The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Aug. 18.
The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Royal
children and the Duchess of Kent, embarked in the
Fairy yesterday afternoon, and honoured the Cowes
regatta with their presence.
Viscount Hardinge, who is staying on a visit, had
also the honour of accompanying her Majesty.
The Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Major. General the Hon. C.
Grey, and Captain Du Plat were in attendance.
The royal dinner party yesterday included the Duchess
of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth,
Viscount Hardinge, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir
George Couper, and Sir James Clark.
The band of the Royal Marines played during dinner.
Sir James Clark returned to London this morning.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald has succeeded the Hon.
Mary Bulteel as maid of honour in waiting.

Despatches were received yesterday from the governors
of Sierra Leone and the Gambia, at the Colonial-office.
Despatches were sent yesterday to the governors of the
North American provinces.

The Earl and Countess of Rosebery and the Lady
Louisa Primrose left Warren Wood House, Herts, yes-
terday, for Dalmeny Park, near Linlithgow, N.B.
Viscount Dupplin, of the Ist Life Guards, who went
out to Turkey as aide-de-camp to Major-General the
Earl of Cardigan, commanding a division of the expedi•
tionary army, has arrived at the Earl of liinnours,
Hampden House, Green-street, from Varna, en route to
Dupplin Castle, Perthshire, his lordship, we understand,
having returned to England through illness.
The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P., and Mrs, Hay-
ter, arid family, have left town for Paris.
CELEBRATION OF THE MAJORITY OF LORD VALLETORT.
—On Tuesday last, the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe gave a
dinner and ball to a select circle of friends, and to the
tenantry on his lordship's vast estates, to celebrate the
happy event of the noble earl's eldest son, Lord Valle-
' tort, having attained his majority in November last.
Notwithstanding the rain, many of the nobility, gentry,
and we believe all the tenantry of his lordship, from dis-
tant as well as neighbouring estates, had assembled by
four o'clock, the hour appointed for the dinner, and
numbered above 200. The seats at the table were not
taken till an hour after, when the Hon. George Edg-
cumbe, brother of the earl, took the chair, and was sup-
ported on his right by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir
W. Parker, Port-Admiral, Lord Carnarvon, Sir John
Yarde Buller; and on his left by Lord Valletort, Sir
Marry Smith, K.C.8., Lord Ilchester, Lord Vivian, and
others.—Plymouth Mail.
MARRIAGE OF THE SULTAN'S DAUGHTER.—The Vienna
Presse has advises from Constantinople of the 10th,
stating that the marriage of Princess Fatima and Red-
shid Pacha's son was celebrated with great pomp on
that day. The Moniteur of yesterday, in speaking of
this event as in prospect, says, that the eclat which this
alliance brings to the house of Redshid Paella is " a
recompense for the eminent services which that great
statesman has rendered to his sovereign and his country
For force of talent, nobleness of character, and patriot.
ism, both energetic and pure, no one was more worthy
of the honour." In consequence of the necessities of
the State the costly ceremonies and presents customary
on these occasions have been dispensed with.

APOTHECARIIa-HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs-
day, August 17 :—Algernon Charles Wodehouse Nor-
ton, Monmouth-road, Bayswater; Evan Pierce Wil-
liams, Denbigh.
Lieutenant Nasmyth, who distinguished himself at
the siege of Silistria, has not been promoted to the rank
of Major, as has been generally supposed. His name
has merely been recorded for that rank by brevet, after
his previously attaining the regimental rank of Captain.
This event may not happen for many years in ordinary
course ; so that, substantially, Lieutenant Nasmyth has
not received any promotion for his heroic conduct at
Silistria—a result which we believe cannot have been
contemplated by the military authorities.
RECEIPT STAMPS.—Yesterday a return obtained by
Mr. Muntz was printed of the price paid per 1,000 for
printing and gumming the penny receipt stamps. The
price is 7d. per 1,000. The sheets of paper on which
the receipt stamps are impressed are about double the
size of those used for postage label stamps, and the gum
used for the former is of a very expensive kind.
DISTURBANCE AT A BALL.—Mr. Charles Brown,
stated to be a cornet in the 4th Light Dragoons, was
yesterday charged before the magistrates of Brighton,
with assaulting Mr. George White, chief constable of
the borough. On Thursday night there was a ball at
the Town-hall. The prisoner made his appearance at
the door of the ladies' cloak room, and was entreated
by the female attendant to go away. He persisted and
forced his way through. The attendant then begged he
would not return that way, when he became insolent
and used very gross language. After that he went
through the room twice. The chief constable attended
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resisted and the assault took place. Yesterday morn-
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he pleaded guilty, expressed his regret, paid 51., and
wee liberated.