The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

PALACE OF ST. CLOUD, AUG. 22.
The Queen and Prince visited the Exhibition of In-
dustiy, in company with the Emperor of the French,
this morning. Their Majesties and his Royal Highness
were accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Princess
Royal.

After minutely inspecting the various parts of the
building, her Majesty drove to the Tuileries with the
Emperor, where luncheon was prepared. At 7 o'clock
the Royal party returned to St. Cloud.
Last night the Queen and Prince accompanied the
Emperor and Empress of the French to the Opera.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF SOMERSET.—The
mortal remains of the late Duke of Somerset were depo-
sited in the vault selected by his grace, in the cemetery
at Kensal-green yesterday.
The Duke of Buckingham arrived early in the past
week at his she—thing _box in Perthshire, where hiS
grace is surrounded by a select circle of friends.
The Marquis and Marebionvaa of Stafford have arrived
at Tarbet House; N.B.
_ _ _

The Marchioness (Dowager) of Londonderry has left
Wynyard-park, near Stockton•on-Tees, for Garron
Tower, her seat in the North of Ireland.

The. Earl and Countess of Derby have arrived at
Blair Atholl, Perthshire, on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Atholl, from Elsington House, Lord
Ravensworth's seat in Durham. A select party is in-
vited to meet the noble earl.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for
Monington, Herefordshire. After a short stay, the right
hon. baronet, accompanied by Lady Theresa Lewis, will
proceed to his seat, Harpton Court, Kington, Here-
fordshire.

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, who arrived
at the noble earl's shooting quarters last week, from
Heron Court, Hants, will remain in Scotland until the
end of the ensuing month.
Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have arrived at
Eglinton Castle on a visit to the Earl of Eglinton, from
Ingestre Rail, Staffordshire.

Lady Mary Wood has accompanied Sir Charles Wood
in his official visit to the Channel Islands.
At the date of the last advices the Duke of Newcastle
was staying at General Bentinck's tent near the Fourth
Division Flagstaff on Cathcart's hill.
DUCHY OE LANCASTER LANDS.—By an act of the late
session, the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of
Lancaster are the better enabled to sell and purchase
land in right of the duchy.
DEFAMATION SUITS'IN ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—An
act of Parliament recently received the Royal assent by
which the jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts in suits
for defamation is abolished.

The Oriental Company's steamer Sultan arrived at
Southampton yesterday. Her mails, consisting of the
heavy portion of the India and China mail, were brought
to England in the Alster steamer last Friday, on ac-
count of the Sultan breaking down between Malta and
Gibraltar.

M. Kossuth is staying with his family at Ventnor.
The Hon. C. Langdale has withdrawn from an agri-
cultural society in Yorkshire in offence at Lord Londes-
borough's proposal, at a late meeting of the society, of
the toast, "The Archbishop and Clergy of the diocese."
" I could not," he says, " consistently as a Catholic,
assent to the sentiment implied by such distinction of
the Established Church."

It appears that M. Soul 6, the ardent American an-
nexionist, despairing of a successful attack upon Cuba,
seeks to incuce the Americans to take advantage of the
disorganised state of Mexico to annex the peninsula of
Yucatan.

Count Crotti sent by the King of Piedmont to pay
respects, in his Majesty's name, to •ur Queen, has been
honoured with an audience. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert made some very flattering remarks to the Count
relative to the valiant conduct of the Piedmontese army
in the Crimea.

The mills in the United-Kingdom cannot produce a
sufficient supply of gunpowder, as no less than five car-
goes, manufactured in Belgium and Holland, on account
of the British Government, have recently been imported
and housed at Purfleet.

Mention is wade in the last Australian advices of the
death of Sir Robert Nickle, the Commander of the
Forces at Melbourne,

The first picket of hops, the growth of 1855, has
reached the Barough market this day, from Mr. Jas.
Hartridge, of Yalding, Kent, consigned to Satter,
Austen, and Sans, and sold by them to Messrs. Wolton
and Co., of Norwich, at 101. 10s. per cwt.
THE FOREIGN LEGiON:-HELIGOLAND, August 20.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Alban arrived here on Fri-
day, and embarked yesterday 150 recruits for the camp
at Shorncliffe. Upwards of 100 fine young men arrived
here from the north of Germany during the course of
last week, and yesterday another batch (136) landed on
the island and reported themselves to the commanding
officer.

THE MISSING HERRING BOATS.—'SHIELDS, Wednesday
Night.—Both the herring boats that were missing after
yesterday's gale have cast up. The Brothers came into
the Tyne to-day, and the Blanche has been telegraphed
from Hartlepeol.
TEE FRENCH RATE OF
EXCHANGE.—The French rate
of exchange exhibits considerable firmness, but, unless
this favourable tendency should further increase, a large
portion of ant gold arrivals that may take place will
probably be sent to Paris. The rate, however, is at pre-
sent sufficiently high to render it unprofitable to take
gold for remittance from the Bank of England. Accord-
ing to the Australian advices published yesterday, some
large supplies may soon be expected from Melbourne,
the Eagle, wkich was to be followed by other vessels,
having sailed on the 31st of May with 175,0001., while
there is likew'se a prospect of augmented receipts from
California. _

A VEssF,,BIJOWN UP BY GUNPOWDER.—Yesterday
advic6 Were received, under date Santa Martha, July
the 16th. On the 11th of July the ship Velocity, Cap-
tain Moult, arrived from New York, with 300 barrels of
gunpowder cn board. Shortly after anchoring, she was
found to be cn fire. An attempt was made to scuttle
her, but it Nled ; the passengers and crew scrambled
into the boats, and had hardly reached the shore, when
portions of OA wreck to great distances.
T
blew
wounp with a terrific explosion, scattering
tese Gazette of the 20th announces
h
Due de Grammont, the French Ambassa:
dtt the
tvliaetes thee vesselurir,
Piedmontese
upon the King the day before,
to congraulate his
.Majesty on the brilliant proofs
of valour given by the Piedmontese troops in the
late action of the Tsoliemaya.