The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-30 00:00:00

1858. 1859. I 1860. f 1860. I 1861.

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Price of Y.C.
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THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.
By the Overland Mail we have received • advices
papers from Calcutta to Nov. 22; Madras, Nov. 27
Hong Kong, Nov. 14.

The news from India is- of no great importance.
extract the following from the Calcutta Englishm
Nov. 24 :

" The monsoon appears to be over now, the eo
have cleared away, and a bright sun and a cool no
east wind are a refreshing change from the well-ni
incessant down-pour of the past six months, The wea-
ther is fast assuming its usual characteristics at this
season of the year, and for the next four months Cal-
cutta will enjoy one of the most delightful climates in
the world.

" Lord Canning is suffering severely from the sudden and
terrible shock of the death of his countess, which at first
completely prostrated him, but he has much yet to effect ere
he bids adieu to his viceroyalty, and we misjudge him much
if ho is one to allow grief for his loss long to interfere with
his public duties. Of late he has inaugurated several re-
forms which will require his skilful guidance to ensure their
success, and he must be anxious himself to see in progress,
and fast approaching complete and satisfactory develop-
ment, the measures which ho has himself initiated.
" The news from tha Upper Provinces contains but little
of any interest. The cammander in chief is still on his
tour, and his return to Calcutta has not been alluded to ;
he also has suffered severely in the loss of his mother, Lady
Rose, the news of whose death reached India by the last

The Indian Councils' Act has been proclaimed. The re-
presentative members of the late Legislative Council are to
have seats in the new Council.

The Madras Government has adopted measures for the
improvement of indigenous cotton.

CHINA.
The news from China is of no special interest. The
relations of our Minister and other foreign representatives
with the Chinese continue satisfactory, and the young
Emperor was about to leave Zehol for Pekin. The fol-
lowing is extracted from the China Mail of Nov. 15 :-1.7
" From Japan there is very little intelligence. Some
of our men of war are understood to be cruising among
the Japanese Islands, and they will no doubt exercise
some influence as regards the safety of our country-
men in that strange land. The marine survey in which
the Actaeon has been for some time engaged, will add mate-
rially to our knowledge of Japanese waters, and be found
valuable in proportion as our commerce increases.
" Our dates from Pekin are to October 27. The new
Emperor would leave the Zehol on October 28, ac-
cording to the latest arrangements ; his father's cortege
was to follow, after an interval, so that the new Emperor
would receive the Imperial coffin in due form. The
arrival would most likely take place about the 4th of

the present month, In the meantime as few foreigners
as possible are invited to the capital. We believe that
this is in deference to the wishes and advice of Prince
Kung, who would promote foreign interests as cautiously
as he can, and in such a way as to av,id giving needless
offence to the Court.
"From the northern ports we have no intelligence addi-
tional to that communicated by last mail. Admiral Hope
is said to have visited the port of Newchwang in Man-
churia.
" The accounts from Saigon are still far from favourable
to the French; nothing decisive has taken place.

" Tho Yang-tsze river and the rebels do not afford any
further room for comment.

" From Shanghae we do not learn, by the latest accounts,
of any further alarm on account of the rebels and their
proximity to that city ; matters, in fact, seem to remain
much as they were when we last wrote.

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" The rumoured vicinity of the rebels to Ningpo has
' caused thousands of the inhabitants to become so-)nuch.
alarmed for their personal safety as to seek every Me 'lila, of
conveyance to Shanghae, and many had already arrived:tic
that city at the date of the last advices. The rebels air*
credibly reported to have completely invested Hangchove,' Sx
after having taken Shaou•shing•foo. -
"From the various other ports en the coast we have no "
news of interest, except that at Swatow, a boat's crew of
her Majesty's gunboat Firm, engaged in. surveying the
river, had been assaultery the-villagero4oned,-aaiditwo
,
of the seamen wounded ..- .. , ,
" From Canton, we liarn that Mr.: , t . game, the Ame-
rican Plenipotentiary, lisited his/WQlency Laou, the
ie
Governor-General of the`Two 0V li.wan the sth instant; •
he was accompanied by thredisibsionaries and two mer- -A p.e.,."--1"' - , ‘--
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chants, and, we understand, was veri4erribei'ateot-

WHY WE SLEEP.

The amount of healthy, ordinary sleep each day
is in proportion to the amount of healthy " wear
and tear" of the system, and the absence of emo-
tional excitement ; for something in the shape of
good news, as well as of bad news, will keep the
mind uneasy and awake. Thus, a traveller who is
to be up early in the morning to catch an early
train will wake to the moment; in fact, he has been
scarcely asleep at all—emotion of some sort or
another hes destroyed complete sleep. The condi-
tion of the emotions and the state of the pulse of
criminals before execution is also well known. Star-
vation is another cause of want of sleep, as there
has been no exercise or wear and tear of muscle.
We have all these conditions in hospital patients
under chloroform. Of the new world, revealed by
sleep, poets of all ages have written, of course, a
great deal, but we are more interested with the fact
that this emotion, or nervous irritability, especially
,n female patients, which destroys natural sleep,
also involves an increase of chloroform to produce
ana3sthesia. Wordsworth remarks that twilight
has the power of removing, softening, harmonising,
or rendering abstract certain things otherwise lost
in the bustle or blaze of the mid-day sunshine ;
so it strikes me is sleep ; it removes some objects,
and makes others more clear—it leaves out a great
deal of what is known to us as association of every
day ideas, and introduces us to a world of " innate
ideas" and new but useless fancies, and new illu-
sions. Chloroform patients thus sing songs, underr
Ichloroform, they never knew before, &c.--Dr.
Kidd's Lectures on Chloroform.

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Army and Nary Gazette, "but the rumour of her appear-
ance should tend to keep us on the qtti rive."
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THE CHAPEL ROYAL OP ST. GEORGE, WINDSOR.

—The temporary fittings up in St. George's Chapel for the
mournful ceremony of the funeral of the late Prince Con-
sort have been removed, and the entrance to the Royal
vault closed, and the marble pavement replaced in its for-
mer state. Divine service will continue to be.performed in
the library until after Saturday next, and on the following
Sunday St, George'll Chapel will be again opened for public
,worship,

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THE .RIGH7 S OF NEUTRALS.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The following correspondence has been published
at Washington .
" Legation of the United States,
London, Ang. 23, 1861.
•

" have the honour to transmit a copy of a
note addressed to me by Lord Russell, transmitting
to me a copy of a declaration which he proposes to
make upon signing the convention embodying the
articles of the Declaration of Paris, in conjunction
with myself. _ _

" I have waited to communicate with Mr. Day-
ton until I now learn from him that M. Thouvenel
proposes to him a similar movement on the part of
France.

g, This proceeding is of so grave and novel a cha-
racter as, in my opinion, to render further action
unadvisable until I obtain further instructions ; and
I find Mr. Dayton is of the same opinion on his
side. I propose to address a letter to his Lordship,
stating my reasons for declining to proceed, as soon
as possible ; but I fear I shall not have time to get
it ready and a copy made in season for the present
mail. I shall, therefore, postpone any further elu-
cidation of my views until the next opportunity. I
do so the more readily that I am informed by Mr.
Dayton that you have ceased to consider the matter
as one of any urgent importance.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
" Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, Wash-
ington."

(Enclosure.)
" LORD JOHN RussELL TO MR. ADAMS.

" Foreign-office, Aug. 19, 1851.

" Sir,—l have the honour to enclose a copy of a
declaration which I propose to make on signing the
convention of which you gave me a draught, embody-
ing the articles of the Declaration of Paris.

"I propose to make the declaration in question in
a written form, and to furnish you with a copy of
it.

" You will observe that it is intended to prevent
any misconception as to the nature of the engage-
ment to be taken by her Majesty.
" If you have no objection to name a day in the
course of this weak for the signature of the conven-
tion, Mr. Dayton can, on that day, and at the same
time, sign with M. Thouvenel a convention iden-
tical with that which you propose to sign with me.
" I have the honour to be, with the highest con-
sideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
" C. F. Adams, Esq., &c. "RUSSELL."