The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 1.
Her Majesty and the Princess Alice walked in the
grounds this morning.
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succeeded Lord Methuen and Lieutenant-General Sir H.
Bentinck as Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat have
succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. Hood and Colonel the Hon'
Arthur Hardinge as Equerries to her Majesty.

A meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall was
held yesterday at the duchy office, Buckingham-gate, St.
James's-park. There were present the Duke of Newcastle,
Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir Wm. Dunbar, Keeper
of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney-
General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps,
treasurer, and Lord Portman.
A deputation respecting the arrival of large quantities of
the inflammable fluid, American petroleum, or rock oil, in
the port of London, and the risk attending its storage at
the various wharfs and docks, had an interview with
Secretary Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office.
A deputation respecting the Thames Conservancy, cen-
sisting of Admiral Stopford, Captain Sulivan, and Captain
Burstal, Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon.
W. Cowper, M.P., yesterday, at her Majesty's Office of
Works, Whitehall•place.

His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Apponyi entertained at dinner, on Monday even-
ing, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excel-
lency the Saxon Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl and
Countess Stanhope, the Earl of MalmesburY) Viscount
Sydney, Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Baillie Coch-
rane, Count Brandenburg, Count Waldstein, &c. Later in
the evening the Countess Apponyi had a small assembly.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury will
come to town to-morrow from visiting the Earl and Coun-
tess Spencer, at Althorp Park, Northampton.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady
Agneta Yorke have left Melton Mowbray, for their seat,
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. Viscount Royston has
returned to town.

The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have left
Penton's Hotel for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke
of Rutland.

The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have arrived
at their residence in Piccadilly, from their seat in Scotland,
for the season.

The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have arrived
in town from Bowhill, Selkirk. His lordship has taken the
Earl of Durham's mansion in Grosvenor-square for the
season.

The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will leave
Bridgewater House to-day for Worsley Hall, Manchester.

Lady Henniker had an assembly last evening, at
the family mansion in Grafton-street.
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ARRIVAL OF LIVING PARADISE BIRDS.—The
Zoological Society of London have enriched their largo col-
lection of living birds by the addition of two young males of
the leseer bird of Paradise (Paradises Papuana), from New
Guiana, which arrived yesterday at the gardens in the
Regent's-park, in good health and fine condition. They
were procured for the society by the well-known zoological
traveller, Mr. A. R. Wallace, who has passed the last eight
years in the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and returned
with these birds in his care by the last overland mail.

MR. ROBERTS AND THE REBELS.—Even the
Rev. J. Roberts, who, as our readlrs are aware, has lived
with the rebels at Nanking, arnd has, to his discredit, de-
fended their conduct in the strongest possible manner, has
at length discovered that they are nothing better than
robbers and murderers. This change oi opinion:in a man
who has so confidently urged the claims of :the Taipings,
has arisen from a very simple cause. 11.9 has at length
suffered, personally, from their barbarity. A servant to
whom ho was attached has been killed before his eyes ; and
considering his life in danger, he has fled to Shanghai.—
London ad China Telegraph.
EXTENSIVE FIRES AND Loss OF PROPERTY.—
Yesterday morning a fire, in a comparatively brief space of
time, laid in ruins the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Wool-
more-street, Poplar, and was well nigh attetded with the
loss of several persons. The adjoining house, No. 25, let
out in tenements, but belonging to Mr. Atherton, has also
sustained some damage by fire, and the poor occupants
were uninsured. A fire also took place, between two and
three o'clock, in the premises belonging to Mr. Gentle, a
grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business in Pembrook-
road, Walthamstow. Fortunately, the building and con-
tents were insured in the Imperial Fire Office.

ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT
EXHIBITION.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock,
shortly after the departure of the Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Mary of Cambridge, who had visited the building,
another unfortunate man was added to the many who have
lost their lives during the progress of the building of the
International Exhibition. A man, named James Hillier,
in the employ of Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, the contractors,
was drawn up while sitting on a small slip of timber to the
top of the eastern dome inside, for the purpose of removing
the blocks and tackle used to raise and lower the timbers
of the scaffolding, and, after having been engaged in this
work for some time he slipped, falling headlong to the
ground, a distance of upwards of 200 feet. He struck vio-
lently on some loose timbers, his head coming in fearful
contact with them. He was picked up, and conveyed to
St. George's Hospital, but life was extinct. This event,
which was witnessed by a large number of workmen, cast
the greatest gloom around. Nearly all the accidents have
taken place in the eastern dome.

ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.—Up to the 31st March,
1862, 12,621 claims had been received and 11,124 volunteers
enrolled , of these 33 hold certificates of competency as
masters, and 175 certificates of competency as mates; 19
hold certificates of service as masters ; and 41 certificates of
service as mates. Total holding certificates, 268 ; and the
force embraces 1,661 petty officers in the merchant service.

MILITARY CHAN GES.—Yesterday morning the
second battalion of the Grenadier Guards removed from
the St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks to
Windsor, proceeding thither by the South-Western Rail-
way. he third battalion removed from Portman-street
Barracks to the Wellington Barracks and Buckingham
Palace. The second battalion of the Coldstream Guards
removed from Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace
to Portman-street Barracks and St. John's .wood Barracks.
The first battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards removed from
Windsor to St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Bar-
racks. There will be further changes to-day. The 2d
Regiment of Life Guards will proceed from the Spittal
Barracks, Windsor, to Regent's-park Barracks. The Royal
Horse Guards will remove from the Regent's-park Barracks
to Knightsbridge Barracks, and the Ist Regiment of Life
Guards will pri.,ceed from Knightsbridge to Windsor.

MEMENTOS OF BULL'S RUN.—In the abandoned
quarters skulls were frequent tent ornaments, and were also
used for soap dishes. Knives and forks, rings and even
spurs, were constructed from the bones. Soldiers of the
Brooklyn 14th recognised on the field of Bull Run, by their
red trousers, comrades who had fallen there, lying unburied
and headiess.—New York Tribune.
OMNIBUSES AND THE EXHlBlTlON.—Manchester
omnibuses are to be introduced into London for the con-
veyance of passengers to and from Brompton during the
course of the forthcoming Exhibition. Twenty-five or thirty
of these vehicles arc to be sent to the metropolis, and they
will commence sunning forthwith over the routes which
will hereafter be permanently assigned to them. They are
very capacious, somewhat similar in style to Mr. Train's
tramway cars, but lighter and of more elegant construction.
Some wretched carriages have recently been placed on
the various routes by private speculators in anticipation of
a rich harvest. The London General Omnibus Company
are making arrangements for meeting the increasing traffic,
and several large and handsame carriages, which are in
course of construction, are expected to be ready for running
on the more frequented roads by the middle of the present
month.