The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1855,

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The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess
Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by the Viscoun-
tess Canning, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey,
Col. F. H. Seymour, and the master of the Household,
left Windsor by a special train at ten minutes past nine
o'clock this morning for Osborne.
A Guard of Honour of the Royal Buck's Militia was
on duty with the Band of the Regiment at the railway
station, and received her Majesty with the usual honours.
The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Hon. Mary Sey-
Incur.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 5.

Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Royal Children, and
the Court, arrived at Clarence Yard, by train, at seven
minutes past eleven this morning, en route to Osborne
House. Her Majesty was received by a guard of honour
from the Royal Matinee, with the band of the corp 3, and
by the usual officials, including the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., Major-Gen.
Sir F. Smith, K. H., Acting Lieutenant-Governor ; Ad-
miral ;Superintendent Martin ; Capt. Smith, Superin-
tendent of Clarence Yard ; Captains the Hon. Joseph
Henman and Crispin, of the Victoria and Albert ;
Messrs. Davies and Pinhorn, of Clarence Yard, and the
staff and flag officers of the port and garrison. The cus-
tomary royal salutes were fired by the Victory, St. Vin-
cent, and Illustrious, in harbour ; by the garrison from
the saluting platform, and subsequently by the Duke of
Wellington, 131, lying at Spithead.
Her Majesty immediately embarked on board the
Fairy, tender to the Royal yacht, which was lying
alongside the Clarence-yard Jetty, and went out of har-
bour, passing close to the Duke of Wellington, whose
crew manned yards, and cheered her Majesty most
heartily. The Duke was dressed in colours, whilst the
ships in harbour had mast-head ensigns flying.
After a pleasant run through Spithead, the morning
being beautifully fine, her Majesty arrived at Osborne
House at a quarter to 1 o'clock. The stay of the Court
at Osborne is only expected to be for a few days.
The crew of the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert,
embark on board the Lucifer steamer to-day, and pro-
ceed to-morrow to Pembroke, to bring round the new
royal yacht, Windsor Castle, to this port to have her
machinery, &c., put in.

Count Cellorede, tho Austrian Minister, had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarehdon yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's
Counsel, &c., on Thursday next, the first day of Hilary
Term, at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook•street,
at 12 o'clock.

A deputation from the Manchester Commercial Asso-
ciation had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon
yesterday at the Foreign-office on the subject of the
Customs duties at Shanghae. The deputation consisted
of Messrs. Leopold Reiss, Robert Smith, R. J. Far-
bridge, and Hugh Fleming (secretary) ; and from the
Chamber of Commerce Messrs. Finlay, Worthington,
and Ashton ; and from Shanghae Messrs. Kay and
Grey.

The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll, have honoured the Turkish Ex-
hibition with a visit, and seemed much pleased. The
museum has also been visited and approved of by the
Marchioness of Downshire and the Duke of Wellington.
The Princess of Prussia is suffering at Colentz from
a slight attack of erysipelas, but it is hoped that she will
completely recover in a few days.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, who have been
receiving a few select friends and relatives at Strathfield-
saye during the past fornight, are expected to return to
town at the close of the ensuing week.

The Earl and Countess of Harewoodi are entertaining
a numerous family circle at Ha.rewood House, York-
shire, including Lord William Thynne, Lord Lascalles
and youthful family from Goldsborough Hall ; Mr. Chas.
and Lady Louisa Mills, the Hon. Geo. E. and Lady
Louisa Lascelles, &c. .

Viscount and Viscountess Newport are entertaining
company at his lordship's hunting-lodge at Melton Mow-
bray. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady
Evelyn Stanhope have joined the circle.
' Lord Montagu Graham, M.P., has gone on visits to
the Earl of Powis, at Powis Castle, and Lady Emily
Foley, at Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary Adelaide, attended by Lady
Suffield, have returned to their cottage from a visit to
their illustrious relatives at Windsor Castle.
The Earl and Countess Cowper, are receiving com-
pany at Panshanger, Herts. The Marquis of Aber-
corn, who tenants Brockett Hall, was among the
visitants early in the week.
Viscount Falkland has left the Clarendon Hotel for
Scutterskelfo, Yarm, Yorkshire.
Tux BELLOT TESTIMONIAL.—We are requested to state
that the execution of -the tablet to the memory of the
late Lieutenant Bellot has been much retarded by the
illness and death of the person engaged to cast it, hut
that it will now shortly be finished, and plated in the
Naval Museum of the Louvre, and that a sum set apart
for his brother has been placed in the funds by the trea-
surer.—Galignani,_

APOTIIECAitIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the Science and Practice of
Medicine, and received certificates of practice, on Thurs-
day, Jan. 4, 1855:—John Albert Morris. Caerleon,
Monmouthshire ; Robert George Hardwick, Leeds ; and
Edward Long Jacob.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE TELEGRAPH TO VARNA.
—A letter from Vienna states that the telegraphic com-
munication from the Austrian frontier to Bucharest is
to be extended to Vagina, and that the works for this
purpose will commence in the spring. When this shall
have been effected, news can be received in London from
the Crimea in 36 hours,
PORTABLE STEAM-ENGINE FOR AGRICULTURAL PUR-
POSES. —The Chester Courant describes an engine which
has been recently manufactured at the works of Messrs.
Williams and Mole, of that city. It is of eight horse-
power, very neatly constructed, and fitted on a carriage
to be drawn by a horse. It has been made expressly
(says the Courant) for our gallant neighbour, General
Viscount Combermere, who takes a warm interest in the
improvement of agriculture, and who intends, it to be
used in the cutting of timber, and other farming pur-
poses.

MEDICAL MEN FOR THE ARMY.—The Royal College
of Surgeons of Edinburgh have issued a notice to me 'li-
ce students, intimating that those whose course of
study would be completed-at the end of the present ses-
sion, and who intend to apply for admission to the
army medical service, may be admitted to examination
for the diploma on or after the 16th January, provided
they produce a certificate.
DEATH UPON THE STAGE.—A circumstance of a mos
painful nature took place at the Lyceum Theatre, Sun-
derland, on Saturday evening last, during the perform-
ance of a Christmas pantomime called " Paddy Carny,
and Molshee Bawn." The clown and pantaloon had
been amusing the audience by their antics, and were
playing some strange freaks in the kitchen scene, to the
great amusement of the spectators, when, placing them-
selves back to back, they commenced whirling round
together in that position ; suddenly the clown (Mr. W.
H. Grimani) was seized by au attack of illness and fell ;
he was immediately removed from the stage and con-
veyed to his lodgings, where he shortly afterwards ex-
pired. The deceased, who was 55 years of age, was
much respected by the company.
THE RATE OF EXCHANGE.—The letters from Paris yes-
terday mention no alteration in the rate of exchange,
although the tendency was rather less unfavcCurable,
owing to the gold arriving and on its way from this
country. At Hamburg there has been an improvement,
and the charge for discount in that city has receded to
2:1. There are no later advices of interest from St.
Petersburg or Odessa, except that from the latter place
it is stated that the roads are wretchedly bad, in conse-
quence of two mouths' rain.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND.---This week the sum of 4001.
has been paid into the Bank of England, to the accounts
of the Royal Patriotic Fund, being the first-portion of
contributions collected in the parish of St. George-in-
the-East. The Royal Thames Yacht Club have unani-
mously voted 501. to the Patriotic Fund. It is to be hoped
that their excellent example will be followed by the nu-
merous other yacht clubs in the kingdom. The South
Shields shipwrights have contributed 301. ; the Tyno
Steam-boatmen's Society, 251. ; and the North Shields
tailors, 101. 10-% to the Royal Patriotic Fund.

DISAPPEARANCE AND DEFAULT OF MAJOR KNATCH-
DULL.—The public of Worcester were astonished last
week by the arrival at the offices of the county and city
sheriff of an extent from the Crown against the property
and person of Major Knatchbull, the officer and pay-
master of the pensioners in this district. It soon became
known that the major himself was not to be found, he
having left his residence on Wednesday week, and not
since returned. To what amount his defalcations have
reached cannot be ascertained at present, but it is alleged
that for years past he has been receiving the annuities
supposed to be due to several pensioners who have long
been dead, but whose names are retained on the books.
Some of the living pensioners, moreover, it is said, have
not been paid. The county sheriff issued his summonses
for the jury to inquire into the amount of the major's
property, and they met at Whitehall on Monday, Mr.
John Tyinbs, undersheriff, presiding. There was no
plate found upon the premises, and amongst the schedule
of articles we lit upon the following curious items :-28
canary birds, 16 ringdoves, 6 pet dogs, and a great num-
ber of Cochin China fowls. There were 24 cats on the
premises, but they were not considered seizable. The
jury returned the value of the major's property at 3051.
ss. 6d.— Worcestershire Chronicle.
GERMAN PAPER MONEY.—The following classes and
amounts of paper money are immediately affected by the
recent act for limiting the circulation of paper currency
in Prussia :—Kingdoin of Saxony, state paper 5,200,000
rixd.; notes of the Leipsic-Dresden Railway, 500,000
rixd. ; notes of the Bauzcn Bank, 500,000 rixd. ; notes
of the Chemnitz Bank, 300,000 rixd. ; Kingdom of
Hanover, paper money of the City of Hanover, 200,000
rixd. ; Electoral Hesse, State paper money 2 millions of
rixd. ; notes of the Cassel Commercial Bank, 200,000
rixd. ; Saxe Webnar, State paper money, 600,000 rixd ;
Brunswick notes of the discount bank, 300,000 rixd. ;
Saxe CobureGotla, State paper, 600,000 rixd. ; Saxe
Melningen, State paper, 600,000 rixd, ; Saxe Alten-
burg, ditto, 500,000 rixd. ; Anhalt, ditto, 1,800,000
rixd. ; notes of the Dessau Bank, 1,500,000 rixd ;
notes of the Be'nburg Kcethener Railway, 700,000
rixd. ; Schwarzblrgh Ruclolstadt, State paper, 200,000
rixd. ; Reuss ditto, 300,000 rixd. This measure, how-
ever, does not affect the notes of the Leipsic, Bruns-
wick, and Weimar banks, which amount to more than
10 milli° ns of rig dollars,