The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, went
yesterday morning to the Wellington Barracks for the
purpose of inspecting the drafts of the three regiments of
Guards under orders-for immediate embarkation to the
Crimea. The Prince remained nearly one hour in the
barracks. The troops were then marched to Bucking-
ham Palace, and were formed in the Grand Quadrangle,
where they marched past the Queen, who was accompa-
nied by the elder Royal Family and the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Prince and Princess Augustu3 of Saxe Co-
burg, the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Ernest of
Leiningen. _

The Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg
took leave of her Majesty yesterday and quitted Buck-
ingham Palace, on their return to Claremont.

The Queen mad Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace
at five minutes past 3 o'clock in the afternoon for Wind-
sor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, ,the Princesses Alice,
Helena, and LGui,a, Prince Leopold, and the Prince of
Leiningen, and were attended by the Duchess of Atholl,
Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Caroline Cavendish,
Hon. Flora Macdonald, Earl Somers, Colonel the
Hon. .C. Phipps, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel Seymour, the Master of
the Household, and Mr. Gibbs.
The Queen and the Prince were attended to their car-
riage by the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of
BreadalbAnP' Lord George Lennox, and Colonel the
Hon. A. N. Hood.

The royal party occupied seven carriages, and was
escorted by a detachment of Carbineers to the Padding.
ton terminus of the Great Western Railway.

WINDSOR, APRIL 4.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal
Family and Prince of Leining,en, attended by the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting, arrived at the Castle soon
after four o'clock this afternoon from London.

The Duchess of Kent arrived today at her residence,
Frogmore House, from town.

Lieutenant EdwardC. Sim was presented to the Queen
at the Levee on the 26th ult., by the Inspector General
of Fortifications.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and
Sir George Conper, left her residence, Clarence House,
St. James's, forarrogrnore, yesterday.
Lady Annaltvls..Dawson has succeeded Lady Fanny
Howard as the: in Waiting to the Duchess of
Kent. `l.
Prince Ernest of Leiningen left Clarence House, St.
James's, yesterday afternoon, for Portsmouth.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign•office,
Downing-street, yesterday afternoon, The Ministers
present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chanctllor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir Gecrge Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the
Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Sir William Molesworth,
Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby.

A deputation of Yorkshire newspaper proprietors from
Leeds had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street, for the purpose of laying before him their unani-
mous views in favour of a halfpenny stamp on newspapers
to free the post, and of a halfpenny stamped cover to
entitle unstamped copies of registered newspapers to a
single transmission through the post. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Edward Baines, of the Leeds Mercury,
Mr. Kemplay, of the Leeds lvtelligencer, Mr. Alfred E.
Hargrove, of the York Herald, Mr. Leader, of the
Sheffield Independent, and Mr. J. V. Walker, of the
Halifax Guardian.
The Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Vice-President of
the Board of Trade, left town yesterday for Kilmarnock.
Despatches were received at the Colonial•ofce yester-
day from, the Governor of Canada, and also from the
Governor of Gibraltar. Despatches were sent yester-
day to the Governors of the Australian Colonies.

Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall have left L6ndon for
Llanover, near Abergavenny, where they will pass the
Easter holidays.
The Earl of Cardigan arrived in Portman-square on
Monday, from visiting the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir
Castle, Leicestershire.
The Earl of Cardigan has consented to preside at the
forthcoming anniversary dinner of the Yorkshire So-
ciety. Many gentlemen, we understand, have already
signified their intention to be present in compliment to
the noble lord.

Sir Charles Fitzroy, K.C.8., late Governor-General
of Australia, has arrive' at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-
street.

Miss But dett, Coutts is in Suffolk for a few days visit-
ing a relative.
Mr. John Border, of Parliament-street, secretary to
25 of the English bishops, died at his residence at Nor-
wood on Tuesday.
_ .

On the 22d ult. 170 cases of cholera were reported
at St. Petersburg.
The sittings of the Germanic Diet will be resumed on
the 12th.

General Tories, the Peruvian Minister to this coun-
try, arrived yesterday at Southampton in the Tyne, and
proceeded to Silva's Hotel.
A nctice was issued from the General Post-office yes-
terday, ordering all country Post--aces to be closed on
Good Fridays and Christmas-days, the same as on Sun-
days--that is to say, 24t. 10 o'clock in the forenoon. N•,
money orders are to be granted or paid on those days,
and only one delivery of letters is to be made.
The following clergymen have been appointed chap-
lains for the seat of war under the auspices of the So-
ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts : —the Rev. John Eicreet, M.A., curate of Camden
Town Chapel, St. Pancras ; the Rev. James Wallace,
M.A., curate of Littlebury; the Rev. Wm. Sykes, M.A.,
late curate of Ingoldesthorpe, Norfolk ; and the Rev.
J. d'Arcv Preston, M.A., curate of Kz-ndworth.

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CAPTAIN ALATIIEWS.—Captain Mathews, late of the
Great Britain steamer, has been appointed Lloyd's
agent in Melbourne. Captain Mathews and his family
will leave in the White Star for Melbourne, and will
carry with him the high regards which his conduct as a
entleman and a sailor of many years has universally
secured him.—Liverpool .itandard.
DEATH OF THE AUTHORESS OF "JANE ERE."—We
regret to announce the death of Mrs. Nicol, formerly
eliss Bront4, who, under the nom de plume of Currer
Bell, established a lasting reputation by the publication
of "Jane Eyre." We have two other novels from her
pen, "Shirley," and " Vilette," and all are especially
distinguished fo'r great power of conception and vigorous
portrayal of character. The unfortunate lady, who was
the last survivor of a family of six, died on Saturday
last, at her father's house, at Haworth, Yorkshire.—
Manchester Guardian.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—WiIIiam Dunn, Esq., the
respected treasurer and secretary of this theatre, died at
his residence, Crown Hill, Norwood, Surrey, last even-
ing. Mr. Dunn was fifty-six years an officer in this
establishment, and no person was more respected by the
committee and gentlemen, as also by the various lessee=.
His death will be a great loss to the management and
the committee.

METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. -A special gene-
ral court of the commissioners was held yesterday at the
Court-house, Greek-street, to allow deficiencies, hear
summonses and appeals, make improvement rates, re-
ceive presentments of nuisances and other routine busi-
ness. The Court sat some hours, but no point of the
slightest public interest arose.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LIVERPOOL, April 3. —The
?Teat will case, the Earl of Sefton v. Hopwood, was ar-
gued at length by Sir F. Thesiger. At six o'clock the
court rose. The case was resumed yesterday
and again
adjourned.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOCESTER, April 4.- -Mary Ann
Bryant was charged with feloniously throwing a child
named Hannah Selman into the water, with intent to
murder her. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge.
The particulars of this distressing case will be in the re-
elPection of our readers, having been fully detailed in
The Sun of Saturday last. Mr. Baron Martin said he
bad no alternative, and must direct that sentence of
death be recorded against the prisoner ; but his lordship
intimated that the sentence would not be executed.
Sentence of death was recorded accordingly.
R HSitITImAENDCIARCITUoItoriT,
me.foN.robsiTs,s,,asAapi
an action
ct4io..:ZianEtsthve.
rogistered proprietors of the Daily News, for the publi-
cation of a libel in that journal. Mr. E. James, Q.C.,
appeared for the plaintiff, and said that the only object he
had in view was the vindication of his character, and, as
the defendants had Admitted that the article which was
the subject of complaint had been ingested through in-
advertence, and that there was no ground for any im-
putation upon the plaintiff, he would consent to a no-
minal verdict that would carry costs. A verdict for 5
guineas was then taken for the plaintiff.
DEATII AT SCUTARI.—The following letter (says the
Nottingham Journal) has been received by the friends
of a young man named Wainright, a native of Not-
tingham :—" General Hospital, Scutari, Feb. 27, 1855.
Mr. Wainwright,—l write to acquaint you with the
death of your son Frederick, not only because I believe
you would rather know the worst than be kept in sus-
pense, but more particularly because I am able to tell
you things of his last sickness, which it will be a con-
solation for you to hear. His disease was diarrhoea.
He walked into the ward on his arrival, and seemed in
good spirits, though looking very thin. I remember
remarking to an old soldier who was assisting him, that
the lad kept up his spirits, and he answered very
heartily, ' Yes, he is fit for a soldier.' The doctor
said that his chance of recovery was nourishing food.
He was tried with this. I know that lam writing
to a parent, so I cannot speak too minutely. On
the last day of his life he took two eggs beaten
up with brandy, two gills of port wine, and a quantity
of beef tea. He bore his acute sufferings very uncom-
plainingly. I felt much drawn towards him by the pa-
tience and meekness he exhibited, as well as by his affec-
tionate disposition. He was quite aware of the near
approach of death. He told me one evening that I
should not, he believed, see him in the morning. I said,
' I think not, Wainright.' I observed that for a moment
ho looked distressed, and I asked if he wished to live ?
He said, 'Yes, a little longer.' What for ?' I said.
He at once, poor boy, began to compare earthly and
heavenly things, and ended by remarking, You may
well say what for.' He told me that he felt confident
his dear moiler was in heaven, and he often, from words
which fell from him, appeared to be dwelling upon the
thought of their meeting. He knew nothing of his
brother. Your last letter was read to him en the morn-
ing of his death. I feel quite happy with respect to
poor Frederick. I trust that he has entered into his
rest, —Youre sincerely, MARGARET, of the Devonport
sistera of Mercy,'

LATEST NEWS.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4.

According to reliable advices from Balaklava
of the 29th of March, the regular operations
were to commence on the 3d of April.

BERLIN, WEDNESDAY.

General Wedell has set out to return to Paris.

Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn de l'Huys
decline the King of Prussia's invitation to Berlin.

The following is Prince Gortschakoff's account
of the sortie of the 23d March :

In the night from the 22d to the 23d March,

we made a powerful sortie from Sebastopol, in
order to prevent the enemy continuing his ap-
proaches on the lunette Kamschatka.

The affair terminated in our favour, and the
works constructed by the French within the last

few days were destroyed.
The loss on both sides was considerable, but

the enemy's was greater than ours.
We have taken two French officers, an English

colonel, and an English captain, prisoners.

The telegraph wire between Varna and Giur-
gevo is complete, but the apparatus has not yet
arrived. The telegraph between Semlin and
Alexinitz, in Servia—a distance of about 170

English miles—will be opened in a few days. The
British Government has a bad reputation for
forethought, and people here offer to bet that no
fire-engines have been sent out Jto the wooden
town at Balaklava.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
DOVER, THURSDAY, 11.15 A.m.
The Baltic fleet is in sight, and will pass Dover

at about 1 p.m.
The weather is very fine, with a light easterly

breeze.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The reception of the news from Marseilles rela-
tive to the sortie on the 22d, has caused great ex-
citement, as it is looked upon as "the beginning
of the end." I have nothing of particular interest
to communicate to-day, further than I have heard it
reported that the misiion of M. Drouyn de l'Huys,
or rather the uttimatum, sent by him, is the destruc-
tion of the forts of Sebastopol. His instructions
are further to insist that the erection of forts at
Varna and Sinope would but be a source of trouble
instead of a solid counterbalance to the power of
Russia in the Euxine. Ido not vouch for the ac-
curacy of this information, but it is the talk in well-
informed circles, and I send it you.
The following is from a letter dated Paris,
yesterday, 6 p.m. :
The telegraphic despatch from General Canro-
bert, published in the Moniteur of to-day, has given
rise to a good deal of comment ; and, owing to the
interval between the occurrence of the facts and the
date of the despatch announcing them—at least
seven days—has excited some suspicion that the
Government has received intelligence which it
does not like to publish. If any additional facts
are known people will have it that there can be
only one reason for not giving them, namely—
that they are of an unpleasant kind. The despatch
is as follows ;
" BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 29.
"In a sortie, which the enemy made in the night
of the 22d against our works in front of the Ma-
lakhoff Tower, they were vigorously repulsed, and
had 2,000 men killed or wounded. Our losses do
not exceed 600 men."

Unable to account satisfactorily for the delay of
General Canrobert in transmitting this intelligence,
it is suggested that the IT4oniteur has made a mis-
take, and that the 9 should be 6, or that it should
be " Constantinople, 29," and not "Sebastopol ;"
but the Constitutionnel, that must have had its
information from the Foreign-office, also speaks of
news of the 29th from Sehastapol of the same na-
, Lure, but adds that the French " remained mas-
ters of the position taken by them." Of this last
fact the Moniteur says nothing. News from Se-
bastopol we could have of the 29th by Varna, but
the despatch from Marseilles gives only intelligence
from Constantinople of the 26th. It is possible
that the Government is keeping in reserve, and,
by way of a bonne bouche, some fact of astounding
success—perhaps the realisation of the rumour of
Sunday last. Such as the present one is,
I rather think that the utmost will be made of it
before the country, and I should not be surprised '
if it were the subject of a good deal of triumph,
and given as an indisputable proof that, if we
wished it, we could take Sebastopol whenever we
please ; and that, if we do not take it, it is because
we do not wish it. Something may be made of it
at the Conference.
' Being in the vein of criticism, I cannot help
noticing the mutilation which the despatch of Lord
Raglan, dated Sebastopol, the 20th, suffers in the
Illoniteur's fourth page, as if it was desirable to
keep it out of sight. This is particularly cruel so far
as tie noble lord's despatches are concerned, for
they are never over bulky. The greater part of the
second paragraph, which speaks of the heavy fire
of musketry, and the fear of " considerable loss"
ihaving been sustained by " our Allies," is
omitted. In the third paragraph the words
" but the fire to which I have above alluded was
so continuous," are also left out. These omissions,
having reference to the injury inflicted on the
French, have been noticed generally, and would
explain, if they do not justify,,the suspicion that
there is something—good or bad—which does not
meet the public eye. Taking the facts as given in
the Moniteur, the affair must have been a sangui-
nary one, considering the numbers probably en-
gaged. The loss is equal to, if it does not exceed;
that of Eupatoria, where there were upwards of
50,000 men engaged.
The following private telegraphic despatches
have been received to-day :
MARSEILLES, April 4.—By the Simois we have
received accounts from Constantinople to the 26th
ult. All the Allied vessels which had been at
anchor in the Bosphorus have been recalled to the
Crimea, and were preparing to start. All the
troops encamped round the Bay of Kamiesh had
been also ordered to take up a position nearer to
Sebastopol. Letters from Balaklava of the 20th
announce that the health of the troops had much
improved. The English army had been rein-
-forced. The news of the death of Prince Mens-
chikoff is confirmed ; it took place at Perekop on
the 17th, from a wound in his leg, which had
mortified. The Austrian army of observation is
about to draw nearer to the Pruth and the Danube.
The departures of merchant vessels from Constan-
tinople for the mouths of the Danube were very
rare, in consequence of the uncertainty which pre-
vails as to the intentions of the Russian authorities.
Further shocks of earthquake were felt at Broussa
on the 22d, but they were not so violent as before,
although sufficiently so to create great alarm. The
English General Williams, who is invested with full
powers by the Sultan, continues his i nquiries into the
disorders of the staff of the Turkish army of Asia.
Several colonels are to be prosecuted, and severe
discipline among the troops will be reestablished.
The Turkish Government of Mossoul, having re-
ceived reinforcements, has retaken the town of
Zabo from the Kurd insurgents. The Ottoman
Porte has ordered a levy of troops in Syria. Ac-
counts from Athens state that King Otho is pre-
paring a palace for the Emperor Napoleon. The
banditti continue their outrages throughout the
whole of the country, and pillage in every direc.
tion."

(SECOND DESPATCH.)
MARSEILLES, 4th.—The Simois steam-packet has
just arrived with accounts from Constantinople to
the 26th. Aali Pacha, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, was to leave on the 25th for Vienna. Rizza
Pacha, Turkish Minister of War, had resumed his
functions. Mustapha Pacha, ex-Grand-Visir and
father of Vely Pacha, ex-Ambassador to the
French Government, has been exiled. (The des-
patch concludes with the account of the affair of
the night of the 22d, published in the Moniteur
to-day.)

MADRID,
3d.—Lord Howden, the British am-
bassador at this court, has addressed to the journals
a mumlugeAtion oppo§itio4 to the AllauteriAl

declarations, relative to the violent measures
adopted against the Protestants of Seville. Tile
Spanish Government will, it is said, make a com-
plaint to the English Government on the subject.
A letter from Frankfort, in the Patric, says—
" The dissension which exists between Austria and
Prussia on the Eastern question, instead of be-
coming smoothed down, appears every day to be-
come more aggravated. The recent note of the
16th of M. de Manteuffel is not regarded here in a
sense favourable to the policy of Prussia. It ap-
pears to have widened the line of demarcation
existing between that power and Austria. How-
ever that may be, a serious misunderstanding
between the two first powers of Germany at a mo-
ment when events may render the assembling of
all the military forces of the Confederation neces-
sary, cannot but tend to neutralise the results
which that assembling might produce on the desti-
nies of a great part of Europ. It may be easily seen
that the armaments which were ordered in the
sitting of the Diet, on the Bth February, are, in
general, carried on with much less activity than
when they were first decided on. The petty states
take advantage of circumstances to postpone as long
as possible the period when their contingents must
be fully armed. The mobilisation of the federal
army, which Austria so strongly urged only about
a month ago, now appears indefinitely postponed.
At several of the late sittings here the question
was not even alluded to."

It is generally remarked (says a letter from
Vienna) that Count Esterhazy, the Austrian en-
voy, isolates himself in a very marked manner from
all the official receptions ; he no longer makes his
appearance in the salons of our statesmen, and no
one here would be astonished at hearing that the
Austrian Government had granted him an unlimited
leave of absence.

Prince Jerome and his son Prince Napoleon paid
a visit yesterday to the interesting plan of Sebas-
topol in relief by Mr. Wyld. They requested to
have a private view. They arrived at half-past
1 o'clock, and remained till past 5. During this
long visit the Prince pointed out to his father the
scenes of the combats of Inkermann and Bala-
klava, and explained in detail the positions of the
Allies and the progress of the works, which are, it
appears, up to the latest date. Both Princes ap-
peared much pleased with the execution of the plan.
The Courrier de Marseille of the 4th inst. says :
—" It appears that fresh orders detain, for the
present, the battalions of voltigeurs of the guard
at Marseilles and Avignon. It is the Ist regiment
of these fine troops which is in this city waiting for
embarkation. As to the foot chasseurs and the
two battalions of gendarmes of the guard their de-
parture has been momentarily countermanded,
and they remain in Paris."

BOURSE, AP aiL 4.—CLOSING PRICES.
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Credit Foncier 540 Austrian
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