English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 432, 24 December 1856, Page 8

English and Foreign.

EIGHTEEN DAYS LATER NEWS

The Egmont, which left Gravesend on the 10th September, does not bring any regular mail. We have however by the courte?}r of the Captain received papers of the evening of her departure, from which we glean a few articles oi intelligence. The coronation of the Emperor of Russia, at Moscow, had talien place with great pomp ; the ceremonial is described, as surpassing in magnificence any similar occurrence of ancient or. modern times, and is called by some of the English press an apotheosis, degrading to the actors. Congress appears to have buen summoned anew by President Pierce, to compel the House to vote supplies for the Kansas army. is a report in Paris oi' an exchange of English and French colonies ; France giving up Chanderaagor, Pondichcrry,

Mayolle land the rest oi" the Indian possessions, and receiving Mauritius in exchange. The balance is in favour of France, and is said to involve secret articles of compensation. Louis Napoleon continues to be blamed for continued absence from his capital and slate affairs. .Naples i.- improving her defences and vtiH make no concessions. There had been an emute at Neufchatel. of sufficient importance to excite the attention of the principal European powers. The particulars are not given in the papers which we have received. Of foreign and domes,!ic affairs, the 4 Evening Star ' of September 10 .says as j follows:— j The publication of the proposed new Constitution fur Spain, and of the organic ihws completing it, uijj, r,« is now stated, j take place on the loth of this month at | Madrid. A dtcive re.or^.iHMng tU octroi, \ or tax on provisions which es.ier the pre- i j cinels of towns for co:;sumpli<iti, is likewise | j expected fur the same day. JJut it la still | I tolahy uiiknown wh^jj iU<- jumv elections 1 | will Jake place. In Pas-i.- a report is cur- I | rejil lha.l U.<; Spuiii-.-h Ou» en.nn.-jit hiie-.-.d | j] ;hyj!iy to ru-se l!ie . >--vnHe'-U':»licm lo whSeh \

the property of the ex-Queen, Maria Christina, had been submitted. The trial respecting the theft of despatches at Berlin, winch made so great a noise last .spring-, coinciding1 then with the death of the President of police, Hinkeldey, in a political duel, was brought to a close at the end of last. week. The police agent. Techen, has been condemned—not for high treason, but for the crime of betraying- his country —to a severe punishment. This judgment implies that by stealing its despatches he betrayed his country to a Ibreisru government. With the exception of the musical festival at Gloucester, the opening of the Manchester Institute, and the preparations forjthe Arts Treasures Exhibition, —to which the Queen intends to send some of the best pictures from the royal palaces, there is nothing stirring in home affairs. The martial spirit evoked by the war is indeed still manifesting itself. Thus, at Sheffield, the other day, the public of that [town with a I complacent appreciation of the value of their own productions, presented " 225 pen and pocket knives,*' to as many jofiicers and soldiers of the Fourth Dragoon Guards. At Dublin, a great meeting of Irish magnates has been held, preliminary to enter- ! taining three or four thousand " Crimean heroes," now in Ireland. If the Duke of ! MaJnkhoff should visit the Green Isle, as Lord Gough stated was probable, the enthusiasm of our martial fellow subjects across the channel may rise to an alarming height. A Crimean entertainment is also planned in Edinburgh, but it seems to be regarded coldly in that intellectual city. It is stafed, bul on no reliable authority, that Sir Henry Buhver, when he returns from the East, will be named to the Naples mission. i There now can be no doubt that the town and citadel of Kars are once more in the hands of the Turks. It was predicted thatßuscia would never abandon a position which was, certainly, the greatest prize of the war, but, on the 9th of August, her troops marched out of it and the Turks touk possession. A llor.se Guards order just issued gives instructions to Commanding Officers to reduce the army, a« her Majesty is now at peace. On examining the order we find the reduction means little more than clearing the ranks of all those who are invalided imd worn out, 01 who may be unlit for duty by reason of gross immorality. In the 'Times' of the 9th September, we find five ships advertised to sail for Canterbury in September and October, viz :

The Indian Queen (Blackball--line), 1,050. tons register, 2.000 tons burden, for Wellington and Canterbury, taking passengers for Nelson and New Plymouth, under contract to sail 20th October. The Uo.se of Sharon, (F. Young & Co.'s line), 1,500 tons burden, i\>r Wellington and Canterbury, to sail on the 20th September. The .Myrtle (Willis & C 0.,) 1,900 tons for Wellington and Canterbury, to sail about the loth September. The Cui-.luv.ere (Willis & Co.) 1,000 tons, for Otago and Canterbury, to sail about the 15th The Ju'lisama. clipper barque, 09S ions register, {"or Canterbury direct, to sail with immediate defcpaich, having the greater part of her j cargo engaged. j The Sardinian While Star Line Mail Clipper from Melbourne, -seventy-five days out. arrived at Kmsalc, on the 10th of SepVrn;bir^bringingone hundred and lliirly-four pas-f'einiriH, and thousand ounces of gold, nn freight, equal to £'2o6\(X)(). | Lorn PahsKTHion v.'iii be surprised to learn I that the irtvostchikn (the dmshky-drivers, corP n-hpojidSng to our " cabbies,") chide their hovses I by hhouiing his name; and when Urn anitnals |j an: vcij R'lnietory, subdue them by threatening | tiiftl tin; noht"! lord is riming immrdiatfly. On 1 relating \]m cmluvsu iUcl, 1 %yum told by pevsoiiS

ih»h from the interior that the samo i.s now the .case all over Russia, from St. Petersburg to the pirn "(jossaeks, and from Lake Ladoga to the Qattoian Sea. ,!"oireat cricket scores seem all the fashion, and Caftyri's Sl 104 " at Luton> which brought the United All England total to 358, has been in a measure eclipsed by John Lilly white's "138" at ".Brighton, in the match between Kent and Sussex last week. Neither of their stumps were reached; but Cadyn's score, it must bo remembered, was made in the teeth of twenty-two! Ori'Monday, the Marylobone Cricket Club and Ground play Sussex, at Brighton; while Kent aria Surrey meet oil Monday and Tuesday, at Tttnbridge Wells, where the former will have to hard to retrieve the tremendous beating /Which was given them by Sussex. The United All England Eleven arc engaged at Brighton on Monday, and do not move out of the county that week, as their venue on Thursday is at Hailsham, against eleven gentlemen of Sussex, 'for the benefit of George Pickncll. On Monday the All England play at Stoke; and on Thursday their long-expected match against eleven picked men of Nottinghamshire begins at New-avk-/m-Trcnt, with the band of the Sherwood Hungers, and sundry other pleasant accessories. •'•"'.A Dear Pleasure Trip.—There recently was a pleasure trip undertaken by sea, from Ahcona to an islet called San Clemente. The party embraced several persons of distinction— among others, Count Misturi, Count Fazioli, Marquis Mancini, his lady and his sister-in-law, M. Baretta, the banker, and his lady. They had a dinner on the island. A member of the • Saccari had watched the preparations for the repast, and had observed that, although it was a Friday, one or two dishes of meat had slipped in among the plats maigres. This contravention of ecclesiastical discipline he forthwith denounced at the office of the Legate, Cardinal Antonucci. The Legate forthwith condemned each of the offenders, in absence, to pay a fine of five crowns, and undergo an imprisonment of five days. On the 11th of this month the sentence was put in execution; the officer of Carabiniers charged with this duty did not venture to perform it by day, but waited till midnight. Every one of the party who had tasted meat on the Friday was conveyed to the Fort of the Lazaretto. The Austrian garrison thought at first that it was a joke, but the order was signed by the Legate, and there was nothing for it but to obey. At the end of the fifth day, when the rest were discharged on payment of their five crowns, the Marquis Marcini and M. Baretta expected to accompany their friends. They were mistaken ; they had been condemned to suffer vicariously for the ladies who accompanied them to San Clemente. The Marquis had to pay ten crowns and undergo ten days of confinement extra for his wife and sister-in-law; the banker had to pay five crowns and undergo' five days of confinement extra for his wife.— \ Italian Correspondence of the Daily News. :, Eastern- Method of Measuring Time.— | The people of the East measure time by the r length of their shadows. Hence, if you ask a : P^ 11 what o'clock it is, he immediately goes into .. tfle sunshine, stands erect, then looking where j the shadow terminates, he measures its length with his feet, and tells you nearly the time. Thus the workman watches earnestly for the shadow which indicates the time for his leaving work. A person wishing to leave his work says " How long my shadow is in coming." In the 7th chapter of Job we find written, " As a ser- ; vant earnestly desireth his shadow."