The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-24 00:00:00

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THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

BALMORAL, SEpt. 22.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, drove to Invercauld yesterday.
Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended
by Lady Churchill and Baroness Schenck, rode on
horseback.

The Prince and Princess of Wales dined at Bal-
moral, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel and
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governors of Gibraltar and
Matta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of
the West Coast of Africa.

His Royal Highness the Duka of Cambridge left
town on Monday evening for Gedling Lodge, Notts, on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who arrived on Tuesday on
visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield at Gedling
Lodge, Notts, from Gordon Castle, the seat of the Duke
and Duchess of Richmond, in Scotland, will return to town
to-morrow.

The Princess Czernicheff, with a numerous suite,
has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from the Tale of Wight,
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton arrived in
town on Tuesday from Baden-Baden.

The Marquis of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey
were to arrive in Paris yesterday from a tour in Germany.
The noble marquis and daughters are expected home in a
few days.

The Earl and Countess of Derby left Knowsley
on Monday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chester-
field, at their seat in Nottinghamshire.

The Earl and Countess of Wiiton, who arrived
in town a few days since from the west of England, depart
to-morrow for Heaton Hall, near Manchester.

The Dowager Countess of Jersey, accompanied
by Lady Harriet Ponsonby, has arrived at Brighton. Her
ladyship has taken a house in Lewes-crescent.

Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are expected to
return to town the week after next from Tunbridge-wells.
The noble and learned lord, notwithstanding his great age,
is in excellent health.

Lord Charles Fitzroy has returned to town from
visiting the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, at Golden Grove,
Carmarthenshire.

Lady Francis Gordon and Miss Gordon arrived
in the early part of last week at Crimonmogate, Aberdeen-
shire, on a visit to Sir Alexander and Lady Arabella Ban-

nerraan.

Baroness de Clifford has returned from a tour
in Germany, and leave on Saturday for the family seat in
Leicestershire.

DISTINGUISHED SHOOTING PARTY.—The Earl
of Chesterfield, with his guests, the Duke of Cambridge,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lord Stanhope, and the
Earl of Derby, commenced their annual sport on Tuesday
last, starting from Mrs. Tomlin's farm, near Ratcliffe, on
the Morken Hills. In the course of the day the party
brought down 741 brace of partridges, one quail, and 131
hares. The day's excursion closed at 5.40, and the noble
earl and his guests returned to Gedling Lodge. The sport
will continue about eight days. The same guests assembled
at Gelling Lodge last year. •

FUNERAL 1)1? ADMIR4.I. WASHINGTON.—The
funeral of this distinguished officer, the hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty, took place at Havre, where he
died, on Saturday last, and was numerously attended by
most of the British residents and visitors at Havre, and by
all the English seamen that could be spared from the ships
in port. The coffin, with the union-jack for pall, was
borne from the hearse and lowered into the grave by Bri-
tish seamen. The British Consul did not attend, but her
Majesty's Government and the naval service were repre-
sented by Captain Hoare, R,N., attached to the British
embassy at Paris. The generous feeling existing between
the services of the two countries were never more fully ex-
emplified than by the noble conduct of the French naval
military authorities, who attended the funeral, together
with a considerable body of men-of-war's men, both of
officers and sailors, in lull uniform, at their own request,
preferred to the widow of the deceased admiral. This
spontaneous tribute of respect will doubtless be some solace
to Admiral Washington's family in their bereavement, and
most gratifying to his personal friends and brother officers
of the royal navy.

A FINE FRAGMENT OF METEORIC IRON, weigh-
ing 29 ounces, has been given by M. Gustav Rose to the
Minerological Museum, at Berlin. It is stated by M.
Domeyko to have been discovered in the Sierra de Chaco,
in the desert of Atacama, to the north of Chili.

" THE CHISHOLM," gave rise to a sarcasm of the
celebrated Simon Lord Lovat of " The '45," who had often
bickerings with his neighbour, "The Chisholm." The old
chief of the Frasers (whose title is Mac Shim) alluding to
something connected with "The Chisholm," exclaimed,
" I never heard of more than three in the High-
lands; The King," The Devil,' and The Chisholm.' "
NEW INTENTION IN SHIPS' SIGNALS, introduced
on board the Infanta Isabel, by Don J. M. de Satrustiqui.—
It consists of a signal lamp, which shows various coloured
lights in rapid succession, by which means the orders of the
officer in charge on the bridge are silently and with cer-
tainty conveyed to those in charge at the wheel. This
lamp can also be used in communicating at night with ves-
sels at a distance.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.--
On Tuesday evening, as the 4.5 p.m. down train from Nor-
wich to Great Yarmouth was running between Reedhani
and Yarmouth, the tender of one of two engines by which
it was propelled left the rails. Both the engines and the
other tender, and all the carriages, remained on the metals,
and no injury was sustained by any of the passengers, as
the train was promptly brought to a stand-still. The way
was, however, slightly it jured for some little distance, and
a delay of 50 minutes ensued before the tender was again
placed on the metals.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A COLLEGE CADET AT
CHELTENHAM.—On Saturday evening, between six
and seven, while the College Cadet Corps were engaged in
practice with blank cartridge in the college ground, P.
Allsopp, a son of the eminent Burton brewer, sustained
serious injury to his face, through his rifle discharging it-
self at the " order." He had incautiously let the hammer
fall on the cap when it should only have been at " half-
cock," and the sudden jerk on the ground caused the cap
to explode. Every attention was paid to the young gen-
tleman, and, although his right eyebrow has been shat-
tered, it is hoped no more serious result will arise from the
untoward accident. His right hand man also had his uni-
form considerably damaged.

SINGING BY ELECTRICITY !—The singer, say, at
London, the listener at Liverpool. The medium,
an Acoustic Telegraph, by Mr. Ladd.—This instrument
consists essentially of two distinct pieces of Lepparatus. That
for transmitting the signal has a small mouth-piece. On
the right hand side there is a finger-key, forming part of
the circuit, and an electro-magnet, with a vibrating arma-
ture and binding-screw to connect with one of the line
wires. Within a case, under a glass cover, is at; elastic
membrane, in the centre of which is fixed a platinum plate
in connection with the finger .key. A light piece of angu-
lar metal, resting on three pins, is so placed that the pin at
the angle rests on the plate in the centre of the membreue:
the other two resting in cups on its edge, so as to allow e`
free motion on the points. In the body of the receiver-boz
is suspended a soft iron core, surrounded by a coil of silk-
covered wire, one end of which is in connection with the
finger-key and the other with a binding-screw. The me-
thod of producing sound in the receiving instrument depends
upon the fact that, at the moment of magnetising or demag-
netising a piece of iron, there is an alteration in the arrange-
ment of the particles which gives rise to a slight ticking
noise. Having connected the transmitter, by means of an
insulated wire, with the receiver, and the binding. screws
having been brought in connection with a battery of three
or four elements, if the finger-key on the transmitter be
pressed the person at the receiving station hears the ticking
noise; and, as all musical notes are the production of pul-
sations at regular intervals, we have simply to find some
means of making and breaking contact a number of times
equal to the pulsations of the note to be conveyed. This is
done by the elastic membrane. The operators place hie
mouth to the tube in front of the instrument and sings a
note, when immediately the membrane begins vibrating in
accordance with the note sounded, and at each vibration
breaks contact between the pin and plate in its centre.
[his, forming part of the circuit, causes the iron core in the
receiving instrument to be magnetised and demagnetised a
number of times equal to the number of vibrations of the
membrane, and so conveys to the receiver an impression of
a musical sound. The finger-keys and small magnet at
the sides of the instruments are for the purpose of varying
the methods of communication by the combination of single
sounds, and can also be used with the other parts for the
purpose of regulating the lengths of the notes, and dividing
them into varying portions, so as to form a sound-alphabet;
somewhat similar to the signals written by Morse's tele-
graph.
A sharp fall of hail took place on Tuesday morn-
ing in Paris, the sun shining out brightly atterwards.
According to advices from the Atlantic ports, the weather
along the coast is rainy, with heavy winds from the west,
and a rough sea.
The 43d quarterly drawing of the 3 ind 4 per
Cent. Credit Foncier Bonds took place on Tuesday, when
.
No. 33,204 gained the premium of 100,0001 ; 71,816, 50,000 f;
,nd 101,198, 20,000 f, The sixth halt-yearly drawing of the
3 per Cent. Communal Bonds was afterwards pr.,ceened to,
when No. 114,068 gained the premium of 100,000 f, and
Nos, 49,073, 33,287, 34,694, 93.876, each Io,ooof.