The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Jan. 20.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of
Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse,
attended by Captain von Westerweller, left
Buckingham Palace yesterday morning on a visit
to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at
Sandringham Hall, Norfolk.

PRINCE ALFRED'S PHEASANT SHOOTING.—A
letter from Naples, of the 14th, says—" The phea•
sant shooting in honour of Prince Alfred was very bril-
liant. The party, including, besides the Prince, Major
Cowell, Captain Craven, General Pomare, Marquis Tolem-
mei, Prince Fondi, Prince Gesualdo, Duke Marigliano,
and other distinguished personages, set out for Caserta
yesterday at 8 a.m., and opened the sport in the four great
lawns of the park. Prince Alfred killed 25 pheasants, five
woodcocks, and as many hares. At noon, the sportsmen
sat down to breakfast in the pagoda, Prince Gesualdo pro-
posed the health of the Queen of England, when the band
struck up God Save the Queen.' Prince Alfred returned
the compliment by proposing the health of the King of
Italy."

CABINET COUNCIL —Summonses were issued
yesterday, by direction of the Premier, fora Cabinet Coun-
cil on Tuesday ne.-t at his lordship's official residence, in
Downing. street.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and
a select circle went out shooting in Richmond-park yester-
day.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary have returned to Cambridge
Cottage, Kew, from a week's visit to the Duke and Duchess
of Beautort at Badminton. _ . _

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Duchess of Somerset and family arrived at
the First Lord's cfficial residence at the Admiralty yester-
day, from Bulstrode Park, Bucks, for the season.
The E of Derby has issued invitations for a
Parliamentary dinner on the 4th of next month to a large
circle of peers, his political supporters in the Upper House.
Earl Granville, Lord President, will give a dinner
on Friday, the 30th inst., at his residence in Bruton-street,
to the Ministers and Officers of State, to settle the roll of
sheriffs for the present year. _ _

The EArl of Radnor is receiving a family circle
at his seat in Berkshire. Viscount Folkestone has arrived
on a visit to his noble father from Longford Castle, near
Salisbury.
Viscount and Viscountesi Walden arrived in
town on Saturday from visiting Mr. and Lady Charlotte
Sturt at Critchill House, Dorset.

Viscountess Dingarvan has returned to Chesham-
street from a tour of visits in Ireland.

Lord William Powlett has returned to town from
visiting the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle, Durham,
Lord West has returned to Buckhurst Park from
Brighton. _ _

Ludy Poltimere has arrived at the Queen's Hotel,
Upper Norwood, from Brighton.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office
yesterday from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches
were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of
Frances, Countess Waldegrave, daughter of Mr. J.
Braham, the eminent vocalist, with Mr. Chichester For-
tescue, M,P., Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
took place yesterday at Trinity Church, Brompton, in the
presence of a numerous assemblage of friends. The wed-
ding party met at the church shortly before 12 o'clock. The
Countess was attended by Miss Money, the Misses Neville,
daughters of 'Viscount and Viscountess Neville, and Miss
Constance Braham. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Leveson Harcourt, Chancellor of York, the Countess
being given away by Colonel Harcourt, M.P. There were
present the Earl of Abingdon and Lady Elizabeth Bertie,
Lord and Lady Norreys, Viscount and Viscountess Neville
and Misses Neville, Sir 'Warwick and Lady hioreshead, Sir
Erskine and Lady Perry and Misses Perry, Sir John V. B.
and Lady Johnstone and Miss Johnstone, Mr. and Lady
Georgina Bertie and M.isses Bertie, Lady Ida Waldegrave,
Mr. Wardlaw and Lady Horatio Wardlaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Hervey, &c. After the solemnity the party repaired to the
residence of Lady Horat o Wardliw, at Prince's-gate,
where an elegant dejeuner was provided for 60 persons. At
an early hour in the afternoon the Countess Waldegrave
and Mr. Fortescue left town for Grove-park, near Retforel,
Notts, the seat of Mr. Granville Harcourt Vernon. The
Countess Waldegrave has been married four times; first,
to the Hon. John James Waldegrave, of Navestock, Essex;
secondly, George Edward, seventh Earl Waldegrave;
thirdly, Mr. George Granville Harcourt, M.P., son of Dr.
Harcourt, Archbishop of York ; and fourthly, yesterday,
the Hun. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. for the county of
Louth. The Countess is just turned her 42d year,

Mr. Grove, the young medical student who so
opportunely assisted her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of Hesse, when she was thrown from her carriage in
the Isle of Wight a few weeks since, has been presented
with a valuable gold pin and a set of shirt studs.
LAUNCH OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.—In ac-
cordance with the invitation of the directors of the
Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, a num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen yesterday assembled at the yard
at Blackwall to witness the launch of a paddle steam yacht
intended for the use of the Trinity Board of the Dublin
corporation. The yacht, built from the designs of the sur-
veyor to the Dublin Trinity Board, is 945 tons burden, and
in her lines is very graceful, her designer contemplating
the union of great strength, with more than average speed,
At ten minutes to two p.m. Miss Margetson, daughter of
0.,e of the directors, who is a partner in the well-known
firm of Welch, Margetson, and Co., of Cheapside, broke
against the port bow a bottle of wine, and christened the
yacht the Princess Alexandra, wishing her good speed and
all suceess. The vessel, which is built of iron, glided down
the ways, and for the first time a steamer bearing the name
of the future bride of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales floated in British waters. The launch was a com-
plete success, and in the water the Princess Alexandra—
to which Messrs. Penn and Co. are to supply the engines
—looked even more graceful than on the stocks. After
the launch the visitors, e ccompanied by the directors, pro-
ceeded round the extensive works, and viewed .the pud-
dling of iron, the forging of armour-plates, the construc-
tion of the ram -cutwater of the new iron clad Minotaur,
which will be launched in June or July; tha manufac-
ture of the rivets, the planing of the slabs of B2ssemer's
steel intended for the Turkish and Spanish frigates in
course of construction, and the numberless other processes
carried on by the Thames Shipbuilding Company.
EMBEZZLEMENT OF £3,163 BY A BANKER'S. CLERK
AT HULL.—Considerable excitement was manifested
in Hull on Monday, in consequence of the apprehension of
a banker's clerk, named John Henry North, on a charge
of embezzling the Hull Banking Company of the sum of
£3,163 15s. 2d. The prisoner was brought up at the Hull
Police•court on Monday, and from the evidence adduced it
appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of the
Hull Banking Company for the past 20 years, and latterly
occupied the position of assistant cashier. On the 12th inst.
the prisoner was taken ill, and consequently was unable to
attend to business. During his absence on Saturday last,
Mr. Lambert, the cashier of the bank, had occasion to look
over his cash account, and, to his great surprise, found a
very large deficiency. He immediately sent a messenger to
Mr. North's residence, with instructions to request his at-
tendance at the bank. Ho returned with the messenger,
and on his arrival Mr. Lambert showed him the deficit and
demanded an explanation. Prisoner immediately ob erved
that he had the money safely deposited in a compartment
of the cash drawer in which the cut notes requiring to be
repaired wera kept. Ho was asked to produce them, when
he drew forth a bundle of bank notes. He was requested to
count them ; but he showed some reluctance to do so, and
Mr. L. perused them,and found only £750. The prisoner then
said he would make a clean breast of it, and admitted that
he had taken the money in sums of £2O, £3O, and £5O at a

time, extending over a period of 14 years, and devoted it to I
the support of his family, the education of his children, and
defraying his losses in railway speculations. He was then
requested to step into a private room, and, in the meantime,
Mr. Lambert, along with Mr. Wood, another clerk, pro-
ceeded to examine the accounts, and prepare a statement of
his defalcations, which amounted to £3,163 15s. 2d. The
statement was shown to the prisoner, who said it was
correct within a few shillings of what he expected. He
then said that he would exculpate the other clerks from
all suspicion, and wrote a letter to the manager expressing
his regret and sorrow that, on that day, his cash accounts, ,
as assistant cashier to the Hull Banking Company, were
deficient to the amount of £3,163 15s. 2d., which sum he
had at various times surreptitiously abstracted and devoted
to his own purpose. About five in the afternoon Mr. Cobb,
the manager, arrived at the bank, and the prisoner's defal-
oations were immediately made known to him. In the
course of an interview betwt en the manager and the pri •
Boner, the latter again admitted his guilt, and said as soon
as the messenger went to his house he :knew that he had
been found cut, and ho was glad that it was so, as it had
taken a great weight off his mind. After hearing several
witnesses, the case was remanded till next day. •
A CUMBERLAND MAGISTRATE ACCIDENTALLY
DROWNED.—On Sunday last the body of Mr. Ed.
ward Atkinson Burrow, of Carlton Hall, Cumberland, a
mat. ogistrate of the county, was found drowned in the river
ir
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7oo'nclohcikswinaytho evening. Shortly afterwards he was
seen passing throughalibg'hutet4,
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cross the water.t
river is at this part affected by the
rise of the tide, and it is
gen-
tleman had been mistakensuPPosed that the unfortunate
as to the time the sea would be
drowned at high water, and had been
eed in attempting to make
his way across. His horse returwndu
to the neighbourhood
of Bootle, and was found in the farmyard at 3 o'clock next
morning. Information having been given
police, search was made, vnd the body was nto the countya found that morn-
.
about 11 o'clock, about 100 yards below Bak Wale