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

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Oct. 12.
The Queen went out yesterday morning, acorn,
pinied. by Princess Helena. In the afternoon bet,
Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena and
Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Hon.Empla
Lascelles, drove round by Ballater.
The Dean of Westminster had the honour of
dining with the Qleen and royal family.
Prince Alfred honoured the Eari and Counts
Delawarr with his company at dinner, Attended bi
M.jor Cowell and Mr Haig.

Foreign Courts.
PARIS, Oct. 12.
HAssan Ali Khan, the Persian ambassador, ls t°
leave Paris, it is said, in about ten days to return to
Teheran. He is replaced by Solieman Khan, son °f
the Persian Minister of War, as chargé d'effaires.
Mabmoud Khan, the ambassador in London,is°l6°
recalled and replaced by Mehemet Ali Khan, Wh°
was interpreter to Feruck Khan, the:ambassador
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Paris in 1856. The two charges d'affaires bee
been educated in Paris.
M. Meyer, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs at
Cassel, has been appointed resident Minister of the Elector at Paris, in the place of M. Goeddaens.

EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF THE INFANT PRISM'''
It is anticipated that the royal yacht Salamis will arrive in
Hull by this morning's tide, from Gluckstadt, bringing
with it the nurse and infant son of the Prince and Princl/:,,
of Wales. A servant connected with the royal household
at Sandringham, and who is besides the husband of the
nursa, has been waiting the arrival of the vessel for some
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hours, and on its arrival the whole party will at once pro'
ceed to Sandringham.—Eastern Cantles Herald of yeste"
day.
THE CASE OF MR. HAMMOND, OF PECKITA3I.**".
We understand that the prosecution of this gentlerao%
charged with the assaulting and the illegal impridemEas%
of his wife for two years at his residence at Peckham, 48
been abandoned, and that no further proceedings will be
,aken. It appears from recent inquiries made by the friends
of the unhappy lady, that disclosures which would necerd
sarily be made in the court before which the trial viol'
have to take place would b 3 of so painful a character that
they feel constrained to proceed no further in the matter.
THE FRENCH IN CHINA.—The 21/oniteur de
l'Arinee gives the following from Shanghae
the 25th August—" The Taepfngs have met with an snot:
mous check in losing their capital, but they are not entirel
destroyed ; their bands are endeavouring to reorganise theta'
selves in the provinces of Niang-Wei and Kiang-Si, and
part of them, commanded by one of the principal officers o
Chan-Ouang, defeated on the 3d August a strong divigoll
of the Imperial army in an engagement in the open field'
In presence of these facts the Government of Pekin 181°S
found that it could not disarm, and has requested the On'
tinuation of the service of the Franco-Chinese corps. The
arrangements for that purpose are nearly completed. Lie
tenant d'Aigueville, of the French army, who commands
that corps, has arrived at Shanghae to enrol a certain nuts'
ber of European officers and sub-officers, and to obtain Ile'
cessary supplies. The engagements entered into are, ft is
said, to be for two years. The Imperial army is, moreover,
to be formed into moveable columns, which are to scour
the provinces crossed by 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
of Captain Speke, has just happened at Wellington, to Air
C. H. Fox. Mr Fox was with a shooting party at Tone'
dale, and incautiously pulled his gun after him. It in'
stantly exploded, and the charge carried away a portion of
the fore-finger of the right hand, and slightly grazed his
head. He was immediately taken to his residence, and
amputation of the remaining portion of the finger had to b°
performed, and Mr Fox is now progressing favourably.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A MAIL•CART.—A fatal
accident 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
to 10 o'clock. They were brought in by the police after
midnight, and it was reported that the mail-cart was lying
smashed to pieces at Milton Ferry, and that the driver Wag
killed. This unfortunately was found to be the case. Pall
of the rcad over which the cart travelled was private, and
at times posts are placed across it. In the darkness the
man, who it is feared was intoxicated at the time, drove
against th.sa posts and was killed.

The formation of the great military road between
Freshwater and Chald, on the south-west coast of the Isle
of Wight, has commenced. The most important part of the
work will be the viaduct over Bretton Grange.
Several of the insurance companies have come t°
a common resolution that they will not recognise the claims
arising from the explosion at Erith, or make good the 10800
experienced.

CAMBRIDGE LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS,
The 29th Anniversary of the above Lodge wag
celebrated on Tuesday last, by a dinner at the Royal
Standard, Sale-street, Paddington. Pro G. M. Stephens
occupied the chair—the vice-chair being filled by Brother
G. Lane. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had heel'
duly honoured, the chairman gave "The Manchester Unity
of Odd Fellows," and in his remarks stated that on the Ist
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 14,358 members at the
same date, and it would appear there were 11,750 a!/•
mitted in those lodges, showing an increase on the year ill
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 toast
of the evening, "Continued prosperity to the Loyal Cant'
bridge Lodge," which composed one ci the 80 lodges 111
connection with the North London District, and as a
sample of those lodges had at the present titre
144 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
16s 111 d, while they had paid for sickness and funerals
alone £549 Bs, being an averrge expenditure of £lO9 17s 73,
with a clear saving of £llO 7s 4id each year. Their tables
had been compiled by an actuary of great experience--
their funds were periodically valued, and at the last valua"
tion proved to be perfectly solvent. Mr Dansie, C.S. of tb
district, addressed the meeting, and showed the advantages
of the institution: Some complimentary toasts followed,
the evening having been spent in a mast pleasant manner,
and was concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to tho
chairman.

A PARISIAN CHARACTER.—The Boulevard d€o
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
Chaussee 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 hi
the reign of George 11. Some of his family then settled
in Franco, and took service in the French army. Major
Fraser's father emigrated to Portugal in 1790, and took a
Portuguese wife. The issue of this marriage made its way
in the world. Twu daughters, yet living, are the wives of
rich noblemen; the cue is the Marquise de Bombelles, and
the other the Marquise de Gargallo, of Naples; one son wail
a secretary of embassy in Austria ; the other Henry Esrkine
Fraser, was the Major Fraser who has just gone to hie
grave. He was born at Badajoz, Portugal, where he lived
up to the age of 11 years. He had then lost both father and
mother, and was committed to the care of M. de Lebseltera.
the tutor of Prince Felix do SchwartrAaberg. The two pupil°
were sent together to Russia, where they entered the mili-
tary 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 Le:lisle, and rode into
Paris with his regiment of Russian Hussare. But of late
years he left off telling these stories, because they made 12101
out to be older than he wished to be thought, and he was a
singularly well preserved man for his age. He left the
Russian service in 1827 with the rank of major, and ever
after lived in Paris, in an apartment in the large house on
the Boulevard des 'Wiens belonging to the Marquis of
Hertford. The furniture of these rooms was simple, and not
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 bcarskin, a few books, a large assortment of
polished leather boots, and a barrel of Cyprus wine, alwaYe
on tap for the accommodation of friends. One day when
his bed was broken he replaced it by a coffin, in which he
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 mado
a bet with Lord Henry Seymour that he would ride to
Brussels and back in 36 hours, and he did it. Another
time he rode for a wagf r to Compeigne and back every del
for six days running. With all this he was an accomplished
scholar; he habitually capped Latin verse with Juice
Janin, and was the friend of Alfred de Musset, Bequet, and
Itomieu. He was a member of most of the gambling clubs
in Paris, but never played himself. Notwithstanding his
eccentric and, as many supposed, frivolous life, he bad
practical taste for the industrious pursuits of the present
age. He was a director of several railways, and died ulti-
mately from a fever caught in Portugal, whither he had
gone to organise a company.