The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-20 00:00:00

Foreign Courts.

PARIS, OCt. 18:
The Emperor and Empress the day before yesterday lef
vited to the Imperial table at St. Cloud the !unreal! °
Rome who lately gained the grand prizes for Paintl4l'
sculpture, architecture, aril musical composition--- ;
Maillard, Defaplanche, Deschamps Guadet, Dutert, 817
Sieg. Among the other guests ware'
Marshall Vaiilan.
Minister of the Beaus, Arts; Count de Niewerkerke, sup.er
intendant of the Beaux-Arts ; Count Baciocchi, operin'
tendcnt-general of theatres ; M. Auber director of the
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Conservatoire, &c. The Emperor and Empress gave themost gracious encouragement to the young artist!, .fi
during the evening her Majesty presented to each of them
a photograph of the Emperor herself, and the
waS
Imperial, signing each card with her name. M. Sieg Wad
also informed that his cantat z, which had gained the sr-1
prize fur musical composition, was shortly to be performs
at the Grand Opera.
" There is nothing true," says the Patric,
count given by several journals of an interview I in the ant
being abejti;
r
to take place at Lyons between the Emperor A1e1t173`.e,4
and the Emperor Napoleon. Their Russian INlllieatit";
desire to observe the strictest incognito, and 14 homestravelling by railway would have ill prepared the mvpre.
of Russia, in her present state of health, to receive the
,
Emperor of the French, The Emperor Napoleon will
the Empress of Russia at Nice, as the Emperor Ale.lan-',
did the Empress Eugenie at Swalbach, and we have real
of
to believe that this visit will coincide with the residence 04
the Emperor of Russia at that place, as his stay will eltel/-
from the 21st to the 29th inst."

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Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied by t-
he
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Royal llighnesses the Duke de Nemours and the rfince,;„,
Marguerite d'Orleans, and the Duke and Duchess ""
Chartree, has left Chancellor's House, Tanbridge-wells;
where the venerable Queen has been residing serer'',
months, for Claremont, Surrey, attended by the ladies an
gentlemen of the royal household.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have le
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town fur Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.
The Marquis of Bristol passed another favourable
sight on Tuesday, and the latest accounts from Ickwortil
Park last evening rept esent the noble marquis as gradually
recovering from his severe illness.

The Marchioness of Ely arrived at her residence
at Prince's•gate last evening from Scarbgiough.
The Esrl and Countess of Cork have arrived in
Grafton-street from Marston cork, for her ladysllo
accouchement.

The Earl and Countess of Portarlington have
arrived at Emo Park, their seat in Ireland, from a tour.
The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven are
staying at Longford Castle, Wilts, with Viscount and Vl6-
countess Folkestone, and not at Beckett Thuse.
The Earl and Countess Nelson and Lady Alie!
Nelsen have been among the company visiting the Earl 811'
Countess of Belmore, at Castlecoole.
The Earl of Lincoln left town yesterday morlli°l
for Clumber Park, Notts, immediately after the receipt et
the telegram conveying the news of the sudden death of hie
father, the Duke of Newcastle.
Lord and Lady Proby have arrived at 14, /I'l'
kin-street West, from Ireland.
Mr. and Lady Catherine Weyland have arrived
at the St. George's Hotel.

We have to announce the death of the Hon•
Mrs. Hughes at Cheltenham. The deceased was the Il°l3'
Anna Maria Petro, daughter of the 10th Baron Petro. Sli°
was born in 1800, and in 1838 married Mr. Arthur Hughes'
who died the same year.
Sir John and Lady Thorold and Mr. Thorold
havo arrived at Brighton, from Syston Park, Grantham,
where they have been receiving a succession of company
during the shooting season,
Colonel Taylor, M.P., and Mrs. Ta 3 lor are
entertaining a succession of visitors at Ardgillan Cast
near Balbriggan, county Dublin,

DISASTERS TO BLOCKADE RUNNERS,----The
steamer Prince A.lbert, which left the Mersey a short thna
since, has been totally wrecked off Charleston. In attempt'
ing to cross the bar she struck on the wreck of a vessel
named the Minho, which sunk there some 12 months egos'
and, to prevent her sinking, was run on shore nearly oplx1"
site Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island. Finding it impesBll3l:
to get her off, the officers and crew removed their baggtlg;
and part of the cargo in small boats to the island. Abut
daylight the Federal batteries opened upon her, and eolll'
pletely riddled her with shot and shell, and set her on &gm
Only that portion of the cargo which had been landed 11
the crew, consisting chiefly of medicines and other HOE
articles, were saved. The Nassau papers give particulars of
the loss of the steamer Agnes Louisa, bound from that pert
to Wilmington. It appears that after leaving Nassau some
conviviality was indulged in by the owners and friends on
board, which was carried on till the vessel reached hlc
Island, where these persons were to be landed. From 0°133°
cause or other—attributed by the newspapers to the above
conviviality—she was run on shore and stuck hard and fast
The great bulk of her cargo was landed, and under the 01.1'
perintendence of "wreckers," several casks were slung
round her and fastened in the hold, and when the mail left
hopes were entertained of her safety. Two chases of block"
ado runners, and both of an interesting nature, are reported.
The first, after the Will•o'-the-Wisp, was kept up by 330
fewer than four blockaders, all of which she successfully
eluded. She was prom Wilmington with cotton for Nassau,
and was chased for nearly 29 hours, almost the entire time
within range of her pursuers' guns. The second eb°se/
after the Confederate steamer Matagorda, bound fr°33l
Galveston to Havana with cotton, and which resulted in
her capture, is of a much more exciting nature, and c°l3;
perhaps be best recorded in the words of an officer on board
the United States steamer Magnolia :—" Yesterday (Sept.
21) a sail was reported from the masthead bearing eoutlit
and shortly afterwards made out to be a steamer on a
westerly course. All steam and sail were made on the
Magnolia, and off we went after her. The chase soon saw
her position, and clapped on all canvas, frequently alter
ing tier course and making sail, all the time emitting from
her chimney dense black smoke. Things now became
exciting, and our captain, in order to get up all steam
possible, expended pork, pitch, wood, Sec. It soon be-
came evident that the chase was being rapidly eve"
hauled, for three hours after fiat signalling her we were
but six miles from her. The forward pivot gun was a°,_"'
brought to bear on her, and requests to heave to in We
shape of shot and shell sent over. But no; under steam
and sail she west, actually flying through the water, we at
no less speed following. We now began in earnest, shot
and shell were fired continually from all our guns, and the
bursting of the shells over and all round her was awful to
look on. At ten o'clock a lantern was shown over bet
side and she hove to, upon which our executive officer
boarded her, and found her to be the Matagorda, from
Galveston 'for Havana. About 500 bales of cotton were in
the hold, 200 having been thrown overboard during the
chase. She had several passengers, including ladies and
children, and a crew of 26 men, whom, as well as the ahiPa
in charge of a prize crew, were escorted to Key West."
THE COTTON TRADE IN CIIINA.—From gang
Kong, under date of August 27, a corresponde",
writes :—" The market remained quiet until the arrival of
the London mail on the 18th inst. Advices being favour.
able caused some animation to be exhibited. About 13,000
bales have been placed on the berth for England at Price°
varying from 32 dols (Shanghai to 37 dols (Japan)• stock
reduced to 7,000 bales, and holders correspondingly flew*
At Shanghai trap-actioes have been on a moderate scale,
the stock offering being small, and buyers generally wait-
ing the arrival of the new crop, expected in about three
weeks. About 1,000 bales of the new crops are reported to.
have been contracted for at Ningpo at 26 dols per bale of
118 to 120 catties. Stock at Amoy, 150 bales, and holders
firm; prices 32 to 31 dole. At Yohomama, the demand
remained steady at 27 to 28 dols for fine staple.
The export business has been necessarily limited, but mai
be given as follows :—Fur Liverpool, from Hong Hong, the
General -Windham, with 9,010 bales, and Chaa-sza, with
6,522 bales—from Shanghai, the Brockham, with 9,C"
bales, and Thomas Bell, with 7,241 bales—and from Ye_k°:
lama, the Jane and Isabella, with 1,313 bales—for Lonc1310:0,
the Bea Snake had sailed from Shanghai with 3,392
,13,8` th)
making the export f)r tho month of August (to 4
eon".
6307f309115ba1e5,0 ,6 53 which
bake), addedwi toi
givethe previous export
tot
al
eotxthpteore
87,748 bales, being about double that of the corresponding
about
period of last year. The new crop is expected to be
double of this seabou,"—Liverpo4 Atorcurti.