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, accost.
palsied by Princess Helena. In the afternoon her,
Nlhjesty, accompanied by PrincEs9 Helena any
Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Hon.EgT:Ma
Lascelles, drove round by Ballater.
The Dean of Westminster had the honour of
dining with the Queen and royal family.
Prince Alfred honoured the Ears and Countiss
Delawarr with his company at dinner, attended by?
Mjor Cowell and Mr Haig.

Foreign Courts.
PARIS, 0.3 t. 12.
Hassan Ali Khan, the Persian ambassador, 19 t°
leave Paris, it is said, in about ten days to return to
Teheran. He is replaced by Solieman Khan's" °f
the Persian Minister of War, as chargé d
Nlahmoud Khan, the ambassador in London, is 615°
recalled and replaced by Mehemet Ali Kb.an, NO°
was interpreter to Feruck Khan, the ambassador In
Paris in 1856. The two charges d'affaires
been educated in Paris.
M. Meyer, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs at
Cassel, has been appointed resident Minister of tb°
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 oi•
[lull by this morning's tide, from Gluckstadt, bfirgings
with it the nurse and infant son of the Prince and Prince 3.
of Wales. A servant connected with the royal household
at Sandringham, and who is besides the husband of the
nurs3, has been waiting the arrival of the vessel for Owe
hours, and on its arrival the whole party will at once Pre'
need to Sandringham.—.Eastern Counties Herald of Ycoter.
day.
THE CASE OF MR. HAMMOND, OF PECKIIANL""
We understand that the prosecution of this gentlernight
charged with the assaulting and the illegal imprisnnwello
af his wife for two years at his residence at Peckham, /le
been abandoned, and that no further proceedings Will (is
taken. It appears from recent inquiries made by the friends
of the unhappy lady, that disclosures which would flocerd
sarily be made in the court before which the trial Ivo' t
have to take place would ba of so painful a character tbe
they feel constrained to proceed no further in the matter.l
THE FRENCH IN CHINA.—The Monitor al
l'Armee gives the following from Shanghai" °
the 25th August—" The Teel:4l3gs have met with an error
mous check in losing their capital, but they are not entire',
destroyed ; their bands are endeavouring to reorganise 000
selves in the provinces cf Niang-Wei and Kiang-Si, anal
part of them, commanded by one of the principal officers o
Chan-Ouang, defeated on the 3d August a strong diviejee
of the Imperial army in an engagement in the open fi°ld'
In presence of these facts the Government of Pekin ii
found that it could not disarm, and has requested the COp'
tinuation of the service of the Franco• Chinese corps.
arrangements for that purpose are nearly completed. Lieu
,
tenant d'Aigueville, of the French army, who cowmen'
that corps, has arrived at Shanghae to enrol a certain DOI
ber of European officers and sub-officers, and to obtain oe
cessary supplies. The engagements entered into are, it
said, to be for two years. The Imperial army is, moreover
to be formed into moveable columns, which are to We
the provinces crossed by the Yang-Tse.lii in order t
prevent the rebel bands from organising themselves as far
tnerly.;
NARROW ESCAPE OF A SPORTSMAN—An acciden
similar in character to that which caused the cleat'
of Captain Speke, has just happened at 'Wellington, to NI
C. H. Fox. Mr Fox was with a shooting party at Tone
dale, and incautiously pulled his gun after hire. It ill
stantly exploded, and the charge carried away a portion c
the fore-finger of the right hand, and slightly grazed 111
head. He was immediately taken to his residence, or
amputation of the remaining portion of the finger had to I
performed, and Mr Fox is now progressing favourably.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A MAIL.CART.—A fa"
accident befel the mail.cart which rune betwee
Stamford and Peterborough on Wednes lay night. 11
bags should arrive at Peterborough Post-office at a quartz
to 10 o'clock. They were brought in by the police afti
midnight, and it was reported that the mail•cart was 19i'
smashed to pieces at Milton Ferry, and that the driver S
&Lied, This unfortunately was found to be the case. re
Jf tha read over which the cart travelled was private, or
at times posts are placed across it. In the darkness tt
Irian, who it is feared was intoxicated at the time, drot
tgainst th-se posts and was killed.

The formation of the great military road betwO
Freshwater and Chald, on the south-west coast of the IS
of Wight, has commenced. The most important part of a
work will be the viaduct over Braxton Grange.
Several of the insurance companies have come 1
a common resolution that they will not recognise the clain
arising from the explosion at Erith, or make good the lose
experienced.
CAMBRIDGE LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS, MAL-
he 29th Anniversary of the above Lodge NV
celebrated on Tuesday last, by a dinner at the ROY
Standard, Sale-street, Paddington. Pro G. M. Stephei
occupied the chair—the vice-chair being filled by Broth
G. Lane. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had be
duly honoured, the chairman gave " Tho Manchester Vu
of Odd Fellows," and in his remarks stated that on the
of January, 1863, in the United Kingdom and Chant
Islands there were 328,595 members—during ii
year there were 26,900 members admitted, a great

increase than any year for the past ten Yea
In the colonies there were 14,353 members at t
same date, and it would appear there were 11,750 a
witted in those lodges, showing an increase on the year
round numbers of 28,000 members. In Middlesex ale
2,300 were admitted. After deducting secessions and cleat
the society was found to contain, on the Ist January, 18(
358,556 members. The Vice-Chairman proposed the tof
of the evening, " Continued prosperity to the Loyal Cal

bridge Lodge," which composed one 01 the 80 lodges
connection with the North London District, and as
sample of those lodges had at the present tip
144 members, with an invested capital of urge°
of £2,000. The Secretary responded to the t°9
stating during the past five years they had increased V
16s 110, while they had paid for sickness and funer,
alone £549 Bs, being an averrge expenditure of £lO9 17s
with a clear saving of £llO 7s 41d each year. Their tab
had been compiled by an actuary of great experience
their fund■ were periodically valued, and at the last vall
tion proved to be perfectly solvent, Mr Dansie, C.S. ct
district, addressed the meeting, and showed the advant9l
of the institution. Some complimentary toasts follow
the evening having been spent in a mast pleasant Mall%
and was concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to
chairman.

A PARISIAN CHARACTER.—The Boulevard e
Italiens lost lest week, by the hand of death, one

its oldest frequenters, Major Fraser, an old dandy,
from 1827 to 1864 inhabited Paris, and who, when in tot
was rarely to be seen elsewhere than in that small
choice section of the boulevard which extends from
Chaussee d' Antin to th 4 Rue Lafitte. His history is curio
and few people knew it. Major Fraser was the great gra
son of the Simon Lord Lovat, executed for high treaso!

the reign of George 11. Some of his family then sett
in France, and took service in the French army, Ni
Eraser's father emigrated to Portugal in 1790, and too
Portuguese wife. The issue of this marriage made its
in the world. Two daughters, yet living, are the wive+
rich noblemen ; the cne is the Marquise de Bombelles,
the other the Marquise de Gurgallo, of Naples; one son
a secretary of embassy in Austria ; the other Henry Esri
Fraser, was the Major Fraser who has just gone to
grave. He was born at Badajoz, Portugal, where he li
up to the age of 11 years. He had then lost both father
mother, and was committed to the care of M. de Lebselti
the tutor of Prince Felix de Schwartzanberg. The two pt
were sent together to Russia, where they entered the
tart' service as cadets. Their friendship, dating thus et
continued in Paris. The major used to be fond of recce
ing how he took part in the battle of Leipsic, and rode
Paris with his regiment of Russian Hussars. But of
years he left off telling these stories, because they made /
out to be older than he wished to be thought, and he vo
singularly well preserved man for his age. He left
Russian service in 1827 with the rank of major, and 4
after lived in Paris, in an apartment in the large houSt
the Boulevard des Italiens belonging to the Marqufi
Hertford. The furniture of these rooms was simple, and
in proportion to the high rent of lodging in that quer
There was little to be seen in them beyond an iron bedsti
a large map, a bearskin, a few books, a large assortmon
polished leather boots, and a barrel of Cyprus wine, alo
on tap for the accommodation of friends. One day vi
his bed was broken he replaced it by a coffin, in which
was wont to say that he slept better than in bed, bait
he was not able to tumble out when disturbed by
nightmare, to which he was very subject. He once in
a bet with Lord Henry Seymour that he would ride
Brussels and back in 36 hours, and ho did it. Atwl
time he rode for a wag, r to Compeigne and back every'
for six days running. With all this he was an'accomPlh
scholar ; he habitually capped Latin verse with /
Janin, and was the friend of Alfred de Musset, Beqtlet/
Romieu. He was a member of most of the gambling c
in Paris, but never played himself. Notwithstanding
eccentric and, as many supposed, frivolous life, he hi
practical taste for the industrious pursuits of the pre
age. He was a director of several railways, and died
mately from a fever caught in Portugal, whither he
gene to organise a company.