The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

RELVFORPEMENAS FOR CHINA.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
E trly this aft ?rnnon the Fur no us steam frigate left
this p ut for China. la her proceed t'!e Su! prise
and Mohawk despaicii hoat4, Cormorant, Algerine,
Lee, liinterer, Clown KeArel, Drake,Janus, Finn,
Watchful, Woodcock, Slaneyand Leven. gunboats,
and liesper steam transports. They will pi ob3bly
first rendezvous at Madeira. They 14.,fc with fine
wind down channel. ConsideraVe interest is felt as
to their c Lpability of performing so long a voyage.

The C,puntet:s de Neuilly, the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar, visited her Royal Highness the Duche,s
of Kent, yesterday, at. Clarence Hou.,e, St. James's.
Hie Giace the Archbishop of Armagh, Mr. and Mrs.
Dunbar and family, ht.ve arrived in Charles-street, from
the Palace, Armagh.

The Duchess of Athole has arrived at the St. George's
Hotel, from Dunkeld House, N. B.
The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pr.itt arrived
on Carlto❑ terrace a few days since from Wilderness
Park, Kent, for the season.
There 'a a report that Major-General Sir W. Williams,
M.P., will have the governorship of Malta, which will
shortly he vacated by Sir W. Reid. This would lease
the seat for Calne open.

•
Mr Benedict's firs, musical festival at her Maj,sty's
Theatre (morning), under the immediate patronage of
her Majesty the Q wen, his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, htr R I IT
the Thichess of Kan!, her
Royal Illahne,a the Duchess of Cambridge, &a., takes
Fdtce on the 10th of neat mouth.
The first appearance of Mademois lla Victoire Balfe
at the R .yal Italian Opera, Lyceum, is fix'd fur Thurs-
day, the 21st inst. The opera, we maier,tarid, is to be
"La Sonnarnbula,” and Madetn&selli Balfa will make
her first app arance on any .taste as the heroine.
BEQUEST TO HER MAJESTY. —From Buern,s Ayres it
is alLged that a brother of the ex-Dictwor Rosas has
recently died, and bequeathed an estate to Queen Vic-
tor,a, in acknooledgment of the shelter affutdtd to the
exiled members of his family.
OBSERVATORY FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.—
A de-paich has teen received by the Board of Trade
from the Governor of New South Wales, notifying that
arraugeue nt-, are in progress for the establishment of an
Observatory at Sydney, upon a rocky hill ovcrhokittg
the harbour, and for the erection of a time-ball in cot -
nection with the Observatory, In sutlia po-rtion and at
such an altitude as to enable nearly every vessel in the
barbiur to take thus from it.
The pat turfs horn the port of London fur the Au-
stralian colonies during the past week have comprised
eight vessels,--four t; Port Phillip, two to Sydney, one
to Portland Bay, and one to Swan River, with an aggre-
gate capacity of 7,382 ton. Tile rates of freight show
no great alteration. In the general badness of the port
of London during the past we,k there has been little
activity. The number of ships reported inward was
147, being 33 less than in the previous week. These
included 21 Kith cargoes of corn, fl er, &c., four with
cargoes of sugar, and one cargo of coffee. The total
nulnk)er of vessels cleared outward was 154, including
24 in ballast, showing a decrease of 13.