The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Aua. 28.

The; Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales. and
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal and Princess- AliCe
fatended Divine service at Osborne yesterday, which
vcr,s perfornied by the Rev. G. Prothero.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the House-
hold were alto present.
The- Duchess of Kent attended the service at Whip-
pingliim Church in the afternoon.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces.

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Weiare sorry to announce the death.of Major-Generf 1
Bush, K. 11., which took place from the prevailing epi,
demic, at his residence in Sloane-street on Monday even.
ing. General Bush was at the head of the London Re-
cruiting district, and was promoted to the rank of Major-
General in the last Brevet.
We regret exceedingly to have to announce the death,
after a few days' illness, of Mr. Ralph Bernal, father of
Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P. Mr. Bernal represented
Rochester for many years previous to the general elec-
tion of 1852, and, during several Parliaments, was Chair-
man of Committees of the House of Commons, the
onerous and delicate duties of which office be discharged
in a manner that earned for him the respect of ad
classes of politicians. He himself was a consistent
Liberal. In matters of art and taste Mr. Bernal's
judgment was justly esteemed as one of the best in Eng-
land.
On the 20th inst., at Ragaz, in Switzerland, died Pro-
fessor' Schelling, at the age of 79, a contemporary of
Kant, Fichte, sad Hegel, and last living representative
of the' great school of defunct philosophy.
TH3 LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT CROYDON.--INQUEST
THIS DAY. —Mr. Payne held an inquest this morning at
the Town-ball. Southwark, to inquire into the circum-
'tances touching the death of Mrs. Harrison, aged 42;
who expired last night from the injuries she had re-
ceive 1 ' The house surgeon, St. Thomas's Hospital;
harm proved that the cause of death i'ai exhaustion
from :wing the right leg amputated, and from other
injuries received, the jury retureed a similar verdict to
that given yesterday, and also adding the same addenda.
The inquiry then terminated.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.—Henry Onslow, Esq., the
returning officer fir this borough, under the provisions
of the ICorrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854, has ap-
point4.l John Ciutton, Esq., of 32, Newington-place,
NewirOon, in the county of Surrey, to be the auditor
of eledtion expenses for the borough of Lambeth fur the
year ensuing.
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Loan JOHN RUSSELL DECLINES AN INVITATION.—
The Westmoreland Gazette says We understand that
Lord John Russe!l, (luring his late sojourn at Low Wood
Hotel, was waited upon by gentlemen on behalf of the
Kendal Mechanics' Institute, the Christian Institute,
and the Working Men's News Rooin, to solicit his lord=
:hip to give a lecture in connection with the objects of
these institutons. His lordship received the deputation
most courteously, but expressed an apprehension that a
compliance with the request would create a trouluksoine
precedent, and pleaded that he required rest and retire-
ment -rather than additional labour and excitement at
this time."
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ACCIDENT ON TEE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.—On
Sunday morning, about a quarter to 7 o'clock, John
Blincfie, a fireman to the passengers' train, which came
into collision with the goods' train
,on the night of Mon-
day, the 14th inst., near the Highbury Station of the
North London Railway, after suffering very great agony,
died at the German hospital, Dalkon in consequence
of the severe injuries he received on that occasion. lie
had been in the service of the company nearly five years, and %Yas a young man of very meritorious character in
his department of life. He has left a widow and one
child to lament his loss. His parents are very respect.
able tradespeople in a country town in istottingnara•
shire,' As one of the conseptentes, of these calamitous
occurrences, the mother vf- the young man, who was
only in his 24th year, has been obliged to leaveherbusiness
and her home for the last fortnight to watch at the bed
-
tide of her dying sQe, at an expense most inconvenient
to a person in her station of life ; for although,-"'she
observed, " we arerespwtable, still :we are very poor.'
An ir.quest on the body will be held by Mr. Baker, the
Col'oner, on Wednesday next.

DISTRESSING SurotDE AT HottEsLow.—During the
last week quite a gloom has been cast over the town of
Hounslow, by the feticide of Mr. David Thomas Morriss,
a surgeon, and the principal visiting-assistant of Messrs.
Frogley and Hall. Deceased, who WWI only 28 years
of age, was widely known and much beloved amobg
all classe4 in the locality, where he had practised for
three. years. -He had been married about five years,
resided with his wife, two children, and a female
servant, in a house contiguous to his employers. Hay-
ing been very severely worked of late on account
of the prevailing epidemic, he went to London on Sun-
day, the 20th instant. During his absence a discovery
bad been made by his employers of an alleged improper
intimacy between the female servant above named and
deceased, which caused them to signify to him on his
return on Monday that his engagement with them wogld
terminate at an early date. Deceased imp
home to his wife, and telling herb ;ately went
- 'cad somethinging dis-
serious
to communicate mention
the fact of his impend
''Missal, and that-. taving then no means of maintaining his
farnilh could put an end to his existence. He then
asker.l. Mrs. Morriss to call the servant maid, and speak to
her about the discovery which had been made. During
the interview that followed Mrs. Morriss became excited,
and boxed the ears of the girl. Suddenly Mr. Morriss
'drew a phial of prussic acid from his pocket, and, exclaim-
ing to himself " This is trouble indeed," drank it off in
their presence, and though assistance was summoned
immediately he expired in a few minutes. It Wag
3,lrcia,vn at the inquest, held yesterday, before Mr.
kley, that deceased when at any time much do-
taPhnradets sheed Wei sn not mind,
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that he was frequently low in spirits, thinking
nwgohuisldwaCyoTii:erse about suicide,
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