Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

THE COURT.

BALMORAL, Sept. 11.—Her Majesty the Queen drove
yesterday after2oon to Ballater, and afterwards wsnt to
Birkhall. NMI her ltivjedy were their Royal Highnesses
the Princess A'ice and Prince Arthur, Count de Lavradio,
the Earl of Clarendon, and the Hon. Flo,a M tcdonalj.
The Prince Consort erjoyed the sport of deer stalking.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal walked out,
atteeded by Lady Churchill.
SEPTEMBER 12.—Her M9j4sty the Queen and the
Prices Royal drove yesterday to Invereauld, and honoured
Mrs. Farquharson with a visit. In attendance upon Her
M4jrsty were Lady Caurchill and the Honourable Fora
Macdonald. The Prince Consort went out, ar ended by
Lord James Murray, M jn--General the Hon. C. Grey, and
Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps, when the Abargeldie Woods
were driven for deer. The dinner party in the evening
included her Royal Highness the Doehess of Kent, and
Lord and La3y James Murray. Count Lavradio left Bal-
moral yesterday morning.
THe HOUSEHOLD OF TILE PRINCESS ROYAL.—The ap-
pointments Co the household of Prince William Frederick
and the Princess Royal of England, are now under con-
sideration at Berlin. Majar Heinz w ill be Marshal of
His Royal Highness's Court. and the Count Perponcher
Sedluilzki, now Miniiter at Dresden, will be Chamberlain
to the Princes., ; en.] the Countess, whose mother was an
Erglishwoman, will be Grand Mistress of her court.
His Royal Highness the Prir.ce Consort has become a
dowor to the Building Fund of the Birmingham and Mid-
land Instit rte of £lOO.

Oa Mrnrlay last, Mr. Albert Smith, who was at
Chamounix, had the honour of conducting his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince
gee, Sir William Codringtor, Colonel Ponsonb,', Mr. Giblr,
and Dr. Armstronz, to the Cascade du Dard, and after-
wards traversed with then the Glacier du Bossons,
turning by the other side.
THE NEW BALMORAL CASTLZ —The new castle of
Balmoral presents a very imposing appearance, and covers
a large area. Not that the castle proper is so very exten-
sive', but the large outbuildings, especially the stables and
laundry, add greatly to the coup crceil. The stables are
just roofed ie—that is, the range of domestic rooms over
them, for the horse department is in order, though some
of the carriages are still uultoused. As in all new designs,
it was discovered, as the castle progressed, that many
thins had been overlo4 ked and forgotten, and in the out-
buildings, now being completed, care has been taken to
remedy all deficiencies. A clump of trees--a young
plantation—marks the site of the old castle of Balmora►.
So completely have all vestiges been removed, that it is
difficult to realise the fact of its having been in existence
so recently.—Court Journal.
Tu Dvg. OF CANBBitt(l4,—The General Conussildisg.

ie-Chief has been shooting darling the week, on the estate
attached to Gleveridge Hall, bezfrulk. On one of his
sperti- g excursions his royal highness met with a veteran
artilleryman named James Hill, who won's, two war medals
and bars on his breast. The duke entered into conversation
with the old soldier with much affability, and at parting
shook hands with him, accompaaying the compliment with
a douceur.
OFFNING OF A NEW HIGHLAND BRIDGE BY TAE QUEEN;
—The river Dee, which takes its rise in a low moorland
in the counties of Aberdeen and Banff, converges in a
guilty which is known as the " Linn of Dee," and is an
object of very romantic interest is strangers. This linn
was spanned by a bridge of one arch of very ancient style,
which had been found rather inconvenient, when the Earl
of Fife had a new Gothic bridge built instead of it, the
opening of which by the Queen was the occasion of another
" Highland gathering" ors Tuesday. The Earl and
Countess of Fife had made nreat preparations for the
event. On the road towards the bridge a triumphal arch
was ereeted:of colossal dimensions. It was supported by
four columns, and surmounted by a crown, scroll work
being done with heather and flowers, and monograms
interspersed on the facings, the abutments having two
Hi•ghlanders extemporised as guards. A tent was erected
on the lawn, which was elegantly decorated, and the whole
carriage drive for a quarter of a mile was thud by the
Duff and Farquharson Highlanders under their chiefs.
On the centre of the bridge the Countess of Fife and Vis-
count ',Pad Wood, the latter with a si'►er salver, four
glasses, and a small decanter with whiskey. When the
Queen arrived her Majesty was received with much cheer-
ing, the Aberdeen City Band and the pipers p'ayiag " The
Queen's Anthem." The Queen and the Prince Consort
proceedel to.wards the bridge, where her Mai, sty was
pleased to partake of a glass of whiskey, drinking" Success
to the new bridge," in which toast the Prince Consort,
the other members of the Royal Family, and the
distinguished guests present heartily joined. The
Q teen then walked to the ten•, leaning on the arm of the
E irl of Fife, partook of some refreshment, and seen after
left the scene amid the cheers of the people. The scene
altogether was one of an imposing eh iraeter, and will long
be remembered iu the county of Mir.

INDIAN MUTINY.—We are glad to find that these who
may be disposed to coraribute to the means ab at to be
adopted in aid of our poor countrymen aad w•)mon in
India, miy ro so (howay.sr small the amoan,), by means
of a small but n3at I >n!tiog box, prep ire 1 by Mr. ,z:cr3gg,
Rensaw-street. The box is neatly ornannnted, forming
a suitab'e ornament for tither office or parlour eLirnney
piece.

BANKRUPTCY COURT, YR3TERDAY.--jn re Jos' Pa HILL.
—Tits bankrupt, a boa and shoemaker, carrying on
business at Chester and Birkenhead, came up to pass his
final examinatio.. He was supported by Mr. Bremner,
and Mr. Pemberton appeared on behalf of the assignees.
A crtditor named Wall opposed, and after some discussion
tte case was adjourned. Samuel Burzesi also came up to
pass his last examination. This c..sa was also ad-
journed.
SUDDZN DEATH OF KR GEDRGE KICAU.N.—'IIr. George
Kearri, spirit merchaw, who residd at Ballevale-cottage,
Gatacre, died soddenly on Saturday evening. The de-
ceased gentleman attended in the afternoon at the police-
court., in the case k;f the persons who were sent to trial
for breaking into and robbing his vaults in Park-lane, of
ever £5OO (a report of which appared in our paper of
yesterday), when he was not q :ite well, and it seems he
died suddenly on his return to his residence. Disease of
the heart is stated to be the cause.

CORO rEtt'S INQUEiTS.—Yesterday the Dep'tty Coroner
held the following icquests :—On the body of George
Ansel, a labourer, aged 21, who was hurt on the new
line of railway, now constructing between Ormskirk and
St. Helens, on the 31st August. Hu was brought to the
Northern Hospital, where he died on Sa'nrday from the
eff,c-s of the injuries. The unfortunate affair was proved
to be pur&y accidental, and the jury found a verdict
accordingly.—On the body of a child, named Har6eld
Field, aged six years, the sou of an artillery mar, (who is
stationed at the New For') wko was drowned in the
riv:-r. Verdict, "liccidentally droxned."

Messrs. James Baines and the owners of the clipper
ship Lightning, which recently s tiled from Gravesend
with troops belonging to the Indian depots at the pro-
visional b atalion, Chatham, have forwarditl to the
authorities the handsome donation of £lOO to be distributed
among the soldiers' wives aid children who have bean left
behind at Chatham. It is to ba hoped that other ship_
owners may be induced to follow the ocarnple of the
owners of the Black Ball lice, as considerable destitution
prevails among the families of those soldiers who have em-
barked for India, the highest sum allowed them by the
War-ofEcabeing 61. per day, which is altlgether inadequate
Ea the maintenance of a family of several children.

The Bath Gazette states that Christopher Bowelle, the
collector of the poor-rates for Bradford Union, has re-
cently absconded, taking with him about £2OO belonging
to the guerdiane.
A PAFtOCHIAL DEFAULTER.—The Bath Gazette states
that Christopher Bowelle, the collector of the poor rates for
Bradford Union, has recently absconded, taking with him
about £2OO, belonging the guardians.
JASSY, Sept. 11.—The elections of the clergy were
carried out on the 10th. On the occasion of the first
election there were f ur voter., on the present occasion
140. The Neophyte Scriban, who is a Unionist, has been
named Archimandrite, by 137 voices.
51ANNEtt9 AND CUSTOMS IN TUE DEsnar.-2Ameng the
beautiful forms of welcome preserved in the Desert is that
of showering handfuls of lemon blossoms over the newle-
arrived guest ; but kindness is sometimes killing, and Arab
ideas of hospitalite may be ranked in the category. The
sheep must be killed and served to the guest, and the gist
of the clmpliment would be lost if it were killed before
his arrival ; thus half our night was lost in repose, thanks
to the well intentioned bat inconvenient etiquette of our
entertainers.—Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan.
MUSIC AMONG TICE CAFFRES.—WiIiIa we were conferring
with Uinhalla, my wife, surroundel by Caffee women and
children, went into the chapel; and, bidding them sit
down quietly, she played solemn tunes on the harmonium
we had brought with us, they sitting like things entranced,
with earnest faces and am otiorl,le limbs, evide:ltly showing
that sacred raes;c migh become a powerful instrument is
influencing and softening them. I heard afterwards that
one Caffre said, that " where there was music there could
be uo war ;" and another, listening one Sunday outside the
chapel, thought that " Heaven must be there ;" and
ano'her, a very bad fellow, said that he "could have
almost cried."—Memoirs of Bishop Armstrong.
LATFIEItON. CAITLINESS, Sept. 7.—Tee herring fishing
on this coast may now be censiderel as over for a year.
The hired men are paid off, and the fishing got after they
are Bane does not usealls, add mach to the general average
The whole fishing of the year is greatly deficient, and the
price of herrings Isere as renched a figure that is without a
parallel in recent years. Thirty-five shillings per barrel is
now freely given, and the keen demand and short supply
make it not improbable that even more may be procured
But this poor fishing has effects ant compensated for by
high prices. Large stacks of barrels are left over, and, by
cons (pent want of employment, many poor coopers will
suffer a gloomy winter.—Greenock Advertiser.
SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN.—On Friday nieht, shortly
before 10 o'clock, considerable excitement was created is
consequence of a most determined act of self-destruction,
cemmine 1 by a gentleman in.known, who shot himself
through the head close to the railings of St. Phillip's
Church, London Hospital. The deceased was carried
round to the front of the hcspital and placed in the
surgery, where Mr. Francis Owen, the house surgeon,
examined the decease], and pronounced I:fe extinct. The
name of "Ball" was marked on the linen of the individual
who is about thirty-five years of age, rather robust, and
clerk hair. In his pekets were about 15s in silver, and a
few trifling articles—a gold watch and gold chain, two
rings, and a penknife.
CRUELTY TO A SAILOR BOY.—Oa Saturday, at the
Thames Police Coen, Captain William Doyle, of the ship
John Sugars, surrendered on bail to answer a charge of
cruelty to a sailor boy, named Robert Bistick, aged 15,
who was alleged to have committed suicide by drowning,
in consequence of the harsh treatment he received on the
voyage from Hartlepool to Ceylon. The case was again
gone into, and the facts already published as to the treat-
ment of the boy, were again deposed to in the strongest
terrrs. Uliiinately the magistrate, Mr. Selfe, committed
the defendant for trial, the boil of Mr. John Sugars, the
owner of the vessel, being again accepted, with Captain
Doyle's own raeognlzinees in £l,OOO, after which the
defendant was liberated.

AN UNLUCKY MONKKY.—A large monkey, belonging to
Boswell, the English clown at the oirepc in the Champs
Elysees escaped from his cige on Saturday, and got into
the trees in the neighbourhool. At'empts were made to
capture him, and to coax him down by the exhibition of
food but in vair. lie remained in the trees all that day
and all Sunday, feeding on leaves. Repeated efforts were
made to 135iZd him, but he rarely a'lowed himself to be
approached ; and when he did, he so enlaced his pursuers
with his claws and teeth, that it was deemed prudent not
to toads him. The presence of the monkey at large
caused crowds to assemble in the Champs Elysees, and
they occasioned great inconvenience. It was fsar,d, toe,
that the animal, which Boswell declared to be naturally
vicious, might attack some of the children who were in
the habit of playing about, and do serious mischief. In
consequence, the commissary of police of the district de-
termined, with Boswelre consent, to have him killed : and
on Monday afternoon, a Zouaye
nant's Messenger.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS'

(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

INDIA,

The Globe (of last night) in a second edition
contains 801120 further particulars from the
mutinous districts of India.

The chief item is the destruction of Bithoor
the remainder is chiefly conjecture.
The Globe says :—One important fact appears I°
be certain, from the additional intelligence whie:
has reached London. General Havelock lied
arrived at Bithoor, and found the fort evacuate P
which he afterwards completely destroyed.
From this point Gen. Havelodes course see°
to be involved in som' uncertaiiaty.
The accounts, continues the G10,7)e, which /1°
have received strengthens our opinio.n, and Judi'
cates a very probable train of events.

Having demolished the fort of Bithoor, Genets/
Havelock turned to the right, crossed t2ae rives'
engaged the Oude rebels, defeated them, avel
on his way to the relief of Lucknow.

A report has been received that there well
sorties by the rebel garrison of Delhi on the 14°'
18th, and 23rd of July, but some doubt seems t°
hang over the intelligence.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES•

The following official despatch, from the EPA
lif3ll Consul at Marseilles, was received at the
Foreign Offi.,e last night, at nine o'clock ;

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 14, 1857.
The Bombay mails have arrived here, and Wilt
be despatched this night, for London, at 10 30•
The dates brought by this mail, are
July 29 ; Bombay, August 1,

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Several sorties had taken place between the
.
troops and the rebels. in which the latter were
fearfully beaten.
of
On the 14th, I.Bth, anl. 23rd of July, upwards
500 of cur troops were killed and wounded in the

sorties.
Brigadier Chamberlayne was reported to hale
been severely wounded, but on the 14th was state
to be doing well.
The Neemuch mutineers had arrived at Delhi'
Brigadier Nicholson was expected to arrilB
before Delhi on the 19th of August, with reinforce•
ments from the Punjaub.
General Havelock occupies Bithoor, which he
took without resistance.
Thirteen guns have been captured from the
mutineers.
Nena Sahib escaped, after being ,lefeated, on the
20th July.
Ten thousand men were on the road to Lucke°ll'
who had captured fifteen guns, supposed with little
loss.
General Havelock was expected at LucknoW
PUNJAUB, JULY 30'
The Sealkote mutineers had been destroyed hl
General Nicholson.
JULY 0'
The 36th Regiment mutinied at Menissikere.
Spencer murdered.
DINAPOO.
Three regiments mutinied, but were dispersed
by the 10th Queen's.
Calcutta quiet.
Hyderabad quiet on the 14th August.
11r HOW:
Brigadier Stuart arrived on the 2nd of August"
Holkar remains faithful.

BOMBAY'
A mutiny of the 27th Koldpore's had been $lll3.
pressed by six emnpanies of the Quen's.
The 23rd, and one of Artillery, have arrived frog
the Mauritius.

(Signed) ALEX. TURNBULL'