The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, OCT. 31.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess
de Persigny, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and
Lord Panmure have arrived on a visit to her Majesty.
The Royal dinner party yesterday included the
Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Prin-
cess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, his
Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de
Persigny, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lady
Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lord Panmure,
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir George Cooper,
Colonel Tyrwbitt and Major Purves.
The band of the 2d Life Guards played during the
dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards per-
formed in the ca•tle.

The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess o
Kent at Frogmore to-day.

Despatches from the Governors of the West India
Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

The EMI and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived
In L-Indon from Paris.

The Rev. Robert Seppings Beloe has been instituted
to the rectory of Holton, in Suffolk, on the presentation
of her Majesty the Queen.
The Duke of Rutland is still in a very weak state of
health. He returned to town on Tuesday, where be will
continue a few dap, and then proceed to Hastings for
the improvement of his health.
The Eat St. Germans and family have arrived at No.
8, Eastern-terrace, Brighton, for the winter. This elegant
mansion has ju:t been vacated by Baron de Cetto, the
Bavarian Minister, who has returned to town.

The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by Lord and
Lady Blantyre, r..,tiarns from Paris at the close of the
present week. After a brief stay at Stafford House, the
Duchess will go to Trentham for the winter.
The Right Hon. Sir CLarles Wood !eft his officia!
residence at the Admiralty yestcrdiy, accompanied by
L.dy Maiy Wood, for Hicklw en-hall, Yorkshire.
Lord and Lady Ashburton returned to town la,t week
from the noble lord's shooting quarters in the High-
lands.

Lord Raglan arrived in town a few days back from
Hanover. The noble lord Lai resigned his appointment,
we understand, at the Court of the King of Hanover.
Lieut.• General Sir de Lacy Evans, M.P., is staving
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone ; the gallant general's
health appears much improved sincehis return from the
seat of war.

The Earl an 1 Countess Grey have a select party
visiting at Howick Hall, near Alnaick. The noble earl
an countess putpose remaining, at Howick until the
week before the re-assembling of Parliament.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday
morning, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants.
Lord Crewe has arrived at the C!arendon,, from Crewe
Hall, Cheshire.

It is said that the Baran von Koller, at present the
Austrian internuncie at Constantinople, is intended to
fill the pest of Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens.
Very recently the widow and friends of the celebrated
Melloni, a man of science, opened a subscription for
rai-ing a monument to hint in the Campo Santo. The
Neapolitan Government has just prohibited this sub-
scription.
Letters from Milan announce the death of Count
Luigi Litta Modignani, a retired diplomatist, and be-
longing to one of the most illustrious families of
Lombardy.
MILITARY DEFIENCES AT DUBLIN CASTLE.—Measures
have been taken recently to isolate the approaches to
the Castle, and make it more defensible in an engineer-
ing point of view.
Mr. Anderson, the " Wizard of the North," has taken
the Royal Opera House, Covent-garden, for six weeks
from Boxing-night. His magical entertainment and a
pantomime will constitute the evening's entertainment.
The new Mechanics' Institution at Manchester, which
is t) cost 22,0001., will be completed in Midsummer,
1856.
Madame Lind Goldschmidt (in reply to an applica-
tion addressed to her by Mrs. S. C. Hall) has expressed
an intention to visit London, for the special purpose of
giving a concert in aid of the proposed "Nightingale
Fund." We cannot doubt that this noble offer will be
gratefully accepted by the committee, and that a very
general support will mark the public appreciation of it.
—Art Journal.

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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—As a custom-house officer,
what all these hurried movements really mean. But
at Hazebrouck (Nord), was about to leave his house, two something or other important is evidently "in the
days back, to go on duty he examined the lock of his wind.,,
Turkish troops by thousands, not hun-
carbine previously to starting. Thinking it required a
new capsule he was about to put one on, when the •
dreds, have this week been despatchlevd.dfromwatkhee,
hammer of the lock, by some accident, suddenly fell,
and the gun went off. Unfortunately his wife was
Cir-
standing in the direction of the muzzle, and the ball and other vessels,
to Soukoum Kaleh, on the Crimea, in the Europa,. Talavera, i e-a.
of the Euxine ; others have been
passing through her body she died in a few hours after. shipped for the scene of their old exploits, Eupa-
FATALcassian shore
ACCIDENT.--A large mass of rock which had toria, whither also many thousand French, cavalry
become detached from the mountain of La Cachole as well as infantry, have also been forwarded in
(Basses Alpes), fell, a few days back, into the road, near steam and in sailing-transports. And, even to-
the bridge of Riau, and killed a young man who hap- day, Kamiesh is vomiting forth fresh swarms of
pened to he p.ssing.
DARING ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—A man earned Le- the fiery sons of France, destined to become, per-
chance on the expiration of another week, but
blond, detained in the gaol of Montreuil (Pas•de-Calais)
"food for powder
to await his trial for robbery, escaped in the night of -' and yet, I repeat, so numerous
is the force now being withdrawn from before &-
Friday by cutting a hole through the wall. The hole
opened into a corridor which led to the office of the ex.
amining magistrate, and Leblencl entering the office hadwar to be justand to regard
over,
bastopol that it would be no hard task for a stranger
to believe the
the impudence to take away the papers that concerned
way home. But this happy hour
himself, as well as some articles of jewellery, which he
was accused of having stolen, and tso passports. has not yet arrive
ships
se
omnititthcseirires as merrily marching down to their
arrived for them. The war is not
POOR-LAW BOARD APPOINTMENTS.—We understand over ; and still—however near we may be to in-
that the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, president of the Poor-law cidents of the most thrilling and exciting nature
thard, has appointed Mr. R. B. C ine, one of the clerks —such is the unusual secrecy observed among
in the department, to be Poor-law Inspector, in the the authorities, and such consequently the count-
room of Mr. Alfred Austin, lately appointed secretary less flying reports, so contradictory of each
to the Board of Works. Mr. Thomas Austin has been
other, that "news-writers," as they call them in
appointed a senior clerk in Mr. Cane' India,
Canes stead, and the are here non-plussed and bewildered and
vacancy caused by these promotions has been given to
more
Mr. R. Cecil Austin, private secretary to Mr. Hall, puzzled than ever in the harassing
exercise of their vocation. Let me record,
Poor-law Inspector for the metropolitan district.
REPRESENTATION or MEATH.—Mr. Henry Mere-
m. Somerville, Russians have agein
we have just heard that the
however, a few of our local facts, first stating that
dyth, of Ranviletown, a cousin of Sir W
has issued an address to the electors for Meath. It is in been defeated at Kars. Here, the firing across the
the usual phraseology of Whig appeals for the sweet harbour of Sebastopol still continues, but not in
voices of Parliamentary electors. Mr. F. Brodigan, of any exciting intensity. The weather is still beau-
Piltown, barrister, is reported to be a candidate also in tiful, with occasional strong breezes • the allied
the Whig interest, and something more, for he is a fleet is not at Eupatoria (so say our daily arrivals
Roman Catholic.
RUMOURED LEGAL CHANGES.—There is no truth in thence), but must be long ere this nearer to or be-
the statements put forward by some of the Dublin jour- though we received Constantinople
yond Oessa, at some temporary rendezvous, whence
I regret to say,
nab., to the effect that the Chief Baron retires, on thedue to us poor
ground of ill health, thereby leading to various changes
in other high legal quarters. The Chief Baron will pro- fellows at Kamiesh. . Our two floating batteries
bably take his seat upon the bench on Friday next, but are announced 0
as Laving at last reached Constan-
ifletters to-day, four mails are still
not, on an early day in the term,
ere
NEWSPAPERS FOR CANADA.— A. Post-office notice, just it is said, be waitingfor them lie strikes a heavy
tinople hut not Kamiesh, and Admiral Lyons may,
issued, states that in future the penny chargeable upon blow, for which, as he has been just fourteen days
newspapers for Canada sent in the closed mails via the at sea from the anchorage before Sebastopol,
United States is to be paid on delivery of the papers, in- he must no doubt be now almost fully pre-
stead of in advance, as at present. The payment to be pared. During the absence of the fleet Ka-
made in this country on a newspaper for Canada will,
miesh and Kazatch have been, in the opinion
therefore, be the same as on those for other British co.
of many, left much too unguarded ; for, if the
lonies, viz., ld., and thus the exceptional rate on news- Russians had chosen during the last fourteen days,
papers for Cecilia will be avoided. Newspapers for to send fire rafts, or brulots of any description,
Canada, prepaid ld., will b© sent via the United States,
sea, there was no English or French force off Se_
unless specially addressed via Halifax.
LETTERS TO CANADA.—A. notice has been issued from bastopol harbour to prevent them, and thence they
the Post-office, stating that the postage of a letter not could easily have skulked out under Fort Constar'.
exceeding half an ounce in weight, addressed to Canada tine, while Kamiesh Bay has been protected by
and forwarded tlarceegh the United States, is Bd. when one or two unwieldly liners at most, and moored
conveyed by British packet, and is. 2d. if sent by the within the boom ; and Kazatch Bay, infinitely
United States packet. Letters weighing more than half more open to attack, has not been defended at all,
au ounce will be charged proportionately. Unpaid let-
ters will he seat by a cheaper route, unless specially ad- counted for much where shot are to be exchanged ;
dressed "By United States." Prepaid letters will be
forwarded by the route indicated by the postage paid on for her. Majesty's. iron steamer Megrera cannot be
and the store-ship Apollo would not be of much
j them.
To-morrow (Friday) Michaelmas Term commences, when
1 NEW C for a little touching up instanter in the harbour of
RANGES IN THE LAW AND EQUITY COURTS.— Malta.service, and, in short,, would not prove the worse
It is true, for a few hours, men of war drop
several changes in the law and equity courts will take effect The Lord Chancellor enough to be of
• will receive the judges, and gence, but they do not stop long .
afterwards proceed to We • in here to land or embark troops, or seek intern-
will take his seat, for the first t*. in the Court of C
deal of business ia the court,. The
Westminster, Mr. Juetice Wines service against any well-timed night. attack, for
rale, orn-
mon Pleas. The arrears of the
only numbering 57 rules.
three courts are trifling, great numbers of rich merchant shipping now as-
only There is, however, good sembled at Kazatch aed Kamiesh. A brulot
new act on Bills of alaklava
Exchange and Promissory Note Hill
enable bona fide having a
is far better defended than Kamiesh,
holders of such securities to precesed •might come up even from the Bosphorus. B
and ti obtain judgment in a few daysn summary
way,
have become due within the last six ninotnh,billsrriw)ehiacht the lion's mouth" to challenge all comers with
more narrow entrance, and even a man-of-war " in
is not cempulsory, the expression being ~ ma.y,. " a 1 notc
.+ may and shall," proceed under the same. Of coursen a ruin half the insurance houses in London and Li-
creditor cannot complain of expense by a plea if he brings effect. A fire in Karniesh Bay at present would
his action in the old form. In the equity courts there these tiers, and in case of accident they could
verpool. Hundreds of vessels touch one another in
is plenty of bin iness• By an act of the late session some not be moved to sea. And, if a brulot were but to
practical improvements will take place. Certain matters be placed alongside any one of our powder ships in
relating to trust funds, &e., which hitherto were made to or near Kazatch Bay, you can readily imagine the
by petition, can now be heard at chambers
view of expediting proceedingsi in Chancery Was done by
destruction that would ensue. Looking to what
the Greek brulots when engaged
tlie
Nittacotuhret
additional junior clerks are toho,eappeiated, and the against the Turks, the most cautious of our sea-
chief clerks, eight in number,
.w already have 1,200/. f. in
fullof the mpathies felt by
ai., Jg men,y aware
a year, are to have their salaries increased by an order
of the Lord Chancellor. th© Greeks for the Russians, call for constant and
b esne-
greater protection at Kamiesh and Kazatc ~ ,
eeoseel
cially the latter, than they do or hare 4 ,
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Paris, a ruiner, named Jackson,
TIIF " AMERICAN" Dou. —A ti
utrtzuned Hippodrome“the Arn oe
-f
rican Doe," is at present engaged, who runs a league November is close at. baud, and though Russia has '
and a half (French) in 20 minutes—near upon four miles. lost her own navy, there is nothing to prevent her
He cb i allepges any man to run with him for a wager. employing Greek fireehips, and that those might