The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The proclamation of President Johnson, granting
an unconditional pardon to all engaged in the late
rebellion in the South, includes Mr. Jefferson Davis, 1‘11r;
Mason, Mr. Slidell, and General Lee. It does O.:
follow that Congress will recognise this act, 0,1:
relieves all the leaders from legal penalties, and
farce of trying the ex-President of the South may novr be
considered at an end.

CUBA.
According to a Cuban journal which professes "
pendence," the insurrection in the great West India
island is progressing altogether in favour of the insurgel7,
A Provisional Government has been established, and 13t,1;
gained some authority in the district overrun 11
Creoles. All the railways leading to Port-au-Prince
in the hands of the insurgents, whose army musters 9,7:11
men. Fever has made its appearance in the SPA
army.

THE MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
In a lengthy letter to the Times, Mr. Wentworth Di!:
deplores the circumstances which have given rise to
t,
recent missionary difficulty in China. He urges that etu°
missionaries, by their residence at Yangchow,
breaking our treaties with the Government of
ht
Celestial Empire. British subjects have no r'g;
of inland residence ; they can legally dwell 641,'1
at the ports named in the treaty of 1842. 1'143111cl
in subsequent treaties has invalidated this condition ;
missionaries have ever resided in the interior it has 11,
by a tacit understanding with the local government. -
cannot be called upon to back them up by force of aria
Further, recent agreements, and the residence (4 i
Minister at Pekin, bind us to refrain from the practice °,l
sending war-ships to discuss treaties; our squadron sh°tlitg
prevent and protect, not punish. The Times suPOr.
Mr. Dilke.

The California Commissioner of Emigration 113:
ued the Pacific Mail Company for a violation of tho FA
senger Act, placing the penalties at $5,000,000.
Dee"
The town of Northampton, Mass., refused ill
9, by a vote of 421 to 532, to lend its credit for $300,000
aid of the proposed railroad to North Adams.
The contract between the North German LloYd'3
and the British Post-office for the conveyance of niails ~1
New York was executed at Bremen, Dec. 17, which
come into force on the Ist of January, 1869.
On Thanksgiving Day the prisoners at the Merl'
laud State Penitentiary, about six hundred in numbed
were treated to an exhibition of the English Punch 313
Judy—their first audience in America.
The clock on the Sheffield School of Science i°
New Haven communicates with a clock in a jewellery sil9
nearly half a mile distant, by means of an electric ale
rates, and they strike the hours of the day in unison. r
A little girl was recently seized by an alliget° ;
near Bayou Sara, Louisiana, and a black boy who atteioer
to rescue her, and for that purpose pursued the nionstter
into the water, was himself seized by another alligB.°

and devoured.
As a sign of peace we may mention that at th°
Danforth Locomotive Works, Paterson, there was recel/tll
delivered a large quantity of 24 and 42-lb. cannon 107,
sold by the Government and now to be put into the ill:,
naces and made over into locomotives, cotton 10ebi

nery, &c.
Arrangements have been completed by the 1301°
le.
Association of the Eastern District, New York, to ce
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brate the birth-day of the poet of Scotland with a sP•,
e--,
banquet on the evening of the 25th of January ne"
Raynor's Hall. Stair
VIRGINIA FINANCES.—The report of the
Treasurer of Virginia for the year ending first of OGW
shows that he has a balance on hand of 175,600 dollo-5'
An 00°
that the State expenditures for the year were 2,6,•-,
dollars ; that the registered debt of the State is ab°o
20,800,000 dollars ; and that the State has guaranteed 0/
1,700,000 internal improvement bonds.
Fifteen thousand tourists and invalids yiBlt'eel
Florida last season.
First-class New York residences now contain a
billiard-room, a chapel, and a theatre or concert saloon.
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Births. ifif°
BAKER—On Christmas-day, at 13, Russell-square, the
of John Baker, Esq., of a son. S'
HOARE—On the 18th inst., at 75, Harley-street, xi."
Hoare, of a son. .1
S
ROGERS—On the 26th inst., at 30, Onslow-gardens,
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the wife of Walter Lacy Rogers, Esq., of a son.
Marriages. „ ,rge'64
NEALE —PnILEIPs—On the 26th inst., at St. ue' glr
Hanover-square, Frederick Neale to Jane, eldest dau
ter of AVra. A. Phillips, 73, New Bond-street.
,p SO:
THOMAS—WALLACE—On the 17th inst. at Boulogne t.
Mer, Edgar Hastings Thomas, Captain Madras S. E"
Christian Jean, eldest daughter of Alex. Wallace,
late of Calcutta.

Deaths. -0/0'
HuRsT -On the 24th inst., at 38, Highbury-P., B,,c„' "
Hurst, Esq., of 6, Leadenhall-street, city, aged " tolf
LowE -On the 25th inst., at 9, St. John's-wo°a-V-
George Lowe, Esq., C.E., F.R.S., aged 80. 13, t °
MURRAY—On Christmas-day, at Reading, Mary Au".;
daughter of the late Lord and Lady William Murra:o,/00.
WRIGHT—On the 25th inst., George Wright, of NY
lane, Highgate, aged 74.

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