The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes-
terday.
The Queen, with the Princess Royal, walked in the
Home Park this morning.
His Royal Highness the Prince went out shooting.
The following have been invited, and are exp•cted
this afternoon :—llis Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weitnar, the Portuguese Minister and the
Countess de Lavradio, Sir Charles and Lady Mary
Wood, and Major-General Sir Richard England.

Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the
Chancellor• of the Exchequer on Wednesday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
Despatches from the Governor of West Australia,
and also from the Governor of Ceylon, were received
yesterday at the Colonial-office.

The Duchess of Inverness entertained Sir Charles and
Lady Mary Wood and a select party to dinner on Wed-
nesday evening, at Kensington Palace.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining a
succession of visitors at Woburn Abbey, Beds.

The Marquis of Blandford and Lord Alfred Churchill
during the last week have been staying on a visit to the
Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley have gone on a
continental tour.

The Earl of Southesk is having made great alterations
and improvements at Kinnaird Castle, the ancient
baronial residence of the Carnegies.
The Earl and Countess Bruce are staying at Savernake
Lodge, near Marlborough, Wilts. There was a review
of the Marlborough troop of the Wilts Yeomanry Ca-
valry a few days since on the lawn at Savernake, at
which the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury and a
large party were present. The officers of the corps, in-
cluding the Earl Bruce, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord
Ernest Bruce, Major Ward, &c., dined together in the
evening.
Lady Mary Fox has joined the circle assembled at
Wemyss Castle, N.B.
The Right Hon. Sir James Graham has returned to
Netherby, from visiting the Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo
House, N.B.

The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood
left the Admiralty yesterday afternoon, to remain a few
days on a visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle.
The Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere,
after a tour of visits in Ireland, in the course of which
they visited the Duke of Devonshire, at Lisrnore Castle ;
Lady Dover, at Gowran Castle ; and his Excellency the
Earl of Carlisle, at Dublin, have returned to their seat
near Windsor.

We regret to hear that the Bishop of London is se-
riously ill at his residence at Fulham. His lordship has
very lately returned from a visit to the Continent.
MR. MACAULAY.-It is understood that Mr. Macaulay
retires from the representation of Edinburgh at the next
dissolution of Parliament. Lord Melgund is spoken of i 3
the successor to the great essayist.—Aberdeerr Journal.:
Some further auounts of gold were taken to the Bank
yesterday afternoon, and it is believed that the total
thus retained out of the recent arrivals is about 300,0001.
In the discount market yesterday increased ease was
observable. In the Stock Exchange money could be
obtained on Stock at from 2s to 3 per cent., and on
other Government securities ac 4 per cent.

Miss Kate Saville, niece of Miss Helen Faucit, ap-
pears on Saturday evening at the Old \Vells Theatre,
as Pauline Deschapelles, in The Lady of Lyons.
Mademoiselle Taglioni has just arrived at Viennafrom
Berlin, for the purpose of performing a limited number
of nights at the Karuther-gate Theatre.
The Grand Opera at Paris is in a dilemma ; some of
its brightest ornaments, Mdms. Alboni and Cruvelli, and
M. Roger, intend leaving Paris about the end of De-
cember, and the director knows not what substitutes to
obtain.
MRS. CHATTERLEY'S DRAMATIC READINGS. —On
Wednesday evening, in accordance with public announce-
ment, Mrs. Chatterley read Much Ado About Nothing,
in the lecture hall of the Bristol Athenaeum, to a nume-
rous and highly respectable audience.
THE LATE SUPERINTENDENT MAY.—The statement
which has appeared in most of the journals to the effect
that.the late Mr. John May, Superintendent of the A.
Division of Police, was appointed to the Force by Sir
Robert Peel as " constable," and from which rank he
passed throngh the different grades to that of superin-
tendent, is not, we are turd, correct. Mr. May was ap-
pointed by Sir Robert Peel, on the formation of the
Police Corps, to the office of superintendent.
By way of advertisement for foreign artists who may
be tempted to give concerts at Berlin, a journal which
appears in that city every Monday morning, called the
Fire-Lgnijins, publishes the list of 86 grand indigenous
conceits expected during the ensuing winter. This num-
ber does not include the concerts of M. Rudersdorff, nor
those of Liebig chapel, nor those for charitable pur-
poses, &c.
It is understood that the Honourable the Court of
Directors have, to a considerable extent, acceded to the
suggestions conveyed by the Bombay Government, for
equalising the rank and furlough-pay of the Indian navy
with that of the military branch of the East India Com-
pany's service. These alterations will considerably in-
crease the furlough pay of certain ranks in the Indian
navy.—Overland Mail.
The Nubia, which brought home the East India mail-
the day before yesterday. made the passage from Malta
to England in less than nine days, including a stoppage
at Gibraltar. During her voyage from Southampton to
Alexandria and back, which occupied about a month, she
conveyed 314 passengers. The Nubia will shortly be
placed on the Indian line.
THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—
Letters for the Asia, for Boston and Halifax, will require
to be posted at the General Post-Office before eight a.m.
on the 27th instant, with late fees until nine a.m., and
finally at the landing stage until ten a.m. A ship letter
bac, for the Eagle clipper, for Melbourne, will be made
up here the same day, letters to be posted before ten
a.m., and with late fees to 10.30 a.m.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL SHIPS.—The Royal mall ship
Emma, Captain Underwood, of the White Star line,
which sailed from the Mersey on the 21st ult., for Mel-
bourne, with the Australian mails, was spoken by a
ves.el arrived in the Clyde, on the 11th of September,
in lat. 10 N, long. 25 W, 21 days out. The Favourite,
arrived in the Mersey yesterday, reports having passed
the Royal mail ship Lightning, of the Black Ball line,
on the 25th of September, 20 days out, in lat. 12 N,
long. 28 W. The Royal mail ship Shaliman, Captain
Amos Robertso❑, also of the White Star line, has been
spoken (and letters sent home) on the 29th of August,
out 40 days, in lat. 24 S, to❑g. 27 %V, all well.

THE COAL FOR THE WEST INDIA STEAMERS.--Some
considerable time since the owners of the colliers running
between Wales and Southampton raised their freights,
and from that period the West India Company have had
nearly the whole of the coals for their coal depot at
Southampton brought all the way by rail from Wales.
Long trans of coal waggons arrive at the depot daily,
containing sometimes 100 or 150 tons. The consump-
t►on of coal at Southampton by the West India Com•
pany's steamers is upwards of 3,000 tons per month.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTF, STOCKWELL.—A lecture
was delivered here on Tuesday evening last, on " Popu-
lar Superst►tions—their Causes and Remedies," by Mr.
Simpson, of Tunbridge Wells, late librarian to the
Islington Institution. The design of the lecture was to
explode the belief in fortune-tellers, apparitions, dreams,
and similar superstitions, which still find a place in the
minds of the uneducated. The subject was ably dis-
cussed, and afforded considerable instruction and amuse-
ment to a large and highly respectable audience.

SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.—The executive com-
mittee of the Ballot Society held a meeting on Wednes-
day, at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street, when it was unanimously resolved, on the notion
of Mr. Prout, seconled by General Thompson—" That
this committee, deeply lamenting the death of Sir Wil-
liam Molescvorth, Bart., M P., remember with gratitude
the many and invaluable services rendered to the cause
of complete freedom of election by his speeches and
writings in favour of the vote by ballot. That, through-
out a long Parliamentary career he invariably supported
the motions of Mr. Grote and Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley ;
and that, when raised to the Cabinet, he not only con-
tinued to support the vote by ballot, but delivered one
of the ablest speeches ever made in its favour. The
death of this lamented statesman is a loss to the
whole country and its dependencies, but the friends
of the ballot have especial cause to lament his untimely
end."

ARRIVAL OF GENERAL MARICHAIL—Among the pas-
sengers who arrived on Wednesday at Southampton by
the Indian mail-steamer Nubia was the celebrated
Indian officer, Major• General Markham, who commanded
at the assault of the Redan on the day of the capture of
Sebastopol. He has arrived home in ill health, arising
principally from a change of climate from India to the
Crimea and from a hurried journey through India,
Egypt, and Turkey. His legs are so swollen that he
can hardly walk. Although not 50 years of age he
looks almost 70. His face is very thin, and is literally
black with exposure to the sun. He wears an immense
beard, which is quite grey. He was the first to leave
the Nubia, and was assisted to walk by his aide•de-camp.
Tire crowd of person's who witnessed his landing, struck
with his remarkable appearance, and knowing that he
was one of the principals engaged in the assault of Se-
bastopol on the last terrible and glorious day, fell back
respectfully to make way for him to pass along the docks.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, July 25.—About 10 a.m. on
Friday (July 20) the Avalanche hove in sight, making
for the Garden Island anchorage. The presence of Go-
vernor Kennedy on board was immediately known •by
the ensign flying at the main, followed by the firing of
two guns—signals which had been previously agreed
upon. A deputation from the inhabitants of Fremantle
immediately proceeded on board, and, after congratulat-
ing his Excellency on his safe arrival, presented him with
a copy of the address, which they intimated would be
read to him on his arrival at Fremantle. On Saturday
his Excellency landed under a salute of 17 guns ; the
town presented a scene of unusual gaiety. Immediately
after passing under the triumphal arch at the end of
Cliff-street his Excellency was met by the deputation,
who read an address, to which he replied, thanking them
for their cordial welcome, to which, having no claim be-
yond that of being her Majesty's representative, he ac-
cepted as additional proofs of the loyalty and affection
which they entertained for her most gracious Majesty.
The address would serve to remind him of the grave re-
sponsibility he had undertaken, and would stimulate
him, he trusted, to discharge the duties of the office he
held in a manner to justify her Majesty's selection, and
the expectations they might have formed. lie earnestly
reci prccated their hope for that unanimity, without which
their extended efforts would be as ropes of sand, and,
above all, joined them in the trust that a merciful Pro-
vidence might direct and prosper all measures condu-
cive to the wellbeing of the inhabitants of the colony.
His Excellency proceeded the following day to Pert!), the
seat of Governwent.