The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

THE ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL.

Her Majesty and the Prince appear to be in excellent
health and spirits, and the Royal family, gratified with
their free rambles about their Highland abode, are full
of youthful glee and merriment. Prince Albert enjoys
his " venerie" as usual, and has been very successful in
his woodcraft—two royal stags and many of inferior
growth having fallen beneath his rifle. Her Majesty
drives about by hill and dale, or enjoys a walk among
the birks that infringe-the Dee. On Saturday, after her
Majesty and her Royal consort had inspected the pro-
gress of the new palace, his Royal Highness went to the
forest, and killed two fine stags. On Sunday, the Queen,
Prince Albert, and suite, attended Divine service in
Crathie church, where an excellent sermon was delivered
by Mr. Anderson, the parish minister, from Titus ii. 11,
12. There were a number of strangers present. On
Monday her Majesty had her accustomed drives, while
his Royal Highness was in the forest. The Royal family
had their usual rambles adjoining the Castle. On Tues-
day his Royal Highness was in the forest, and killed
four stags, two of them being "royal." On Wednesday
her Majesty and his Royal Highness drove out. His
Royal Highness proceeded to the forest. On Thursday
her Majesty and her Royal Consort drove out by Aber-
geldie forest in the forenoon. The Prince proceeded to
the forest. I❑ the afternoon her Majesty and Ladies in
Waiting, drove down the south side of the Dee to Gir-
nock Schools, and returned to the Castle in the evening.
—Aberdeen

The Duchess of Wellington has arrived in Belgrave•
street, from Balmoral Castle, having been succeeded, as
lady in waiting on the Queen by the Countess of Desart.

The Duchess of Buecleuch and the Ladies Montagu
Scott have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall-gar-
dens, from `Palmer Castle, en route to join the noble
duke at Drumlanrig Castle.
The Duchess Dowager Emily of Beaufort and the
Ladies Somerset have arrived at their new residence in
the Stable-yard, St. James's, rie-et-vis Stafford House,
from Badminton Park.

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and a numerous
family circle are visiting the Earl and Countess Howe,
at Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire.
The Marchioness of Hastings has left Kensington
Palace Gardens for Torquay, Devon. The youthful
marquis and the juvenile members of the family are stay-
ing at Brighton. Captain Yelverton, her ladyship's
consort, is in command of the Arrogant steam-frigate, in
the Baltic.

The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has left
;own for Brighton for a fortnight.

The Earl and Countess Granville have arrived at
Bruton-street, from Germany, en route to Sir John Fer-
dinand Acton's, Aldenham Park, near Wolverhampton.
The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are receiving a
seleect circle at Gosford-house, near Haddington. The
Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the
Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Lucan
and the Ladies Bingham, and Lord and Lady Elcho,
have been among the visitants.
Viscount Canning entertained the Duke of Newcastle
and a limited circle at dinner on 'Wednesday evening, in
Grosvenor-square.
Lady and Miss Peel have arrived at Whitehall-gar-
dens, from a tour in Germany.
Lord and Lady John Russell and family, who have
been sojourning at Scarborough during the past week,
are expected to arrive at Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-
park, early in the week after next, for the winter.
Lord Stanley, M.P., who has been staying on a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Gordon
Castle, has left for the south.

Sir Joseph Paxton has arrived at Lismore Castle, the
seat of the Duke of Devonshire.

The Duchess of Gloucester and suite were expected to
leave Richmond Park yesterday for the Bedford Hotel,
at Brighton.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have not left
Broadlands for Brockett Hall, county of Derby, as stated.
The noble viscount has leased for a short-time the latter
seat to the Marquis of Abercorn.
Lord Cowley, who has returned to his villa at Chan-
tilly from Boulogne, has entered, we understand, into a
treaty for the royal chateau of Chantilly, late the pro-
perty of the Duke d'Aumale.
The Duchess Dowager of Hamilton has left Portman-
square, for Easton-park, Suffolk.
The Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lord and Lady
Cortenay and family, Lady de Dunstanville, the Lord
Bishop of Derry and lady, Lord Robert Cecil, &c., arc
at present staying at the Queen Hotel, Scarborough.
Lord and Lady Seymour are entertaining a few select
friends at Maiden Bradley, the Duke of Somerset's seat
in Wilts.

Lord and Lady Holland have left Naples for Paris.
Lord Vernon has arrived in Naples from Ischia, where
he bad a slight attack of cholera. Both their lordships,
whilst at Ischia, were unremitting in their charity and
attention to the poor of the island, who will remember
with gratitude the many benefits they received during
this sad visitation, which has not spared the environs of
Naples. Many of those who fled front Naples are
beginning to return.
TURKISLI MUSEUM.—The exhibition at Hyde•park-
corner continues to attract all the fashionable company
remaining in town. Yesterday it was honoured with
visits by the French Ambassador and the Countess
Walewska, and the Portuguese Minister and the Countess
Lavradio.

The Government has conferred a pension of 2001. from
the Literary Fund on Mrs. Fullerton, the widow of the
late Lord Fullerton.
One of the "Garters" now vacant is to bo bestowed
on the Earl of Elgin, whose long and successful gover-
norship of Canada, and the essential service be has ren-
dered to commerce by the recent treaty between that
country and the United States, eminently entitle him to
that honour.
THE LATE LORD DENMAN.—It was the Duke of
'Wellington who made it a point of the utmost import-
ance with his Sovereign that Mr. Denman should have a
patent of precedence, and used his direct personal in-
fluence with his Sovereign on the subject, while his Ma-
jesty George IV., wrote a letter in his own hand relating
to it. The Chancellor of the day may have
.suggested
the step ; but to the strong will of the Duke of Welling-
ton was its fulfilment always attributed by the loyal
subject now lost to her Majesty.

PICKING POCKETS IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.—A. man
has been convicted at West Bromwich of an attempt to
pick pockets in a carriage on the Stour Valley Railway,
while the train was passing through a tunnel.

DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP-DESIGNATE OF BORNEO
FROM LONDON.—Yesterday morning a special service
was held at the parish church of St. James's, Piccadilly,
for the purpose of enabling those who take an interest in
the missionary operations in Borneo to bicl fareviell to
the Rev. Dr. .ll'Dougall, the bishop elect, and the mis-
sionaries who are about to sail with him to that distant
sphere of labour. After Dr. Jacobson's sermon, a liberal
collection on behalf of a female education fund in Borneo
was made. It is not yet known when Dr. M`Dougall's
consecration to the new bishopric will take place.

IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD ACCOMMODATION FOR THE
LABOURING CLASSES.—A deputation from "The National
Association for the improvement of the Dwellings and
for the Elevation of the Working Classes," consisting of
Messrs. R. H. Moore, W. B. Pope, A. Henry Stevens,
with their solicitor, W. Brown, Esq , of Salters' Hall,
had an interview with Sir Benjamin Hall, at the office of
the Board of Health, on Tuesday last, when their scheme
of operations was submitted to him.
THE EXTENSION OF THE OCEAN POSTAGE.—On and
after the Ist October, the uniform sixpenny rate of post-
age, which has been already carried into effect, so far
as regards the correspondence between the United King-
dom and several of the colonies will be extended to New
South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, the uni-
form rate of postage will, in addition to the above com-
prise the whole of the British West Indies (the Turks
Islands alone excepted), Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland,
Bermudas, Malta, Gibraltar, Ceylon, St. Helena, and
the Gold Coast, arrangements having been made to that
effect.

FAiiTEST TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.—The long-
talked of clipper James Baines, built by Donald M'Kay,
of Boston, arrived at Liverpool on Monday evening,
having made the fastest passage from Boston ever accom-
plished by a sailing vessel. She left Boston at 1 p.m.
on the 12th inst., and her passage, therefore, allowing
for difference of time, is only 12 days 17 hours, being a
day shorter than the celebrated passage of the Light-
ning. During the greater part of the passage, the
winds, though favourable, were only moderate, and
Captain M‘Donnell believes that, bad he been favoured
with strong winds throUghout, the ship would have
reached here in less than nine days. She is a magnifi-
cent craft, larger than the Champion of the Seas ; her
burthen is about 4,000 tons, and she will form one of the
"Black Ball Line" of Australian packets, owned by
Messrs. James Baines & Co.
COMMANDERSHIP OF THE FORCES IN SCOTLAND.—

General T. E. Napier, the present commander of the
forces in Scotland, having attained the rank of Lieute-
nant-General, retires from that office according to the
rules of the service. The gallant general is one of
that family which has contributed so remarkably to both
arms of the service, being a brother of Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, and has himself gained much distinction
in the field, losing an arm at the passage of the Bidasso
in 1813. His successor will not improbably be Lord
Melville, now on important service in India, but in bad
health, whom failing, the Earl of Rosslyn.—Scotsman.
MISADVENTURE OF A 101. NOTH.—One day last week,
a person named Bell, of Boardman-street, Manchester,
went to Mr. Crompton, shopkeeper in Travis-street, to
get change for a 201. Bank of England note. Crompton
had only 101. at the time, and it was arranged that Bell
should take that, and Crompton promised td send the
other 101. across in the course of the day to Bell's house.
A man named Hugh Gill called at Crompton's shop dur-
ing the afternoon, to buy some bread, and Crompton,
erroneously imagining, for some reason, that Gill worked
for Bell, gave him a 101. note, saying, tell Bell this will
make us right for the 201. Gill took the matter as a joke
—supposed the piece of paper to be a mere flash note,
and gave it;to his children to play with. Subsequently
the note was torn to pieces, and a portion of it was used
to wipe a gridiron with. In the course of time inquiries
were instituted for the missing money, in consequence
of an explanation between Crompton and Bell, and the
result was that a policeman was sent to Gill's house.
There was no little consternation about the note now,
and though Gill's statement was not at first behaved, a
search among the children's playthings discovered, some.
fragments of paper, on one of which was the nu mber of
the note, and on others the name of the bank. Gill
has freed himself from the suspicion of his honesty amidst
all this blundering, and a petition has been resolved upon
to the Bank of England, praying that, under all the cir-
stances, they will keep their " promise to pay," which
is, of course, at their own option, now that there is so
little to show for it.