The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-03 00:00:00

THE UN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINCI NOVENIBEIt 8, 16-84.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 2.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.
The Queen and Prince rode out on horseback this
morning, attended by the :Ton. Mary Seymour, Major-
General Buckley, and Capain Du Plat.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors o Hong-Kong and Ceylon.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave Broad-
lands to-morrow for town, but the stay of the noble Vis-
°omit and Viscountess in London will be but temporary.
The Viscountess Jocelyn, widow of the late lamented
Viscount Jocelyn, is expeted to leave Broadlands to-
morrow for St. Giles, Donetshire, the seat of the Earl
and Countess of Shaftesbury.
Lord Killeen, Captain cf the Bth Hussars, was among
the officers who left Cork for the Crimea in the steam-
transport Jura, on Thurs Cay. His lordship's father, the
venerable Lord Fingal, cane to Cork to take leave of him.
Sir Edmund Head, the newly-appointed Governor-
General of Canada, has arrived in New York, accom-
panied by Lady Head and his family.
PATRIOTIC FUND.—The amount subscribed at the
meeting at the Mansion-house yesterday, in aid of this
fund, was nearly 16,000/.

LATEST NEWS.

BOMBARDMENT
OF SEBASTOPOL.

We have received, the following despatch by
telegraph, via, Marseilles, dated Constantinople,
October 20 :

THE BISHOP OF LONLON'S VISITATION.—Yesterday
morning the Bishop of London commenced the visitation
of his diocese at St. Paul's Cathedral.
The Bishop of Rochester has licensed the Rev. R.
Wells Whitford, M.A., to the curacy of Dunton Waylett,
Essex, on the nomination of the Rev. W. 11. Tucker,
M. A.

BALAKLAVA, OCTOBZR 17.

The Bishop of Lincoln lies instituted the Rev. T. W.
Mossman, M.A., curate of Panton, to the vicarage of
Ranby, near Wraghy, Lircolnshire, rendered vacant by
the death of the Rey. John Otter, M.A.
The Bishop of New Zealand preached on Tuesday, in
the afternoon, at Hornsey Church, on behalf of the
Church Missionary Society, and the Milan esian Missions.
The Emperor of the French has given his special
permission to the baud of the Guides to delay their
departure from London, for the purpose of giving a
second performance in the Crystal Palace in aid of the
Patriotic Fund. The performance will take place to•
morrow at twelve o'clock.

We opened fire this morning with 71 English
and 46 French guns against 130 Russian. At
8.40 a French magazine exploded. At 10.45
the fire was renewed. At 12.45 the French ships
engaged the sea forts, with the Agamemnon, the
Retribution, and the Britannia. At 1.25
another French magazine blew up. At 1.40

a tremendous explosion took place in Sebastopol.
At 2.55 the magazine of the Russian redoubt
blew up. The Russians, however, returned to
their guns. At 5.30 the ships fired on Fort
Constantino at short range. The fire was kept
up until six o'clock, and did great damage to the
Russians.

BAL.A.KLAVA, OCT. 18.
The Russians have re-mounted their guns,

which are much heavier than ours.
Our loss yesterday amounted to 99.
The Retribution and London both caught fire,

and have had their mainmasts carried away.
The redoubt and the round tower keep up a
brisk fire. We get our munitions up with

THE CRIMEA.

The Patrie of last evening gives the following
news from the Crimea, but it only comes down to
the 23d :

" Private letters from Sebastopol annsunce that on
the 23d Oct. the operations of the French engineers
were carried to within 300 metres of the point of attack.
Notwithstanding the extreme difficulties of the ground,
which is almost everywhere rocky, and the obstinate
resistance of the besieged, whose naval artillery has
been carried to the works of defence, the trenches were
being constantly advanced. Both generals and soldiers
were alike full of confidence in the eventual success of
the siege."