The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-18 00:00:00

Demerara Railway Meeting•---This Day.

The usual half-yearly meeting of this company was held
at the London Tavern to-day.
The report, which has already appeared in The Sun
having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN moved its adoption as well as that of
the statement of accounts. He said ho had again to
congratubete the shareholders on the present, and he
might say the future, prospects of the company. The
directors were enabled to present them with a table of
increased traffic returns, and there was every reason to
believe that their present prosperity would continue. The
report was so very explicit in all that related to the main
features of their concern that he had scarcely anything to
add to its contents. The last accounts from the colony
were also very satisfactory, and Mr. Martin, in his
last letter, spoke of the increasing traffic. As regarded
their passenger traffic, it had been injuriously affected
by the wet weather ; but, if compared with the
corresponding period of the previous years, it would be
found that there was a considerable increase during the
past half-year.
Mr. CHAMBERS, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion,
which was agreed to unanimously.
A dividend at the rate of 21, per cent. per annum was
also agreed to, and the proceedings terminated with a rote
ol thank to the chairman.

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lIER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCt. 14.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove
out in the morning, and again in the afternoon with
Princess Louis of llesse, Princess Helena, and
Princess Louise.

Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Prince Louis
of Hesse went out deer-stalking.
Prince and Princess Louis dined at Abergeldie
Castle.

Dr. Norman Macleod, one of the Queen's chap-
lains, arrived on a visit, and had the honour of
dining with her Majesty. •

OCT. 15.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Prince Alfred, Prince and Princess Louis of
Hesse, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, and
attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lieut.-General
Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Seymour, were
present at Divine service at the parish church of
Crath ie.

Dr. N. Macleod officiated, and in the evening
had the honour of dining with her Majesty.
The Royal Family in the Highlands.
On Sunday Dr. Norman Macleod, of the Barony
Parish,.Glasgow, preached in the church of Crathie
an excellent practical discourse from Genesis iii. 13,
the first clause of the verse. Her Majesty, their
Royal Hignesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,
the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince Al-
fred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince John
of Gliicksburg, and Princess Hilda of Anhalt, were
present. There were also present from Balmoral—
General the Hon. C. Grey, Mrs. and Miss Grey,
General F. Seymour, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell,
&c. ; and from Abergeldie—Colonel the Hon. Sir
C. B. Phipps and Lady Phipps, Mr. Albert and Miss
Phipps, Mrs. and the Misses Knollys, &c. There
were not many strangers present.
On Friday last the Prince of Wales attended a
deer drive in Cordova Forest, Invercauld estate. In
the evening his 'royal highness gave a ball to the
servants at Balmoral and Abergeldie, and the
tenants and servants on the royal estates. The
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Prin-
cess Louis of Hesse, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur,
Princess Louise, and Prince John of Glucksburg
honoured the ball with their presence. There wela
also present Viscount Hohnesdale and party from
Cordova, and General Knollys and party from
Birkhall. Dancing commenced about ten o'clock,
and was kept up with great spirit till an early hour
in the morning, the royal party having retired about
two o'clock. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
and several others of the royal party joined freely
in the dance during the evening.

The Prince and Princess of Wales were to leave
Abergeldie yesterday morning, on their way to
Kelso, where they were expected to arrive at six
o'clock.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred is expected to
join his ship, the Racoon, stationed at Portsmouth, on tho
20th inst., on his return south from visiting her Majesty at
Balmoral.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have
left the St. George's Hotel.

The Marquis of Westminster has gone to Buxton,
Derbyshire.

The Earl and Countess of Denbigh have left
Browne's Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of Fingal have arrived at
the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

The Earl of Wilton arrived in town on Saturday,
and has since gone to meet the countess, at Heaton Hall,
near Manchester.

Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton came
to town on Saturday from Newmarket, and on Tuesday
left on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Coventry, at
Croome Hall, Worcestershire.

Lord and Lady Alfred S. Churchill have left
Eynsham Hall, Witney, on a visit to the Earl of Abing-
don, at Wytham Abbey, Oxford.

• --
MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND.--Yes-
terday morning the Marquis Townshend was married to
the Lady Anne Duff, eldest daughter of the Earl of Fife.
The ceremony took place at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, and
was conducted by the Rev. A. H. A. Moreton, private
chaplain to the bride's father, assisted by the Rev. A. C.
Tarbuit and the Rev. Edward Mortlock. A choral service
was celebrated.

THE QUEEN AND HER LABOURS.—In proposing
the toast of " The Queen" at a dinner at Inverary,
on Saturday, the Duke of Argyll (Lord Privy Seal) said :
—lt is a remarkable thing, as it has often appeared to me,
how ill-informed many persons are on the practical work-
ing of that constitutional Government under which we
live. Many of you may perhaps recollect that, some years
ago, in consequence of a remarkable political incident,
some explanations were made in the House of Commons
upon this subject, and it really appeared almost as
if many persons in this country then learned for the
first time that the Sovereign of England is not and never
has been amere puppet, amere nominal Sovereign ; that the
Sovereigns of this country do take, and are expected to take,
an active personal share in that Government which is con-
ducted in their name. Now, gentlemen, I think it a circum-
stance worthy of observation, and which ought to be known
to all the people of this country, that during all the
years of the Queen's affliction, during which she has lived
necessarily in comparative retirement, she has omitted no
part of that public duty which concerns her as Sovereign
of this country ; that on no occasion during her grief has
she struck work, so to speak, in those:publio duties which
belong to h•r exalted position ; and although we may hopo
and earnestly trust that time may yet enable the Queen to
do many things which hitherto she has not been able to
do, yet, I am sure that when she re-appears again, as I
trust she may some day do, on more public occasions, the
people of this country will regard her only with increased
affection, from the recollection they will have that, during
all the time of her care and sorrow, she has devoted herself
without one day's intermission to those cares of Govern-
ment which belong to her position as sovereign of this
country. (Applause).

-- DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— The Vice-Chancellor
had arranged to open the court yesterday in order
to hear the case of "Falconer v. Chatterton," but, through
the intervention of some mutual friends, an arrangement
was come to which rendered it unnecessary for them to
again appear before the Vice-Chanoellor. The terms are
that each gentleman is to resume the position he formerly
held in the management until the end of the season, and
that if anything unsatisfactory between them remains it is
to be referred to arbitration.

THE RUSSIAN NATURALIST, CHRISTIAN H. PAN-
DER.—This justly-celebrated man died at St. Peters-
burg on Sept. 22 last, after a long and successful career of
scientific activity, which commenced 1817 by the publica-
tion of his famous memoir on the development of chicks.
After publishing, in common with d'Alton, a well-known
"Atlas of Comparative Osteology," his activity took a new
direction, as manifested by his geological illustrations of
the countries lying between Orenburg and Bokhara, his
journey in the Crimea, and particularly by his " Contribu-
tions to the Geology of the Russian Empire." To this last
work Murchison, de Verneuil, and von Reyserling were
greatly indebted, as they fully acknowledged in their large
work "Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains." The
same authors also benefited much by the assistance of Mr.
Pander in their identification of the fossil fishes of the De-
vonian period in Russia with those of the old red sandstone
of Scotland, a subject which was subsequently worked out
with great ability by Pander in his remarkable palssonto-
logical publication, "The Ichthyolites of the Devonian
Rocks of Russia." Finally, when he died, Dr. Pan der had
advanced far in the preparation of an elaborate work on
the fossils of the carboniferous rocks of the same Empire.
Dr. Pander was, we believe, a native of Riga, and, happily
for the men of science of Western Europe and America,
works have all been published in the German language. A.
member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Peters-
burg, and an honorary member of numerous scientific
societies of other countries, Dr. Panderiwa.s universally re-
spected by his contemporaries, and his eminent Russian
colleagues, von Baer and Helmersen, have dwelt eloquently
on his merits in expressing their deep sorrow on the occa-
sion on his death.

NAPOLEON'S COMPANION IN EXILE.—The inaugu-
ration of the statue of Count Emmanuel de Las-Cases,
whd was the companion of Napoleon I. in exile, took place
last week in the town of Lavaur (Tarn), which was hand-
somely decorated for the occasion. The statue represents
the count holding in one hand the Memorial de St. Helene,
and in the other the memorable letter expressive of hia
fidelity which ho received from the Emperor, and which he
presses to his heart. There was a grand banquet in tho
evening.

GENERAL TOM THUMB AND THE INCOME TAX.--"
We understand that the Southampton Commissioners have
served an income tax notice upon Mr. Stratton (Tore
Thumb), the amount of his yearly receipts being estimated
at between £lO,OOO and £20,000. "What the result will be,
of course, we cannot tell ; but, however the matter leaf
terminate, a. question has been raised which will not be
without its interest to the many patrons of Mr. Thumb-
The general has the power of appeal, of which privilege b'
will probably avail himself.—Southampton Times.