The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSI39RNE,..A.TmusT 3.
The Queen and royal family took their usual exerciso
yc Aen_l ay.
Her Majesty honoured Mr. J. Durham with a sitting
for a bust about to be executed.

A deputation on the subject of the bill now before the
House of Lords, for the amendment of the Sunday Beer
Act, had an interview with Earl Granville at the Coun-
cil-office, yesterday. The deputation consisted of Mr.
Foster, president ; Mr. Harris, treasurer ; and Mr.
Simes, secretary, of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence
Association ; Mr. W. Spirett, on behalf of the Licensed
Victuallers of Leeds and the Operative Societies of the
Wept Biding of Yorkshire ; and Mr. George Candelet,
on behalf of the Amalgamated Friendly Societies of
Manchester, Stockport, and Hyde. The deputation
was introduced by the Hon. H. Berkeley, M.P. for
Bristol, and accompanied by Mr. Whitehurst, solicitor
to the Defence Association.

Sir Alexander Spearman bad an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence, in Downing-street.

Despatche9 were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of Canada and the Governors of
the North American Provinces.

PROROGATION or PARLIAMENT.—It has now been de-
cided that the prorogation of Parliament will take place
on Saturk:ay next, the 11th inst. Her Majesty, at pre-
sent at Osborne, will not come to town for the purpose,
and the prorogation will therefore be by commission.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.—It is understood that
the Queen will proceed direct from Osborne to Boulogne,
on her way to Paris, on the 17th inst. The Earl of
Clarendon is mentioned as the Secretary of State likely
to attend her Majesty.

THE LORD 'MAYOR—VISIT OP THE QUEEN TO FRANCE.
—Yesterday M. AlfredMagne, son and private secretary
of the French Minister of Finance, waited upon the
Lord Mayor, for the purpose of conveying an invitation
to his lordship and family to be present in Paris during
the period of the approaching visit of her Majesty to
that city ; and he at the same time placed at his lord-
ship's disposal the ministerial residence.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
Captain Du Plat, his equerry, arrived at Southampton
yesterday afternoon, by the 4 p.m., from a visit to the
*amp at Aldershott, and embarked on board the royal
yacht Elfin, in the Southampton Docks, for Osborne-
house. Her Majesty and the Royal children were on
board the royal yacht Fairy, in Southampton Water,
waiting for his royal highness.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary, accompanied by the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg,-
Strelitz; will, at the close of the month, honour Sir Wm.
and the Hon. Lady Middleton with a visit at Shrubland
Park, Suffolk.

The Duchess of Inverness entertained a distinguished
party at dinner, last evening, at Kensington Palace.
The guests inchnled his Excellency the Neapolitan
Mininster and the Princess Carini, his Excellency the
Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Saxon Minister,
his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess
Bernstorff, the Dec d'Ossuna, the Dec de Caderousse
Grammont, the Earl' and -Countess of Perth, Count
Trautmansdorff, Lord and Laxly Alvanley,Lady Stanley
of Alderley and the Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon.
General Gore.

The Earl De Grey has left town for his seat in York-
shire.

The Earl of Macclesfield has returned to Sherborne
Castle, Oxon, from attending the funeral of the Earl of
Antrim, in Ireland.
Viscount Melville left town, yesterday, to resume his
military command at Edinburgh.

Lord Burghersh returned to town, last evening, from
visiting her Majesty at Osborne.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have
arrived at Powerscour., Castle, from tlwn.

The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, and Lady Blanche
Egerton, have left Bridgewater House for Worsley Hall,
Lancashire.

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs, Smyth Vereker have left
town for Ireland.

Several influential Arab chiefs have recently arrived
in Paris, accompanied by French officers.
The Earl of Egliuton has arrived at Eglinton Castle,
Ayrshire, from town, and will shortly entertain a suc-
cession of friends at that hospitable seat.
The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire
TTouse, and i., we are happy to say, in excellent health.
The noble duke will go to Chatsworth shortly to receive
a large party of visitors.

The Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House yes•
terday, for Arundel Castle, on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Norfolk.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma
Stanley returned to town, yesterday evening, from visit•
ing the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood.
The noble earl and countess leave town shortly for
Knowsley-park, Lancashire.
_

The Countess of Desart arrived. at the residence of
the Earl Cawdor, in South Audley-street, from Ireland.
Ismail Pacha has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from the
East.

The intended visit of the members of the English So-
ciety of Arts to the Exhibition in Paris is fixed to take
place from Monday, the 3d, to Saturday, the 15th Sep
tember next. Arrangements for tickets to come and
return at reduced prices hive been made with the Eng-
li:h and French Railway Companies.

The tenantry of the Earl of St. Germans have erected
a tablet in the venerable church of St. Germans to the
memory of the Hon. G. C. Eliot; second son of his lord-
ship, who led his life in the battle of Inkerman.
During the funeral of Lord Raglan not a Russian gun
was fired. In return, so soon as the church bells began
tolling, announcing the interment of Admiral Nachi-
moff. all the batteries were silenced.
We regret to learn that the Earl and Countess of
Arundel and Surrey have sustained a domestic bereave-
ment by the death of their second son, Lord Philip
Thomas Fitzalan Howard, which took place a few days
since at Donnington Priory, near Newbury. He had
been in delicate health ever since he was attacked with
measles, some months hack, but, until just before his
death, no darner was apprehended.
CRICKET. --HARROW v. ETON. —The gentlemen be-
longing to these schools met at Lord's yesterday, and
when the stumps were drawn the game stood as follows :
Eton-Ist innings, 35 ; 2d innings, 4 wickets down, 50 ;
Harrow, let innings, 191.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.— August 3.—Ad-
missions or} payment, 6,887 ; ditto by season tickets,
811.—Total, 7,698.
THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.—Four new iron screw-
steamers, each upwards of 2,000 tons burden, recently
launched at Blackwall, are being fitted out with the
utmost expedition in the East India Dock basin, for the
transport service. They have not yet been earned.
CAPSIZING OF A VESSEL.—Liverpool, Aug. 3.—The
Retriever, new iron ship, capsized in the river, and sank,
while shifting from the Sandon dock to the Princess's ;
all bards saved.

WEST LONDON DISPENSARY.—Mr. Henry F. Richard-
son has prespntPd this institution with 101. 10q. to com-
mence a fund of 2001. for the supply of nourishing food,
and small pecuniary gifts in cases of extreme want.
Messrs. Tylney, Long, and R. H. Peter, Esq., have
followed the benevolent example.
THE! TURKISH CONTINGENT.—Advices from Constan-
tinople report that the organisation of this force is pro-
eFeding with considerable success. There are already
10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, the latter well
mount.d. The troops, both cavalry and infantry, act
with the greate4t alacrity, and slow the utmost obedience
to the commands of their officers. The British officers
attached to the corps are already able, to a great extent,
to work the men in the field in their own language.
Neither the general nor the officers find it necessary to
have a body guard. _ _

THE CIVIL SERVICE. Ordnance-office, Adjutant-
Ger eral's Department.—ln consequence of the superan-
nuation of Messrs. E. P. Briers, C. F. Angell, W. Scott,
and R. Bradley, the following promotions have taken
place :—To be Senior Clerks. Second-class—Messrs. T.
Buncombe, A. Austin, J. Machin, W. C. Byers. To be
Junior Clerks, First-class—Messrs. C. Freer, J. Fowler,
C. Tapp, C. W. C. Hope, Customs ; Mr. W. F. C. Britton
has been appointed a clerk in the Examiner's-office in
London ; Mr. W. Burton has been appointed a clerk in
the Examiner's—office in London ; Mr. E. F. Evans has
been appointed a clerk in the London Docks ; Mr. G.
Fioklin has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks;
Mr. T. G. Scott has been appointed a clerk in the London
Docks ; Mr. T. Wildman has been appointed a clerk in
the solicitor's office in London ; Mr. G. Eden has been
appointed a clerk of general business at Liverpool ; Mr.
A. Hoare has been appointed extra clerk at Liverpool ;
Mr. A. Walsh has been promoted from clerk of the
first-class to be a principal clerk in the Examiner's-
office in London ; Mr. A. Anderson has been promoted
from clerk of the second-class to be clerk of the first-
class in the Examiner's-effice in London ; Messrs. W.
Hailing and W. Cox have been promoted from tide-
waiters at Gloucester to be tidewaiters and patrols at
Hull.—Civil Service Gazette.

STATE Or TRADE.—The lace business continues quiet,
the few articles making being in the fancy trade ; and
without any development of future prospects. The ba-
lance of the Chinese silk crop for the month of August,
required to make up 50,000 bales for the year just ended,
would be 6,000 bales; but the circulars will probably
not appear till the sth inst. The lull in hosiery has this
week been diversified to a slight extent by the receipt of
a few sorting-up orders for the home trade, which may
therefore be pronounced a little better; and also some
supplementary American orders, indicating of course
that the goods already taken have fallen short of the
season's requirements and that they are wanting more.
This, at all times a hopeful symptom, is particularly so
at present, because it chimes in with the prevalent im-
pression derived from all the markets for our produce,
that, after this lull is over, they will generally be found
disposed to operate more briskly than ever. The Ca-
nadian trade is at an end for the present ; the Australian
has manifested a little improvement. Altogether, al-
though with these small exceptions we have nothing new
to report, we cannot say that any peculiar scarcity of
employment is experienced by workpeople. In fact the
manufacturers complain that the army and militia absorb
all their best hands. One house states its enlistments,
during the last fortnight, to have amounted to fourteen.
And we know of an instance where there have been
roundabout frames standing idle for at least that period,
with a notice reqeiring hands posted on the factory
doors. In the glove branch the bands have from long-
continued depression got so completely dispersed that it
is believed a difficulty would be experienced in again re-
suming activity were a demand to arise, owing to the
manner in which military ardour has thinned the ranks
of the operatives. A rise of 2(1. per lb. or ls. 6d. per
bundle has been fixed by the Messrs. Hollins, of Pleasley,
who are almost the sole spinners for our market on
merino yarns. This rise proceeds trom the advance on
Australian wools at the colonial wool sales noticed in
our last,--Notts Guard/cm.