The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Thlike of Cambridge, as the General Com-
mandinc-in-Chief, held a levee at the Horse Guards
Yestreday afternoon, which was numerously
attended. '
The next examination for direct commissions in
the army by the Council of Military Education,
under the presidency of Major-General Cannon,
Major-General Pdrtlock, &c., will take place on the
7th of February and four successive days at Bur-

lington-house, Piccadilly.
The Ardbeg, 926 tons, Captain Nicol, which has
been chartered for the conveyance of reinforcements
to Calcutta, will embark her troops at Gravesend
on Saturday. The number of troops who will em-
bark in the Ardbeg is 350 men of all ranks, belong-
ing to the 3d Buffs sth Fusiliers, 19th, 20th, 29th,
42d Royal Highlanders, Ist battalion 60th Rifles,
67th, 75th, 93d Highlanders, and Royal Artillery ;
together with 9 officers, 7 non-commissioned officers,
who go out as assistantrifle instructors, and 2
musical instructors from Kneller•hall, the whole
under the command of Capt. Frederick Cockburn
Griffin, 9th battalion Royal Artillery, and in medical
charge of Staff Assistant-Surgeon, George A. Moor-
head, Ensign W. Boycott, 29th Regiment, who has
qualified himself for rifle instructor to the troops in
India, will also proceed to Calcutta in the Ardbeg.,

PRIVATE BILLS BEFORE PARLIA-

21LENT.

Yesterday the examiners declared the standing
orders of both Houses of Parliament to have been
complied with in respect of the following bills :
(Before Mr. Smith.)

Woolwich Exemption-L-A bill promcted by the
Local Board of Health to repeal the 238th section
of the Metropolis Local Management Act, requir-
ing a member to be sent from Woolwich to the

Metropolitan Board .of Works, to exempt the parish
from the operation of that act, and from the pay-
ment of money under the .precepts issued by the.
Metropolitan Board of Works.
Indian and Australian Telegraph Company—A
bill to enable the Indian and Australian Telegraph
Company to construct and work lines of telegrapy
between India, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, and
China, and to authorise and give effect to contracts
and arrangements between the company and her
Majesty's Government, the Council of India, the
Council of the Governor-General of India, and the
Swanage Railway
Red Sea and India Telegraph Company.
and Pier—A bill to make a
railway from Langton, Matravers, in the county of
Dorset, terminating at- the east . end of the pier ill
Swanage Bay.
King's Lynn, Borough. and Port and Harbour
Improvement—A bill to give further powers to the
ofwater,
municipalregulatecorporation
ot Lynn, to afford a supply
markets' and fairs, and remove
nuisances from the port and harbour.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway —A
bill to make a railway from West Grinstead to
join the Midland Sussex at Itchenfield ; to abandon
the construction of the Shoreham, Henfield, and
Mid-Sussex line ; to make a railway from the
Croydon junction of the West-end London Railway,
ie the parish of Croydon, to Norwood; to enlarge
the Norwood station ; to purchase the old Shore-
ham Bridge and Ferry and Lewes axe, Uckfield
Railway.

Victoria (London) Dock—A bill to extend the
,ime for the completion of the Works authorised by
he Act of 1853.

Beckenham and Svdenham junction Railway—
A bill to make a railway from the West-end and
Crystal Palace Railway at Beckenham, terminating
by a junction with the Croydon and Epsom Railway
at the Sydenharn station.
_ _

Red Sea and India Telegraph Company—A bill
to authorise the Red Sea and India Telegraph
Company to enter into contracts with the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury, her Majesty's
Government, and the Secretary of State for India.
Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway—A bill to
make a railway, commencing by a junction with
the Cork and Bandon. Railway, 131 miles from
Cork, terminating near the military barracks at
Kinsale.

Sunderland and South Shields Waterworks—A
bill to amend the Act of 1852 for further powers
and increased capital.
(Belore Mr. Frere.)
Pneumatic Post Company—A bill to enable the
company to lay down pneumatic tubes under the
streets of the metropolis, for establishing on the
atmospheric principle a means for the conveyance of
parcels, letters, and messages.
Warrington and Stockport.Railway—To enable
the Warrington and Stockport Company to grant
a lease of the line-to the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire and St. Helen's Canal and Railway
Companies, and to enable the Great Northern
Railway Company to become lessees with one or
both of these companies.
Worcester and Hereford Railway—A bill to
make a branch railway to the Severn at Worcester,
and to purchase houses and lands for enlarging the
station at Hereford.

Tyne Improvement—A bill to extend the time
for the completion of piers and works, and to au-
thorise the Tyne Improvement Commissioners to
raise further sums of money, and to deviate from
the plans laid down.
Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks—A bill
to carry into effect an agreement between the Com-
missioners of the River Wear and Sunderland Dock
Company, for transferring the undertaking to the
commissioners, and for dissolving the company after
the passing of the act, and winding up its affairs.
Belfast and County Down Railway—A bill to
extend the time for taking lands from the New-
townards branch of the Belfast and County Down
Railway to Donaghadce.
Tendring Hundred Railway—A bill to make a
railway from the Hythe branch of the Colchester,
Stour Valley, and Halstead Railway to Colchester,
terminating at Collie, and also a branch to
ivenhoe.

Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway —A bill to
widen the railway in the course of construction,

from the south side of the River Thames to Eccles-
ton-bridge, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-
square.
Norwich and Spalding Railway—A bill to make
a line of railway from Holbeach to Sutton St.
Mary, in the division of Holland.
Berks and Hants Extension Railway—A bill to
make a railway from Hungerford to Devizes, and
to enter into arrangements with the Great. Western
Railway Company.
Railway Clearing System—A bill to amend the
Act 13th and 14th Vic., for regulating proceed-
ings of the committees of railway companies asso-
ciated under the clearing system, and for other
purposes. .•
Great Northern Railway—A bill to make a rail-
way, commencing 20 yards south of the Copen-
hagen tunnel to Islington, to form a connection
between the Great Northern and North London.

Much Wenlock, and Severn Junction Railway—
A bill- to make a railway from the Severn Valley
Railway at Buildwas, Salop, to Much Wenlock.

ELOPEMENT OF AN HEIRESS WITH
A NIGGER.

The Detroit Free Pres—s, pro-slavery organ, thus
describes what it calls this terrible and unheard-
of calamity :—" An elopeMent and marriage took
place on Saturday which was a little out of the
usual line, sufficiently so, we imagine, to satisfy the
most craving appetite for the novel and disgusting,
both of which we have—the latter in sufficient
quantity to turn any white stomach in existence.
A young girl named Sarah Judson, whose father
lives on a fine property a mile or two from Pontiac,
eloped on Saturday and came to Detroit. The
partner of her flight was a black man, who has been
in the employment of her father for some time in
the capacity of farm hand. The first' intimation
that the father had of the intention of the parties
was conveyed by the fact of their flight. They
immediately crossed over to Windsor, upon reach-
ing this city, fully sensible that they could never
accomplish their unnatural designs on this side, as
no official or clergyman could have been found who
would have so far transgressed the bounds of decency
mpaenrs,ontomsaasy
as to unite the couple, the appearance of the girl
foundn o nothing
n i gn
being such as would forbid the union in the mind
sensible man, ocfatnhaedlaawwhino
performed the ceremony,
however, and the two
were made one. They are now in Windsor, en-
tolfle any-
case. s
en-
joying the sweets of the honeymoon. The
father
of the girl is aredl-t abolitionist, of the whole
hog or nothing, nigger as good as anybody [style.
For a long series of years he has disgusted his
neighbours with his ranting on abolition and amal-
gamation, of which he was disposed to abate not a
jot or a tittle from its uttnostlimit. In order that he
mightnot be said to preach what he did not practise
he made it a point to treat the numerous
coloured persons whom he from time to time em-
ployed as on a par with his own family. These
doctrines he inculcated upon the understandings of
his children, and he has the supreme satisfaction of
witnessing, as the practical result of his teachings,
his own daughter clasped in the embrace of a
'greasy nigger, willing and ready, and even enthu-
siastically reciprocal, in the sweet dalliance with
which lovers delight to celebrate their unions. The
brother of the girl came on the next day, arriving
here on Sunday, and ascertaining their where-
abouts, went to her and implored her to return.__
She was contented, however, loved her ebony half,
was happy in his arms, and couldn't think of
sgoingrr
back. The emotions of a brother at such a
men
can better be imagined than described..
Sometha single
would have blotted out their disgracetiwl no sin
blow, but he had been taught toluan,,
sister should
against God or man that hiso.yro
and at the same
repose in the embrace of a ne„
and
face say she was
time calmly look him in the
contented. He went home as he had come, alone.
The girl is about eighteen years old. The family
are said to have occupied a position in society
which was first class, and the blow is. consequently,
a terrible one. The father is rich and thOgirl an
heiress, which makes it very nice for the 'African
of her choice. The matter has caused an intense
excitement in the neighbourhood where the parties
are well known, the girl havin,, been born and
~
brought up where her parents reside. It is difficult
to imagine any train of • circumstances by which a
young and intelligent girl could be brought to
a connexion so t repugn.an to all the senses ; yet the
fact exists. Amore-
complete retribution for the
crime of fanaticism we never heard of. The least
we can -wish is that the father, undoubtedly well
cured of his beliefs by this time, may be able to
save his young daughter from the terrible future
which now opens to her."

We are glad to learn that the South-Eastern
Railway have offered to the widow of the Rev. T .Wood,
Wesleyan minister, who died from injuries received in the
shocking accident at Chillaam, last summer, the sum of
£1.500 as compensation. Mr. Wood left a widow and eight
children.