The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 8.

The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High•
ness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Bareness
de Spaeth, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Gor-
don, and the Hon. Arthur Gordon.
The Queen, attended by the Countess of Gainsboreugh,
walked in the Home Park this morning, and inspected
the new farm near Fregmore.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain Du Plat, left Wind-
sor by a special train of the South-Western Railway this
morning for London.

His Royal Highness went to Somerset•house, and
presided at the Council for the Management of the
Duchy of Cornwall at the Duchy-office.
The Prince returned to the castle at half•past three.
The Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, and the
Hon. Arthur Gordon left Windsor this forenoon for
London.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson,
M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Robert Taylor, Mr.
Charles Evans, Mr. Septimus Hodgson, Mr. Thomas
Giles, Mr. Isaac Doxesy, and Mr. C. Baker, had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the

Home-office.
The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday from
Windsor Castle. _

Mr. Frederick Wilkinson and Lord Glengall had inter-
views yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. Mr. Chad-
wick had also an interview with the noble Viscount at
the Home-office.

~Despatches from the Governors of Natal and Van-
couver's Island were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

THE SWEDISH LEGATION.—The Baron de Geer, who
for a long period has filled the office of Secretary of the
Swedish Legation at the Court of St. James's, is about
to leave London for the Hague, having been appointed,
provisionally, Charg6 d'Affaires at the Court of the
Netherlands. The Baron will be succeeded as Secretary
of Legation in this country by Baron de Wrede, whose
arrival from Sweden is shortly expected.
VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALM =STOIC—Vic.
count and Viscountess Palmerston will leave town on
Monday next for Paris, whence they will proceed direct
to St. Cloud, on a visit of a few days to their Majesties
the Emperor and Empress of the French.
Baron Brunow, who has been residing at Darmstadt,
has been suddenly recalled to St. Petersburg.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton and family have not
yet left Heaton Hall. The coming of age of his lord-
ship's eldest son, Viscount Grey de Wilton, will be cele-
brated with great rejoicing on the 25th inst.
The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town, yesterday,
from Windsor Castle.

Lord Forester is entertaining a select circle of friends
at Willey Park, Shropshire.
The Hon. H. Annesley, of the Scots Fusilier Guards,
who Was so seriously wounded at the battle of the Alma,
has arrived at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from the
seat of war.

Dr. and Mrs. Billing and family have arrived at
Grosvenor-gate, from Vienna.
The Countess of Jersey arrived in Barkeloy•square,
last evening, from Middleton Park, where the noble and
venerable earl is staying, in rather improved health.
R. J. Livingstone, Esq., and Mrs. and Miss Living-
stone, have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from New
York.

We regret much to announce the death of the Countess
of Strathmore, which took place on Friday, at Florence.
Her ladyship was the eldest daughter of Viscaunt Bar-
rington by the daughter of Lord Ravensworth, and was
married to the Earl of Strathmore about 4 years ago.
She was but 23 years of age, and leaves no issue.
Married, yesterday, at St. James's Church, Calverly
Bewicke Bewicke, Esq., of Coulby Manor, Yorkshire,
to Jane Henrietta, only daughter of Torrens M'Cullagh,
Esq., late M.P. for Dundalk. The ceremony was wit-
nessed by a numerous and distinguished circle of the
friends of both families. After partaking of an elegant
dejraner at the residence of the mother of the bride, the
happy couple left town for Folkestone, en route for the
continent, where they will pass the honeymoon.
THE LOST GOVERNMENT DESPATCHES FROM LORD
RAGLAN, dated the 18th of October, have not yet been
recovered. It is thought en this side that the despatches
left the Crimea by a private hand, and were not de-
livered in time at the British Embassy at Constantino-
ple. It is to be hoped that the private letters, which
generally accompany the official despatches, have not
fallen into Greek hands.

SWEARING IN OF THL; Imp MAYOR ELECT.—Yes-
terday the Lord Ma:for, the Lord Mayor elect, sheriffs,
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i.orming a procession proceeded to the Guild-
and after.
v;nere, at a Court of Common Hall, the Lord
Major elect was sworn into the office to which he had
teen elected. The usual formalities having been gone
through, the court broke up.
ABINGDON ELECTION.—The Hon. John W. Fortescue,
the Government candidate, has retired from the contest,
leaving the field to Major Reed, of the H. A. C , and
Mr. John Thomas Norris, of Sutton Courtney Paper
Mills. Mr. Fortescue's friends have declared to support
p tffm o u iTnyi opposition.Nov.B._ '
the Major, whose election may be now looked upon as
secure. The Conservatives do not intend starting any
candidate
Victualling-yard
in.yrCaptain Joseph Nias C.E., the
newly-appointedllgad and Naval
Hospital at this superintendentofthe Royal
port,yal
up his appointment yesterday.
The rectory and vicarage of Great Tey, near Kelve-
don, in the diocese of Rochester, has become vacant by
the death of the Rev. John Bridges Storry, M.A.
(instituted 1814). The benefice, which is worth 8001. a
year, is in the gift of the representatives of the late
rector. The rev. gentleman was chaplain to Lord
Howden.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONEL—The following mem-
bers of the college, having undergone the necessary ex-
aminations, were admitted licentiates in midwifery at
the meeting of the board on the 7th inst. :—Messrs.
James Smith Horsfall, Halifax, Yorkshire • Samuel
Harris, Quern, Leicestershire ; James Norvell, Brad-
ford, Yorkshire ; Christopher Foy, Calcutta ; James
Augustus Foy, Calcutta.
SCOTCH LEGAL APPOINTMENT.—We understand that
the office of Presenter of Signatures in Exchequer,
vacant by the death of Mr. Alexanner Duff, advocate,
has been bestowed upon Mr. George Ross, jun., advo-
cate. Mr. Ross was called to the bar in 1835, and his
eminent qualifications for the office are universally
admitted, even by those who share in the belief that the
situation should be filled by a member of the Society of
Writers to the Signet.—Edinburgh Courant.
NEW YORK.—The further advices from Now York by
the Baltic describe no alteration in the stock and money
markets, the tendency to recovery caused by diminished
importations and a general contraction of business being
counteracted by the distrust consequent upon the nu-
merous failures of small firms and banks, which require
to be swept off before a healthful business can be re-
sumed. Among the latest suspensions had been the
Knickerbocker Bank of New York ; but its liabilities
amounted only to 100,0001., owing to the sums pre-
viously drawn out. The stoppage of the Farmers' Bank
of Saratoga County, New York, bad also been an-
nounced for about a similar amount, but had subse-
quently been contradicted. The effects of the pressure
in inducing diminished consumption of British and
French goods, which has lately been felt on this side in
the falling off of the American demand, were still mani-
fested, and the imports of the week had not reached more
than half the amount of the corresponding period of last
year. Tinder these circumstances the rate of exchange
is becoming less favourable for England, and the present
steamer has brought only about 30,0001. With regard to
the supply of breadstuffs, it appears that, in the absence
of any anticipations of a great export demand, the quan-
tities sent from the interior had been unusually small.
When the present London prices arrive out there will,
consequently, be a drain on an ill-supplied market, and
the inhabitants of New York are likely to experience
disappointment and inconvenience from an unexpected
scarcity. There was yet a month remaining, however,
before the canal navigation would be interrupted by
frost, and extraordinary exertions were likely to be
made to get large coneigamoute forward during that in.
terval, _