The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Jan. 9.
The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and
Princess Alice, attended by the Viscountess Canning,
Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel F. H.
Seymour, and the Master of the Household, left Osborne
at two o'clock to-day, and proceeded to Windsor Castle,
where the Royal party arrived at a quarter past five.
Her Majesty was received at the Windsor Railway
Station by a guard of honour of the Royal Bucks Militia,
with the band of the regiment.
Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy Evans had the honour of
being invited to Windsor Castle, but was prevented by
indisposition from obeying her Majesty's commands.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Her Majesty, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and the court, left Osborne House
in the Fairy this afternoon, and crossed over to this port,
en route to Windsor. Her Majesty was received with
the customary salutes from the men-of-war and the
garrison, and the display of the Royal standard and
other colours. At Clarence Yard her Majesty was re
ceived by the Commander-in• Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir
T. Cochrane, the Lieutenant-Governor; Major-General
Smith„ Admiral So perintendent Martin, Lord Methuen,
of the Wiltshire Militia, and other officers. A guard
of honour was furnished by this regiment. Tier Majesty
departed by train at a quarter to three o'clock.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—the
Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Pahnerston,
the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of
Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James
Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council
sat three hours.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Avery, Carter,
Clarkson, Hingston, and Lawford, Commissioners of the
Southampton Paving Trust, Mr. John Arnell (clerk),
aad Mr. Frederick Teague (surveyor), bad an inter-
view with Sir William 14Iolesworth yesterday, at the
office of Public Works and Buildings.
Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing•street.
The Marquis of Lansdowne travelled to London yes-
terday from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, for the pur-
pose of attending the Cabinet Council.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday, to
attend the Cabinet Council, from his seat, Broadlands,
Hants.

Despatches from Lord Raglan in the Crimea were
received yesterday at the Foreign•offiice.

General Sir W. Napier has arrived at Madrid.
The Earl of Cardigan, we understand, has arrived in
Paris, from Marseilles, en route from the seat of war in
the rimea, His lordship is daily expected to arrive in
town

Lieut.-Colonel Mayow has been appointed quarter.
master-general of the cavalry in the Crimea.
Lieutedant Montague O'Reilly is to have charge of
the Retribution, paddle frigate, on her passage from
Constantinople to England.
Cardinal Wiseman has been appointed by the Pope a
member of the Sacred Congregation of the Index.
DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND.—Dr.
Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, intends taking his de-
parture from England for his distant diocese in the
course of a few days.
VIENNA, Jan. 7.—To support and justify itslneutrality,
the Prussian Cabinet has obtained from the Czar an en-
gagement having the force of a treaty, to the effect that
he will not attack Austria.
The Academy of Inscriptions et Belles Lettres has
nominated M. Villemain President, and M. Laboulaye
Vice-President for 1855.
The Academy of the Beaux-Arts, on Saturday, ap-
pointed M. A. Thomas its President, and M. H. Letnaire
its Vice-President.
At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences, M.
Halphen exhibited the large diamond, called the Star of
the South, which was found in Brazil, and of which ha
is the owner. It weighs 244 carats, but it is estimated
that it will lose half its weight when cut. M. Halphen
values this diamond at five millions of francs. When
cut it will be placed in the Great Exhibition of the Pa-
lace of Industry.
The Gazette de Lyons says :—" An English firm has
given orders for the experiment of printing representa-
tions of the exploits of the allied armies on summer
shawls. If the experiment should succeed as well as it
has done for pocket handkerchiefs, English and French
ladies will be attired with representations of the taking
of Sebastopol and the battle of Inkerman."
THE FRENCH LCAN.—Messrs. Rothschild have inti-
mated that their subscription list for the French loan
will close on the afternoon of Friday, the 12th inst.
PRICE OF GOLD AT PARIS.—The quotation of gold
at Paris is about 1 per mille discount (according to the
last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.
101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25.141 ; and the exchange at Faris on Landon at short
being 25.00, it follows that gold is about 0.58 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London.

PRICE OF GOLD AT HAMBURG.—By advices from Ham-
burg the price of gold is 423 per mark, which, at the
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.31 ; and the ex-
change at Hamburg on London at short being 13.3 A, it
follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Hamburg
than in London.
REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES.—The repayment of the
advances made by the Bank during the shutting of the
transfer books, and which are believed this quarter to
have reached 2,000,0001., commenced yesterday, and
caused a demand for money, which was further increased
by the remittances taking place to Paris in connexion
with the new loan.

THE TONIC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—Last night the
Fifth Subscription Choral Meeting of the Tonic Sol-Fa
Isseeiation, for the promotion of vocal music in congre-
gations, schools, and families, was held in Finsbury
Chapel. The programme was varied, and admirably
adapted to the class of singers to whom its execution
was entrusted.
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.—Among the entertainments of
the season, Mr. Angus Fairbairn and the Misses Ben-
, nett, Scottish vocalists, of whom the provincial press has
spoken in terms of high culogiurn, make their second
appearance at the Horns Assembly Rooms, Kennington,
to-morrow evening. The success they have met with in
the provinces warrants them in appearing before a metro-
politan audience.; and if they sustain the reputation they
have there acquired their entertainments are likely to
become very popular.
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHlPS.—Adviees from tlia
Cape of Good Hope announce the arrival of the follow-
ing emigrant ships from the Mersey, en route for Mel-
bourne, viz. :—the Herald of the Morning (82 days),
James McHenry (76 days), and the Nabob in 67 days.
The former had 270, the James McHenry 468, and the
Nabob 248 emigrants on board.
MERCANTILE SHIPPING.—The total number of ships
which entered inwards with cargo at the several ports
of the United Kingdom in 11 months of the year 1854,
ending on the sth of December, amounted to 120,314,
their tonnage being 11,845,410 tons. The number of
ships cleared outwards during the same period was
135,827; tonnage, 12,948,337. During the same period
in 1853 the numbers were—ships entered inwards,
122,746; tonnage, 11,808,446; cleared outwards, 135, 419;
tonnage, 12,485,518. During the same period the in-
tercourse between this country and Ireland has greatly
increased. In the 11 months of 1853 the number of
vessels employed in the intercourse with that country
entered inwards was 9,103, cleared outwards 17,837 ;
while during the corresponding period of 1854 the num-
bers were—entered inwards, 9,836; cleared outwards,
19,299. The number of new colonial ships that have
arrived in Liverpool in the year 1854 and been trans-
ferred is 123, equal to 128,994 tons, against 112, equal
to 83,376 tons in 1853, showing an increase in tonnage
of 45,618 tons over the previous year, and an average
measurement of 1,048 tons for each vessel.
MR. OLIVER'S AFFAlRS.—Liverpool, Jan. 9.—The
adjourned hearing of the application to annul the ad-
judication in bankruptcy was heard before Mr. Commis.
sioner Stevenson this morning. Mr. Evans appeared for
the petitioning creditor, and Mr. Bardswell for the trus-
tees under the deed of assignment. The ground of ap-
plication is an alleged informality in the description of
the bankrupt in the adjudication, which it is said is
likely to prove fatal to the case. The learned Commis-
sioner reserved his judgment until to-morrow, when it
is understood the petitioning creditor will not appear,
and the adjudication will lapse ; in which event another
petition cannot be filed, as the deed of assignment will
become a legal instrument, under which the bankrupt's
affairs can be quietly arranged.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST GLOCESTERSHIRE. Mr.
R. S. Holford, of Westonbirt, who was recently elected
member for East Glocestershire (in his absence abroad),
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Sir M. H.
H. Beach, has just sent to England an address to the
electors, thanking them for the honour done him. He
writes from Rome, under date, Dec. 29, 1854, and, after
thanking the electors for the confidence reposed in him,
he adds,—" It will be my anxious desire, by my con-
duct in the Legislature, to justify the choice that you
have made, by giving my support to such measures as
may appear best calculated to conduce to the prosperity
of all classesef my fellow-countrymen; and I must again
express my regret that the circumstances under which
the election hal taken place have rendered it impossible
for me personally to thank you for your suffrages or im-
mediately to enter upon the important duties of the po-
sition in which you have placed me."
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The first meeting
of this society in the new premise, at Whitehall-place,
was held on Monday evening the Master of Trinity,
F.R.S., in the chair. Among the late donations to the
society exhibited were Mr. Brierly's Sketches of the
Baltic, Mr. Arrowsmith's recently published map of the
southern portion of the Crimea, and the fifth edition of
the Admiralty and Mr. Stanford's map of Sebastopol
and the Allied camps. Mr. Thomas Muir was elected a
Fellow, and Mr. C. J. La Trobe, late Governor of Vic-
toria, Australia ; Captain T. U. Paulson, R.N., and
Mr. Henry Chersty were, on their election, officially
admitted. After an appropriate address from the chair-
man on the general utility of the society, and its future
prospects, the following papers were read :-1. On a
journey in Persia, by Mr. Keith E. Abbott, her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Tehran, communicated by the Earl
of Clarendon. 2. A despatch from Dr. Livingston,
containing his. routes from Lake Ngami through the
from
interior of South Africa to Angola, communicated
by Sir Roderick Murchison, and a despatch, commu-
nicated by the Earl of Clarendon, from Colonel Herman,
her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli, reporting that some
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