The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

Wind S.

Arrived, Dec. 19—Scotland, from Buenos Ayros ; Lent.,
from Newfoundland; Turia, screw steamer, from Barce-
Lona.

Sailed—Lady Havelock, for Savannah ; Salopean, for
Barbados ; Olinda, for Gibraltar.
Arrived, Dec. 20—Bald Eagle, from Shanghai; Hardy,
from Demerara ; Niagara and Delfthaven, from New Or-
leans ; Noemie, from Chmleston ; Montreal, from Quebec ;
Sea King, from New Orleans.
Sailed—Sandusky, for Savannah; British Queen, screw
steamer, for Havre; Pelican, screw steamer, for Dunkirk;
Hamburg, screw steamer, for Bordeaux.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPII.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.; tide, last hour's flood;' weather clear and
frosty.
Arrived, Dec. 19—Rubin, from Moulmein ; Providence,
from Gravelines.
Arrived, Dec. 20—Sophia, from Wendersborg.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind W.S.W. ; moderate.
Passed—lt. C. Dyer, schooner. from South Carolina, for
London.
Anchored—Brothers, for Cardiff; Dominica, for Domini-
ca—both from London. ; Providence, from Lisbon, for Domi-
nica; Eugenia, from Sheerness, for Naples.
Put back—City of Delhi, with the rest of the outward
bound that sailed yesterday.

A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Em-
peror of Russia has ordered the establishment of six schools
in six different places in the Caucasus, and has decided that
the Russian language, writing, arithmetic, geography,
histOry, and drawing shall be taught in them. He has also
decided that in each school there shall be 420 Pupils-245
of them to be maintained at the expense of the State, and
150 of those 245 to be natives, the remainder children of
Russian functionaries.

DISABILITY OF WITNESSES.—The Massachusetts
Senat3 has adopted an amendment to the laws which re-
moves the disability to receive the testimony of atheists in
its courts ot law. The amendment provides that " every
person not a believer in a religion shall be required to testify
truly under pains and penalties of perjury." To this an
amendment was adopted as follows :—" And the evidence of
such person's disbelief in the existence of God may be re-
ceived to affect their credibility as witnesses." The latter
clause of the amendment was adopted by a vote of 10 to 7.
The vote upon the amendment, as amended, was 13 to 13,
and it was adopted by the casting vote of the president
The traffic on the South Coast Railway between
Brighton and Portsmouth was entirely suspended
all the forepart of yesterday in consequence of a.
very severe fall of snow, which took place on Sun-
day night between Arundel and Chichester. It was
near the Ford station that the greatest depth was
met with, where it was a little over 4 feet ; and it
required the united exertions of about 100 of the
company's servants to free the up and down lines in
order to restore the communication between the sta.%
tions mentioned, which was not effected till the
afternoon. The first up-train from Portsmouth west
due at Brighton at half-past 8 o'clock in the morn—
ing, and some anxiety was felt respecting its delay
till a telegraphic message from Arundel explained
the cause. Snow has fallen very thick at Worthing
and the neighbourhood, and can be plainly sten
from the cliff at Brighton ; but at the latter plate,
where the cold has been very severe during the
past few days, not a flake has descended.
Heavy looking clouds are flying over the tow' a, and
accounts from almost every quarter around tr .ention
that the ground is covered with snow.