The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

Sir Charles Wood left the Castle on Saturday.

Her Majesty, with the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg'
and Princess Helena, attended Divine service at th°
parish church of Crathie yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr Stephen of Renfrew officiated.

The Duke of Hamilton arrived at me.nsion in
Arlington-street yesterday morning from Baden-Baden.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland and Lord
Albert Levescn Gower arrived at Stafford House, St.
James's, last evening, from the Continent.

The Marquis of Bristol and Ladies Hervey are
among the arrivals at Baden-Baden.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough, who camp
to town on Monday last from I3rocklesby, Lincolnshire, left
yesterday on a continental tour.

The Count de Comminges Guitaud, French Atli'
bassador at the Belgiaa Court, has left the Hotel Mirabal
for Brussels.

Lord Itendlesham has taken the house of the late

Nlrs Clifton, in Grosvenor-square, for a terra of years. 05
lordship takes possession in the course of the month.
Lord West has passed through town on his WEI
to visit Lord and Lady Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, in
Scotland.
Lord Napier, British Ambassador at St. Peters'
burg, and Lady Napier have arrived in London from Russia'
Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild has arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent.
Lady Georgina Fano has arrived in town from
Weymouth.
Admiral the Hon. Edward Howard and gre'
Howard hsve left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for
Holker Hall, Newton. in•Cartmel.
The Hon. George Cecil 0. Bridgeman, third Ott
of Viscount and Viscountess Newport, has just entered al°
lst Life Guards.
Lady Middleton has arrived at the Queol
Hotel. Upper Norwood.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'
—The funeral of the late Duke of Cleveland too)4
place yesterday at St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, Durham
and, in accordance with the feelings of the Duchess of Cleve'
land, there was as little display as was consistent with 00
character of the ceremony, It was not generally knoo
until Monday that the funeral would take place on the fol'
lowing day, but the number of people present from t"
adjoining districts was almost as great as when the forn'ef
duke was interred, only a few months ago. The deini6°
of the late nobleman has taken every one by surprise, and
much regret is expressed at the occurrence, not only bi,
the tenantry, but by all residing in the vicinity of BabY;
Since he assumed the title he has been most liberal to t.""
former, and, although his residence at the castle has Veil
but brief, ho has been much respected. The fact of the tine
having past into three hands in so short a time, and tl3°
t
present successor being the third !mother who has taken
successively, has been a theme of much comment in t 136
north. Shortly after the doors of the old church sverae
opened it was flied, with the exception of the pews retains
for the mourners ; and along the road leading from gab'
Castle to Staindrop there was a large assemblage of specUa'
tors. The tenantry of the deceased nobleman were permitted
to join the procession, and the number who thus teatiOe
their respect was very considerable. The funeral cortege°
Raby Castle at half-past eleven in the morning, the C9l. t:
riages arriving by the west entrance and leaving by the ef's9
The hearse was drawn by four horses, and bore the deceased
coat-of-arms and monogram. The Duchess of Clevelso;
and the present duke were the chief mourners. .4-5
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funeral procession reached the church, about 12 o'clocN,
was met at the entrance to the churchyard by the Rev. 'I.,
C. Lipscomb, rector of Staindrop, Rev. J. Parker, Rev'
Wright, &c. The office for the dead was recited as 1-:
coffin was borne to the church, the " Dead March in Silul
being played by the organist ; and when the coffin 11%
been placed on a raised platform erected to receive it,
service for the dead, in which the choir took part, was c 01::
menced—tho Rev. H. C. Lipscomb officiating. At its can
elusion the body was conveyed to the mausoleum built
the late duke's predecessor, and which contains the renlalolo
of several members of his family.

Lord Essex on the Game of Croquet,

In a letter to a contemporary his lordship says :--Sele,11:0
of my friends having expressed a wish that I should Ova
circumstances connected with the " injunction" lately i5,61.14el
against me at the suit of Captain Mayne Reid, I shall c
greatly obliged if you can find apace in your paper I°.

few lines. of
Early in July I first was informed that Captain It"' .0
about to take some steps against me on the ground of certols
rules on croquet by an " Old Hand" being an infringelj3he
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of his copyright to a similar work. At that time fter
never seen his work, and was so impressed with the 1:1:0i9
groundlessness of his complaint, and his inability to 0115't.-to
it, that I wrote, perhaps, somewhat hastily to that elie°- 1
his solicitors. Very shortly after I did see his work,
immediately wrote to him, stating that I had then di:3j;
for the first time; that the " Rules by an Old Hand' "„"r•
not written or compiled by me, but for me by a lady,
self a great authority rnd adept in the game, but uh4erol
in the laws of copyright, and entirely ignorant that "0
was transgressing them in taking what she had takehir9,lo
Captain Reid's work. For myself I said that never (ttoo
the moment I was then writing) having seen his work, '61,1
quite ignorant as to its having been pirated" by the
Hand." I candidly admitted to Captain Reid that vir°ro.
had (inadvertently) been done him, I expressed a t;fe
Bret thereat and my readiness to make him any toOr
sonable compensation. (I subsequently offered hilo •
-
, which he insisted should be increased to £125, and the' 1/0-i
went of his lawyer's expenses.) I, moreover, gava
word and assurance that I would recall all copies in cite 03
tion, give a true account of all that had been issued, ;',O
issue no more, although doing so suddenly at once 131,7eeit
,
put me to much inconvenience. I must own that had "09
the aggrieved party, and the aggressor, being a gentlepea
and an honest man, had thus candidly admitted he 11$41), CO
in the wrong and had given such assurance as I 0,1091c1
Captain Reid, I should have been fully satisfied, and e'"
have at once stayed all further proceedings.
That gentleman apparently was not thus easily 83 I"
He determined to push his advantage to the utoestVice
sued with his lawyers and counsel to Hampshire the 0.;
Chancellor, who was there enjoying his vacation, Wit-orili
thereby nothing beyond what I have already vehltitoo
ceded to him, beyond the satisfaction of giving his OP—
an apology for sending in a bill of charges of £lB5. the
The bill of costs, however, I am about to submit t° tvit
scrutiny of the taxing master in the hope and belief
he will reduce it to somewhat more reasonable limito•

NDSOR CASTLE.—During the last fortnig ot•
number of workmen have beet engaged in e0:6:
ing a portion of the road and footway on the north s'": V
the Castle-hill, near the eastern end of the Royal
house, of Wolsey Castle, which is being repaired t!,,eff
memorial to the late Prince Consort. In this work 00i0P
have laid barn a portion of the ancient foundation 0t icei
chapel, which censists of a bed of chalk concrete some '
in thickness, hard and well laid. Leading foom the ells
up the hill near the Lord Chamberlain's-office a deep tre"eo
has bean cut, and in digging this portions of an alleli1)6
building have been discovered two or three feet beljog
level of the roadway opposite the Deanery. These reff:g
consist of what appear to be two stone jAmbs foro—oe
small window, which probably lighted a narrow ottiifcre4
leading underground. Close by a vault has been dis°°;tl3°
and broken into. This vault lies under the ground ,"
Deanary. It is built of red bricks, which retain theit.'ffciV
ness of colour, while from a small opening in the 1.00-colf
water from the surface above would seem to have bee It
stantly trickling, as the vault is exceedingly dafTe h P°4'
however, stated that the position of this vault, thougieof;
generally known, was acciuntally discovered scaa°,soc
back. The floor is paved with red brick, and on belog.itiicli
up with a hard substance gives forth a hollow souudt asisclej
was yet another vault beneath. The north eaciL ‘'n
would seem to lead beneath the Deanary, is bricked -tre'slej;
the only present entrance is that in the bottom of th°
There is also at the north end of the arched rooms
(3soolll'
trap-door, the wood of which is rotten with eV 91100
TORPEDOES IN MOBILE BAY.-66 I savl f
these inventions," says the correspondel3t,:stil
Nov York. Tribune. "It consisted of a tin eilse,llo- or ".;
like a large coffee-pot or boiler, holding, pertisPi'l --botal)'1;
gallons. The lower half of this consisted of an air co-,. olati,
by means of a transverse partition, and the uPPer',OJ
end was filled with powder. Upon the end of a '-(1
insidu this, and in contact with the powder, is Pli'ec,,,,Dicl);,l
which is to be exploded by me ins of a haufraar,'
held suspended outside of the tin case of pos"e;teil
hammer is passed through a spiral spring that oPeoa
When tho torpedo is sunk the hammer is elevated' e
arl
pegp
there by a peg placed so as to hold it up. I„th
attached a float, which, ty moving the peg 'oll°,,fillaa",
boat draws the line attached to it, lots down evri
stu]denly with a sharp blow upon that part of tilAwc, it, ail
just inside of which the cap is placed, and eNPl°' tief
presto I the harm is done. Fortunately far.coooc,
barnacles gather so soon on any of these coiltrisiblet
to EOOll render the action of the hammer ion moil.,
the salt water quickly corrodes the tin cases al'eset,po
the powder, otherwise our fleet wonld not liav° ti
easily as it did in getting into Mobile Bay" ,•totecl
The Bishop of Bath and Wells has ito'licilester,
Rev. Sydney East, Vicar of Northover, near LI:0001
the Reotory of Wheathill, near Castle Carat v