The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, J. 1.
Her Majesty the Queen took an airing yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince
Louis of Hesse, attended by Lieutenant .General Knollys,
Captain Grey, and Captain Westerweller, crossed over to
Southampton yesterday in the Royal yacht Fairy, and went
to Winchester to visit the Cathedral and the Hospital of St.
Cross.

Their Royal Highnesses returned in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse drove out,
attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office
from the Governors of Malta and Canada, Despatches were
sent to the Governors of the West India Islands, British
Columbia, Bermuda, and to the Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands.

The Countess Fortescue was safely delivered of a
daughter, on Wednesday, at Castle Hill.
M. Alexandre de Laski has arrived at Claridge's
Hotel from Paris.
Mr. and Lady Henrietta Morant have arrived at
16, Park-lane, from their seat, Brockenhurst Park, Hants.
Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour have left Cla-
ridge's Hotel for Bournemouth.
The marriage of Marshal Canrobert with Miss
Macdonald, of Grove House, Windsor, will be solemnised
early in the present month. The Emperor and Empress
have sent the bride elect an autograph letter, accompanied
by a present of diamonds.
Madame Tcherkoff and family have arrived at
Claridge's Hotel.
M. and Madame Delahaute have left Claridge's
Hotel for Paris.
M. and Madame de la Bouillim have left Cla-
ridge's Hotel for Paris.
We have to announce the death of the Dowager
Lady Stourton, in her 85th year. Her ladyship was third
daughter of Mr. Thomas Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dor-
setshire, and married in 1800 the Hon. William Stourton,
son of the Right Hon. Charles Philip Stourton, who after-
wards became the 17th baron, by whom her ladyship had a
numerous family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean gave a "reading" at
Kilkenny on Monday. The attendance of the aristocracy
and gentry was large. They next will appear in Galway
this evening, and on Monday, the sth inst., in Dublin.
AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW DRESS.—Le Nord
of yesterday evening assumed an entirely new ap-
pearance, and was published in Paris instead of Brussels,
It has been increased in size, contains six columns to the
page in place of five, and is printed in entirely new type.
In its programme, it claims to be regarded as a cosmopo-
litan organ, animated exclusively by those international
ideas which it informs us have already so far united all
civilised countries that they are now adopting " the same
form of government, the same code, the same tariffs, the
same system of weights and measures." It furthermore
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says that it removes to Paris because that city is the po-
litical, industrial, and commercial capital of the whole
world. lo place its cosmopolitan character beyond doubt,
the Nord prints in its first column a string of advertise-
ments in all the European languages.

wiSfeHoOfCaKmlNaGn CASE.
ed—mo,neaTnllnu,rlsidvay ingmaotrßniong walnastt the
1 rees,
Inear Chapelhall, Airdrie, was found dead in bed, during
her husband's absence from home. The husband is in very
poor circumstances, and had only 2s. in his possession
hwheeexn he returned
pendedilipu on Friday
rehaein evening
ocotton l
fora
; shroud.
roluOdi.d ofthis sums
thus exhausted, he applied to the inspector of poor for the
parish of Bothwell, to get assistance towards the burying of
his wife's remains. This the inspector declined to do, on
the ground, we are informed, that the man was ablebodied ;
and so the corpse remains unburied up to the present mo-
ment, and is now, of course, rapidly approaching a state of
putrefaction. The case has been reported to Sheriff Logie.
Glasgow Morning loarnak
The Freeman's Journal records the death of John
Patrick Somers :—One of the last, if not the very last, of a
peculiar and remarkable race of men, of which ho may be
the towneer
model
eitotofoe
said to have been the type, has passed away after a long
and painful illness. For many years Mr. Somers repre-
sentedo.
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nf eanndd-. ship and confidence of leading men than did Mr. Somers
O'Connell always took aninteorest
whenever a sturdy and determined course had to be taken
with factions individuals he relied upon the presence and
support of Pat Somers, a reliance that never proved to be
misplaced. The personal regard entertained for him by
the present Premier is said to be something very uncom-
mon. To the last they corresponded as old friends, and at
all times during his public career "my friend Pat Somers"
was a welcome guest at Lord Palmerston's private resi-

dente.
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1 has for some weeks lately
KHES:iiEiwAR:
hPROPERTY. AT STRATFORD.
borough, and
the
archives
ehrievseuls
will
oilfl
been deeply engaged here
i 'n, to the corporation of this
present
in looking over and carefully
examining the records belonging
place and put into a part of 4, The Birthplace," a portion of
which will be expressly fitted up for the purpose, and
greater security given for their preservation. The Town
Council held a meeting on Friday last, at which they
111:ii: labours
removed a nfdrom theirpainstaking
agreed to the propositions of I\lr, J. 0. lialliwell.—Bir-
minghain Gazette,

Importing tea without colour on the leaf prevents
the Chinese passing off inferior brown leaves as in the usua
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