The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, OCT. 22.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal,
walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morn-
ing.

Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, left
Windsor at 10 o'clock this forenoon for Aldershott, for
the purpose of inspecting a draft of the Grenadier
Guards ordered for immediate embarkation for the
Crimea.

Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Hardinge, and Lord
Panmure took their departure by an early train for
London.

The Earl of Clarendon and the Right lion. Sir Richard
Pakenham have been invited, and are expected this
afternoon.

The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith arrived in town
yesterday afternoon from Northampton, for the purpose
of attending the Cabinet Council.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in London
yesterday from Harpton-court, Kington, Hereford.
Viscount Palmerston and Lord Panmure arrived in
town yesterday from Windsor Castle.
Viscount Hardinge returned to London yesterday
from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, the Earl of
Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon
Smith, the Earl of Harrowby, and Viscount Canning.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
Lieutenant-General Sir W. J. Codrington is to com-
mand the army in the Crimea.—Morning Paper.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. G. Anson is to be com-
mander-in-chief in India, giving up Madras.
The Earl of Erroll has rejoined his regiment, the 3d
battalion Rifle Brigade, now encamped at Alderahott.
Lord and Lady Saltoun, with the Hon. Miss Fraser,
Captain Fraser, and party, have arrived at Philorth
House from a visit to Arndilly.
Mr. E. A. Scott and Mr. R. H. Droop, of Marl-
borough College, have each been elected to a fellowship
at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Sir Michael and Lady Octavio Shaw Stewart are on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.
Lord Clinton (brother of the Duke of Newcastle),
Lady Clinton, and family, have arrived at Kilmun.
Viscount Canning's successor to the head of the Post-
office department must be appointed this week.
The Earl of Lincoln, the Hon. William Henry John
North (son of Colonel and the Baroness North), Lord
Howard (son of the Earl of Effingham), and Viscount
Vaughan (son of the Earl of Lisburne) are pursuing
their studies at Christ Church, Oxford.
Mr. Brodie, R.A., of Edinburgh, is about to execute
a bust of the Poet Laureate. At Forfar a monument
to the late Joseph Hume is in progress.
Alderman Humphery is reported to be dangerously
ill. His death would not now cause a vacancy in Par-
liament, since he gave up his seat for Southwark in 1852
to Mr. Apsley Pellatt.
DEATH OF LORD DE VESCI.—This venerable nobleman
died on Friday, the 19th, at Portaferry. He was the
second Viscount De Vesci, of Abbeyleix, Baron of
Knapton, Queen's county, one of the representati ye peers
of Ireland, a baronet, and lieutenant and custov rotulo-
rum. He was born Feb. 16, 1771. He is sum" ceded
in
his title and estates by the Hon. Thomas Vest sy, now
Viscount De Vesci.
DEATH OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE. —We regret to an-
nounce the death of Lord Wharncliffe, which es's ent took
place yesterday morning at Wortley Hall, the family
seat in Yorkshire. The deceased peer had fit some
mrnths suffered from severe indisposition, so t; hat the
event was not altogether unexpected. The Rigt it Hon.
James Stuart Wortley, M.P. (the Recorder), ant 1 other
near relatives have been congregated at Wortley Hall in
anticipation of the approaching death.
REPRESENTATION OP SLIGO.—A local. Consi trvative
journal states that Mr. John Sadleir will not s eek the
suffrages of the immaculate electors of Sligo bort )ugh at
the next dissolution of Parliament.
Yesterday, at a wardmote of Farringdon With in, Mr.
Geo. Dollond, of St. Paul's church-yard, was elected
common councilman for the ward, in the row i i of E.
Eagleton, Esq., lately elected alderman of the s% r ard.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HOXTON.—Yesterda: 1 morn-
ing, shortly before two o'clock, a fire broke ou t on the
premises of J. Hill, bread and biscuit baker, Haber-
dashers'-walk, Pitfield-street, Hoxton. Cons iderable
damage was done, the shop, parlour., and stoc, being
destroyed. The loss will fall on the Sun Fir, '-office.
The cause unknown.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND THE PARIS EXHIBITI Atom.
The Crystal Palace Company are about to invi, t 3 the
exhibitors at Paris to transfer their goods to Syde i them
at the close of the Exposition, giving them spat u 3 for
their display free of charge. Glasgow has taken the
initiative in this step.
LUTON, DUNSTABLE, AND WELWYN JUNCTION R.l IIL-
WAY.—The first sod of this proposed line of railway Ai 3 to
he turned on Thursday next, the 25th inst. After the
ceremony, a banquet will be given in the Town Ha',l I,
tinder the presidency of the Right Hon. Win. Cowper, .
M.P.

THE BRITISH Swiss LEGION.—The men of this legion
gave a theatrical entertainment on Saturday evening
last, at the Dover Theatre, under the patronage of their
gallant chief, Colonel Dickson, Lieutenant• Colonel Sulz-
berger, &c.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.—The Port of Spain Gazette
(Trinidad) h tate g that the new Newspaper Postage Act
has proved a fatal blow to the colonial press, and has
effectually prevented the colonial papers from circulating
from one colony to another.
RAILROAD EXTENSION IN CANADA.--A telegraphic
despatch in the New York Courier, dated Toronto, Oct.
4, says :—" Trains were run to-day for the first time
over that portion of the Grand Trunk Railway west of
Toronto, as far as the village of Brampton."
CHATHAM, Oct. 2.l..—Yesterday morning J. Crawley,
68th Regiment, in Fort Pitt, an insane man, after
Aoft:loatmer_
breaking open a door and window and removing some
bars, let himself down into the yard, by forming a rope
.roe
LAhTaEsyelttb
ieBe been found.
composed of his sheet cut in pieces. He then tied a
1 eof chalk to one end, and throwing it over a high
fence, managed to raise himself up, and thus escaped.
hour another man made his escape ; neither
Crown's order tremarkable circumstance that the
arrived on the oe
release Alexander Leith on bail, which
days by being taivs_ening of the suicide, was detained two
here in due coursesett to Kirkcudbright. Had it arrived
on Monday morning e
Iman would have been liberated
ASTLEY'S ROYAL...—
A ohn, O'Groat's Journal.
Cooke, on his return frllim'ai&R,lATßE.
seated to Mr. W. West, obiss,
cent and costly time-piece, Mr. William
on Friday last, pre-
4ttge-dinanager, a magnifi-
Quatorzs. This token of esteem reosrign. purely Louis
his valuable ser-
vices was gratefully acknowledged by Mr. West. We
of no man whose talent and energy
know
to further the
views of his employer more entitled toso
ial favour. The testirnon• 1 striking a proof
of manager la was purchased
at the Paris Exhibition, and is a rich work of alt.
STRAND THE —A burlesque on the play Nito-
crisl at this theatre last night lof
was produce(t was as
successful as the author could have wished. The audience
was in the best of all possible humours, and applauded
the smallest approximation to wit with an energy which
showed that they were willing to be pleased. There Wu
some " excellent fooling" by the gentleman who played
the part of Nitocris. The action of the piece followed
that of the play at Drury Lane pretty closely, and the
situations translated into burlesque were clever, and
thoroughly appreciated by the audience.