The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, OCT. 9.
Her Majesty the Queen and hie Royal Highness tke
Prince, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the
household, and also by Sir James Graham, attended
Divine service at the parish church of Crathie, yesterday.
The Rev. Mr. 341.`Leod officiated.

OCT. 10.
Her Majesty the Queen, attended by the Countess of
De tart, rode out yesterday afternoon.
His Royal Highness the Prince enjoyed the sport of
deer-italking.
Sir James Graham left Zalmoral yesterday for
London.

The lion. Mrs. Phipps and Sir E. Landseer had the
honour of dining with her Maje3ty yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson of Invercauld, Miss Far-
quharson, Miss D. Farquharson, Mr. Farquharson,
(Scuts Fusilier Guards), Mr. G. Farquharson, Mr. T.
A. Farquharson, Miss Phipps, and Miss H. Phipps,
were invited in the evening.

A. deputation from Halifax had an interview, yest.r-
day, with the President of the General Board of Health
at his office, Whitehall, in relation to the sanitary con-
dition of that borough. The deputation consisted of
the Mayor of Halifax, Mr. Councillor Crossley, and
Nfr. Councillor Battinson. They were attended by the
Town Clerk.
Sir James Graham arrived at his residence in the Ad-
miralty on Tuesday night from Balmoral. Sir James
visited the Duke of Newcastle yesterday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is in the
enjoyment of excellent health, and has taken her daily
carriage airings since her arrival at Frogmore.
.Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone have left the St.
George's Hotel for Newmarket.
We have much pleasure in contradicting the reported
death of Viscount Chewton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards.
He had arrived at Scutari on the 30th ult., and his
wounds were progressing very favourably. Captain
Baring, of the Coldstream Guards, whose case was re-
presented as almost hopeless, is in a fair way of recovery,
although his arm was amputated at the socket. Lieut.-
Colonel Haygartb, too, who went to Malta in the Fury,
is likely to recover from his wounds.
Lady Raglan and the lion. Misses Somerset landed
at Dover on Tuesday afternoon from the continent ; a
large concourse of persons had assembled alongside the
steam-packet, and gave three hearty cheers for Lord
Raglan as her ladyship landed, accompanied by Captain
Smithett, of the Royal Mail Packet Service, who had
gone over to Calais expressly to meet her ladyship.
Lord and Lady Foley left Grosvenor•square on
Tuesday for the Duke of Norfolk's seat, Arundel Cas-
tle, where their graces have arrived from Glossop Hall,
Derbyshire.
The Hon. F. Villiers has left the St. George's Hotel
for Newmarket.
Sir James Graham arrived at his residence, in the
Admiralty, on Tuesday night, from Balmoral. Sir
James visited the Duke of Newcastle yesterday.
ARRIVALS OF SP/EOM—The arrivals of specie yester.
terday have been considerable. They have comprised
220,0001. from New York, 50,0001. from Brasil, and
10,6001. by the Pelham, from Sydney, making a total of
280,6001. The Australian screw steamer Queen of the
South, with about 350,000/ , has also been heard of as
having touched at St. Vincent's on the 23d nit., and
may therefore be daily expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Cutlar Ferguson have arrived at the
St. George's Hotel, from Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp Cole, with their youthful
family, have returned to Twickenham, after two months'
visit to Brighton.
Mr. and Mrs. De Freville have left the St. George's
Hotel.

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah has fallen a
victim to cholera.

It is understood that the contemplated arrangement of
the affairs of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, still re-
mains in suspense.

AGRA AND UNITED SERVICE Basrx.—At the half-yearly
meeting of this bank, held at Calcutta on the 15th of
August, the profits for the six months ending the 30th of
June were stated at 44,1251., which, after providing for
a dividend at the increased rate of 10 per cent. per
annum, and appropriating 9.9251. to the reserve fund,
so as to increase it to 100,0001., left a surplus of 2,3761.
to be c irried to profit and loss. It was also announced
that an agency had been opened at Canton.
The death of General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8.,
which has just taken place, leaves the Coloneloy of the
Bth Regiment at the disposal of Lord Hardinge. Sir
Gordon was the senior general in the army, which he
entered in 1789. He served in Holland in 1794 and
1795, and was present at Nimeguen during the siege,
and at the sortie. In 1801 he accompanied the expe-
dition to Egypt, and was present in the battles of the
13th and 21st of March, also at the battle of Rhamanieh,
and at the surrender of Grand Cairo and of Alexandria.
Sir Gordon saw much service in the American war, and
commanded in the action near the Falls of Niagara,
where he was severely wounded. There are now two
colonelcies vacant—the Bth and 50th Regiments.
The 23d Regiment of Foot (the Royal Welsh Fusi-
liers), composed chiefly of Welshmen, distinguished itself
in the prrincipal engagements in the last great war,
ample testimony being borne to their bravery by the
names inscribed upon their colours :—The Prince of
Wales's Plume ; Ich Dien ; The Rising Sun ; The Red
Dragon ; The White Horse ; Nec aspera terrent ; Min-
den ; The Sphinx ; Egypt ; Corunna ; Martinique ;
Albuera ; Badajez ; Salamanca ; Vittoria ; Pyrenees ;
Nivelle ; Orthes; Toulouse ; Peninsula ; Waterloo. To
this list will be added the now famous name of "Alma,"
rind, no doubt, " Sebastopol."
HIGH PRICE OF CORN.—The continued high price of
corn has tempted many agriculturists in Lancashire to
thrash most of their produce, and some of the steam
mills in that neighbourhood have been kept at work in-
cessantly, Sundays included.
®CASE OF 01ILD MITRDIIR AT BRISTOL.—A frightful
cae of child murder was discovered on Tuesday to have
been committed by one of the female servants at Water-
-1)0 Villa, Queen's-road, Clifton, near Bristol, the resi-
, deuce of Mr. Ker, collector of Customs at that port.
An inquest was held on the body yesterday, before Mr.
J. B. Grind m, the coroner, and the jury returned a
verdict of wilful murder against Jane Perry.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday after-
noon Mr. William Carter, the Surrey coroner, held an
inquest at the Prince of Wales, Ryley-street, Bermond-
sey, on the body of John Vivash, a...;ed 23, an engineer,
in the employ of Messrs. Humphrey; Tennant, and
Dyke, the well-known steam-ship builders and engineers
of Deptford, through a blow from the screw of a capstan.
The jury returned a verdict of " Acoidental death,"