The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL. SEPT. 18.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highne-:>s Prince Albert, the
Princess Alice. and Count Alexander Mensdorff, went
yesterday to the top of Lochan-y-gar. The Hon. Mary
Bulteel was in attendance upon her Majesty.
Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, had the
honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday.

AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.---Another instance
of the wonderful rapidity with which messages of public
importance can be transmitted by the electric telegraph,
from the most distant points, was given in the thir•i
edition of The Sun yesterday evening. The States-
General of Holland were yesterday opened by the King,
who delivered a speech of more than usual length. It
was concluded at 1.25 p.m., and by five minutes after
three the whole, translated into English, was received
at The Sun office, and was published in our third edition
within a very short time afterwards. Although the
dispatch contained no less than 1,750 words, the trans-
lation and transmission to us only occupied the brief
space of one hour and forty minutes! One remarkable
feature of this extraordinary express, for so it may be
justly termed, is, that it had to cross the German
Ocean for many miles. We are indebted for this early
receipt of the speech to the Electric Telegraph Company,
Lothbury, who, we must say, are entitled to very great
credit, not only for the expertness which they have dis-
played, but for the extreme accuracy with which the
whole was conveyed along the mystic wires.

SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by
the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to
429,0001., of which 395,0001. is silver for Bombay,
Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and
Canton, and 7,7001. gold for Singapore and Hong Kong.
The only other important remittance is 25,0001. gold
for Alexandria.

AUSTRALIA.—Accounts about a fortnight later than
those previously received have been brought by the
overland mail. The dates are Sydney, the 19th of
June ; and Adelaide, the 6th of July ; but the details
given respecting the general course of affairs are very
limited. According to a commercial circular pub-
lished in the Sydney Herald of the 11th of June,
goods were being offered freely. "Our importations,"
it is said, "continue heavy, and at the present rate of
consumption far in excess of the demand." The later
private letters also describe a tendency to decline, and
buyers were apparently every day becoming less willing
to operate. The productiveness of the gold fields of
New South Wales had, however, considerably increased.
The mines at the Ovens were likewise yielding largely,
and new deposits were from time to time discovered.
The prices of stocks and shares at Sydney remained
steady. Gold was at 753. per ounce ; wool, is. Bd. to
ls. 11d. ; oats, 12s. per bushel ; hay, 241. per ton ; and
the rate of exchange on England, 2 premium.
INCOME-TAX.—Claims of Exemption.—lt is very
desirable that persons having claims for repayment of in-
come tax on the ground of exemption, by reason of their
incomes being less than 1501. a year, should be made
aware that they must send in such claims, so far as re-
gards the years ended the sth of April, 1852, and th,
sth of April 1853, to the surveyors for the districts in
which they reside, or to the head office in London or
Edinburgh, as the case may be, on or before the 10th of
October next, and that no such claims can be received
after that period. This rule applies as much to cases
where claims have been established in former years as
to those where claims may now be made for the first
time.
MODEL LODGING-HOUSE AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday
the directors of the Windsor Royal Society (of which
his Royal Highness Princess Albert is the president)
opened a lodging-house for unmarried workmen and
labourers. The model lodging-house formed a part of
the original scheme of the society, but the difficulties ex
perienced in procuring suitable premises, and adapting
them to the purpose, have delayed until now the carry•
ing out of the praiseworthy intention. The directors
very judiciously took on lease one of the large houses in
Church street, the residence formerly of noble families
attached to the Court, but in latter days used for tin
most ignoble purposes, and suffered to fall into the last
st ge of dilapidation. This house they thoroughly re-
paired, drained, and ventilated. provided with every
convenience, and fitted up with sleeping accommodation
for 50 single men. Side by side with this new and com-
modious lodging-house is another house of similar di-
r
tnensions, licensed under the Public Health Act, and
open for the reception of tramps ; so that the two estab
lisliments, when in full operation, will present much
the same startling contrast as liogarth's celebrated
paintings
" Beer-street," and "Gin-lane." The lodgers
,ireThdisa,yin to be admitted by the week, reckoning from Monday
morning,comewekonly.payment at the rate of 2s. per week, in
advance
; or,
ocase of admission after Monday, until
the following Monday
when
town
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ri,s to be
lodgings for single men -
en are not only very scarce, but
xorbitantly high, will
be no slight boon to the working

DISTRICT INSPECTORS OF RAILWAY WORKS.—A new
45 stem, that of appointing district inspectors of the
works and management of the traffic, is being adopted
by the York, Newcastle, Berwick, North Midland, and
Leeds Northern Railways.