The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

ASTLErs AMPHITHEATRE.

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The attractions at this establishment are always on
the increase. Sebastopol is still as
the Scenes in the Circle are highly popular as ever, and
entertaining • but a
new and crowning feat of equitttion has been introduced'
by Mr. John Henry Cooke, nephew of the proprietor.
The title is "Le Saut du Pont du Cirque"—an extraor-
dinary performance, in length.
a high-curved plat-
form, one-third the ring length. Passing under this
ri
as it is called, the rider bounds upon it, and is
ibuadng
bridge, as
at the other end simultaneously with the
horse, upon whose back he springs with wonderful pre-
cision, the horse being all the while in full career. Every
one should go and see the feat of the " Pout du Cirque."

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, OCT. 11.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice,
and attended by her Grace the Duchess of Wellington
and the Hon. Beatrice Byng„ drove out yesterday after-
noon.

His Royal Highness the Prince went out deerstalking

A deputation, relative to ballast-heaving in the River
Thames, had an interview with Lord Stanley of Alderley
yesterday at the Board of Trade. The deputation con-
sisted of Mr. Ross, sen., Mr. Ross, jun., Mr. Shelbourne,
and Mr. Tilly.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester.
day to the Governors of the North American Provinces.

THE COURT.—WINDSOR, Friday.—Preparations are
being made at the Castle for the reception of the Court
on Wednesday next. Her Majesty and the Prince Con-
sort, with the junior branches of the royal family, ac-
cording to the present arrangement, will arrive on the
evening of that day to dinner. The road horses and
carriages arrived at the Mews from Balmoral yesterday
afternoon. Sir Benjamin Hall has been down to inspect
the works in progress at the Castle. M. Sainton,
violinist to the Queen, has resigned his appointment of
sergeant ;,in the State band. The office has been con-
ferred on Mr. Nickel, who has been in her Majesty's
private band for the last 25 years.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family are
expected to leave Gordon Castle, N. 8., for the south,
next week. A very large party of visitors have enjoyed
the hospitality of the noble duke and duchess during the
past month.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are re-
ceiving company at Hatfield House.
The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and family are
pweing the season at Worsley Hall.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton and family will
shortly receive her Royal Highnessthe Duchess of Cam•
bridge and the Princess Mary, at Heaton Park, near
Manchester.
RETURN OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—The Duke
of Newcastle is expected to arrive iu England from the
Crimea in about three weeks from the present time. His
Grace's health has been greatly improved by his journey
to the East.
Mr. Chisholm Anstey's appointment as Attorney-
General at Hong-Koeg appears in yesterday evening's
Gazette.

Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Murray are fulfilling an engage-
ment at the Prince's Theatre, Glasgow.
VICEREGAL VISIT TO THE NORTH.—Preparations on a
scale of unusual magnitude are now in progress for the
reception of Lord Carlisle in the capital of Ulster.
Ahd-el-Kader arrived at Marseilles on Sunday even-
ing. He stayed at the Hotel d'Orient, and was to embark
on board the Simois.
We believe that there is no doubt of the fact that
General Simpson has resigned his command in the
Crimea, and recommended General Eyre as his succes-
sor. The Government, however, have declined to ac-
cept General Simpson's resignation.
It is reported that Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge,
G.C.8., will shortly be elevated to the full title of Corn-
mandei-in-Chief, in lieu of that of " Commanding-in-
Chief." It is strange that General Sir David Dundas,
who succeeded the Duke of York in the command, held
the full title of Commander-in-Chief, though never a
Field-Marshal.
SWEABORG. —We have always great pleasure in notic-
ing the services of Derry's sons in the stirring events of
the present war. During the bombardment of Sweaborg
a gun-boat and a rocket-boat were successively and suc-
cessfully commanded by midshipman John M‘Neili
Boyd, who, in this arduous and dangerous service, dis-
played a coolness, courage, and intrepidity which won
for him the highest approbation of his superior officers,
who were happy to forward his name in the despatches
relative to the destruction of Sweaborg. Our yomig
hero is in his 14th year, and is the eldest son of Capt.
John M`Neir. Boyd, of this city, a worthy son of a true
apprentice boy.—Londonderry Sentine!.
A COUPLE OF VENERABLE LOVERS.—The gossips of
the usually quiet town of Clogher (says the Armagh,
Guardian) have had a choice morsel to d /sell upon in a
marriage which took place in the Cathedral church on
the 24th ult. The gay Lothario, Jemmy Gordon, is
about 91 years of age, and the blushing bride, Anderson,
alias Neely, has seen upwards of 55 years. This is the
sixth time for the venerable bridegroom to be joined in
Hymen's bonds, and the third for the blooming bride.
It is only about three months since the hale Jemmy was
left an inconsolable widower by the death of his fifth
wife. As might be expected the assemblage in and about
the cathedral witnessing the ceremony performed by the
Rev. W. A. Ashe was immense, and in the evening tLe
town and neighbouring hills were brilliantly illuminated
by bonfires to mark the happy occasion.
CARGOES FROM SOUTH AMERICA.--20,000 bullock
shank bones are imported monthly into Southampton
from South America. The best of them are picked out
for cutlers' purposes, and the rest are ground for manure.
Large cargoes of bullocks' bones are continually arriving
from South America at Southampton, to be ground
down for manure in that town. The shank bones are
conveyed to this country at so much per gross ; the other
bones are brought over at so much pee ton. A firm
engaged in Southampton as manufacturers of manure
have an establishment at Buenos Ayres, where thousands
of head of black cattle are slaughtered, skinned, and
then boiled down whole fur the purpose of extracting the
fat and separating the bones from the flesh.
ACCIDENT AT THE WORCESTER RAILWAY STATION.—
On Monday a shocking accident happened to a man
named Bocth, an under guard on the Oxford, Worces-
ter, and Wolverhampton Railway. He was engaged in
linking a carriage to an engine, and cried out "All
right" before he had got from under the carriage. The
engine immediately moved, and the man was thrown
down by the break-rod catching him by the hip. He
called to the engine driver to stop, but before the latter
could do so, the wheels went over the poor fellow's right
leg, partly wrenching it off at the joint, and tearing the
flesh of the thigh in a terrible manner. He was imme-
diately conveyed to the infirmary, where amputation
was cleverly performed, and the poor fellow is now doing
as well as can be expected.— Worcester Chronicle.
SUICIDE.—An elderly man, very well dressed, arrived
at 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at the Hotel de Tours,
Rue St. Nicholas d'Antin, and, having hired a chamber,
declared that he was so tired that he would go to bed at
once. He, however, made the waiter purchase some
cakes, and then fastened himself in his room. Shortly
after the waiter heard moaning and groans, and having
forced open the door, found the man writhing on the
floor, apparently in agony. A medical man was sent
for, and he declared that the man bad taken poison.
He attempted to neutralise the effects of it, but soon
after the man died. It turned out that he bad placed a
quantity of arsenic in one of the cakes. From papers
found on hire, it was ascertained that the deceased
was a merchant at Beaune (Cotes-d'Or.)—Galignaiti's
Messenger.

DEER ix FRANCE.—Alsace.haa always enjoyed the
reputation of being the part of Franca in which the
greatest quantity of beer is manufactured and con-
sumed ; but from recent returns it appears that the de-
partment of the Nord has of late got the start of the
departments of the Rhine in the consumption of this
beverage. The quinquennial statistics of the arron-
dissement of Strasburg estimate at 150,000 hectolitres
(the hectslitre is twenty-two imperial gallons) the quan-
tity of strong beer annually brewed in that arrondisse-
ment, the total value of which is estimated at 2,836,000 f.
In the arrondis,enient of Valenciennes the quantity of
strong beer brewed in 1854 was 225,000 hectolitres,
giving an average of 145 litres to each inhabitant. The
value is estimated at three millions of francs. The
quantity of small beer brewed in the arrondissement of
Valenciennes last year was 108,000 hectolitres, while in
that of Strasburg it was only 400 litres. The number
of brewers in Valenciennes in 1845 was 141 ; last year
they had increased to 161.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—An inquest was held before
the borough coroner of Liverpool.yesterday, on the body
of Thomas Cahill, aged 28, labourer. It appeared that
on Friday, the sth inst., one of the deceased's children
had quarrelled with the daughter of a neighbour named
John O'Neile, also a labourer, and in the course of the
scuffle O'Neile's child bad fallen and hurt her head.
Soon afterwards O'Neile went to the deceased's house,
and said if he had not satisfaction for his daughter's in-
juries he would have as much blood spilt for it as had
been spilt for his child, and threatened what he would
do when deceased came from his work. Ile then went
away. About half-past 7 o'clock on Saturday evening
the prisoner again went to the deceased's house, and
kicked at the door. The deceased had gone upstairs to
bed. His wife went to one of the bedroom windows,
and shouted to the prisoner to go home, stating that her
husband knew nothing of the quarrel, and that he had
been working hard all day. The prisoner replied, "You
come down, and I will run you through as well
as them" (meaning the prisoner and his brother). The
deceased then went down stairs and opened the door, and
the prisoner struck him two blows with his clenched fist.
The deceased put his hand to his breast, and exclaimed,
"I am stabbed." The prisoner then ran away. The
deceased was carried upstairs to bed, and a doctor was
sent for, who attended him up to his death, which oc-
curred on Thursday morning. The jury returned a ver-
dict of wilful murder against the prisoner, who was com-
mitted for trial at the assizes.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.—General Post-office.—The office of
postmaster at Exeter is vacant by the death of Mr. Paul
Measor. Salary and emoluments of the late postmaster,
6651. Customs.—The office of Controller at the Cus-
toms at Inverness is vacant by the death of Mr.
Lachlan Cumming; Mr. Andrew Riddell has been ap-
pointed principal coast officer at Abcrayon, port of
Aberystwith. The Commissariat. —Mr. Thomas St.
George C. R. Thompson and Mr. Frederick C. L. Wrax-
all have been promoted to be Assistant Commissaries
of the first class ; Mr. Laurence Cook Tarn and Mr.
Thurston Collins have been promoted to be Assistant-
Commissaries of the second class ; Messrs. John Graham
Branscombe, Frederick Godard Vick, Joseph Mathias
Lloyd, John Mannino. Rudd, Thomas Pye,
Spence HernsbY, Edward Angell Roberts-, Edward
Phillips Fletcher, 'William Cleather Gordon, Charles
Carlisle Rogers Harrison, and Horace Taunton, have
been promoted to be Deputy-Commissaries. Inland
Revenua Department.—Accountsnt's.General Depart-
nient.—Mr. John Weddle, Mr. C. F. Porch, and Mr.
Quincy Smith have been appointed clerks in this de-
partment.
Scotland.—Mr. Anthony Shiell has been
appointed an Official Searcher of Records for Mown-
brauces in her Majesty's General Register-house in the
room of the late Mr. Pitcarn, W.S. ; Dr. Altman, of
Trinity College, Dublin, has been appointed Regius Pre-
lessor of Natural History, and Keeper of the Museum
in the University of Edinburgh. Post-office.—There is
a vacancy in the Money Order-office of the Edinburgh
Post.office, vice F. Bishop, resigned, Salary 701. per
annum,--City Service Gazette,