The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALDIORAL, SEPT. 10.
Her Majesty and his Royal Higness Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and
Prince Alfred, drove yesterday to Castletown, to be
present at the annual gathering of the Highlanders
on Dee-side. The Royal party was received on the
ground by the Farquharson, Duff, Airlie, and Forbes'
Highlanders, fully equipped. Mr. Farquharson, of
Invercauld, and Mr. James Duff, of Carriemulzie,
conducted her Majesty to the terrace of Braemar
Castle, beneath which the usual Highland games
were carried on with great spirit.
The Countess of Desert, the Hon. Mary Seymour,
Colonel C. B. Phipps, and Lieutenant Colonel Hon.
A. Gordon, were the attendants in waiting.
l'he Royal party returned to Balmoral at six o'clock.
SEPT. 11.
Her Majesty and the Princess Royal drove yester-
day to the Forest, ;where his Royal Highness Prince
Albert went out deer-stalking.
In the evening her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert went to a Balla dannsadh na leus,
given at Carriemulzie Cottage by Lady Agnes Duff,
at which all the Highlanders of the Duff and Farqu-
harson Clans were present.
The Countess of Desart, the Honourable Mary
Seymour, the Earl of Derby, and Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon were in attendance.
The Earl of Malmesbury left Balmoral yesterday,
and has been succeeded by the Earl of Derby, who
will remain in attendance upon her Majesty.

Baron Bentinck, Minister of the Netherlands, left
London yesterday for Rotterdam, on leave of
absence for a few weeks. His Excellency will return
to resume his diplomatic functions iu this country
towards the end of next month.
The Earl of Shaftesbury, Dr. Paris (President of
the College of Physicians), and Lord James Butler,
had interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole on
Saturday, at the Home-office. Mr. Clarkson and Mr.
Henry Prichard had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Secretary.
The Right lion. J. W. Henley left town on Friday
evening, for his seat, Waterperry, Oxon.

ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA.
We havo received the following further details of the
eruption which commenced on the 20th ult :--
" Catania Aug. 30.
" On the 20th and 21st of this month Etna began to
give signs of unusual activity, which was followed by the
opening of two new craters, below the original cup and
towards the east, near a spot known by the name of
Pietra Xtassora. The mountain commenced its labours
on this occasion by throwing up clouds of small stones
and ashes, which curled about in the air and assumed a
variety of forms, owing to eccentric currents of wind,
which appeared to proceed from the chasms of tho
mountain. Molten lava followed this eruption of ashes
and stones, and from the newly-opened fiery mouths of
the mountain a burning stream of liquid stone lit up the
masses of smoke, which now extend more than a thou-
sand feet upwards, while the country around is frequently
veiled.

"The
lava fir,ws in two distinct streams; one in the
direction of Milo, and the other towards Zsnarana,
burning
,up every tree and shrub within sixty y?rds on
either slue. The few dwellings scattered near either of
the streams are deserted, and the destructive clement.
ch
ausibusly watched, as one streura threatens a valleY
with the vegetation and the vine.
" As I now write, a sort of booming thunder r.um-
bles in the ' bowels f the earth' —a fiery vapour quivers
about the clouds of smoke, from which a shower of
ashes falls like rain, and is carried as far as the see, The
effect at night is very' grand. The sky is illuminated by
a red glare, and the immediate vicinity of the mountain
gives one an idea of the infernal regions.

THE DUKE or CAMBRIDGE.—Th Order of the
Black Eagle has been presented by the King of Prussia to
the Duke of Cambridge.