The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

• OSBORNE, SEPT. 1.
The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Lady Susan
Ramsay and the Right Hon. W. Gladstone, drove out
yesterday afternoon.

The Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. C. Cavendish,
and Captain Du Plat, were in attendance.
His Excellency Soliman Pacha arrived from London
on a visit.

The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty. The
Royal party also included Soliman Paella, the Earl of
Clarendon, Lady Susan Ramsay, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Lady Frances Bruce, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and the Hon. Colonel Phipps.
The Hon. Caroline Cavendish has succeeded the Hon.
Flora Macdonald as Maid of Honour in Waiting.
His Excellency Soliman Paella, the Earl of Claret).-
don, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, returned to
London to-day.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday
afternoon from Osborne. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer also arrived from a visit to her Majesty.
Despatches were sent yesterday afternoon from the
Colonial-office to the Governors of the North Ameri-
can Provinces, and to the Governors of the West India
Islands.

TEE VISIT OF FRINGE ALBERT TO

THE FI?ENCII CAMP.

Several alterations have taken place with regard to
the Royal squadron escort. The present arrangements
are as follow :

His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will embark
on Monday, the 4th inst., on board the Royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and
will proceed to Boulogne, to be present at a review at
the camp of St. Omer by the Emperor of the French.
The Prince will be escorted by
Black Eagle, Admiralty paddle yacht, Master Com-
mander Petley.
Vivid, Admiralty paddle tender, Master Commander
Allen.

Hornet, 17, screw, Commander Campbell.
Malacca 17, screw, Captain Farquhar.
Salamander, 6, paddle, Commander Priest.
Dasher, 4, Captain Lefebre, will remain as a guard of
honour in attendance on the Queen at Osborne. Her
Majesty will take occasional airings in the Royal screw
yacht Fairy, Captain Crispin.
Hornet, 17, Commander Frederick Campbell, left
Spithead for Cowes, yesterday afternoon.
Salamander, 6, Commander Priest, will discharge her
packages into Portsmouth Dockyard hands,
.and will
drop down to Osborne this morning.
Captain Herrick, R.N., Admiralty Superintendent at
Dover, proceeded to Folkestone, and arranged the em-
barkation, in one of the South-Eastern Company's steam-
vessels, of the horses (27) for the Royal Staff, forßoulogne.
Captain Smithett, of the Dover, Calais, and Ostend
Royal Mail service, has, by command of the Admiralty,
pruceeded to Portsmouth to pilot the Victoria and Albert
to Boulogne,

The Grand Duchess de Anholt Wurtemburg and suite
have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from
Dover. The distinguished party came over from Ostend
to Dover by the Royal Mail steam-packet Violet (day
service) on Thursday.
The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the
youthful Lord Ronald Leveson Gower, has arrived at
Stafford House, from the romantic watering place of
Krutznaeh, on the I:hine, near Cologne, where her
grace's youngest son, the Lord Albert, is still remaining
for the improvement of his health. The noble duke is
staying at Dunrobin Castle, whither her grace will
shortly proceed.

The ktrquis of Clanricarde is receiving a small party
at his lordship's baronial seat Portumna Castle.
The Marquis of Lothian takes his departure on the
20th instant for Constantinople, and on a tour in the
East.

The Earl of Clarendon (Foreign Secretary) returned
to Grosvenor-crescent yesterday, from a visit to the
Queen at Osborne, Isle of Wight.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke, accompanied
by Major Roche, aide-de-camp to the inspector general
of cavalry, has arrived at Galway.
The Earl of Traquair and his sister, Lady Louisa
Stuart, left E'linburgh on Monday for Germany. They
proceed to Baden, the waters of whose celebrated
spa have been recommended to his lordship, who has
been much troubled of late with attacks of rheumatism.
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, accompanied by
Lord and Lady Lindiay, has arrived at Dunecht House,
from Haigh Hall, near Wigan.
The Earl of Cawdor, Viscount Einlyn, Lord E.
Thynne, and a select party, are staying at Cawdor
Castle.

Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby will receive a
succession of distinguished guests during the ensuing
week at Drummond Castle, Perthshire.
Lord and Lady Rokeby and 'the Iron. Misses Mon-
tagu have left Montagu House, Portman-square, for
Highwood House, Herts.
. Lord Rutherfurd arrived on Saturday last on a visit
to Lord Paula-lure.

Colonel Balfour Ogilvy has arrived at Tannadice. He
is so far recovered from his indisposition as to carry his
intention into effect of immediately returning to his
duties in the East. •

Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of Newe and Edinglassie,
arrived at Newo Castle. Strathdon, on Saturday last,
from Bromwood, Surrey. •
On Wednesday last the infant son and heir of Sir
James and Lady Catherine Carnegie was baptised at
Exton Park (the seat of the Earl and Countess of Gains-
borough), by the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, of Edinburgh.
It is said that preliminaries are arranged, and that a
marriage will shortly take place between the beautiful
and accomplished Miss Alison, only daughter of Sir
Archibald Alison, Bart., of Possil House, Lanarkshire,
and Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq., of Craigdarrach and
Orraland, son of the late Right lion. Robert Cutlar
Fer,gu3son, M.P.
Tile marriage of the Lady Burghersh with the M.ar-
quis Caracciolo St. Teodoro, was solemnised yesterday,
at St. James's Church, Piccadilly.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CAITHNESS.—We regret
to record the demise of the Countess of Caithness, who
expired a few days-since at the family residence at
Edinburgh. The deceased Countess, Francis Harriet,
was youngest daughter, and co-heir of the Very Rev.
William Leigh, Dean of Hereford, and was married to
the Earl of Caithness, Nov. 23d, 1813, by whom she
leaves issue two sons, the eldest Lord Berriedale, mar-
ried to a daughter of Sir Geo. and Hon. Lady Philips.
THE WAR AND THE CUSTOMS.—The Commissariat
being in want of additional men to go to the East, 10 of
the weighers of the Customs establishment in London,
who volunteered their services, have been selected.
None were eligible but those who, in addition to their
bodily health, could produce from their superiors certifi-
cates of character and steady conduct. The men chosen
are smart and active fellows, and will no doubt do them-
selves credit. Their pay is to be 7s. per day, while on
foreign service; with the option of resuming their situa-
tions in the Customs when they return home.—Civil
Service Gazette.

FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN TO BE CON-
FERRED ON MR. HUMS, M.P.—At a meeting of the town
council of Ati:deen, held on Thursday, the Lord Pro-
vost stated 'chat the magistrates resolved on the previous
day to recommend to the council to confer on Mr. Hume
the 'dighest honour in the power of the municipality to
to bestow—namely, the freedom of the city. The Lord
Provost passed a high eulogium on Mr. Hume for his
long career of distinguished usefulness and his private
virtues, and other members endorsed his lordship's senti-
ments, referring to Mr. Hume's services in the cause
of popular progress, political, social, and intellectual.
Reference was also made to the fact that Mr. Hume
had formerly represented the city of Aberdeen in Parlia-
ment, and had been twice elected Lord Rector of Mari-
schal College and University. The proposal was unani-
mounly and very cordial agreed to, and it was remitted
to the magistrates to communicate with Mr. Hume,
whom the Provost had seen, and who it was under-
stood would accept the honour, and to make the neces-
sary arrangements for the ceremony. The burgess roll
of Aberdeen, it niay be mentioned, contains many illus-
trious names, the last four being his Royal Highness
Prince Albert the late Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, and
the Earl of Carlisle.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of London has
appointed the following gentlemen special preachers at
the metropolitan cathedral for the present month :
Sunday, Sept. 3, the Rev. Henry Venn, 8.D., secre-
tary of the Church Missionary Society ; Sunday, Sept.
10, the Rev. Townsend Bennett, M.A., Rector of St.
Mary, Aldermary ; Sunday, Sept. 17, the Rev. Richard
Harvey, M.A., Rector of Hornsey • Sunday, Sept. 24,
the Rev. James T. Round, 8.D., Rector of All Saints,
Colchester.

„
ST. rEPERSBURG.—The advices from St. Petersburg
are to the 24th of August, but they contain no informa-
tion except that the accounts from the great fair at
Nishi, which was then in progress, were regarded as
tolerably satisfactory. From Odessa the letters repeat
that the grain crops throughout Southern Russia are
very lams, and that owing -to the state of affairs pur-
chases of wheat may be made at unprecedentedly low
rates. Including warehouse-rent for a year, the cost
would not be more than 14s. to 15s. per quarter free on
board.
ESCAPE FROM DART3IOOR PRISON.—On Wednesday
information was received at the Chief Police-office,
Whitehall-place, of the extraordinary escape of James
Taylor and John Gray, two convicts under sentence of
transportation, who contrived, on Tuesday evening last,
the 29th inst., to elude the vigilance of the warders and
sentinels, and effected their escape from Dartmoor pri-
son by scaling the high wall and then dropping from its
summit. The means by which they succeeded in their
flight against so many obstacles are involved in mystery,
but it is strongly suspected they were supplied surrep-
titiously with materials. As soon as their escape became
known, the governor despatched a number of warders and
the military to scour the adjacent country in search of
them, but they returned unsuccessful ; but as they have the
convict dress (drab coloar), marked "D. P.,” it is conjec-
tured that they are secreted in the locality, with the
intention of ultimately proceeding to some seaport for
embarkation. James Taylor is described as 5 feet 5i
inches in height, dark brown hair, grey eyes, fresh com-
plexion ; is a collier, and worked at-Prescot, Lancashire,
where his friends reside ; has a downcast look, cuts out-
side the right eye, on the left side of the chin, on right
thumb, and outside the left thigh, and arms and face
much freckled. John Grey is 22 years of age, 5 feet 54
inches high, brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion ; '
mark of a cut under the right eye, ditto on left band,
ditto on back, skin mark on right shoulder, the second
finger on right hand has been dislocaod, and he has a
Very scowling expression orbountenance. .The governor
-has oftred rewards for their-apprehension.- -