 Home Debt ...... 42a

given proof of their lively and constant interest for
a free and independent Danish monarchy. I re-
quest you, sir, to inform Monsieur of this
despatch, and to leave him a copy of it."

AMERICA.