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 Wombwel
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 Cambridge 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.
Tbey 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 "Ads 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. Egertmi;-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.
THE 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 Royal
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 Navigatimi
Company's steamship Prince Albert, commanded by Capt.
Nicholson, will sail on the 9th of April from Galway to
Newfoundland and New York.

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN HOLYHEAD AND THE
LIVERPOOL DOCKS.-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 telegraph communication between Liverpool and
Holyhead station. The game 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, &c., occurring to the ship ping
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,
1859, amounted to 4,143 in England, 472 in Scotland, and
2,036 in Ireland—making a general total of 6,651 men.