The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

VVEDNPSDA V EVEN4N

His Excellency Feruish Khan, Persian E..voy iL
returned to Claridge's Hotel yesterday from
visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Excellency,
accompanied by his suite, honoured the performances at
Astley's Amphitheatre with his presence last evening.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Beaufort and the Ladies
Somerset Lave left town to join the family circle at
Badminton Park.
The Marchioness of Bath and Lady Louisa Thynne
are exaected in town next week, to be present at the nup-
tials of Miss St. John Mildmay, niece to Sir H. St. John
Mildmay and Viscount Bolingbroke, and grand-niece to
the Earl of Radnor.
The Marquis of Anglesey has entertained a select
patty, iucludieg Sir John V. Shelley, Cept. Little, Mr.
G. Payne, &c., during the past week at Beaudesert, near
Lichfield. The circle separated on Saturday. The noble
mar -pis will receive company during the holidays.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are passing
the season at Hatfield House, where they will entertain
company during the Christmas recess.
The Earl and Countess Granville have left town on a
visit to the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert at
Wilton House, near Salisbury.
The Countess of Lichfield gave birth to a son yester-
day at the family residence in Grosvenor-square. The
countess and infant are both progressing favourably.
The Earl and Countess of Westtnorelond have returned
from Brighton to Apthorpe, where they intend to enter-
tain company during the holidays.
The Earl of Shelburne left Lansdowne House yester-
day to join the circle assembled at Bowood.
Viscount and Viscountess Combermere are entertain-
in,,ss a succession of visitors at Combermere Abbey. The
following distinguished guests have recently left the
Abbey—Lord and Lady Delamere, the Marchioness of
Downshire and Lady Alice Hilll, the Earl of Hills-
borough, the Earl Talbot, Lord Robert Clinton, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Choltnondeley, and Sir
Willoughby Cotton.
Viscount Althorp arrived at Althorp Park, a few days
since, from Ainer:ca, where his lordship has been making
a tour for some months past.
The Dowager Lady Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley
have returned to town from Bath.
The Dowager Lady Raglan and the Hon. Miss So-
merset left town yesterday on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Westmoreland, at Apthorpe Park, North-
amptonshire.
The Count and Countess d'Altone have left the Bruns-
wick Hotel, St. James's, for Paris.
Lady and Miss Abercromiby have left the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Norwood, for town. Captain and Mrs.
Roebuck have arrived at the same establishment.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. --EXETER-HALL, To-
NIGHT.—The last performance of the " Messiah" takes
place this evening.
CORNHILL WARD. —At the close of the poll for Com-
mon Councilmen for this ward yesterday the numbers
were—For Mr. E. Harrison (Deputy), 64 ; Mr. J.
Waterlow, 62 ; Mr. Hoppe, 59 ; Mr. D. Shrewsbury,
58 ; Mr. C. Gaimes, 57 ; Mr. A. J. Waterlow, 41 ; Mr.
J. Purssell, 30. Mr. Alderman Carter therefore de-
clared the first six gentlemen to be duly elected.
A letter from Luxembourg of the 13th says Yes-
terday a student of the college here was assailed by
so ire Prussian sub-officers, one of whom, without any
p oeocation, felled him to the ground with the cut of a
sabre, and injured him so severely that be died a few
hours albs-. The assailants then took to flight, pursued
by some persona who came up at the time ; but on
reaching the house of the military governor, the sentinf ls
on duty, instead of arresting the fugitives, let them pass,
and stopped those who were pursuing them."
SUlClDE.—Yesterday Mr. Payne held an inquest at
the Vestry-hall, Horselydown, respecting the death of
Mr. Frederick Kilkiy, who, as stated in the Mansion-
house police report yesterday, committed suicide by
cutting his throat. The particulars of the case have
appeared. The deceased had been charged with having
atternyed to rob Mr. Stevens, stockbrok,r' of several
hundred pounds, but the Lord Mayor after hearing the
case told bins that he left the court without the slightest
taint upon hie character. The deceased, however, who
resided with his brother in Thornton-street, Horsely-
down, was very much depressed on his return home,
and on Sunday morning was found in bed a ith his
throat cut. The jury returned a verdict that the de-
ceased destroyed himself while in a fit of temporary in-
sanity brought on by the transaction with the broker.
ANOTHER QUARRY ACCIDENT IN NORTH WALES.—
FIVE LIVES LOST.—A shoctng catastrophe has occurred
in the Vale of Nantile, so lately the scene of a dreadful
accident of a similar character. On Monday six men
were at work at the Dorothea slate-works, in a pit
known as the Fire-hole, working a fresh opening, when
an immense mass of rock fell as suddenly as an avalanche.
About 30 or 40 tons rest,d on a gallery above, evoraang-
ing the opening, aed thus divided the rock in its descent
into two courses, which completely cut off ail escape.
The sixth man was almost miraculously preserved. He
was working apart from the others on higher ground,
and the projecting rock partially sheltered him. A ma
of stone, about six tons weight, was seen to bound over
his head, and though seriously injured by being struck
by fragments, he ultimately succeeded in reaching the
area of the quarry. Blasting had frequently to be re-
sorted to to recover the bodies, for which relays of
workmen searched night and day, without intermission,
until Friday evening. The bodies presented a frightful
appearance. Some were terrlbly mutilated and nearly
cut through, and one was perfectly flattened, the skull
torn asunder, and the brains lying close by. All, with
one exeeptiou, were married and leave families. The
entire fall is estimated at several thousand tons.

Toe Courrier de Paris relates .the following some-
what singular and not very probable anecdote :—"A
few days ago a gentleman walking through the
Charles Scrause at Munich, and having on hi-, arm a
large cloak, happened to stop opposite the office of the
Mont-de-Piete. Ho was immediately accosted by a
female, one, it appears, of several who watch near those
establishments at Munich for the purpose of gaining
a trifling sum by pledging articles for persons who feel
ashamed of entering those places themselves. A'a !
mein herr,' said the woman, you do not like to go in
there yourself, and yet you perhaps wish to pledge your
cloak ? Give it to me, and I will get you a good sum on
it.' You will render me a service,' replied the gentle-
man, after a moment's hesitation, take the cloak, and
I will wait here until you return.' At the end of five
minutes, the woman returned, and handed to the gen-
Uman 10 florins, the sum lent on the cloak. Thank
you, my good woman,' said the owner of the cloak, 'and
now, by way of commission, pat these ten florins in
pgaiyvintg her eleven more,
be interest.' The
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tul niaednsede tand all this, but she did
as she was told, and on her return, as she was handing
a company of solliers
to the gentleman, whom
found was no other than
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King L' nis. Oa his return to the palace, his Majesty
sent for his tailor, and rated him soundly for charging
80 florins for a cloak on which he could only borrow 10
florins."

INTERESTING SURGICAL OPERATION.—Dr. Lang-
worthy of this city extracted on Tuesday last an
arrow from the back of a soldier, lately in the United
States' service in No .v Mexico. This instrument we
have examined. It is of thin iron, about an inch and a
half long and three-fourths of an inch wide at the hetd,
with a t •non less than one-fourth of an inch wide. The
blade is tempered to a point, and the edges made
sharp. The tenon is driven into the head of the shaft
of the arrow, and bound with sinews. When this
instrument is propelled from a bow sprung by
powerful aria it is capable of doing great mischief.
This soldier is a young man named DangerfieH, who
was stationed at Fort Defiance. Early in September
ast he was sent out from the fort with a small patty
to bring in a train which was being harassed by the
Apache Indians. While on this duty the Indians made
an attack, approaching the soldiers on horseback at
either ifee in a ercuitous way. As Dangerfield raised
his musket to fire at the Indians on one side an Indian
appeared on the other and huffed an arrow into the
muscles of his shoulder-blade. His companions seized
the shaft of the arrow and draw it out, but left the iron
head to which we have referred above buried about four
inch 33 deep anacng the muscles. The wound was suffi-
cient to disable the man, and he was soon after dis-
charged. Having some relations residing here he came
to this city to b) operated upon. Dr. Lang worthy made
an incision, and by the aid of twa d irect o rs," with
which he guided the shoulders of the iron, he speedily
drew out the arrow-head. The point of it was fast in
the spinous process of the shoulder-blade. The patient
rafu ed to take chloroform, and submitted to the opera-
tion with much fortitude. He is now doing well, and
will soon recover the use of his arm, which had been
partiaLy paralysed.—Rochester ( U.S. ) Union.

. -
TILE CROWN JEWRLS —We find the following iu
letter from Hanover, of Dec. 19 :—" The hearts of the
King and Royal Family of this country have been much
rejoiced by intelligence which has just reached them
through the Hanoverian Minister at the Court of St.
James's, that the lorg dispute between the King of Ilan-
over and the Queen of England respecting the right to
certain jewels of enormous value, in the possession of the
Sovereign of England, and forming no inconsiderable
portion of what have been hitherto called the British
Crown jewels, has been decided in favour of Hanover.
Many of your readers are no doubt aware that when the
kingdom of Hanover was severed from the united king
dons by the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne,
a claim was made by the late King of Hanover, formerly
the Duke of Cumberland, to nearly the whole of the
jewels usually worn on State occasions by the English
Sovereign, ou the ground that part of them, which had
been taken over to England by George 1.,
belonged
inalienably to the Crown of Hanover ; and that the
remainder had been pnrchaeed by George the Third
out of his privy purse, and had been left by him
and his Queen Charlotte to the Royal Family
of Hanover. As the jewels thus claimed are sup-
posed to be worth considerably more than 1,000,0001.,
a :ingle stone having cost nearly 20,0001., they were not
to be relinquished without a struggle ; and I am assured
that every possible expedient was resorted to in England
to baffi ; tee claimant. Ultimately, in the lifetime of
the late King, the importunity of the Hanoverian
Minister in London drove the English Alinistry of the
day to consent that the rights of the two Sovereigns
should be submitted to a commission composed of three
English judges ; but the proceedings of the commission I
were so ingeniemsly protracted that aq the commissi •nors
died without arriving at any decision ; and until Lord
Clarendon received the seals of the British Foreign-
, files all the efforts of the Court of Hanover to obtain a
fr,eili commission were vain. Lord Clerendon, however,
seemu to have perceived that such attempts to stifle
inquiry were unworthy of his country, for he consents,)
,
that fresh commission should be issued to three Eng-
lish judges of the highest eminence who, after investi-
gation, found the Hanoverian claim to he indisputably
jest, and reported in its favour. The C curt here, sou- I
pently, is in high glee this Christmas at the prospect I
of 1-alarming the Crown and regalia, so jealously guarded
in the Tower of L)ndon, almost bedly to Hanover."