The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-11 00:00:00

have been discontinued for the last few days•

THE COURT.—Her Majesty, accompanied 11 .10
younger members of the royal family, and attended 11 or
Court, is expected to leave Osborne on or about the 17t1/11j,
18th inst., and return to Windsor Castle, where the re cl-

site preparations have been made. aed
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, at° 0-
by Major Elphinstone, visited Woolwich Dockrrdcr
day, and went on board the Admiralty steam-Yessei.(ol
chantress, which is being prepared to convey his
the
highness on a cruise to the Mediterranean during 5,1
spring. The vessel has been repainted and dec rated, and
orate
naer
her cabins have been fitted up in a superb manlier
the direction of Mr. Wakelin, the Admiralty upliels ri al;e
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Caln,d ace,
is expected to leave her residence at St. James's p
ldet
towards the close of the next month, for Strelitz,lo[o.ocl
to be present at the confirmation of the Hereditarl u.kriely
Duke Adolphus of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her royal tell
ness and the Princess Mary will return home imin
afterwards.
,iDO/
The Countess of Derby, accompanied be 3ga to
the Hon. A. F. and Lady Constance Stanley, is xPecli;ise.
arrrive in town to-day from Knowsley Park, Lane° „,44
The Earl and Countess Russell have issued c"'
for dinner parties on the 16th, 17th, and 23d inst. hoe
Viscount and Viscountess Bury and family son.
returned to their residence, 48, Rutland-gate, for the lons
Lord Bloomfield arrived in town last
Viennanigh
his seat in Ireland. The noble lord will leave for to,
early in the ensuing month to resume his diplomatic di/
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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 0-,
ENSUING WEEK.-Monday-Geograpbjeal, 3;4' 3to
" Basin of River Mahanuddy," Mr. Temple, and "17-1,15,-'
Ruined Cities of Cambodia," Dr. Bastian. Ttle,s, pc'
Actuaries, at 4f, Council ; Royal Institution, at 3,
tricity," Professor Tyndall ; Syro-Egyptian, at 7i, gills;
Discoveries at Church of Holy Sepulchre," It" :Lrlatrol,
Anthropological, at 8, " Hadgis and Dervishes 01
Asia," M. A. Vtimb6ry-" Physical, &c., Charactero
Viti Islanders," Mr. Pritchard-"Fetish Worship, BgYoPseil
Mr. Mackenzie-" Account of Rude Tribes, ellP.P,,s
Aborigines of South India.," and "Leaf-Wearing Tri,"-gr.
India," Dr. Shortt-" Anthropology of Linnaeus,,,
Bendyshe ; Engineers, at 8, " Gifford's Injector, de
England ; Zoological, at " Present State of Snow, e,Dft
of Salmo," Dr. Gunther, and "Rare Birds' Eggs' 41;
Newton. Wednesday-Society of Literature, ay ears
Meteorological, at 7, " Mean Temperature from 53 '4.°S.
Observations," Mr. Glaisher ; Society of Arts,
,81;rcy
Thursday-Royal Institution, at 3, " ElectricitY, 4fiter
fessor Tyndall; Linnean, at 8, "Minute Animals' Gwen
mediate between Sponges and Polycistina," Captain tole
-"Notes on Pueraria," • Mr. Bentham-"
Monstrosities," Mr. Dickie ; Geological, at 4, Genera:, ;fro-
mismatic, at 7 ; Royal Academy, at 8, " Sculpturel_ for
i:or
fessor Westmacott ; Chemical, at 8, "New Road
preparing Anhydrides and Ethers," Mr.Broughtersilicat°
mistry of Calabar Bean," Dr. Fraser-" Action er,' sport'
and Carbonate of Soda on Cotton Fibre," Mr. C'TighleY"
" New Electrical Lamp Regulator, eirc ," 311% --a.- at 81;
"Oxidation of Indiarubber," Mr. Spinet. ;
Antiquaries, at 81. Friday-Royal Institution, a' GO;
stitution of Fixed Stars and Nebulte," Mr. Illigg',/1:i0'120
logical, at 1, Anniversary; Philogical, at 8, "
sa-
Languages of Ancient Gaul and Britain," Mr. Nash;, Pre
turday-Royal Institution, at 3, "Nervous SYsteali
fessor Marshall.-Athenteum. obi
PAUPERISM.-The monthly return just isstif isTir
the Poor-law Board shows that at the end,
vember the number of paupers in receipt of relic)" Aare,
land and Wales was not quite 3 per cent. less than t''''"6 cos'
ber at the corresponding period of 1863. There v'a'sortly.
siderable reduction in the numbers relieved in
western division, nearly 13 per cent., but the deer°, Or
most other divisions of the kingdom was but trifiil3v,:ots
in two (the west-midland and the metropolis) tberatipagil
slight increase. But it may be well to mention that 95 pa
the numbers relieved in Nov., 1864, were only OA
cent. fewer than in Nov., 1863, the numbers in Dielq
were 13.56 per cent. less than in Nov., 1862.
ECLIPSES IN 1865.-There will be four e°.f I,ll°
the present year-two of the sun and two "001
moon-the first being a partial eclipse of the (),
which will take place early on the morning of tbe 'of the
April. It will commence at 3.45 a.m., the raidaiii°,ll the
eclipse being at 4.38 a.m., and ending at 5.31, iht)fle the
moon moon will sot at London at 5.11, or 20 min.
,be,:oi frof
eclipse ends. The moon at the time of the raietticio
eclipse will be in the zenith of a place, the long' tata'o
which, east of Greenwich, is 691 deg. nearly', and 13 of
less than 94 deg. S. The second, a total 5. 'f
sun, invisible in England, will take place on AT° port
will be visible from the Great Southern Ocean, ir“°lD.rielt
South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and part of of Cfv-o,
a partial, eclipse it will be also visible at the CaPe o°°s,
Hope. The eclipse will begin at 37 minutes 11 Greco
Greenwich time, in longitude 88 deg. nearly W.' of
•
wich, and in latitude 411 deg. S. The central eiji 104
noon will be 4 minutes to 2 p.m., Greenwich time' 6 (101,6,40
tude 291 deg. W. of Greenwich, and in latitude %,iolo
min. S., and the eclipse will end at 4 p.m., Greenl' otiiyo
nearly, in longitude.3lf E. of .Greenwich, and ilipso d
41 deg. S. At the Cape of Good Hope the °gill beat
begin at 13 minutes after 2 p.m., the raiddl° 0100
12 minutes after 3 p.m., when rather less thud at 4 fill
of the diameter will be obscured, and it will ell third Der•
nutes past 5 p.m., Greenwich mean time. 1118,f Oct° yli°
be a partial eclipse of the moon, on the 4th is dal
This will be visible from England. On thtaj lot
81
moon rises at a quarter past 5, and is due se" aia
nutes before midnight. The eclipse will afore
/3
minutes to 10 p.m., and will end at 19 minutes 111), "
night ; but the whole extent covered will °
gar at
part of the moon's diameter. The fourth is ana opto
he id ff°A
ni
the sun, on the 19th of October. This will - Pi po'
some places, but will be visible as a partial ecliPseivotes,teo
England. At london the eclipse will begin at 121: 9 Oillt the
4 p.m., while the middle of the eclipse will be 0 Poe,
past 5 ; but on this day the sun will set at 4 5
01; ;0tbe..,00,
greatest phase, less than one-third of the sun, W1"13 0
The eclipse will commence at Cambridge at
at 94,04
past 4 p.m., at Oxford at 6 minutes past 4 po.t
es to ,so
at 4 minutes to 4 p.m., at Edinburgh at 8 ruin cal ti qB,
and at Dublin at 20 minutes to 4 p.m., in thabi9c t 4, Cad
three places. The sun will set at Edinburg and TV
Dublin and Liverpool at 4.53, and at 02der polio. oicl"
bridge about a minute sooner than in the roetr°Greeaa 10"
central eclipse begins at 19 minutes to 3 o'er 33, aa,
time, in long. 123 deg. nearly W. of Oreell3 linel),,o
47f deg. N., nearly. It will be central in na t., Oit'ae
from North America over the North latit 1.4
Africa, and joining places the longitude 471 deso,;(lli.
which are :-W. long. 123 deg. and N. sif deg' ,' • a
long. 105 deg. and N. lat 43 deg.; W. long' dlegg.
lat. 34 deg, ; W. long. 691 deg. and N. /at. 01 `-.7
long. 51 deg. and N. lat. 17 deg. ; Wrat. 1 07
N. lat 14f deg. ; and W. long. 71 deg• old araiotretee,
PLYMOUTH, Friday.--The barque_a, to !' 0300
tons, Captain George Ellery,
T. and C. Nichols, of Leadenhall-streot,_toliq,,ar,
belOng.l''os OP-Off tl:9
south-east of the Lizard. at noon yesterclai:: to,g9 °517 Y.Cv
shore. She is bound to London, with I,l' lodecloat 016
bales sheep's wool, six bales cotton, iee'e'pgespereo,
Natal, and 760 bales wool, and sundrY allot 140.1110 Asetv
loaded in Algoa Bay. The Braintrees. touoltecA on a,
rounded the Cape of Good Hope Dec' and d s fteg- g,
sion on the 26th, crossed the line Jan; "i;rioutiaea 1a o,ri
3d, in lat. 352 N., long. 26 16 W., th Bahia lyi/t fr
showing Hanoverian colours, bound toui_ 1,10-0
lat. 5 38 N., long. 23 30 W., the iron /5
London for Calcutta,