The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Peninsular and North African Steam Navi-
gation Company's steamer Warrior, H. Cooper,
Commander, left the Saint Katharine's Docks with
the mails for Lisbon, Cadiz, Mogador, and the
Canary Islands, this morning at 11 o'clock. The
Warrior carries a full cargo and a large amount
of specie.

The Earl of Sefton and Sir George Wombwell
will shortly leave town for Rome and the Italian States.
Lord and Lady Raglan are staying, at Badminton,
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.
Lord and Lady Burghersh have left Curzon
House for Apthorpe House, Northamptonshire.
Lady Nigel Kennedy was safely delivered of a
son at the Lion Mansion, Brighton, on Wednesday last.
Her ladyship and the infant are doing well.
Sir John and Lady Shelley have removed from
Park-lane, to their new residence in South-street.
Lord Denman has left Clarridge's Hotel, for Stony
Middleton, near Sheffield.
The Count. and Countess Jarnac will leave town
to-morrow, for their seat in Ireland.
Lady Molesworth's party, to meet his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cimbiidge on Wednesday evening,
including the Austrian Minister and the Countess Apponyi,
the Marchioness of Londonderry, Maria Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, the
Marquis of Donegan, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon,
the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, the Earl Gran-

ville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Dr. Quin,
and Mr. Delane. Colonel Tyrwhitt was in attendance on
his royal highness.

The marriage of Sir Henry Fletcher to Miss
Agnes Wilson, third daughter of Sir John M. Wilson, will
take place early in May.

Lord Edward Cavendish, Lord Richard Grosvenor,
and the Hon. E. Ashley, sons of the Duke of Devonshire,
the Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl of Shaftesbury,
were at Washington, when the last letters were received.
They purposed leaving for New Orleans, and afterwards
would visit Cuba and California, and proceed by the Rocky
Mountains to Utah and Fraser River.

HANDEL CENTENARY CELEBRATION AT EDIN-
BURGH.—A musical festival is to be held at Edinburgh, in
commemoration of the Handel Centenary, on the 7th, Bth,
and 9th of April. The performances will consist of " Judas
Maccabmus," the " Messiah," a selection from " Samson,"
and a selection from " Acis and Galatea." The principal
vocalists will include Mrs. Sunderland, Mrs. W. Howard,
Mr. Perrin, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Weiss, &c. The or-
chestra will consist of 60 performers, and the chorus of 150
voices. _ M. Sainton will officiate as conductor.

Lord Stanley has granted a pension of £l5O a
year each to the sisters of the late General Jacob. The
pension commences from the date of General Jacob's death.

NEW PEERS.—It is a very natural and a very
legitimate act on the part of Lord Derby, before resigning
office, to recommend to the Queen certain gentlemen of his
own party for elevation to the peerage. His choice has
fallen on three persons who must in justice be pronounced
fairly entitled to the honour, if large territorial possessions
are to be accepted as a sufficient title to the peerage. The
three new peers are, first, Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar,
in Monmouthshire, a kind of chieftain of the Welsh
Marches, as much so, at least, as any man can be a chieftain
in these modern and prosaic times. The second new peer
is Mr. Egerton, of Tatton, in Cheshire, who, after the de-
cision in the House of Lords upon the celebrated will cause,
divided the Bridgewater property with Lord Alford. He,
too, it is almost needless to say, is a man of large property,
and a stanch Conservative. The third on the list of new
nobles is Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth, in Sussex.
It would be superfluous to enlarge upon the territorial dig-
nities and wealth of the Egremont family, or the manaer in
which they have devolved upon their present possessor. As
long as the considerations we have mentioned are to be
held paramount in the promotions to the peerage, not a
word can be said against any of the gentlemen upon whom
Lord Derby's choice has fallen. There will also, we are
informed, be a promotion of Lord Derby's followers to the
rank of the baronetcy ; but the names of these less favoured
adherents are not yet announced for publication.—Times.
TIIE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.—The
Ceylon, which will leave on the 4th proximo with the East
India and China mails, is already shipping the specie with
which she will be freighted. It is reported that she will
carry out 3,000 boxes, of the value of nearly one million
sterling. The Teviot, which arrived to-day, brought £76,200
in specie ; and the Bremen brought 120,000 dollars for
France, and 150,000 dollars for England. The Parana,
with the West India and Pacific mails, is expected to-mor-
row ; it is probable that she will bring Soulouque, the ex-
Emperor of Hayti. The Wye is daily expected for the
conveyance of the mails between Marseilles and Alexandria,
the Australian mail contract having closed with the Royel
Mail Company, the Mauritius, now lying in the river. is
said to be chartered for the conveyance of troops. The
Vanderbilt steam-ships will commence running from New
York next month.

The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company's steamship Prince Albert, commended by Capt.
Nicholson, will sail on the 9th of April from Galway to
Newfoundland and New York.

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN HOLYHEAD AND TILE
LIVERPOOL Docxs.—At the meeting of the Liverpool
Mersey Dock and Harbour Board. yesterday, a contract was
concluded with Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co., for the con-
struction of a submarine cable in connexion with the in-
tended telegragh communication between Liverpool and
Holyhead station: The same company are about to con-
struct a line of telegraph wires along the entire length of
the Liverpool Docks. The wires will pass through the
principal warehouses of the dock trust, and be of great
service in the event of fire, 84c., occurring to the shipping
in the docks.

THE MILITIA.—The total number of volunteers
from all the regiments of embodied militia into the regular
army from the Ist of January, 1858, to the sth of February,
18,59, amounted to 4,143 in England, 472 in Scotland, and
2,036 in Ireland—making a general total of 6,651 men.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

TRIESTE, THURSDAY, MARCH 31:
The Austrian Lloyd steamer brings advices from
Constantinople to the 26th inst.

Omer Pacha is expected here from Belgrade.

Troops were dispatched to Sophia the day before
yesterday.
According to advises from the Caucasus the
Russian General had made proposals of arrange-
ment to the chiefs of the Circassians.

There are here continual fresh arrivals of troops

from Anatolia.

The payments due to the troops of this place
have been made.

DRESDEN, MARCII 31.

The Dresden Journalstates that the Five Powers
may be regarded as having agreed to the prelimi-
naries of the approaching Congress.

The day of assembling will probably be the 30th
of April next, but the place of meeting is not yet
settled.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

A Paris correspondent of the Independance of
Brussels writes :—" The Congress will without a
doubt meet at Baden Baden. Count Walewski has
announced the fact to several members of the
diplomatic corps, adding that he is to represent
France on the occasion."

PARIS BOURSE, March 30.—The amount of busi-
ness transacted has been moderate, butprices steady.
Threes have varied from 67f. 95c. to 68f. 10c.;
Mobilier 772 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,347 f.
50c. to 1,352 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50c. to 847 f. 50c. ;
Western 570 f. to. 565 f. The market continued
steady to the close, when the following were the
quotations :-
4t per Cents. 95 60
Do. end month 95 501
3 per Cents 6B 15
Do. en] month 6B 15
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account

Credit Foncier 685
Belgian 4/ --
Piedmontese (5) 79 75
Roman B6 50
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt .. —

RAILWAYS.

Cash. j'Account.
Orleans
Northern . 930 -932 50
New ditto. BOO .. 795
Lyons and Mediterranean 842 50 .. 847 50
New ditto — .•
Geneva 527 50 ..
Midi — ..
Southern
Western 566 25 .. 570
Eastern
Grand Central .
Sardinian ..
Austrian :.

- - .. 396 25
548 75 .. 550 -

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ' • money
25f. 21c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 92tc.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

The Teviot arrived at Southampton yesterday
with the heavy portion of the Australian mail.
Her dates were Alexandria, March 17, and Malta,
21. She had 46 passengers, amongst whom were
Sir Charles CliffOrd, speaker of the Legislative
Assembly of ' Auckland, New Zealand; Captain
Eldred, and Drs. Bland and Kearney. Her cargo
consists of gold worth £76,270 ; plate and jewel-
lery worth £215, besides Chinchilla skins, coffee,
wool, and flax. We have late news from New
Zealand and South Australia by this arrival. The
gold diggings near Massacre Bay, in New Zealand,
continue to yield about £lOO,OOO worth of gold
yearly. Nearly 1,000 gold diggers find employ-
ment there. The great drawback at present to the
diggings is the difficult access to them owing to the
mountainous district in -which they are situated,
but ioads are making by which the difficulty will
be lessened. It is now almost certain that the
mountain range from Nelson to Otago is richly
auriferous. A mail steampacket communication is
about to be established between New Zealand and
Melbourne, without touching at Sydney. This
communication will be supported by colonial funds.
In South Australia business is very active, owing
to the unexpected yield of the harvest. A paying
price is expected for the surplus produce of South
Australian farms in the markets of the adjacent
colonies. The export of breadstuffs from South
Australia during the first three weeks of the pre-
sent year exceeded in value by £lO,OOO the exports
during the corresponding period in 1858. The sales
of Crown lands are likely to be very extensive this
year. The pastoral and mining interests have also
greatly improved. During last year 8,500 square
miles of territory were demanded by squatters to
sustain their multiplying flocks and herds ; 12,487
tons of ore were raised in South Australia last year,
the produce being 23 per cent. The net profit is
estimated at £38,000. Nearly 1,000 persons are
now employed at the Great Burra-Burra Copper
Mine, and a lode of malachite is being worked
there.

During the stay of the Teviot at Alexandria she
was visited by Prince Alfred, who took great inte-
rest in the postal arrangements on board. His
Royal Highness invited Mr. Nash, the Postmaster
of the Teviot, to dine with him on board the
Euryalus.