The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

COURT GIROULAR.
• WINDSOR, Ocr. 30.
The Queen, with the Mince of Wales and Prince
Alfred,. walked in the [Lime Park this morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
Prioce Nichola.s.df Nassau. went out shooting, attended
by Lord de Tabley, Major• General the Hon. Charles
Grey, and Colonel F. 11. Seymour.
Her 11,1p.1 Highness the Duchess of Sent visited her
Majest3il in the-forenoon.
is Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau took
leave of the Queen, and-left the Castle to-day.
The Earl of Aberdeen left Windsor by. an early train
this afternoon :—The Belgian Minister; - the Austrian
Minister, and Countess Col!oredoi 'Lord and Lady John
Russell, and the Right Ho:u. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert.

Lord John Russell left 'his residence,• in Richmond
Park;:yesteiday, fdr:WindiFior CaSile.

The Duke and :Duchess of Richmond, who have
been entertaining a select circle at Gordon Castle,
Banffshire, during the autumn, are expected to return
to the south early in the ensuing month, en route to
Goodwood Park, Sussex, for the winter.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family have
left Dunrobin Castle, Dopioch, :for the' south. Their
graces, we believe, .in consequence of their recent be-
reavement, intend to pass the winter in comparative re-
tirement at Trentham Hall; near Lichfield.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have been enter.
taining a large party at Woburn Abbey during the past
fortnight. Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, who have
been visiting their. graces, and also Lord and Lady
Charles Russell, at their seat in Bedfordshire, have re-
turned to town. - •

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The Marchioness of ButiFfand the young marquis have
arrived at Mount soart, t:othesay.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are
entertaining: a select circle at 'Hatfield House, Herts.
Mr. Alelinder Beiesford and Laity Matilda Hope have
arrived in Connaught-plate, from visiting the noble
nr• • • • • • • •
Trlqieu'isn'oble Pretflier, Lord Aberdeen, returned to
Argyll House yesierday afternoon, from a visit, to the
Queen fat Windsor Castle. • • .. • •
The gat' and Countess 'Granville have left town for
Staffordshire: ; .

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Viscount and Viscountess Curzon are,at preseUt stay-
ing, on, a visit, with their relatives, the Duke and
DucheSs of Beaufoff, at Bldmint4.
it ilk (Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Coun-
tess Cetiered° left Chandos House yesterday on a visit
to her sl:jesty at Windsot..Castle.:
:The Earl and duuntesi. of Roden and family left
Exton ,on Saturday,• on a visit to -Lady Olivia Bernard
aparroiv,,at Brampton Park, Huntingdon.
!Lord', and: Ladi.Lovat' passe'd ;through Perth on
Wednesday for the•south.

Lord Brougham-arrived last week-at Canne3. Lady
Valet is otaying, dyi a vi it, with Lady Brougham. in
Grafton-street. ..

a. rid •L,Ady John. Russell left Pembroke Lodge,
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Lord
Richmond, Park, yAslerday, on a, visit to the Queen at
Windsor Castle. .. • • _ •

ThQ Right Hon.- •Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of
the Hose' of ComtnonS, has Consented 'trio be named a
vice-president of the-Royal Qerteral.Annuity. Society.
COUNT ORLOFF.—STUTTGART, OCT. 22.—Count Orloff,
who was wounded the siege of Silistria, passed on the
19:1 tbrotigli. tKrairgheirn; in WurternbUrg, on his way
to Professor Chelins, the celebrated. surgeon,. in Heidel-
berg. The Count was attended by a numerous suite.
Six Emigrant Sfiips for: Australia are to start from
Solutbampton during the next month. ..
LIMERICK ELEOVION.—On Saturirty.'Mr. Sergeant
was elected' for fhb city of Limerick.. •
.I,NROLMENT OF TfiE IRIR4 ATILITIA.—The Daily Ex-
pray says :—" We.believe• we are right • in announcing
that an order hag gone out to enrol the Irish militia."
ROMAN CATROLIC.UNIVERSITY.7-It is stated that the
Roman Catholic University. will enrol its.first class on
Friday next. • • • •
Mr. Ramsey, the Inipector-General of the Post-cffice
Department, has bn appointed nailway. Arbitrator to
the Post-office Department. The office of Inspector-
General' is abolished:

ONE HUNDRED TEOUSAIsTp PAHO OF WbOHEI'I SHOES,
and the same number of woollen socks, are about to be
sent from Lyons te• the French army in the East, in
order to protect the feet ofthe soldiers against damp, and
cold during the witjeer. .. • - • •
Tan ARCTIC STEAMER. ---The ship Mary.Blaii, arrived
at Dublin from Digby, reporti haying spoken the John
Cletnence, on the Bth inst., in lat;: 45 37.. long. 51 16,
in search of the" beats of. .the unfortunate-Steam-ship
Arctic. • • • • • •

THE I,TURSES FOR 'TELE WOUNDEp.—Alilong the certi-
ficated nurses who bave juif left this country, under the
charge of Miss Nightingale, to attend upon the sick and
wounded in the British hospital at Scutari, is Miss
Erskine, eldest daughter of the Dowager Lady Erskine,
of Pwll-y-crochan, North Wales. . • • • -
INVERNESS Locatt MILITIA.—The process of enrol-
ling for the Inverness militia is ilk progress. In Banff
and Elgin a considerable number of volunteers have
been entered.

THE POSTAL SERVICE IN THE EAST.—The Cambridge
Chronicle says that at least twelve.copies of that journal
have been posted at•different times• to a soldier now on
service in the East,- who writes that not one of them
has reached him. •

The Lady of the Mayor of Hereford arrived at South-
ampton, from the It-.le pf. Wight, on Friday last, and
alighted at the Piei Hotel, in the former town. At
night previous to retiring. to rest, and while on her
knees in the act of prayer, in her bed-room, she expired
suddenly in a fit of apoplexy..
The fire at Memel destroyed 3 churches, 5 schools, 9

public edifices, 256. private. dwellings, 83 warehouses,
133 stables, 49 coach-houses, and 2 mills, valued at
848,000 thalers, exclusive of merchandise.
At a recent meeting of the Crystal Palace Company,
a vote of thanks was unanimously agreed to for the
valuable medical services rendered by Frederick Hetley,
Esq., during the piogress of the works and to the pre-
sent time, and a request was made on the part of the
directors that he would accept "the appointment of
honorary surgeon to; the Crystal Palace.
Brighton continues (says the Sussex Express) unusually
full of visitors, and notwithstanding that numbers of
our summer visitorstave clOsed their sojourn here, the
houses they have vacated have been taken by a higher
and snore aristocratic class of visitors, who usually pass
the winter in Brighton.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.,,:-•A public meeting was held
in the lecture-room, Nelson-street, in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, on Monday evening • last, to to an address
from David Urquhatt, Esq., en :the Eastern question
and the present war.with Rufsia.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—We understand that Lord J.
Russell will pay a visit to Sir J. P. Boileau, Bart., at
Ketteringhaul, during next week. We hear that arrange-
meats will probably be made for a sneeting of the friend
of the educational institutions in the city; and that his
lordship will be invited to attend.—Norfolk Chronicle.
THE ORDER OF, ST. PATRICK.—The ribbon of this
ancient and highly dsonourable order, vacant by the
death of the .M .rquig. of OfMonde,: has been offered to
the Marquis of Lontionderry.and declined. We are not
aware of the reasons•that induced •Lis lordship to refuse
this distinguished honour, but it could not have been
conferred or; a more: high-minded..and popular. noble-
man."— Belfast
LIEUT. MaxsE.—Lieut. Maxse is a Sussex man, hav-
ing Leen born at :17olltedin,1,' near Miclhurst. His father,
a large sugar refiner, .marrted Lady Caroline Berkeley,
sister to Earl Fitzhaßlinge aed Admiral Berkeley:• The
family estate is near •Bristel-, but,-when the hero of the
Agamemnon was bot:n, Mr.:Maxse.occupiO a house at
Woolbeding, and we. may, therefore, fairly. claim Lieut.
Maxse as a Sussex nian. --Sussex Express.
SHIPWRECIcED FISIIERMEY AND MARINERS' SOCIETY.
—FAVERSHAM, Oct.: 20--The committee of the Ship-
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society-have granted
five guineas for relief of the widow 'and children of Mr.
G. Chambers, late master of the cOnfidence barge, he
having died of cholera on the 9th bast
SISTERS OF MERCY FOB THE EAST..—The•Tuam Herald
contains the following, :—"lArnongst the Sisters of
Mercy who have left for the seat of war on their heroic
mission are two daughters of •Capt.• Fitzgerald Higgins,
of Glencorrib House, and sisters ofthe hen: member for
the county Mayo. We understand that; come of the
ladies of the Convent of Mercy in this town also intend
to join those of their order who ars. proceeding to the
seat of war."

SHIP-BUILDING IN B RITISH AMERlCA.—According to
the advices from British North America, the impetus
given to ship-building by the speculative prices lately
current on this side Shows no abatement.. On the 30th
of September there were 87 vessels building at St. John's
(N:B.), of an aggregate burden of 81,740 tons, and 30 at
Quebec, of an aggregate of 26,340 tons, making a total
of 117 ships and 108,080 tonnage. ..
HONORARY REWARD. -- TESTIMONIAL FROM THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO A. TYNE CAPTAIN.—SHIELDS,
Oct. 27.—The collector and, comptroller of customs at
Shields has received, from the French Minister of
Marine, a medal and complimentary certificate to
present to Captain Yeeles,: many years master of the
Dantzic brig, in consideration of Yeeles' very humane
services rendered to- the crew of the French ship La
Rose, in September,' 1853. "On one side of the medal
is a bust of -the Emperor, with the inscription, " Napo-
leon 111., Empereur ; " on the reverse side is inscribed,
" Ministre de la Marine. A. Yeeles, Capitaine du
brig Anglais DantziV, seco\irs a de's Marina Frangais,
1853."
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TA.man MARIA MINE.- —Yesterday an ordinary meet•
ing of shareholders in this mine was.held at their offices,
Royal Exchange ; Mr. Weatherly in the chair. The
accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of
2981. 3s. 5d., irrespective of the value of 1,690 shares in
hand. In answer to.questions, the secretary said it was
considered that there were about ten fathoms more to
drive, and that the expenses-of working were about 401.
per month. After some discussion,' it was resolved that
the unconverted shares, already declared forfeited,
should be sold, and a re,olution to this effect having
been carried, and some formal business transacted, the
proceedings terminated.
DEATH FROM FlRS.—Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Bed-
ford had an inquest at the Vestry-hall of St. Clement's
Danes, Strand, on the body of Sarah Miller, aged be-
tween three and four,. the daughter of Henry Miller, a
porter in Covent-garden Market. The deceased had been
left alone in a room, on Saturday morning, where there
was a fire, whilst the mother went out into the neighbour-
hood, and was shortly afterwards seen to run into the
passage enveloped inflames: The 'coroner, addressing
the mother, said it was lamentable to see how numerous
these cases were. If a mother could not take her child
out with her, It would. be better to leave it virith6ut fire
than have i)urnc.d to death; Ile lied bad three cases
of death that week where the children had not been left
more than a minute. • • Verdict—" Accidegt4l death."