The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-14 00:00:00

Foreign Courts.

PARIS, o,:t. 12.
HiAssan Ali Khan, the Persian ambassador, is to
Leave Paris, it is said, in about ten days to return to
Teheran. He is replaced by Solieman Khan, son of
:he Persian Minister of War, as chargé d'affiires.
Mahmoud Khan, the ambassador in London, is aleo
recalled and replaced by Mehemet Ali Khan, wile
was interpreter to Feruck Khan, the ambassador in
Paris in 1856. The two charges d'affaires have
been educated in Paris.

M. Meyer, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs at
Ca,esel, has been appointed resident Minister of the
Elector at Paris, in the place of M. Goeddaens.

EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF THE INFANT PRINCE.--'
It is anticipated that the royal yacht Salamis will arrive ill
bull by this morning's tide, from Gluckstadt, bringing
with it the nurse and infant son of the Prince and Princeis
of Wales. A servant connected vith the royal household
at Sandringham, and who is besides the husband of the
nurs3, has been waiting the arrival of the vessel for some
hours, and on its arrival the whole party will at once pro-
ceed to Sandringham.—Eastern Cantles Herald of yester•
day.

THE CASE OF Ma. HAMAIOND, OF PEC &HAM.'
We understand that the prosecution of this gentleman,
charged with the assaulting and the illegal imprisonment
if his wife for two years at his residence at Peckham, hag
been abandoned, and that no further proceedings will be
taken. It appears from recent inquiries made by the fiiendo
of the unhappy lady, that disclosures which would neceS-
3arily be made in the court before which the trial wou'd
have to take place would b-. 3 of so painful a character that
i,hey feel constrained to proceed no further in the matter.
rIIIE FRENCH IN CHINA.—The Moniteur
l' Armee gives the following from Shanghse of
the 25,h August—" The Taepings have met with an enor-
woos check in losing their capital, but they are not entireul
destroyed. ; their bands are endeavouring to reorganise them•
-elves in the provinces cf Niang-Wei and Kiang-Si, and a
part of them, commanded by cne of the principal OfliCera o
Chan-Ouang, defeated on the 3d August a strong diviEion
,:f the Imperial army in an engagement in the open field.

[n presence of these facts the Government of Pekin has
°wad that it could not disarm, and has requested the con'

dnuation of the service of the Franco-Chinese corps. The
Arrangements for that purpose are nearly completed. Lieu-
tenant d'Aigueville, of the French army, who commands
that corps, has arrived at Shanghae to enrol a certain num-
ber of European officers and sub-officers, and to obtain ne-
cessary supplies. The engagements entered into are, it is
laid, to be for two years. The Imperial army is, moreover,
to be formed into moveable columns, which are to scour
the provinces crossed Ly the Yang-Tse-Ki in order to
prevent the rebel bands from organising themselves as for-
merly.'

NARROW ESCAPE OF A SPORTSMAN—An accident
similar in character to that which caused the death

)f Captain Spoke, has just happened at Wellington, to .Mr
C. H. Fox. Mr Fox was with a shooting party at Tone^
dale, and incautiously pulled his gun after hirk. It in"
stantly exploded, and the charge carried away a portion of

the fore-finger of the right hand, and slightly grazed his
'read. Ho was immediately taken to his residence, and
imputation of the remaining portion of the finger bad tubs
performed, and Mr Fox is now progressing favourably.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A MAIL-CAR r.—A fatal
iccident befel the mail..cart which runs between
Stamford and Peterborough on Wednes lay night. The
bags should arrive at Peterborough Post-office at a quarter
'o 10 o'clock. They were brought in by the police after
:nidnight, and it was reported that the mail-cart was lying
smashed to pieces at Milton Ferry, and that the driver was
killed. This unfortunately was found to be the case. Part
of the road over which the cart travelled was private, and
%t times posts are placed across it. In the darkness the
man, who it is feared was intoxicated at the time, drove
tgainst th 89 posts and was killed.

The formation of the great military road between
Freshwater and Chald, on the south-west coast of
.the Isle
if Wight, has commenced. The most important part of the

work will be the viaduct over Bretton Grange,

Several of the insurance companies have come to
A common resolution that they will not recognise the claims
trising from the explosion at Erith, or make good the losses
experienced.

CAMBRIDGE LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS, MU.--
he 29th Anniversary of the above Lodge was
celebrated on Tuesday last, by a dinner at the RoY4I
Standard, Sale-street, Paddington. Pro G. M. Stephens
)ccupicd the chair—the vice-chair being filled by Brother

G. Lane. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been
duly honoured, the chairman gave " The Manchester Unit,'
of Odd Fellows," and in his remarks stated that on the
of January, 1863, in the United Kingdom and Channel
Islands there were 328,595 members—during that

year there were 26,900 members admitted, a greater
increase than any year for the past ten years•
In the colonies there were 14,353 members at the
same date, and it would appear there were 11,750 ad-
mitted in tho,e lodges, showing an increase on the year la
round numbers of 28,000 members. In Middlesex alone
2,300 were admitted. After deducting secessions and deaths
the society was found to contain, on the Ist January, 1864,
358,556 members. The Vice. Chairman proposed the toot
of the evening, " Continued prosperity to the Loyal Cam-
()ridge Lodge," which composed one et the 80 lodges in
connection with the North London District, and as a
sample of those lodges had at the present time
1.44 members, with an invested capital of upwards
of £2,000, The Secretary responded to the toast,
stating during the past five years they had increased £551
16a 1 lid, while they had paid for sickness and funerals
alone £549 Bs, being an averrge expenditure of £lO9 17s 7d,
with a clear saving of £llO 7s 41,d each year. Their labia
had bsen compiled by an actuary of great experience--•
their funds were periodically valued, and at the last value-

tion proved to be perfectly solvent, Mr Dansie, C.S. of the
district, addressed the meeting, and showed the advantage°
of the institution. Some complimentary toasts followed,
the evening having been spent in a mast pleasant manna,
and was concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the
chairman.

A PARISIAN CHARACTER.—The Bcu'evard deg
Italiens lost last week, by the hand of death, one of
its oldest frequenters, Major Fraser, an old dandy, who
from 1827 to 1864 inhabited Paris, and who, when in town,
was rarely to be seen elsewhere than in that small but
choice section of the boulevard which extends from the
Uhaussee d'Antin to th's Rue Lafitte. His history is curious,
and few people knew it. Major Fraser was the great grand•
son of the Simon Lord Lovat, executed for high treason la
the reign of George 11. Some of his family then settled
in Franoe, and took service in the French army. Major
Fraser's father emigrated to Portugal in 1790, and took g&
Portuguese wife. The issue of this marriage made its way
in the world. Two daughters, yet living, are the wives of
rich noblemen ; the cne is the Marquise de Bombelles, and
the other the Marquise do Gargallo, of Naples; one son well
a secretary of embassy in Austria ; the other Henry Esrkine
Fraser, was the Major Fraser who has just gone to his
grave. He was born at Badajez, Portugal, where he lived
up to the age of 11 years. Ho had then lost both father and

mother, and was committed to the care of M. do Lebseltern•
the tutor of Prince Felix de Schwartzenberg. The two pupal
were sent together to Russia, where they entered the mill'
tart' service as cadets. Their friendship, dating thus early
continued in Paris. The major used to be fond of recount'
ing how he took part in the battle of Leipsic, and rode into
Paris with his regiment of Russian Hussars. But of latt
years he left off telling these stories, because they made hie'
out to be older than he wished to be thought, and he was 3
singularly well preserved man for his age. He left the
Russian service in 1827 with the rank of major, and eves
after lived in Paris, in an apartment in the largo house et
the Boulevard des Italiens belonging to the Marquis 01
Hertford. The furniture of these rooms was simple, and nOl
in proportion to the high rent of lodging in that quarter.
There was little to be seen in them beyond an iron bedstead,
a large map, a bearskin, a few books, a large assortment of
polished loather boots, and a barrel of Cyprus wine, alwaYtl
on tap for the accommodation of friends. One day whet
his bed was broken he replaced it by a coffin, in which ht
was wont to say that he slept better than in bed, because
he was not able to tumble out when disturbed by the
nightmare, to which he was very subject. He once wade
a bet with Lord Henry Seymour that he would rid® to
Brussels and back in 36 hours, and he did it. Another
time he rode for a wagt, r to Compeigne and back every (W
for six days running. With all this he was an'accomplitbed
acholar ; he habitually capped Latin verse with Jule!
Janin, and was the friend of Allred de Musset, Bequet,
aCd
Romieu. He was a member of most of the gambling club!
in Paris, but never played himself. Notwithstanding
eccentric and, as many supposed, frivolous life, he had 2,
practical taste for the industrious pursuits of the preFer:
age. Ho was a director of several railways, and died niti:
mately from a fever caught in Portugal, whither he lied
gone to organise a conipauy.