The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—It having been publicly stated that Sir John
Dean Paul was the chairman of the Accidental Death
Insurance Company, and that Messrs. Strahan were
their bankers, I beg to be allowed to state that Mr.
Kenyon Parker, Q.C., is our chairman, and that Messrs.
Currie are our bankers, ar.d that they have respectively
been so since the formation of the company in 1849.
Trusting that you will insert this in your journal,
I remain, Sir, your obed. servant,
WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary.
7, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, June 26.

PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Queen held a Privy Council at
three o'clock yesterday at Buckingham Palace. It
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Earl
Granville, Lord President ; Viscount Palmerston, First
I,,rd of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of
State for the Home Department ; Sir Charles Wood,
First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Ver-
non Smith, President of the Board of Control ; Earl
Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of
the Horse ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, groom of the
Stole to his Royal Highness. The Hon. William
Bathurz.t was the clerk of the council in waiting. Sir
Cimrle, Wood, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, and
Viscount Palmerton had audiences of her Majesty.
REMOVAL or THE COURT.—The Queen is expected to
arrive at Osborne Palace on the 9th of July. The Royal
yacht has completed coppering, and the carving and
gilding embellishments are nearly finished on the out-
side of the vessel. She will be ready about the 4th of
next month. The Royal tenders Fairy and Elfin will
come out of dock on the 30th inst., and the Elfin will
proceed to Southampton.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal
and the Princess Alice, honoured Mr. Burford with a
visit in Leicester-square yesterday forenoon, and viewed
the Panoramas of Sebastopol and the Battle of the
Alma. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured
Baron Marochetti with a visit yesterday at his studio.
Prince Leopold•took i drive in an open carriage and
four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with Prince
Arthur, took a drive in the afternoon in an open car-
riage and four.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Baroness de Speth,
and Sir George Couper, visited the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham yesterday.
His Highness Mustapha Pacha has taken his depar-
ture from Claridge's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, ea
route for the continent.

The Empress left Paris on Monday for Eaux Bonnes,
where she will remain a few weeks for the benefit of sea•
bathing. The Emperor accompanied her Majesty to the
railway station.
The Emperor of Austria will return to Vienna on
Monday, the 9th July, and the Empress two days
before.

The Empress of Austria arrived on the evening of the
20th at Possenhofen, in Bavaria. The Duke and
Duchess, her parents, went to meet her. It is believed
that her Majesty will return to Vienna on the 7th July;
and that the Emperor will arrive in that ca',ital on the
9th, from his tour of inspection in Gallicia.
The Duke of Beaufirt has written to the Times, deny-
ing the statement that he and his duchess were obliged
to leave their carriage in Hyde-park on Sunday by the
crowd. He only saw half a dozen little boys who hooted
him.

Count de Lorry has been sentenced to six months'
imprisonment 2,000 f. fine, and 5,000 f. damages, for de-
faming the Character of General Randon, Governor-
General of Algeria.
On Saturday morning tbo Roman Catholic Bishop of
Gal way, the Right Rev. L O'Donnell, sat down to
breakfast in apparently sound good health. Suddenly
he was seized with illness, and within a very brief time
ceased to exist. _ _

Mademoiselle Rachel, it is expected, will visit this
country on her way to the United States, and perform
four of her principal characters at the St. James's
Theatre.

VACANT PROFESSORSHIP.—Wo have been informed
that there will probably be a vacancy in the Professor-
ship of Natural Philosophy in Queen's College, Cork, i❑
October next, as it is the intention of ProfeBeor Shaw to
accept a tutorship iii Trinity College, Dublin, at the end
of the long vacation.