The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-06 00:00:00

CAPT. THE HON, R. DRIIMIIOND.—By a telegraphic
message received last evening we are informed that the
above hon. gentleman is onfy slightly wounded, awl is
progressing favourably, and not dead, as reported yes-
terday.
CHRISTIANA, AUG. 31.—The resignation of the Stadt-
holder Loewenskaeld is accepted, but he holds office
until spring, when the Crown Prince becomes Viceroy
of the kingdom of Norway.
THE BTH ROYAL IRISH Hussars.—The complement
of this distinguished cavalry corps having been made up,
it is expected that the recruiting parties will be called in
for the present. It is now upwards of 600 strong.
THE ORNAMENTAL WATER, ST. JAMES'S-PARK.—Yes-
terday men were actively engaged in making prepara-
tion for cleansing the ornamental water facing Bucking-
ham-palace, in SL James's-park, by order of her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners of the Woods and Forests.
NEW ACT ON UNION CHARGES.—By act, of the late
session the provisions which would expire at the end of
the present month, as to the burial of poor persons and
the maintenance of lunatic paupers, are continued as
union charges for another year.
NEW ACT ON " WEDDING-RINGS."—Among the acts
•f the late session was one to except gold wedding-rings
from the operation of the former acs relating to the stan-
dard of gold and silver wares, and from the exemptions
contained in the acts relating to gold wares. Wedding-
' rings are now required to be assayed and marked.
Another week of fine weather has increased the assur-
ance of an abundant and well-gathered harvest. The re-
ports from nearly alt parts of the country are of the
most gratifying kind, and the gathering is represented as
making satisfactory progress.
The Rev. Christopher Smyth, one of the curates of St.
Nicholas, Yarmouth, has lately ascended 'to the highest
point of Monte Rosa, hitherto deemed inaccessible ; and
has since succeeded in reaching the summit of the mo-
narch of mountains, Mont Blanc, by a new route, and
without the aid of guides.
Captain Hammett, commander of the Albion, who
was killed in the trenches on the 17th ult., was the
brother-in-law of Sir E. ii. K. Lacon, Bart., the mem-
ber for Yarmouth. He served as mate of the Bellero-
phon at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre in 1840,
and was employed on the North American and West
India stations previously to his being sent to the Black
Sea.

MR. COSTA.—We have great satisfaction in announc-
ing that Mr. Costa, with the high-minded and liberal
spirit which is and always has been his chief characteris-
tic throughout a long and honourable professional career,
has declined to receive of the Musical Festival Commit-
tee any remuneration for his oratorio, although the Ccim-
mitteee proposed to him the terms received by Mendels-
sihn for Elijah. lie has desired that the such may be
presented, in his name, as a donation to the funds of the
General Hospital.
PUBLIC FUNERAL OF MR. •FEARGUS O'CONNOR.—The
mortal remains of Mr. Feargus O'Connor will be interred
in Kensal-green Cemetery, on Monday next. The fune-
ral will he public, and the expenses attending upon it
defrayed by subscription. The friends and admirers of
the deceased in his early political movements for amelio-
rating the condition of the working classes. an extension
of universal suffrage, and the six points of the Charter,
will muster in strong force at the Prince Albert, Notting-
hill, at one o'clock on Monday, and follow the corpse
two abreast to the cemetery, when an oration will be
delivered over the deceased by a working man. The
subscription for a testimonial to the deceased is progress.
ing favourably.
SUICIDE AT THE JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.—
Yesterday it was discovered that the butler, Mr. Chas.
Stone, bad committed suicide, by hanging himself in the
cellar or vault in front of the house. The deceased had
for the last twenty years been connected with the club,
and had gradually risen to the position he held at the
time of his death. During Tuesday he had complained
of pains in the head and a general depression of spirits,
but nothing indicatng a predisposition to suicide was
observed by his fellow-servasts. At half-past two o'clock
he left them to go to bed, instead of which be must have
gone down to the cellar and at once hanged himself.
Pecuniary embarrassment has, it is supposed, been the
cause of the rash act.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HUDDERSFIELD.—On Monday
night, about twenty minutes past ten o'clock, a fire
broke out in the extensive premises in Queen-street,
Huddersfield, known as the wholesale drapery establish-
ment of John Dyson and Sons, at present carried on by
Mr. George Dyson. In the space of ten minutes the
windows fell out, the roof sunk, and the whole of the
valuable stock of goods was entirely consumed. Under
the same roof was the largest corn warehouse in the
town, that of Mr. Frederick Brierly, the stock of which
was completely destroyed. The streets were as light as
day, and were filled by thousands of persons. The hills
round the town were also crowded by witnesses 'of the
spectacle.—Mandiester Guardian.
AMALGAMATION OF BIRKENHEAD WITH LIVERPOOL.—
On Tuesday evening, at a meeting of the Birkenhead
Commissioners, Mr. Laird, in a long address, moved the
adoption of a resolution recommending the amalgama-
tion of the municipality of Birkenhead with that of
Liverpool, as eminently qualified to be beneficial to both
communities. The resolution was favourably received
and it was agreed to communicate this fact to the Town
Council of Liverpool, at its ordinary monthly meeting
held yesterday (Wednesday •) This was accordingly
done, and the proposal again met with a favourable re-
ception, and was by the Town Council remitted to a
committee to consider and report.
CRIMEAN Cuarosrry.—We are informed thit Mr.
Warburton of the Exchange News-room, who is is said
to possess a collection of Crimean relics, has recently
come into possession of a hat worn by a Captain Camp-
bell, of the 421, in the trenches before Sebastopol, which
on one occasion a as riddled with shot, but, strange to say,
the wearer was unhurt: Probably the captain had been
standing with his hat elevated above the embankment.
Our informant states that it has been a subject of much
curiosity in the rooms ; but he adds that, no doubt, the
present owner will show this relic to any one who may
de,ire to see it.—Liverpool Courier.
FRAUD EY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.—Mr. Jahez
Herbert, one of the managers in tl,e extensive warehouse
of Messrs. Hine, Mundella, and Co., hosiers and lace
manufacturers, Nottingham, was on Tuesday last com-
mitted by the borough magistrates to take his trial at
the sessions, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining 4,000
dozens of thread laces in the name of his employers. It
appeared that in July last Herbert went to the ware-
house of Messrs. River and Snn, of Nottingham, and
purchased the laces in the name of his employers, re-
questing that they might be sent to an agent in London,
by whom they were sold at 1001. less than their value,
and the money remitted to Herbert. The suspicions of
his employers were aroused a few days ago, and on an
:nvestigation taking place the fraud was discovered. The
prisoner was apprehended on Thursday, and was re-
manded until Tuesday. Herbert made an application for
hail, but the magistrates said they would consider its
amount, and he was committed to take his trial on the
charge.
INQUEST ON A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTIL-
LERY.—On Tuesday an inquest was held at Canterbury
on the body of John Lynch, aged 21, whose death was
alleged to have resulted from a push given him by the
sergeant of his troop, Carnelius Reeves. On the 23,1
ult. there had been a quarrel in one of the barrack
rooms. Reeves came in, and Lynch, who had not been
taking part in the disturbance, immediately got up from
his bed, and was walking out. Reeves pushed him
down, and in falling his head struck against the iron
trestle.. The young man did not at first pay any a,tten-
tins to the wound be thus received, but some days after.
wards he obtained surgical advice. For some time he
appeared to be doing well, but the wound ultimately
took an unfavourable turn, and he died on the 31st ult.
He was buried on Saturday last, but in consequence of
the rumours to which the affair had given rise, an order
was obtained for the exhumation of the body, and the
Present inquiry was held. The investigation was ad-
journed.
BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. ST'EAHAN, PAUL, AND CO.
—Yesterday was the time appointed for the sale, at
clarraway's•Coffee-house, Changfaalley, under the hands
of Messrs. Farebrother, Clarke, and Lye, by direction
of the assignees of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Ca., with
the concurrence of the mortgagees, of the fallowing im-
portant property belonging to the bankrupts :—A house
and shop, 136, Regent-street, let on lease at a rent of
3821. 6s. per annum ; 166, Regent-street, let on lease at
the rent of 2601. per annum ; 2, Park-square-west, Re-
eent's-park, let on lease at the yearly rent of 236 t. ss. ;
6, Montagne-street, Russell-square, let on lease at a
rent of 1201. per annum ; producing an income of nearly
1,0001. per annum. Mr. Alderman Farebrother stated
that the sale of the property was unavoidably postponed,
and apologised for the 'ehortriesS of the notice to that
effect. It appeared that there were two mortgages of
the property, and it was requisite that one of the
mortgagees should sign a deed, which severe illness at
ei was hoped
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would take place in about six weeks from the present
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THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—An account has been published,
by order of the House of Commons of the appropriation
of grants, amounting altogether to 5,0001., placed, by
order of the Treasury, at the disposal of the Royal So-
ciety between 1850 and 1854, together with a copy of a
letter from Lord Wrottesley to the Secretary of the
Treasury, dated 28th July last. In this letter the noble
lord acknowledges the receipt of a Treasury note of the
28th of June, announcing that the Government were
not prepared this year to place 1,0001. at the disposal of
the Royal Society, for reasons assigned. Lori Wr ttesley
states, that the letter of the Secretary
.of the Treasury
seems to have been written under a misapprehension of
the relation of the Royal Society to the Government
with respect to the grant in question. The Royal
Society, he says, has ample funds of ito own, and
the council neither require, nor have they solicited or
received aid front the Government for the purpose of
carrying out airy of the objects which it more especially
devolves upon them to execute as representatives of the
Society. The council considered the Government grant
as a national contribution towards the general pro-
motion of science in the United Kingdom, regarding
themselves as trustees of the grant, and, as such,
accountable to the public. A committee of 40 gen-
tlemen was appointed to receive applications and to ad-
vise the council in the appropriation of the money. Lord
Wrottesley further explains that the money devoted to
the various researches specified in this paper has been ex-
pended solely on instruments, materials, or other ap--
liances required in performing the experiments and in-
vestigations which are severally described, mad that by
the aid of this contribution the Government bas, in fact,
obtained for the advancement of science and the national
character the personal and gratuitout services of men of
first-rate eminence, which, without this comparatively
small assistance, would not have been f.pplied. The
total amount appropriated from 1850 to 1854, both in-
clusive, was 5,1721. The appropriations exceed the
sums placed at the society's disposal by 711. 108, Bd.,
whibh it was the society's intention to have provided ;
for 91,0-9ftlie capects4 grant of 119001, isNO! ' j