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

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 Hon. Mary Seymour, Major-
General Buckley, and Captain Du Plat.

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

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave Broad-
lands to-morrow for town, but the stay of the noble Vis-
count and Viscountess in London will be but temporary.
The Viscountess Jocelyn, widow of the late lamented
Viscount Jocelyn, is expected to leave Broadlands to-
morrow for St. Giles, Dorsetshiro, the seat of the Earl
and Countess of Shaftesbury.
Lord Killeen, Oaptain of the Bth Hussars, was among
the officers who left Cork for the Crimea in the steam-
transport Jura, on Thursday. His lordship's father, the
venerable Lord Fingal, came 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 16,0001.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'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. H. Tucker,
M.A.

The Bishop of Lincoln 'has instituted the Rev. T. W.
Mossman, M.A., curate of Panton, to the vicarage of
Ranby, near Wraghy, Lincolnshire, rendered vacant by
the death of the Rev. 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.
THE ALLEGED .CAPTIIRE OF LORD DUNKELLIN.—
We believe we may state with confidence that the
family of this young nobleman have been specially
favoured by the Government with the intelligence
that there is no truth whatever in the statement that
Lord Dunkellin had fallen into the hands of the
Russians. Other news equally satisfactory, and of
larger importance, must also have been received by
the Government, but they do not choose to communi-
cate it even to their organs. We shall see if it will
ooze out in a few days.--Morning Post.
The Scotsman states that cholera has almost entirely
disappeared from Edinburgh, only three cases and one
death having been reported during the last four days.
POST-OFFICE APPOINTMENT.—Mr. Trollope, so❑ of
the celebrated female novelist of that name, has been ap-
pointed surveyor of Belfast post-office district. The
gentleman who previously filled this important post has
been pensioned at the salary of 5001. a year. —Cork Con-
stitution.

MR. GEORGE HUDSON.-4 petition was filed in the
Bankruptcy Court yesterday against Mr. George Hud-
s)non a bill of exchange for 1,1001. Mr. Hudson, how-
ever, states that it has been paid and the impression_is
that the case will not be maintained.

SPECIE.—The specie received by the Peninsular and
Oriental steamer Candia amounts to 236,2281., the prin-
cipal portion being gold from Calcutta and Madras. The
total is large, but arrivals of gold from India have been
anticipated for some time.

The Austrian Correspondence has a telegraphic de-
spatch of the 28th from Milan, to the effect that the
buQiness done in silks was very lively, consequent on the
receipt of large orders from Lyons and America.
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.—This
company have advertised the issue of 7 per cent, bonds
for 600,0001. one-third of which are offered in London.
We read in the Edinburgh Guardian :—Alexander
Smith has been appointed assistant to the Astronomer
Royal for Scotland ; her Majesty, during her late visit
to Edinburgh, being graciously pleased to signify in Vais
way her approbation of the young poet's astronomical
descriptions.

HINT TO TEE MARRIED.—" I have heard," says xr.
Henry, " of a married couple, who, though they we re
both of a hasty temper, yet lived comfortably together
by simply observing a rule on which they had mutually
agreed—Never to be both angry together."
THE RUSSIANS IN 1807.—Lord Byron, writing to a
friend in the year 1807, says :—'6 Sad news has just
arrived—Russians beat. A bad set—eat nothing but
oil, consequently must melt before a hard fire."

The Lord Chaocellor of Ireland has been pleased to
appoint Acheson Thompson, Esq., Annavorna, Flurry
Bridge, to the commission of the peace for the county
Louth, at the recommendation of Lord Bellew, lieute-
nant of the county.
THE NEW TOWN HALL AND CORN EXCHANGE AT
LOUGHBOROUGH.—Monday last was the day appointed
for the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new
Town Hall and Corn Exchange, in Loughborough.
SHROPSHIRE MILITIA.—The adjutant and permanent
staff of this force have subscribed the liberal sum of 5/.
15s. to the Patriotic Fund, which was, on Monday last,
transmitted direct to the secretaries of the commission
in London.

The sums paid into the Paris Savings Bank last week
amounted to 446,117 f., from 3,690 depositors, of whom
518 were new. The reimbursements were 408,918 f.
The receipts of the Caisse de Retraites for the last f
rt-
night were 125,232 E, and 2,096 depositors, including
new accounts.

THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARL-
BOROUGH HOUSE.—The numbers attending, ac., during
the month of October were as follows :-7,320 persons
on the public days, and admitted free ; 646 persons on
the students' days, and admitted as students on the pay-
ment of 6d. eacn, besides the registered students of all
classes and schools. The museum is now open free on
Saturdays for the convenience -of schools, &c.
THE LEEDS STATUE TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
—lt has been resolved by the subscribers to this testi-
monial that, pending the completion of the magnificent
Town-hall, the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wel-
lington, to be erected in Leeds, shall be temporarily
placed in the grounds of the Infirmary.
REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS.—YeSterday a return
was issued of the number of paupers removed to Ireland.
In the year ending the 25th March last, from the Metro-
politan districts, 1,693 were removed ; and from Liver-
pool, 4,545. In the preceding year, 1,252 were removed
from the Metropolitan districts, and 5,043 from Liver-
pool. The return extends over a period of 6 years.
The Rev. E. A. Verity, 8.D., incumbent of Haberg-
ham, Lancashire, has been appointed missionary of the
Patagonian Society at Craniner, West, Falkland.
BALLOT.—In the ballot-box aloneis the pill to be found
thatbribed.—Douglasjaei!rooniag,. long sleep the briber and the

An Old Author quaintly remarks :—" Avoid argu-
ment with ladies. In spinning yarns among silks and
satins, a man is sure to be worsted and twisted. And
when a man is worsted and twisted, he may consider
himself wound up.'
THE ORDNANCE.—The office of barrack master of the
Regent's Park Barracks has become vacant by the de-
mise Phillips, an old and distinguiihed officer,
who odifedCaaptafin ewdays since at the advanc,d age of 77.
The appointment of his successor rests with the Master-
General of the Ordnance,

We learn from Belfast that Mr. Davison, M.P., was
on Thursday last seized with serious illness, and fur
some time his life was considered in danger. According
to the latest accounts, the honourable gentleman is so
much better that apprehension of a fatal result has
passed away.
Lord Haddo, M.P., is still in Alexandria, and defers
his departure fur the upper country on account of the
mildness of the climate. Said Pach,► has not only placed
a magnificent boat entirely at his disposal for his voyage
up the Nib', but has also given orders to all his officials
throughout the country to grant to him whatever he may
be in need of.

COUNTY COURTS.—We are glad to be able to announce
that the Lords of the Treasury have ordered a reduction
of the fees for searching in the Registry Office.
THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND.—The Earl of Wick-
low, lord-lieutenant for the county, has been pleased to
appoint Robert bolt Truell, Esq., of Clonmannen, to be
a deputy-lieutenant for the county Wicklow, in the
room of the late Lieut. Colonel Acton.

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship La Plata (Captain Weller) took her
departure with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican
mails this afternoon. She has on board 165 passengers.
Amongst them are the Right Rev. the Bishop of Bar-
badoes, Le Vicomte de Garbuno, French Minister at
Mexico ; Sir James and Lady Hassam, Dr. James
Forbes, British Consul at Havannah ; Le Comte de
Maus, Lieutenant Carter, and Ensigns Mullins and
Rowland. Her specie amounts to 5,000/., and she
bad ,on freight quicksilver value 5,9501., and a full
cargo. The next mails from the West Indies and
Pacific will arrive by the Tamar. The Royal Mail
O impany's steatn-ship Severn will convey the Brazi-
lian and River Plate Mails from this port on the 9th
instant. The homeward portion of this mail is ex-
pected about the 13th instant. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid is shortly ex-
pected with the next homeward portion of the Penin-
sular mails. Tfie United States Mail steam-ship Union
is expected in the course of to-morrow with mails
and passengers en route from New York to Havre.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.--RESIGNATION OF MR. POL-
LOCK.—The resignation of Mr. Pollock, registrar in
Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque's court, is confirmed. It
is stated that he was anxious to resign in consequence
of the heavy list of cases for the ensuing winter, and the
delicate state of his health. Although another registrar
cannot be appointed the commissioners have the power
to elect a deputy registrar ; and if this appointment is
filled up, it is to be hoped that it will be given to one
of the hard-working employees who will be competent to
discharge the duty.
Some idea may Abe formed of the magnitude of the
amount of stores of winter clothing sent out, when we
state that upwards of 70,000 pairs of worsted socks,
90,000 woollen jerseys, 50,000 pairs of flannel drawers,
and 80,000 pairs of gloves have been sent to the army
under Lord Raglan, and still further supplies of the
same articles will be sent. Arrangements have also
been made to send out 25,000 great coats, which will
be an addition to the great coat already possessed by
each man ; and the army clothiers, with a zeal for
the welfare ol the public service which does them
great credit, save, at the request of the Government,
completed 30,000 additional suits of winter clothing,
which will all leave this country before the middle of tbo
month.

LATEST NEWS.

BOMBARDMENT
OF SEBASTOPOL.

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

BA LAKLA VA, OCTOBER 17.

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
Constantine at short range. The fire was kept
up until six o'clock, and did great damage to the
Russians.

BALAKLAVA, OCT. 18.
The Russians have re-mounted their guns,
which are much heavier than, ours.
Our loss yesterday amounted to 96.
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 munitious up with
difficulty.

The Moniteur of this morning says that General
Canrobert's report of the 23d states that the attack
continued without any remarkable incident, and
that all were full of confidence as to the result.

According to further accounts received from
Sebastopol to the 25th, some English engineers
employedin Sebastopol had made their escape, and
reported the town filled with dead left unburied,
and that provisions were becoming very scarce.
The upper works of Fort Constantine had been
completely destroyed, and two ships of the line
sunk.

We have received through a correspondent
at Vienna a despatch which had reached him yes-
terday morning, having been specially forwarded
from Constantinople to Semlin, and thence by
telegraph. It was as follows :
News has been received from Sebastopol of the
23d, that the cannonade had continued incessantly
for seven days.
The fire of the Russians was said to be slacken-
ing, but the French works wale not strong
enough, and had been much injured.
The British are said to be within 300 yards of
the Russian works.
A deserter says that the loss of the Russians
has been very great.
Nachimoff is said to be killed.

A fire broke out in the town on the morning
of the 23d, and was burning whein the steamer
left.

A second despatch from the same correspondent,
dated yesterday evening, is as follows :
Official despatches, dated the 25th of Octo-
ber, for the English, French, and Austrian Go-
vernments, which have been received here, show
that the siege of Sebastopol is progressing favour-
ably.

They mention frequent rencontres, but say no-
thing of Liprandi's alleged victory,
The French brigade from the Pi rzelis had passed
the Bosphorus.
After the very satisfactory intelr.igence we have
given above, and which may be funy relied upon,
it is only by way of contrast that we publish the
following "official _Russian news," also received by
way of Vienna :

.•
On the 25th of October General Liprandi
attacked the allied camp at Balaklava, stormed
four redoubts, and took 11 guns.

The English cavalry was totally beaten, and
lost 500 men.

The St. Petersburg Journal contabis two reports
from Prince Menschikoff to the Emp4 u.or NiCholas,
giving details of the operations bef re Sebastopol
on the 17th and 18th. The first a ,sserts that at
nightfall on the 17th, the first day of the bom-
bardment, the English had only two guns able to
return the Russian fire, while the R ussians had a
few dismounted.

At noon on the same day 14 vt ssels of the
Allied Fleet attacked Sebastopol by 2 ea, directing
their fire against Fort Constantine and Battery
No. 10.

The
shortness of the time and the) smoke ren-
dered it impossible for Prince Mensc hikoff to fur-
nish complete details of the loss on either side ;
but the Russian cause had sustained a severe loss
in the death of Admiral Korniloff, hose leg had
been carried off by a round shot, a:a d who died
on the spot.
The second report, dated the 18C: h inst., says
that though the Allied fire was astoili ishing by its
power and noise, it had not done so much harm
as might have been expected.
The Alexander battery, and battery No. 10,
had not suffered much, but the Cons tantine bat-
tery had been greatly injured. On tl le land side,
none of the Russian batteries had sui fered except
No. 3, in which nearly all the pieces (33 in all)
bad been dismounted.
The Russian loss was estimated al ; 500 killed
and wounded, among the latter Admir3 1 Nachim off,
very slightly.
During the night of the 18th the Et ussians were
busily employed in repairing the dam: tge done to
their defences.

On the 18th the English fire war 3 less active
than on the day before, and the I i"rench had
hardly fired at all. Prince Memel ikoff attri-
butes this to a diversion made without I he walls by
General Semjakine, who appeared in .1 ,he enemy's
rear, and thus diverted their attention L from Se-
bastopol.
The vessels which had taken part it I the bom-
bardment on the 17th, and which Pr :t, nee Mens-
chikoff believed to be all French, had gone away
in the direction of Cape Chersonese.

The smoke on the 17th, and a thick fog on the
18th, had rendered it impossible for Pr. ince Mens-
chikoff to state the enemies' loss, but he says it
would seem that one ship of the line .had been
seriously damaged, and two steamers s e.t on fire
by red hot shot.

CONSTANTINOPLE, t 34 Yr. 26.

Advices from the seat of war in Asi: L state that
the Russians occupy Toprach Kale, a] 24 threaten
Kars.

5,000 French troops from the Pirmus had
passed through the Bosphorus for the t:!rimea.

MALTA, ( )cT. 30.
The Valorous and Lion have sails d for the
Cri tuea.

The Vcctis has left for Constantin ople, with
important despatches.

The Euphrate, which left Constanti:ao ple on the
20th, reached Malta on the 29th, damrviged. She
was the bearer of despatches from La rd Efiglan,
which have left by the Hellespont.

1 THE BALFIC.
NYBORG, OCT. 31,. 4
A large English steam-frigate coming from the
North passed the Great Belt this after, loon, not
being able to go through the Sound.