The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

MINISTERIAL MOVESIANTS.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived at the Foreign-ofilce
yesterday morning, in order to attmd the Cabinet C,ain-
cil, summoned at two o'clock, from the Grove, near
Watford. The noble earl left by the six p.m. train, on
his return to the Grove last evening. Despatches were
forwarded by a Queen's messenger from the noble earl
to his Excellency Lord Stratford de Redeliffe, our Am-
bassador at Constantinople, by the mail train last night,
by way of Paris and Marseilles. By the same messenger
the Secretary of State of the War Department and the
Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood forwarded despatches to
Gen. Simpson and Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
The Marquis of Londonderry has returned to Bowood,
Wilts, from visiting. Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., and
Frances Countess Waldegrave, at Nuneham Park, near
Oxford. _ _

The Lord Chancellor came to town yesterday, from
his seat in Kent, expressly to assist at the Cabinet
Council held in the afternoon at the Foreign-office.
The Duke of Argyll leaves his villa at Campden-hill,
Kensington, accompanied by the Duchess and family, for
Roseneath Castle and Inverary Castle, Argyllshire, in
the course of a few days.
The Right Hon. Sir C. Wood will leave his official re-
sidence at the Admiralty to-day, accompanied by Admi-
ral the Hon. Sir M. F. Berkeley, and several of the high
officers of that department, on a visit of inspection to
Plymouth, Devonport, and our naval establishments in
the west of England. Mr. Baring will go with Sir
Charles as private secretary.
The Earl Granville will continue in attendance on the
Queen at Balmoral until the week after next, when the
noble Lord President of the Council will be relieved by
the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, who is detained in town by
public business.
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
with Lady Theresa Lewis and family, have, after a short
visit to Mornington, gone to Harpton Court, near King-
ton, Hereford.
Lord Panniure had a long conference yesterday with
Viscount Hardince, the Commander-in-Chief. Viscount
Palmerston, Sir Wm. Moleswortb, Sir Geo. Grey, Sir
Charles Wood, &c., will meet at the War office this
forenoon.

A 'Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Ic was attended by
Vise 'unt Palmerton, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir William
Molesworth, Lord Panmure, Sir C. Wood, and Viscount
Canning. The council sat two hours.
Despatches were received nt the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces, the Governor of Victoria, and the Governor of
Van Diemen's Land.
" We are happy to state," says the Salut Public, of
Lyons, " that a change for the better has taken place in
the health of Abd-el-Kader." _

The Queen of England has sent, through Lord Cow-
ley, a sum of 2,500 f. to be distributed amongst the pour
of Boulogne-sur-Mer. _ _ _

The Minister of Marine has decided that Russian
sailors taken prisoners may be allowed to navigate in
French commercial vessels.

At the exhibition of the works produced for the grand
prize of sculpture, which opened yesterday at the Ecole
des Beaux Arts, the competitors are eight in number.
The Bank of England will lend money at 3i per cent.
upon the scrip of the New Four per Cent. Guaranteed
Turkish loan until the 11th October.

The Queen has appointed the Rev. David Lewis to
the new district church of Trefney, in the diocese of St.
Asaph,
THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—The mansion of the French
Ambassador was last night Lrilliantly illuminated, in
honour of the important news received from the seat of
war in the Crimea.

THE FOREIGN LEGION. —Her Majesty has been pleased
to sanction the alteration of the appellation of " Foreign
Legion" to that of the " British German Legion," a
proper compliment to the discipline and efficiency of the
Shorncliffe force.

The Moniteur publishes a decree, extending the delay
fixed for the duration of the different measures relative
to articles of food to 31st of December, 1356.

We regret very much to announce the death before
Sebastopol of Captain Duncome Buckley, of the Scots
Fusilier Guards. Ho was son of Major-General and
Lady Catharine Buckley.
Mr. John Simon, officer of health of the city of Lon-
don, has been appointed medical officer of the General
Board of health, in pursuance of the act of last session,
continuing that board, and authorising the appointment
by it of a medical officer.
CATTLE DISEASE.—The Cork Reporter says :—" We
regret to have to announce that several cases of pleuro-
pneumonia in cattle have again made their appearance
in this neighbourhood, and a considerable quantity of
diseased meat is finding its way into the city."
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAL—The half-
yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday
at the Broadstona Terminus ; Mr. John Ennis in the
chair. A. dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per an-
num, free of income tax, was declared.
ABINGDON.—We understand that cards of invitation
have been received by the members of the town coun-
cil and maa'istraoy from the Earl of Abingdon, the
high steward of the borough, to an entertn.,:nment, to
to be given to those bodies on the 20th inst.. at Wytbam
Abbey, the seat of the noble earl.— Barks Chronicle.
Taz ROYAL NAVAL Scuoor.,, NEW caoss.—We have
much pleasure in announcing that, in crier to accom-
modate the candidates awaiting a.linission to this school,
a new dormitory has been opened, so as to ex.cend the
number of pupils, at Michaelmas next, to 250, of whom
upwards of 200 are the sons of naval and marine officers.
Sir Roderick Murchison has been passing some days
in the North Highlands—fishing in the river at Ar lross.
Ross shire, and geologising among the neighbouring
hills. Mr. Hugh Miller was also in the north, but he
has returned to Edinburgh, substituting the pen fir the
hanmer.

The coal proprietors of Upper Austria are about to
form a joint stock company fur the working of their
mines. A brauCh railway, connecting it at L'unbAch,
about to be made, in order to join the various coi-
lierte4.

The Gazette of Cologne has letters from Naples of the
Ist, saying that the bastinado has been done away wi, h
in that kingdotn, on the remonstrance of the Archduke
Ferdinand Max during his stay in that city.
RUSSIAN PRlZE.—Yesterday the Russian bartne
Victoria. cut out of Nystadt by her Majesty's ship Har-
rier, arrived in the West India Dock, in charge of a prize
crew. She is laden with anchor and cables taken from
othtr Rus,ian vessels deAr )yed by the Harrier.
Sir George Brown is now on a visit to his brother,
Peter Brown, Esq., of Link wood, Morayshire. The
gallant General is to be entettained at a public dinner at
Elgin to-day, at which the Duke of Richmond is to pre-
side. S r George B-own is a son of one of the former
provosts of the burgh, and was a pupil at the old gram-
mar school.

Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, the ce'ebrated orni-
tholigist, who is at present in London, on his way to
the meeting of the British Association in Glasgow, has
just been •.leJted President of tie " Congres S.dentifique
de Frai.ce " a similar institution to our own association,
and which is about t hold its meeting at Puys de Dome,
where the Prefet has placed his house at the Prince's
THE EXCISE CHEMICAL ESTABLISHMENT.—A few day
ago it was stated that the coat of the chemical establi4h
meet of the Exche Department for the year 1854
amounted to 8,677/. This was incorrect. The charge in
question included the total cost of the estabishment for
11 years—viz., from the sth of January, 1841, to the
sth of January, 1855.
The whole of Chatham Barracks is to ho lighted with
gas. The pipes are being laid down for the purpose.
The authorities of the garrison have been some time con-
tending for this boon, and it will be of great service, and
a saving of expense of candle and oil during the winter
seasmo.

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The Royal Mail Company's
steam-ship Avon, Capt. Rivett, lels, this day with the
Brazilian and River Plate mails, 171 passengers, and a
full cargo of English and French merchandise ; also
jewellery to the amount of 30,0001., specie 49,2961. 17s.
6d. The Great Western, with the homeward Brazilian
and River Plate mails, may be looked for about the 14th
inst.

The South-Western Company's steamer Transit, Cap-
tain Lewis, at-lived on Sunday at Southampton, from
Jersey and Guernsey. She had on board a number of
passengers, a large cargo, and several head of cattle.
The cattle were in the hold of the vessel, the hatchway
of wh'ch was left open for the sake of ventilation.
Amongst the passengers were a eentlenaan and lady who
had been visiting the Chai,nel Wands for the last three
weeks. At three o'clock on Sunday morning the gen-
tleman was seen pacing the deck, and at half-I a-t ur
a person went into the hold to attend to the cattle, a lat n
be found the gentleman lying there dead. It is sup-
posed that he acdi lent ally etuinblerl ever the hetchway,
and falling- down was struck pr bably on the head,
and afterwards stifled amongst the cattle.
The Centel transport Jura has arrived in Liverpool
for an overhaul. The Admiralty screw tran-port As-
sistance will be ready for sea early next week, and will
sail hence on Saturday with troops and stores for the
seat of war. The screw steamer Meander, 1,040 tons,
the property of Messrs. J. Moss and Co., and the Ame-
rican screw-steamer Granite State, 1,000 tons have been
taken up by Government, and will he despatched to the
seat of war in a day or two with inort ire, shot shell, and
huts. Aelveitisernente have been issued for ships to
proceed to Dublin, there to embark peat and turf coal
for the use of the army in the Crimea. A large batch
of naval volunteers have been sent up to London from
Liverpool,
CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICIAL ASSUME/Z.—We un-
derstand that Messrs. P. R. and J. Power, accountants,
of this city, have just completed an elaborate investiga-
tion of the accounts of all the estates allotted to Mr. T.
R. Hutton, as official assignee of our local Court of
Bankruptcy, who it will be remembered was dismissed
by the Lord Chancellor from office and absconded from
England in May last. Certain defalcations in various
estates to the amount of 12,2001., we are told, have been
discovered. A report to the Lord Chancellor is said to
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