The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV RN ENG, DECEMBER 19, 1851'.

only to Lord SHAFTESBURY'S wishing to use Exeter
Hall as an occasional church, but with a view to
rectifying the parish system in large towns all
over the kingdom.

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. —lt is under-
stood to be her Majesty's intention to hold a Draw-
ing-room at St. James's Palace in the latter end of Jan.,
immediately after the Princess Loyal's marriage, at
which her Royal Highness and his Royal Highness the
Prince Frederick William of Prussia will be present,
when her Majesty, the Prince Corsort, and their Royal
Highnesses will receive congratulations on this happy
event. No presentations will take place on the occasion.
A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of
the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street yester-
day. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. V.
Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll,
and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines.
The Earl and Countess of Harrowby left town last
for Portsmouth.
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His lordship is refitting a yacht he has lately purchased
from the Earl of Ellesmere ; and almost immediately
after the wedding of the Princess Royal he will sail for
Egypt, preparatory to a trip round the world.
Lord and Lady Harry Vane return to town to-day
from visiting the Right Hon. Sidrey and Mrs. Herbert,
at Wilton House, Salisbury.
Lord and Lady Edward Toynre arrived in town on
Wednesday from a tour of visits, and have since left for
the New Forest, Hants.
Mr. and Lady Georgiana Romilly have left town on
a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey,
Beds.

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Sir Benjamin Hall has left town for the Christmas
holidays.
The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have left Bridg-
water House, on a visit to the Earl and Conntess
Cawdor, at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire.
The Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P.,
have left Strawberry-hill, Twickenham, for Nuneham
Park, Oxfordshire.

The Countess Dowager Granville has taken for ,five
months one of the large furnished houses at Upper Nor-
wood belonging to the owner of the Queen's Hotel.
The Duke of Hamilton has left town for Paris, en
roug4 to Nice, where the duchess is staying. The
family will shortly leave Nice for Rome, where they
intend to pass the winter.
DOCTORS' COMMONS, Dec. 18.—The general body of
proctors to-day presented a complimentary address to
Sir John Dodson, warmly expressing their admiration
at his conduct, regret at his retirement, and gratitude
for his uniform courtesy. Sir John Dodson, in reply,
thanked them, and said that he had received the utmost
courtesey from them over since he entered the profession
in 1808, a perfect stranger.
THE DENISON CASE.—It is said that the Privy Council
will not sit again t) hear cases until February, and that
therefore it is probable that the judgment in this case
will not be delivered until then. _

The telegraph service between Corfu and Malta will
soon begin. A despatch of 15 words between Corfu and
England will cost 1/. 6s. 3d. _ _ _

The Diet of Franifort has decided not to indemnify
the city of Mayence for the damage done by the late
explosions.
Baron von Roden, oneof the most renowned of German
statisticians, has died in Vienna of inflammation of the
lungs, which followed a cold which he took at the open-
ing of the Szolnok-Debrecxin Railroad.
The managers of La Presse had nearly resolved to
demand permission to resume the publication of that
journal, but only on literary subjects, with a view to
save the hundreds of persons employed by it from
starving. They have been obliged to abandon the idea.
The French Government has decided on the establish-
ment of an A rtillery College at Grenoble. It is
remarked that since the accession of Napoleon 111.,
who is so skilled in the science of artillery, the number
of artillery schools is increasing every day.
About 132,0001 of gold of various sorts was taken to
tha;Bank yesterday, besides about 40,000 sovereigns from
America and 100,000 from Ireland. A very large
amount islalso expected to be delivered there to-morrow.
The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the
Province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued in the
Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, by the Vicar-General,
Dr. Twiss, under a commission from his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and
Metropolitan, to Friday, February 5, 1858.
Bucza ELECTION.—Captain Hamilton, who has been
spoken of as a probable conservative candidate at the
approaching electien, has issued his address, from which
appears he will stand. The komination is appointed for
Wednesday, and there seerns every prospect of a reso-
lute contest.

.13.tisgs.—A list of all banks, other than private
ones, trading in the united kingdom or the colonies,
with the nature of the shareholders' liability, has been
printed on the motion of Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P.
Tho return fills some 25 pages. With respect to a
large number of the banks no information about the
liability of the shareholders can be given. The return
gives some minute details of the banks existing in
various parts of oar colonial empire.

CANTiBBURY COLLECTION PETITION.—A petition has
been forwarded to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
for presentation to the Treasury, from Canterbury dis-
trict; and the other three districts in Canterbury collec-
tion will immediately forward petitions signed by all
grades. Should this last appeal to their lordships not
produce the desired effect, the officers of every grade in
Canterbury collection are unanimously agreed and fully
prepared to petition Parliament, with the promise of
support from three members of the House of Commons.
—arid &reice Gazette.

THE POST-OFFICE DEAD LETTER-BOWL—This large
new apartment is the beau ideal of rigid economy. It
has neither stove nor warming apparatus of any kind to
render it endurable in cold weather, and all the men
who are condemned to work in it complain that it is a
perfect ice-house. Colds and rheumatic ailments afflict
the unfortunate employes hi this region of desolation.
Surely there is no economy in thus freezing the officers
of a great public department to a degree at which they
become almost inanimate.—ceeei Service Gazette.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—At the
annual examination of students and pupil teachers
young persons of both sexes
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already occupying schools of importance in various
localities, while nearly 100 have received appoint-
ments to schools in different parts of the country.
The increasing and pressing demand for really efficient
teachers is a happy omen for the educational prospects
of the lan and it is one which the committee of this
society is doing all in its power to meet.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE LIVES IN
SHOREDITCIL—Between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock
this morning a fire, attended with loss of property
and life, happened in the premises belonging to Mr.
Harman, a silk trimming warehouseman, situated at
27, Archer-street, Shoreditch. As soon as the ruins
were sufficiently cooled to allow the firemen to enter,
they made a search of the se,versl rooms, and in one
they foand lying in a bed the life'essi bodies of Mr.
Harman, his wife, and a young child. Neither of the
bodies were much bnrnt, but the sufferers appeared to
have died from suffocation. As to the origiri of the
fire nothing that could be depended upon could be
a,,certainecl. The contents of the house destroyed wore
insured in the London and Liverpool Fire-office.
DETERMINED SUICIDE. —This morning great excite-
ment was created in the vicinity of the Henipstea l-road,
in consequence of a rumour that a lady had killed
herself by precipitating herself from the upper window
of her residence in H trdwick-place. On proceeding to
the spot mentioned it was discovered that the lady, a
Mrs. Macdonald, had but a short time quitted a lunatic
asylum, in consequence of its having been thought that
she was perfectly cured. Unfortunately this was not
the case,
presented for this morning symptoms of insanity again
themselves, and before she could be prevented
the unfortunate lady threw herself from the second floor
window and fell into the area beneath. The husband of
the lady used the utmost exertions to prevent the
melancholy occurrence, but Mrs. Macdonald had armed
herself with a razor, and it was not until he bad been
severely wounded that he released his hold of her. The
most prompt assistance was rendered, but in a few
minutes she ceased to exist.
THE EDUCATIONAL FRANCHISE.—A memorial has
been transmitted to Lord Palmerton, praying him, in
his coming Reform Bill, to make provision for granting
the suffrage to certain classes of the community who may
be in a fit state to receive it by virtue of their educational
requirements. The memorial is signed by a very large
number of noblemen and gentlemen connected with arts,
science, and literature, among whom we notice the
following gentlemen connected with the University and
city of Oxford :—The Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Rev.
the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Acland, the Very Rev.
the Dean of Christ Church, the Rev. Dr. Hawkins (pro-
vost of Oriel College), Dr. Marsham (warden of Merton
College), the Rev. Dr. Wynter (president of St John's
College), the Rev. Dr. Tomson (provost of Queen's
College), the Rev. Dr, Jeune (master of Pembroke Col-
lege), the Professor of
Ecclesiastical History (Rev. A.
P. Stanley, Universisy College), the Professor of
B9tany (Dr. Daubeny), the Professor of Political
Economy (Mr. C, Neate Oriel College), the Registrar of
the University (Dr. ItOwden) the Venerable Principal
of Magdalen Hall (Dr. Macbride).
MINES. --The mining share-market has shown rather
a healthier tone this week, still the amount of business
transactions has been limited, for parties seem to have
little disposition either to buy or sell just now. There is
also an absence of discoveries, or even great improve.
ments, to give excitement to the market and cause a de.
mand for any particular stock. Wheal Basset shares have
still-kept in demand, at 140 to 145, and S iuth Basset at 5,
but few sellers in either. Copper Hill shares inquired for,
at 175 to 200 ; Condurrow very flat, at 90 to 95 ; Wheal
Edwards have declined to 6i Q. Wheal Mary Ann
have been moderately dealt in at 48, car 45i to 46,1 ex div. ;
the accounts at the meeting showed a profit of 2,331/.
153. 3d. on the -Nader, and the dividend was 2,304/.
(21.55. per share), leaving 2,030/. 108. Bd. to the credit
of next account; the mine is looking well, and tehares in
good request. Trelewny shares have also been inquired
after, at 23i to 24i ; the winze from the 132 to 'the 142
is improving, and laying
open good ore ground.—
Mining Journal of this day.
It is announced' that a deputation from the Latin
of Jerusalem wiil shortly arrive iu Fuels.
They come, it is said, to solicit the French Govern
went to obtain a firrcan from the Poite to permit
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them to repair, at their own expense,
the Holy Sepulchre. It is known that the Emperor
has been always well disposed towards the Latin
church of Jerusalem. the cupola