The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

THE UNPOBrUNAT ,`_e SHIP TICA.NSIT.

Her Majesty's ship Transit, having the 90th Re-
giment on board for China, has put in at Corunna
in " deep distress." The Times Portsmouth corre-
spondent had a. letter, from which the following is
an extract, placed in his hands yesterday for publi-
cation

" Frier Majesty's ship Trangit, Corunna, April 19.
" Here we are! done up ! Two days' Bay' wea-
ther sent us in here to be fresh rigged ; you never
saw a worse sea boat in your life—crank, top-heavy,
and everything that's bad ! We have everything
we could wish in the way of provisions—only two
days' salt since we came on board ;—but such an
old tub you never saw ; the rigging never set up,
or anything secured ; we had hard work to keep
the masts from going over the side ; if she had
pitched instead of rolling I am sure the foremast
must have gone over the bows. We bad to get
tackles across the decks from side to side to brace
the rigging in to save the spars, in fact a greater
tub to roll I never knew. She is tv-heavy. lam
certain she will never weather the Cape, or she will
deceive all on board both soldiers and blue jackets.
She is a disgrace to the British Government, and
more so to the dockyard authorities. if she is lost
I only hope my diary will be found to condemn
those who sent her to sea. You may think what
she must be when I tell you for a truth that
there are not one dozen meta (troops) on board with
a dry hammock, every seam in her deck letting in
water. They had to give, or at least did give, extra
grog.

This letter is from an intelligent and responsible
person on board the Transit, and is authenticated
by name, rank, and every other essential establish-
ing the credit of the wrier.

The Duke of Newcaidle and family returned to town
a few days since, from Clumber Park, for the season.

The Marquis and Marchioness To wnshend are expected
in town in a f-w days, from Balls Park, Hertford, for
the season. Viscount Raynham comes to town to•mor-

row.

The Earl and Countess of Har3wicke and the Ladies
Yorke have left Wimpole Hall for Newmarket, whence
they will come to town to-day for the season.
The Earl and Countess Waldegrave are at present
staying at Hastings, and will not return to town until
the 12th of next month.
The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are staying at their
seat in East Lothian, and will not return to town until
the latter end of next month.
The Earl of Lincoln returned to town on Saturday,
from Nottingham.
Viscount Castlerosse has arrived in Belgrave-square,
from Killarney, for the meeting of Parliament.
Lord and Lady Elcho arrived in town a few days since
from Italy, and have taken a house in Upper Belgrave-
street, for the season,
The Hon. George Frederick and Mrs. Boyle have ar-
rived at the Countess Dowager of Glasgow's residence,
Chesbam-place.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petro have arrived at Berkeley-
square, for the season.
Mr. and Miss Longueville Clarke have arrived for the
season at their residence in Eaton-square.
Mr. Bollard arrived at the Foreign-office here, yester-
day morning, with extraordinary despatches from Lord
Napier, her Majesty's Minister in America.
A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of
the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street, yester-
day. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of
Lan.downe, the. Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey,
the E arl of Cl►rendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord
Panrnure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charlie
Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley
of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon.
M. T. Baines.
MMITING OF CONVOCATION.—The archbishop, the
deans of cathedra's, the aroLdeacons, and the proctors
recently elected to represent the clergy of the various
dioceses of the province of Cant rbury, will assemble
at St. Paul's Cathelral, at a quarter before 11, on Fri-
day next for the perrose of formally opening the new
Convocation.

LATEST NE WS.

PERSIA.
MARSEILLES, APRIL 28.

The intelligence of the Treaty of Peace between
lingland and Persia arrived at Bagdad on the 27th
of March.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The Duke de Cambact.res, grand master of the
ceremonies, has addressed to the foreign amba=sa•
dors, the ministers, and high dignitaries of the
State, the programme which has been adopted re-
lative to the reception of the Grand Duke Constan-
tine at Marseilles, and Paris. After describing the
honours to be paid him at the two former cities,
and stating that at the railway stations of all the
towns in which the Prince may stop on his way
from Marseilles to Paris, the prefect and the gene-
ral commanding the department shall, with a de-
tachment of troops, be waiting to receive him, the
programme thus sets forth what is to be done at
Paris :

"On his arrival in Paris, which will take place
in the afternoon of Thursday, 30th April, the
Grand Duke will be received at the railway station
by Prince Napoleon, who will accompany him to
the Palace of the Tuileries. Two battalions of in-
fantry, one of them of the Imperial Guard, the
other of the line, are to be drawn up under arms
in the court-yard of the Paris terms. Court car-
riages, with an escort of cavalry of the Imperial
Guard, will await H.1.H., to conduct him and his
suite to the Palace of the Tuileries, where apart-
ments:will be prepared for him. On all the line
of the cortege the soldiers in the guard-houses are
to present arms, and the drums to beat a salute ;
at the Tuileries the ordinary guard of the Palace
will render to ILI.II. the honours due to the
princes of the Imperial family. On his arrival at
the Palace H. I. El. will be received at the foot of the
staircase of the Pavilion de l'Horloge by the Grand
Master of the Ceremonies and the Grand Chamber-
lain. The Emperor will wait at the top of- the
staircase to receive H.1.H.; his Majesty will after-
wards conduct him into the saloon, in which the
Empress, surrounde'l by the officers and ladies of
her household, will be seated ; the presentation of
persons compsing the service of honour will take
place immediately. During the stay of H.I.H. the
following persons of the household of the Emperor
shall compose the service of honour of H.I.H. :
—the Marquis de Belmont, chamberlain to the
Emperor ; Baron de Bourgoiug, equerry to H. M. ;
and Lieutenant-Colonel Fave, orderly officer to the
Emperor (these gentlemen receive the Grand Duke
at Marseilles, and accompany him to Paris). A
service for the table, chamber, and stables, will be
prepared for H. I. H. Every time that H. I. 11.
goes out, an escort of honour will precede and
follow his carriage, unless he shall otherwise order.
On the day of the arrival at Paris of the Grand
Duke, the great officers of the crown, the officers
of the households of their Majesties and of their
Imperial Highnesses, and the presidents of the
Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of
State will inscribe their names in H. I. H.'s visiting
book."

It has been stated that a grand review in honour
of the Grand Duke is to take place in the Champ
de Mars on the 6th ; the troops under arms will, it
is said, be 50,000 in number.
BOURSE, April 28.—The following were the last
quotations :
Cash. fr. c. End oraronth.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 6B 95 68 95
Bank Shares 4,375
Credit Mobilier 1,310 Roman
Do. Account 1,300 Austrian
Belgian 44
Piedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt

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