The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-03 00:00:00

COURT' CIRCULAR.

The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Windsor Castle
on Thursday evening, and had the honour of dining with
her Majesty. The noble marquis returned to London
yesterday morning.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with Prince Arthur,
left 'Windsor Castle at half-past 12 o'clock yesterday, at-
tended by the Marchioness of Ely, Colonel the Hon. C.
D. Phipps, Major-General the Hon. C. Gray, Capt. the
lion. D. de Roe, and the Master of the Household.
Her Majesty travelled by a special train on the Great
Western Railway to Paddington, and proceeded. to
Buckingham Palace, where the Queen and Prince ar-
rived at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received by Lord
Ernest Bruce and Major-General Wylde.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had au audience of the
Queen.
Lord Join Rus,ell had also an audience of her
Majesty.

Despatches for the Governors of the North American
Provinces were sent last evening from the Colonial-
office.

The Judicial Comm ittee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday, and resumed the hearing of a petition for kloin-
ball's Patent (Anchore) Confirmation, and afterwards
heard a petition, Shillibeer's Patent (Elearses) Prolonga-
tion. The lords present were the Chief .Justice of the
Common Pleas, th• Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn•
wall, and Sir E. Ryan.

The Count and Countess de Chambord, who are now
in Venice, have opened their magnificent saloons, but
they have fewer French Legitimists among their guests
than in former years.
We regret to announce the demise of the Viscountess
St. Vincent, who expired at the family seat, Meaford,
iu Staffordshire, on Wednesday last. .
.._ . .

Sir John Muir Mackenzie, Bart., of Delvine, county
of Perth, died on Thursday last, in London, at the early
age of 49.
TUN WAR WITS RUSSlA.—Yesterday some official de_
spatches were published in a Parliamentary paper, re
ceived by the Government from the Governors of the
British colonies, containing addresses by legislative
assemblies and councils approving of the war with
Russia.

Thirty vessels, loaded with munitions of war and sup-
plies forthe allied armies, cleared out from Malta between
the 19th and 23d of January under sail or steam, and
proceeded immediately to the seat of war.
The Empress drove on Tuesday afternoon to the Bois
do Boulogne, in a carriage and four, with postillions and
outriders, and remained for some time looking at the
animated spectacle of the skating on the lake. Her
Majesty appeared in improved health, and seemed to
enjoy the scene exceedingly.—Galignani.
The Count and Countess de Chambord, now in Venice,
have opened their magnificent saloons, but they have
fewer French Legitimists at their receptions than in
former years.
TEE LATE FROMM ELECTION.--On Thursday last,
Donald Nicoll, Esq., was entertained by his supporters
at a public dinner, given at the George Hotel. Mr.
Nicoll had been previously most enthusiastically re-
ceived at the railway station by a large concourse of
people, who, headed by a band of music, escorted him
into the town, where he was the guest of W. Thompson,
Esq. Nearly 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner, after
which the doors were thrown open, and a public meeting
held, Edwin Bush, Esq., in the chair, at which resolu-
tions were passed thanking Mr. Nicoll for the manner
in which he enabled them to place their political opinions
on record at the late election, and pledging the meeting
to support Mr. Nicoll's claims whenever a vacancy
should occur in the representation.
THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, FEU. 2.—The Royal
Mail Company's ateam-ship Parana, Captain Elliston,
loft this afternoon with the usual monthly mails for the
West Indies, Mexico, and the Pacific. The Parana has

en board 82 passengers, among whom are Count de
Bourmont, Commander Lambert, Captains Palmer and
Hill, Lieutenant Watson, &c. On freight she has
8,0001. in specie, 8,5001. value in jewellery, and a full
carpe. The Solent, Captain Jellicho, with the home-
ward portion of this mail, is hourly expected. We re-
gret to hear that the Royal Mail Company's new
paddle-wheel steam-ship Tyne, en her passage from Black-
wall t• this port, on Wednesday got ashore on the
Girdles. She has, in consequence, received suficient
damages to oblige her to put back to Blackwall, where
she is to be at once docked. The accident will, perhaps,
prevent the possibility of her conveying the Brazilian
mails of the 9th inst., as intended, and the Solent will,
consequently be prepared for this service immediately
on her arrival from the West Indies.

ALLEGED MOONY ON BOARD THE WILDFIRE.—SOMe
erroneous particulars having been published relative to
an occurrence on hoard the transport Wildfire, calcu-
lated to cause much uneasiness to the friends of the
navvies whom she was conveying to the Crimea, and to
the friends of the co nreander, Captain Downward, in
particular, the following facts will be gratifying as a
true statement of what actually did happen. It ap.
pears that a few days before the arrival of the Wildfire
at Malta, the second (not the first) mate, being a little
the worse for liquor, and being very abusive to Captain
Downward, was ordered by the latter to his cabin.
Refusing to comply be was arrested, and on him was
found a loafed pistol, but no attempt whatever was
made by bins to shoot any person, nor was any one en
hoard privy to his possession of it, or in any way im-
plicated in his insubordinate conduct, which was wholly
the result of his inebriation at the moment, and quite
unpremeditated. Captain Downward discharged the
weapon, of course, without injury to any person, and the
affair ended, as formerly stated, by the punishment of
the offender, according to the usual course, by the civil
authorities at Malta. The conduct of the navvies and of
the crew on board the Wildfire has been all that could
be possibly desired ; and with the exception of the in-
cident in question, nothing whatever had arisen to dis-
turb the harmony that had existed from the moment the
vessel left England to the date of the latest advices from
her.

LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, SATURDAY, PER. 3, 9 A.m.

Baron do Bruck has written to say that he
canlaot, under present circunwtances, leave Con-
stantinople until Baron Koller Arrives.

BERLIN, F RIDAY, FEE. 2.

Advices from Yarns., dated -the 27th of Jan.,
state that, in consequence of explanations from
Constantinople, Omer Paella r(tti this the command
of the Crimean expedition.
Ismail Pasha is placed under his orders.

Advices from St. Potcrsbur of the 2ith of
January state that, with a view? to avoid increased
taxation, in case of a lengtheitc:d war, an Impe-
rial ukase has been issued, °Alt 'ling the issue of
paper money, redeemable thr et) years after the
restoration of peace.

Tito Mortitcur of yesterday Also says that, ac-
cording to accounts from Buclartrest of the 31st
January, the differences botm-eon Omer Pacha
and rsomo members of the Diltr,an have been en-
tirely arranged.

Count Esterhazy, the Austria n Ambassador a'

this court, has go's to Vienna.

M. cl'Usedoin, who was charged with a mission
to the British court, and who :loft London a day
or two since, has been ordered, to confer at Brus-
sels with the Prussian General. de Wedell, who is
entrusted with a mission. to the) French Govern-
ment.

ROME, JAN. 30.

At the last consistorium, the Popo stated that
all advice, exhortations, and notes to the King
of Sardinia and his Ministry had proved fruitless.
In spite of the concordat paktd convention this
Government infringes upon the rights of the
Church, and contemplates the confiscation of
ecclesiastical estates and the abolition of ecclesias-
tical orders.

These measures tho Pope condemned, and

poip.ted out th© judgments of councils for such

offences.

Of the seven bureaux of the Chamber of

Deputies at Turin, one only, the seventh, has
declared itself against the treaty with the West-
ern Powers. This bureau has appointed M.
Valerie a member of the committee charged to
report upon the treaty.

The following despatches have been recoaived in

Paris : --•

" MARSEILLES, Jan. 31.—The accounts brought
by the Egyptus state that 10,000 Egyptians had
been asked for by the Allied. Generals, and were
preparing to start for the Crimea. Omer Pacha
had left for Baltchik. 500 Montenegrins, who
had attempted an incursion into the Turkish ter-
ritory, were repulsed with loss. The English
frig-ato Tribune, which had been sent on a recon-
naissance, has caused severe damage to the bat-
teries of Kutch and Kaffa."

" TRUSTE, JAN. 31.

"The preparations for a general assault are im-
peded by the severity of the weather. The 16th
French regiment remains at Constantinople, where,
it is said, it is to form the nueleue of au army of
reserve of 20,000 men. The works for the telc-

graph from Belgrado to Constantinople are going
on with great activity."

" BERLIN, JAN. 31.

" The Prussian Correspondence contradicts the
report of the approaching mobilisation of two
corps d'arnme, and announces that M. d'Usedom,
who had lately returned to Brussels from London,
has again set out for England."
" BERLIN, FEB. 1.

" The Prussian Correspondence states from Frank-
fort that the proposition of Austria relative to the
immediate mobilisation of half of the federal con-
tingents has been withdrawn, after having bean
rejected by the committee. On the proposition
of Prussia, it has been resolved to present to the
Diet a proposition for preparing for war, in such
a manner that in case of an ulterior resolution to
that effect the army could be on its march within
15 days."

"TURIN, JAN. 31.

" There is a report that a monitory has arrived
from Rome on the subject of the bill on the con-
vents. The discussion of the treaty of alliance is
to commence in the Chamber of Deputies on
Friday. The speakers who have inscribed their
names to speak in favour of the treaty are more
numerous than those who intend to speak against
it."

We have received the Moniteur of yesterday.
Under the head of Constantinople the Moniteur
says :-

"The English and French Admirals have to-
gether agreed upon, and immediately notified, the
blockade of the principal Russian, ports of the
Black Sea, and the necessary measures were at
once taken by the Commanders of the Allied
squadrons to render that blockade effective, even
before the expiration of the delay granted to neu-
tral vessels. The following is a textual copy of
the order :

" In the name of the Governments of France
and of Great Britain,
" ' We, the undersigned, Commanders of the
Allied forces in the Black Sea, conformable with
instructions from our respective Governments,
" ' Make known by the present,

" ' That, after the let of February, 1855,

" ' The mouth of the Dniester, the ports of
Akermann, Ovidiojol, Odessa, all the ports situate
between the points of Ochakow, and Kimbourou,
including those of Nikolsiew and of Cherson,
" ' The mouths of the Bug and of the Dnieper,
" ' The ports situate between point Kimbourou
and Cape Tarkan, including the ports of the Gulf
of Perekop,
" ' The port of Sebastopol,

" The ports included between Cape Aia and
;he entrance of the Straits of Kertsch, notably
hose of Yalta, Alouchta, Soudalr, Kaffa, or Theo-

dosia.

" The port of Kertsch, the Straits of Kertsch,
the entrance of those Straits, and all the ports of
the Sea of Azoff, includixg especially the ports of
Berdiausk, Taganrog, and Arabat.
" The mouth of the Don, the ports of Anapa
and Soudjak,—are placed in a state of strict
blockade by suitable forces of France and England.
" The ports Eupatoria, Streletzka, Kamiesch,
Kazatch, and Balaklava, are not included in the
blockade until further notification.

" It is also notified by this present, that all the
measures authorised by the law of nations and by
respective treaties between his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French, her Majesty the Queen of
England, and different neutral Powers, shall be

adopted and put in vigour against any vessel which
might attempt to violate such blockade.
" 'E. LYONS, Rear-Admiral, Commander-
in-Chief of the British naval forces
in the Black Sea.
" BRI7AT, Vice-Admiral Commander-In-
Chief of the French squadron in
tho Black Sea.
" Port of ICamiesch, 15th Jan., 1855.' "
The Moniteur has the following :—.

" CATTARO, Jan. 17.—0 n the 14th of January
the Montenegrin villages in the vicinity of Zablack
attacked that fort, but were repulsed by the Turks
with great less."

The Moniteur says:—" Within a few days the fol-
lowing articles were sent to the Crimea for the
army in the East :

"150 officers' huts and 1,500 huts for 30,400
men, made at Toulon and Marseilles.

"450 officers' huts an 1,500 huts for 39,000
men, ordered in England.

" 210 hut stables for 10,000 horses, ordered in

Paris,"