The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-03 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-Aug. 2.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.--Arrivals—
July 28. Lancashire Witch, schooner, Lawrence Palk,
Esq., for Portsmouth. 30. Titania, schooner, Robert
Stephenson, Esq., Lowestoft ; Plover, yawl, Lieut.-
Colonel Brown, Eastward ; Leda, schooner, Sir R. 33.
Bulkeley, Bart., London River. Aug. 1. Laverock,
cutter, Captain C. H. Williams, R.N., Western Ports ;
Brilliant, schooner, G. H. Ackers, E.g., Falmouth and
Western Ports. Sailings—July 28. Dream, yawl, Geo.
Bentinck, Esq., for Coast of Norway. Aug. 1. Caprice,
yawl, H. B. Baring, Esq., Dieppe. 2. Resolution,
schooner, Duke of Rutland, Southampton and West of
Scotland. Yachts at and about the Station—Zara,
Cecile, Glorana, Wildfire, Gem, Coral Queen, Lanca-
shire Witch, Titania, Alarm, Leda, Bianca, Plover,
Aurora, Turquoise, Claymore, Laverock, Brilliant.
Royal Yachts--Victoria and Albert, Fairy, and Elfin
steamers. Neither the Commodore nor the Vice-Com-
modore have yet arrived at the Rendezvous. Lord
Yarborough used to hoist his flag in May and seldom
struck it till November.

THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess
Mary, honoured the performances with their presence
last night. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Lady
Caroline Barrington, Lady Georgiana Grey, and party.
There were also present the Doke of Leeds, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Drogheda, the Earl Gran-
ville, the Earl and Countess of Perth, the Earl of West-
moreland, the Countess of Wilton and Lady Katherine
Egerton, the Countess Bruce. Viscount Malden, Lord
Alfred Chu, chill, the Ladies Ponsonby, Lord and Lady
Ernest Bruce and Miss Bruce, Lady Butler, Lady
Molesworth, Major-General the Hon. Henry Cavendish,
Sir William De Bathe, Sir Frederick Arthur, Sir Henry
Men; M.P., Sir George and Lady Armytage, Colonel
Knox, Colonel Dixon, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Wynyard, &c.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lord
Muncaster and Lady Jane Grosvenor, sixth daughter of
the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, was so-
lemnised yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-
square.
Dr. Peithman, whose case has excited so much interest
in England and on the continent, has returned to Lon-
don from Berlin.

The discount houses yesterday gave the expected
notice of an advance in their rate for money at call to
21 per cent. _ _

-111,1 E MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Royal
Mail Company's stearn--hip Tamar, Captain Parker, left
this dig with the outward West India mails, a full cargo
of English and French merchandise, and 37 passengers,
amongst whom were—General Bell, lady, and suite
(deputy governor of Jamaica) ; Captain Bartlett, for
Colon ; Lieutenant Shaw and lady, for Jamaica ; Col.
Schiafino, for Vera Cruz, &c. The Tamar takes out
specie and jewellery to the value of 5,215/.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF SEFTON.—LivEßrowThurs-
day.—The intelligence of the death of the Right Hon.
the Earl of Sefton reached Liverpool this forenoon, and
has cast quite a gloom over the town, the noble earl
being held in the highest estimation by all classes. The
flags floated half-mast high over the public institutions,
and over several of the ships in the docks and in the
river. The late earl is succeeded in his title and estates
by his eldest son, Lord Molyneux. The deceased noble-
man was lord-lieutenant of Lancashire, which office is
now vacant.

SOUTHAMPTON, August 2.—His, Royal Highness
Prince Albert, attended by Captain Du Plat, landed at
the Southampton Dock from the Royal yacht Fairy, at
a few minutes past three o'clock this afternoon. The
Prince was received on landing by Mr. Hedger (dock
superintendent); Mr. Reed was likewise present. The
Royal carriage was in waiting, into which his Royal
Highness stepped, after acknowledging the courtesies of
those who were assembled to greet him. Under the
direction of Mr. Watkins, of the railway station, the
train was conducted from the docks into the terminus,
and was quickly on its way to London.
There is a rumour current of a duel having been fought
in Belgium,. between Count de Morny, President of the
Corps Legislatif, and the exiled General Changarnier.
The quarrel arose out of a statement made by Dr. Veron,
in his "Memoirs of a Bourgeois de Paris," to the effect
that General Changarnier had discussed, with Count de
Morny and M. Thiers, the propriety of a forcible disso-
lution of the Legislative Assembly and the establishment
of a military dictatorship. On an appeal by the author
to Count de Morny, the latter confirmed the truth of
the statement, on which General Changarnier published
a letter, giving the flattest contradiction to both one
and the other. Count de Morny is said to be wounded
in the arm.
FIRE AND Loss OF Two LIVES AT ST. PANCRAS.—
This morning, shortly before two o'clock, a dreadful fire
occurred at the Coalheavers' Arms beer-shop, St. Pan-
cras-road, near the old church. With as little delay as
possible the parochial engine was taken to the spot, but
unfortunately no person with it to fix the pipes, until
two of the Royal Society escape-tnen, named Robinson
and Wheatley, undertook its management, by which
time nearly all the contents of the building were one
burning mass. The Holborn and Farringdon-street
engines were afterwards brought into operation, and thus
saved the adjoining houses. Two females were left in
the ruins, an elderly woman and a young girl. How the
fire originated could not be ascertained, or whether any
insurance bad been effected. The beer-house, with its
stock, furniture, &c., were completely destroyed.
The project of Mr. Thomas Wilson, for a canal from
the Black Sea to the Danube, is stated to have received
the support of all the Powers interested, and to promise
an early realisation. Mr. Wilson, after having at his
own expense caused an accurate survey to be made, is
associated in the undertaking with Count de Morny, in
Paris, and Count Breda, in Vienna, and is now, it is
said, endeavouring, by the combined influence of the
Ambassadors of France, England, and Austria to obtain
a firman from the Sultan. The canal, which would be
little more than 30 miles in length, will save 258 miles
of tedious; and dangerous navigation, besides freeing the
Danube IrQ,u Rus,iAn irflivinee and giving extraordinary
facilities for the rich grain trade and general commerce
of Austria, Servia, Wallachia, and Bufgaria. The points
to be connected are the Bay of Kostendje: on the Black
Sea, and Raosova,-an the Danube.