The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

THE LONDON OMNIBUS COMPANY.

This company was enrolled and registered in
Paris on Wednesday last, and the first instalment
for the payment of the omnibuses was lodged
yesterday at the bank of Messrs. Robarts, Curtis,
and Co., Lombard-street.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 7.

1 After the departure of the King of Sardinia from
Folkestone yesterday, Prince Albert and the Duke of
Cambridge went to the camp at Shorncliffe, where the
Prince presented a stand of Colours to the German
Legion. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took lun-
chenn with Col. Baron Von Stutterheim and the officers
of the Legion.
The Prince returned to Windsor Castle at ten minutes
past five o'clock.
The Duchess of Sutherland, Colonel the Hon. A. N.
floods, and Mr. Gibbs, had the honour of dining with
her Majesty.
The Band of the 2d Life Guards played during the
dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at-
' tended and performed in the Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland left the Castle to-day.
The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice
Byng have succeeded the lion. Caroline Cavendish and
the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maids of Honour in
Waiting.
Her .afajesty held a Privy Couacil at thiee o'clock
this afternoon. Present, Prince Albert, the Earl of
Elarrowhy, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the
Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Duke of Argyll, the
Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Marquis of Bread-
albane.
The Duke of Argyll had an audience of the Queen
1 previous to the Council, and delivered to her Majesty
the Privy Seal.
At the Privy Council Parliament was ordered to be
further prorogued from the 11th December until the 31st
January, and a proclamation was ordered to be issued
summoning Parliament to meet on the 31st of January
for the desjatch of public business.
Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custc dr
of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. Dudley, Earl of Hal,
rawby, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was ad-
ministered to him, and the noble Earl took his place at
tho board.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Writing.
The Queen having been pleased to deliver the custody
of the seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lan-
caster to the Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Bainea, the
oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was by
her Majesty's command administered to him. Mr. F.
Dawes Danvers, Clerk of the Council and Registrar of
the Duchy Court of Lancaster, attended.
Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Grey had au-
diences of her Majesty. Lord Dufferin and Mr. F.
Cavendish were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of
Harrowby, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir George
Grey, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and the Right
Hon. M. T. Baines, travelled from London to attend
the Privy Council by a special train on the Great Western
Railway. The Ministers left the Castle at 20 minutes
p met four o'clock, and returned by a special train to
town.

The Marquis of Lansdowne went on Thursday on a
visit to Lord John Russell, at his residence in Glouces-
tershire.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
ford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the governors of the North American Pro-
vinces.
Despatches from the governors of Ceylon and the
Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE COURT.—According to present arrangement, the
Court will take its departure from the Castle on Monday
I next for Osborne, there to remain about 10 days, when
the Queen will return to the Castle for the Christmas
holidays. On New Year's-day, the oratorio of "Joseph,"
by Mehul, will be performed at the Castle on an exceed-
ingly grand scale. It is expected that Madame Gold-
ruidt will take part in the performance.
The Marquis of Lansdowne went, on Thursday, on a
visit to Lord John Russell, at his residence in Glouces-
tershire.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
ford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
The marriage of the wealthy Sir Henry Meux to the
daughter of Lord and Lady E. Bruce is announced as
about to take place.
The Morning Post announces that ale marriage of
Lady Jane Feilding, second daughter of the Earl of
Denbigh,. with Captain Levett, Ist Life Guards, will
take place early in January.
APULIAN RAILWAY.—The King of Naples has just
issued a decree authorising M. E. Melisurgo, the pre-
sent contractor for the Apulian Railway line, to con
struct a branch line to Salerno, by the Mercato San
Severino.
Captain Fellowes and Lieutenant Lomax, who ar-
rived yesterday morning in the Euxine, were the
bearers of despatches to the Government from China, re-
lative to the capture of the crew of the Russian frigate
is the Chinese seas.
THE LIVERPOOL STABBING CASE.—John Conolly, the
hotelkeeper, charged with stabbing Donleary, the Irish-
man, od Thursday morning, and causing his death, wasthe same evening committed for trial under the coroner's
warrant, charged with manslaughter.
The discount market remains without alteration. At
the Bank of England the demand is active, but not in any
degree beyond what was anticipated.

LATEST NEWS.

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY PLACED ON
A PEACE FOOTING.
VIENNA, DEC. 7.

The Austrian army, excepting the corps in the
Danubian Principalities, has been placed on a

peace footing.
The export of horses, lead, saltpetre, and sul-
phur to Russia and to Turkey, with the excep-
tion of the Principalities, has been prohibited.
The Vienna funds are rising rapidly.

THE KING OF SARDINIA.
PARIS, DEC. '7.

The King of Sardinia will leave France on
Sunday.

THE WAR IN ASIA.
We read in the lloyeiteur the two following
letters from Asia :

" ERZEROIIII, Nov. 14.

" NotwithFlanding the great quantity of snow which
has already fallen, and the excessive rigour of the tem-
perature, the Russian army has not abandoned its posi-
tion before Kars. General Mouravieff has detached a
division of 8,000 men, which is at this moment on the
Sohanly-Dagh, and is to march upon Erzeroum in the
event of the surrender of Karp. Last week the Russian
division encamped at Deli Baba, on the Bayazid road,
showed itself i❑ the plain of Hassan•Kaleb, and carried
away all the barley and grain that could be gathered.
Selitn Pasha, General-in-Chief of the second corps of
army, is to march from Erzeroum to-morrow with 10,000
men in the direction of Kars.

SOIIKIIII-KALEH, Nov. 18.
" Omer Pasha is now at Zougdidi, where he is await-
ing supplies to continue his operations. His troops have
occupied Si-saki, opened communications with Redout-
Kaleh and Anaklia, and advanced towards Kutais.
There is every reason to believe that another engagement
will take place on the backs of the river Zscanits-Kalsb,
and the Russians will obstinately defend the passage of
the Rion, at Kutais, where they have no doubt concen-
trated the small force left disposable in Georgia, in con-
sequence of their operations against Kars. I have just
learnt that Ouzourguet, abandoned by them, has been
occupied by Mustapha Pasha. I endeavoured without
success to ascertain the number of Mingrelians who sup-
ported the Russians at the passage of the Ingour, and
how they bad behaved in the affair. All I can tell you
is, that not one of their bodies was fuund among the
slain buried the next day by the Turks. Omer Pasl a
maintains the strictest discipline among his troops.
Plunderers are severely punished. The town of Zoug-
didi and the palace and gardens of Prince Dadian
have been scrupulously respected. The inhabitants
have every confidence in him, and it is even said that the
Princess. Regent of Mingrelia and her family will shortly
return to their residences. Several Abasian horsemen,
baying committed acts of depredation, were dismissed by
the Generalissimo, who rendered Prince Michael Hamid
Bey personally responsible for the damages occasioned
by those men."
The Constantinople correspondent of the Consti-
tutionnel writes, on the 26th ult., that the Otto-
man Government had received accounts from Kars
of the 3d. On that day the garrison had success-
fully repelled an attack, commanded by General
Mouravieff in person, and directed against a village
situated close to the fort of Thomas Tabia. That
village was destroyed by the Russians, who set it
on fire before they were driven out of it, with a loss
of 30 killed and 50 wounded, 1 art of whom re-
mained on the field of battle. No witstanding this
new success, the garrison of Kars was in a most
deplorable condition on ace ,unt of the scarcity of
provisions, which was daily felt more and more.
The Ottoman Government had sent transports to
Eupatoria to embark the troops of the Egyptian
Contingent and convey them to Batoum, whence
they were to be marched to Kars.