The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert left Osborne at two
o'clock yesterday afternoon for London, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses
Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and the Prince of Leininger.
The ladies and gentlemen in waiting were Lady
Churchill, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Colonel the Hon. C.
B. Phipps, Major-General Bouverie, Captain Du Plat,
the Master of the Household, and Mr. Gibbs.
Her Majesty and the Prince crossed from Cowes in
the Fairy royal steam-yacht to Gosport, travelled by a
special train on the South-Western Railway, and pro-
ceeded from the private station at Vauxhall with the
royal suite in six of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a
party of Carbineers, to Buckingham Palace, where the
royal party arrived at ten minutes before six o'clock,
and were received by the Marquis of Breadalbane, the
Earl of Listowel, Viscount Torrington, Lord Alfred
Paget, Sir Fred. Stovin, and Major• General Wylde.
The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Princess's Theatre
with their presence in the evening. The royal suite
consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the
Earl of Listowel, Major-General Bouverie, and Captain
Du Plat.

Ensign Roderick M. Campbell was presented, at the
Queen's Levee on March 14, by the Hon. Fred. Vil-
liers, on his appointment to the 4th Royal Elthorne
Militia.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
hy Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence•house,
St. James's, on Thursday, from Frogmore.

PRESENTS TO THE ALLIED ARMIES IN

THE CRIMEA.

In the month of January last Mr. Minton, of Wind-
sor, butcher to her Majesty, forwarded three remark-
ably fine rounds of beef to the seat of war in the East,
directed respectively to Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and Gener
Canrobert. The beef was skilfully cured, and packed in
air-tight tubs, so that its quality and flavour might be
preserved for several months. Mr. Minton wrote to
each of the illustrious personages to whom the tubs were
consigned, begging their acceptance of his characteristic
gifts, and informing them that the beef had been cut
from prime Scotch oxen, fed on the Royal farms at
Windsor occupied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Yesterday's post brqught the following acknowledgment
from Lord Raglan :

"Before Sebastopol, March 5.
" Major Kingston is desired by Lord Raglan to acknow-
ledge the ~receipt of Mr. Mitten's letter, of January the
3d, and also of the round of beef, which arrived only two
days ago. Lord Raglan desires to express his grateful ac-
knowledgments of so acceptable a present, which he values
the more highly on account of the kind sympathies and
noble sentiments which accompanied it ; such expressions
from those at home being most welcome to' any one serv-
ing and fighting for their country."
It will hi seen by the dates that the small tubs of
beef were floating in the harbour of Balaklays, or
stranded in the morass which, unfortunately, separated
that port from the English camp for several weeks. In
the meantime his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
was invalided and on his way to this country. The
letter, however, bad been received, and called forth the
following reply from his Royal Highness :

" St. James's, Feb. 22.
" am deAired by the Doke of Cambridge to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 241 of Jannary,
whi::11 has been this they received, and to express to you
his Royal Highness's b3st thanks for the round of beef
which you bad the kindness to send to the Crimea,
where such good things are most acceptable ; and his
R)yal Highness also desires me to thank you for the kind
wishes expressed in your letter.
"I gaye the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant.
" CHAS. TYRWHITT, Licut -Colonel, Equerry."
The beef was desp,tched through the a-2,eacy of the
matiagers of the Crimean Army Fund. From General
Cetnrobert, the commander-in-chief of the French army,
no reply has yet been received.

RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

'WOLVERHAMPTON, FRIDA.Y EVENING.

The colliers of this neighbourhood, who are under
notice of a reduction of wages, have been visited by col-
liers from the Potteries, who have received similar
notices, and, instigated by the latter, the colliers of
Bilston and the locality have today been committing
serious depredations, in one or more instances pillaging
shops, and, is several, forcibly preventing those colliers
from continuing their work who were desirous of retaining
their employment at the new rates of wages. Mobs,
numbering between 3,000 and 5,000, assembled in BB-
ston and the roads near that town, causing the utmost
alarm to the inhabitants, where, from about noon, the
shops have been closed and business entirely suspended.
The police in endeavouring to disperse them were attacked
and one member of the furce received serious injuries.
The constables ohareed with their sabres, and after
drawing blood the mob fled ; only however for a time, as
now (3 o'clock) their threats have increased the alarm of
the inhabit'mnts. Troops have been sent for. A tele-
graphic message has just been received from Colonel
S!ade, of the Essex Rifles, that 100 of his men will leave
Weedon for Bilstou forthwith. The police perambulate
the streets with drawn cutlasses, and several arrests have
been made. For the protection of this town, where also
the shops have been partially closed, the Wolverhamp-
ton troop of Yeomanry and a body of enrolled pen-
sioners have been called up by the Mayor. _ _

- 9 o'CLocir.
Several hundred colliers have just left this town with
the avowed determination of forcibly liberating their
brethren who have been arrested. •
BILSTON, MARCH 23.
Yesterday and to-day there has been some rioting at
Bilston. The colliers this morning, after visiting seve-
ral pits in the neighbourhood and compelling the men
to leave their work, assembled in Oxford-street to the
number of 2,000 or 3,000, armed with pick handles,
and took provisions from the shops. They attacked the
shop of Mr. Kendrick and wounded Mr. Kendrick's son.
The police wore hemmed in by the mob, and one police-
officer named Devonport was injured by a stone. Mr.
Gettings, ironfounder, and his son, who werte passing
down the street in a gig, were attacked because they re-
lased to give money. The son was struck by the mob
and was much hurt. In another part of the street a
police-officer took refuge in the shop of Mr. Crernsmini,
furniture dealer. The mob at once surrounded the
house, and they seemed about to make an attack upon
it, when they were charged by a body of 30 police-con-
st tbles and the officer rescued. The street was soon
cleared. Six of the rioters, named Josiah Fereday,
Henry Everall, William CArnrains, Richard M`Cann,
Mich gel Doon, and John Welsh, were this afternoon
brought up at the petty sessions charged with rioting,
and all except Welsh were committed • for trial at the
as-Azes. The military have been sent for.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir
George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence
House, St. James's, on Thursday, from Frogmore.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary, will arrive in town this morning
from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray.
The Earl Beauchamp arrived iu Grovesnor-place year
terday from Worcestershire.

BlAckwall, from Port Philip, has brought 50,000
ounces of gold, valued at 200,000/.
Loss *I, THE SOUTHERN CROSS.—A few weeks since,
the magnificent vessel the Southern Cross was launched
at Teigninouth, which port she left on Friday week
last. Intelligence has :ince been received that she foun-
dered on a rack off Caernarvon, and that she has since
gone to pieces. One man was lost, and two others are
much injured.
WaEcK. AND IMMENSE Loss OF LIFE.—SYDNEY, NEW
SOUTF. WALES, Dec. IG.—The Oberon Truscotf-, which
arrive I here 2:1 December from Guadalcahar, spoke the
Woodia.rk, of tins port, which reported the wreck of a
v,L,ssel on Banton Shoal-; ; she ha I nearly 500 Chinese
pa.ss,..-i • of Whom were drowned, with a portioit
.s, all .
( f the crew, master and eight men only being saved ;
there male for Cape Dennis in a boat, and on landing
were atta,:kel by the natives and five of them killed.
PORTABLS Caul? CHAIR.—The following letter was
received by Mr. Colvin, of G 2, Queen street, Glasgow,
fcom Lurdll.l:4lan, acknowledging receipt of one of these
ingenious and useful articles :—" Before Sebastopol,
Mare'l 2, ISss.—Sir, I received, two days ago, your
t.A.r of the 11th December, with the patent portable
camp chair, which you sent with it, and I beg to tender
to you. my best acknowledgments for so acceptable a
pre sent. The chair is not only a most comfortable one,
hut affords proof of great ingenuity, and I hope it will
be held in as high
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