The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-23 00:00:00

M. JIGELMESZKY.

A paragraph has recently appeared in several of our
contemporaries to the following effect :—" M. Jigel-
mezjky, who held an important charge ifi the Hungarian
army during the campaign of 1849, and afterwards took
refuge with M. Kossuth in Turkey, has been captured
by the Austrian gensdarmes at Hatrian, near Gybngos,
in Hungary." And in reference to this announcement
we have this morning received a communicatinn from
Captain Mayne Reid, dated from his residence at 14,
Alpha-road, Regent's-park, requesting us to give the
foregoing an immediate and authoritative contradiction.
Captain Reid says—" I know not whether this informa-
tion may have been furnished by the Times, as I have
not seen that authentic journal lately ; but the statement
can only be true upon the supposition that M. Jigel-
meszky be possessed of a double identity. I had the
pleasure of shaking hands with that gentleman yester-
day, at my house in Alpha-road ; and he was much sur-
prised to find that he was in the hands of Austrian
gensdarmes. I believe I could not have convinced
him that it was a fact, even had I shown him a report of
it in the Times!" In consideration, therefore, of the
circumstance that M. Jigelmersky has friends on the
Continent who may feel alarm for his safety on reading
the paragraph above quoted, we here,. on the reliable
authority of Captain Mayne Reid, give the announce-
ment, in this way, an explicit and positive contradic-
tion.

THE COURT.—The Queen will complete her 34th year
to-morrow, when the auspicious event will be privately
celebrated at Osborne, Isle of Wight: According to tlce
usual custom, the band of one of the regiments in garri-
son at Portsmouth will perform a serenade under the
windows of the royal apartments, and the d'ay will be
observed by the customary rejoicings throughout the
kingdom. On Friday morning, the Queen and Prince
Consort, accompanied by the whole of the Royal family,
will leave Osborne for London, to remain :until Ascot
Races, when it is expected the Court will repair to
Windsor Castle for a few days, and visit the camp at
Chobham, when Lord Hardinge and other distinguished
general olicers will attend on the occasion.
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION.—A royal Commis-
sion is shortly to be issued under the great seal, to
inquire and report upon the constitution of the city of
London Corporation. the only institution of the kind
left untouched by the Municipal Reform Bill. The
chief commissioners, to whom this delicate inquiry is to
be entrusted, will be the Right Hon. John Patteson, ex-
Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench ; the Right Hon.
Henry Labouchere, M.P., formerly President of the
Board of Trade ' • and Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, for-
merly M.P. for Herefordshire, and -Under-Secretary for
the Home Department, and Joint Secretary of the
Treasury.—Observer.
SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF STEAM FRIGATES FOR THE
MEDITERRANEAN.—ConsiderabIe activity was caused
amongst the naval authorities of Portsmouth, in the
course of Saturday, by the receipt of orders, directing
the departure of the London, 90 guns, and Sanspareil
(steamer), 71, from Spithead for the Mediterranean.
The Highflyer, steam-frigate, 21, and Odin, steam-fri-
gate, 16, are also under orders for sea, and have the
Blue Peter flying at the main. The Cabinet Council of
Saturday was supposed by many persons to stand in
some relation to the sailing of these vessels.
GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWICH ON THE QUEEN'S
BIRTHDAY.—A very imposing military spectacle will
take place on Woolwich-common to-morrow, the anni-
versary of her Majesty's birthday. The whole of the
Royal Horse and Foot Artillery, Sappers and Miners,
Royal Marines, and Pensioners, will be reviewed by the
Duke of Cambridge, Viscount Hardinge. (the Comman-
der-in-Chief), and a numerous and brilliant staff. There
will be between 6,000 and 7,000 troops on the common,
who will go through the exercises of a full field-day. The
Common will be occupied about eleven o'clock.
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Queen has appointed
the Earl of Home to be Keeper of the Great Seal, and
Lord Panmure to be Keeper of the Privy Seal, for the
kingdom of Scotland. Lord Augustus Loftus, her Ma-
jesty's Secretary of Legation at Stuttgardt, is transferred
to be Secretary of Legation at Berlin, in the room of
Henry Charles Howard, Esq., now her Majesty's Mini-
ster to the Brazils. Mr. B. Murphy is appointed Vice
Consul at Alexandretta, in the room of Mr. W. B. Neale,
appointed Consul at the Piraeus.