The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

CULTI:II CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
visited the Exhibition of the Horticultural Society at
Gore-house, Kensington Gore, yesterday morning. The
Queen and the Prince were accompanied by the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg,
and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and were at•
tended by the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Major-General
Buckley, and Captain Du Plat.
Prince Albert afterwards rode on horseback with the
Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by his
Equerry in Waiting.
His Royal Highness rode again in the afternoon with
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Captain du Plat and Baron
de Treskow were in attendance.
Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, their Serene
Highnesses the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the
Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and Prince Ernest of
Leningen, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of
Buccleucli, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess of
Dunmore, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Carnar-
von, Lord and Lady Walsingham, Lord Portman, the
Gentleman in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, Le
Conseiller Satnwer, and Baron de Treskow.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended, and
played in the Palace during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band performed in the evening.
Prince Arthur and the Princess Helena took a car-

riage drive.
Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Despatches for the Governors of the West India
Islands were sent last evening from the Colonial-office.

The Right Rev. Dr. George Errington, of Plymouth,
is appointed coajutor of Cardinal Wiseman, with the
title of Archbi4hop of Trebizond.
A marriage will shortly take place between Francis
Carew, Esq., son of the late C,ptain Carew, of Bedding-
ton, and Miss Mary Cornewall, daughter of the late
Frederick Hamilton Cornewall,'Esq.
A private letter from Turin of the 11th. written by
an official personage, concludes with the following an-
nouncement :—"The King is at this moment negotiating

a marriage with a princess, a relative of Queen Via

;oria.

The Master in Chancery charged with the winding-up

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of the Sligo and Shannon Railway Company proposes
on the 224 inst. to make a call of 51. per share on the

contributories
's birthday will be celebrated at iNIe st. y
Her
Ply-
mouth on Saturday, with all the honours. The whole
of the troops in garrison will assemble in review order
on Mount. Vise, and at noon fir a feu-de-joie. The
usual salutes will be fired from the citadel and ships of

war in harbour.
DEATH OP BISHOP FORAN.—Dr. Nicholas Foran
titular Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, died OR Fri
day night, at Dungarvan. He was an amiable prelate—
a man who possessed the respect of his neighbours of
all shades of poltical and religious opinions.
RENFREW COUNTY ELECTION.—Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart was duly elected M.P. for this county on Mon-
day last, without opposition, in the room of Colonel
More, resigned.
EARTHQUAKE AT PERTH.—About one or two o'clock
on Monday morning, a smart shock of earthquake was
felt here, which lasted two or three seconds. After a
brief interval, a second shock was experienced of the
same duration as the first.—Edinbur3h. Witness.
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the sth, in the
Patrie, says :—" Information has been received here of
the death of the son of M. de Titoff, one of the Pleni-
potentiaries at the Congress of Vienna. He was killed
by a cannon sh' t at Sebastopol, where he was serving as
lieutenant in a regiment of infantry."
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—Yesterday the
27th anniversary festival, in aid of the above institution,
was held at the Highbury-barn Tavern. There were
upwards of 450 persons present. The chair was taken
by Henry Allsopp, Eq. The total of the subscriptions
announced to have been received by the secretary
amounted to 2.826/. 16s. 6d.
The Geographical: Society of Paris have voted to
Captain M'Clure, R.N., the gold medal, for his discovery
of the Worth-West Passage ; to Capt. Inglefieid, R.N.,
a silver medal for his discoveries in the Arctic Regions ;
and to Mr. Francis Galton, a silver medal, for his ex-
plorations in the Namaqua, Damara, and Orampo coun-
tries, northward of the Orange River, in South-Western
Africa:
DEATH OP CAPT. CHRISTIE, R.N.—Our letters from
Balaklava confirm the death of this gallant officer. The
sea service of Captain Christie was,--As volunteer and
midshipman, 6 years 3 months 1 week and 3 (lac s ; as
passed midshipman and mate, 2 years 6 months 1 week
and 1 day ; lieutenant, 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ; com-
mander, 3 years 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days ; total
sea service, 16 years 8 months and 3 days, and this ex-
clusive of coast-guard service.
ITALIAN OPERAS IN DUBLIN.—A very attractive
company of Italians, brought hither by Mr. Beale, of
London, appeared at the Theatre Royal, on Tuesday
evening. The opening opera was Rossini's Il Barbiere
and Madam Alboni, whose performances in Dublin in
the September of 1849 created suchainamdeeeetipm7i7cpornesyseinoend,
appeared in nyhazatecrtderayofmltortun
lay the mayor, was held at Yarmouth to consider the
question of administrative reform. Several gentlemen
of local influence addressed the meeting, and resolutions
in favour of the movement were carried, after which the
meeting adjourned to Thursday evening, in order to re-
ceive a deputation from the tendon association.
BOSTON.—On Monday the Mayor of Boston, Fred.
Cooke, Esq., complied with a well-signed requisition by
convening a meeting of the inhabitants of that town at
the Guildhall, to discuss the propriety of passing resolu-
tions calling upon the borough members in Parliament
to support Mr. Layard's motion on administrative reform.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—In Consequence of many urgent
representations made to the directors during the last
week, on behalf of the clerks and labourers employed in
and about the various Government offices, and espe-
cially the docks, it has been determined to reduce the
price of admission on Saturday next, the Queen's birth-
day, to one shilling. A very large attendance may be
fairly expected on this occasion. The only holidays kept
at the Stamp and Excise offices, the Custom-house, and
the docks, are Christmas Day, Good Friday, and the
Queen's birthday ; and with these exceptions the labour
of the numerous eroploy4s in those establishments is in-
cessant throughout the year. As the Crystal Palace is I
necessarily closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday,
the reduction of the
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dnaexyts
will confer a great boon upon the classes in question.
enCdiRnYgsTNAIaLyPIA2L.A—cEN. umber admitted,including season
ticket holders, 17,891 ; amount received for admissions,
8241. Os. 6d.
CRYSTAL PALACE.--SHILLING DAY.—May 16.—Ad-
missions on payment, 2,641 ; ditto by season tickets,
330.—Total, 2,971.
The foundation stone of the new museum at Oxford
will, we understand, be laid by the Chancellor of the
-University (the Earl of Derby), at the approaching corn-
hcaasuntsss recentlyof bueexnbrvidisgiteedanbyd
mersioration. Wednesday, June 20, is the day appointed
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Wicklow, Earl Howe and party, the Earl of Burlington
and party, the Countess Granville and party, the Coun
tess of Gainsborough and party, the Bishop of Oxford
and party, the family of the Bishop of Norwich, the
Bishop of Winchester and party, the Rev. Edmund
Melville and party, Lord and Lady Hallyhurton and
party, Lord Lilford, Lady Dacre and party, Lady Pen-
nant, Lord Sondes, Lady Middleton and party, Lady
Manners and party, Lard A. Paget, Lady Relies and
party, the Hon. Baron Dimsdale, Lady Lockhart and
party, the Hon. Miss Cust and party, Lady Edcourt and
party, Lady Scott and party, the Hon. Col. Cavendish.
the Hon. Capt. Egerton, Sir J. and Lady Benson and
party, Miss Webb and party, Col. Steinbach, &c.. &c.
THE METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. —Yesterday
a meeting of the members of the above-named court was
held at their principal office, 1, Greek-street, Soho.
Mr. R. Jebb presided. Several of the members of the
commission were present; and also Mr. H. L. Taylor.
and Deputy Harrison, of the corporation of the city of
London. A long conversation respecting the plans pro-
posed for the northern drainage of the metropolis took
place, arising from the report of a committee appointed
some tine since to consider the matter. Ton of the
plans, it appeared, had been so selected, and amongst
the number one which was proposed by a commissioner
connected with the court, which plan bad not been laid
before the joint body for coosideration. After a long
discussion, it appeared that the majority of the members
of the commission present were of opinion, that, pend-
ing the result of Sir Benjamin Hall's bill, it was desirable
not to proceed farther with the question of the main
drainage of the metropolis ; and eventually it was de-
cided that the consideration of the matter should be
postponed sine die. Not long afterwards the commis-
sioners separated.
DOVER, Tuesday.—Mr. Glaisher, from the Royal Ob-
servatory, Greenwich, accompanied by Mr. Charles Wal-
ker, the telegraph engineer to the South-Eastern Rail-
way Company, arrived at Dover this morning for the
purpose of ascertaining the true meridian of Dover, in
order that a standard meridian might be established for
future reference. Captain noble, the superintendent of
the Cinque Ports pilots, afforded every assistance, and
by his permission the compass bearings, indicating the
true astronomical north, were laid down in an upper
apartment of the Pilot Tower. The compass bearings
on the south pierhead were found to be extremely inac-
curate, the true north being several points to the east of
the true north on the pierhead. Tice attention of the
authorities at the Royal Observatory is now being
directed to the circular theory of storms. A correct
daily report of the direction and force of the wind will
in future be forwarded to them, in order to add to the
data on the subject.
SOUTHAMPTON..—To give place to contemplated im-
provements, some premises at Southampton, which were
pronounced by Sharon Turner to contain the moat an-
cient specimens of domestic architecture in England,
will shortly be pulled down. The house of which these
remains originally formed a part was open to the sea.
Now, however, a carriage road and a house and garden,
formerly the residence of a margravine of Anspach inter-
vene between what was once the house and the sea.
About 13 miles of sewer have recently been made in
Southampton, four of which forms a main sewer, which
now almost encircles the town. Within the last week
or two the men who have been at work on it have dug
out huge pieces of oak and chesnut, which are believed
to have been buried for a thousand years, and which
probably formed a coffer dam when the town walls were
built.