The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

HOLYROOD, SEPT. 15,

The Queen and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alfred,
Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, arrived at the St.
Margaret's station, Edinburgh, at a quarter before 7
last night. Her Majesty and his Royal Highnes were
attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Elinor
Stanley, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Major-
General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps,
Sir J. Clark, and Mr. Gibbs.
Her Majesty was received at the station by the civil
and military authorities, and escorted to Holyrood
Palace by a party of the Ist Dragoon Guards.
Mr. Sheriff Gordon and Lieut.-General Napier had
the honour of dining with her Majesty.

I 6 th SEPTEMBER.

Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince, with the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess
Alice, and Princess Helena, left Holyrood Palace at a
quarter before nine o'clock yesterday morning, and pro-
ceeded to St. Margaret's station, where a special trai❑
was in readiness to receive the royal party.
At Banchory the Queen and Prince, with the royal
family and the ladies and gentlemen of their suite, alter
partaking of luncheon, entered travelling c.arriages, and
proceeded em route to Balmoral, where they arrived at a
quarter before 7 o'clock.

BALHORAL, SHrT. 17.

Tho Queen and the Prince walked out ye,,terclay
morning. The Royal children took their usual riding,
and walking exercise.

In the afternoon the Prince, attended by Major-Gene-
ral the Hon. C. Grey and Col, the lion. C. Phipps, had
the wood driven for deer.

Despatches were received at the Colonial•of9ce yester-
day, from the Governors of the West India lelands.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester con-
tinues at the Ranger's Lodge, in Richmond Park, and
is, we rejoice to state, in the enjoyment of re-established
health—a source of most sincere satisfaction to all who
have the honour to approach this greatly beloved and-
respected Princess. The royal duchess takes almost
daily drives in the beautiful vicinity of thd park, and her
Royal Highness's hospitalities have been greatly ex-
tended, as usual, to several of the nobility in the neigh-
bourhood. Amongst the recent guests at the Lodge,
besides their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, and her Imperial High-
ness the Princess of Salerno, and their Royal High.
nesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, have been the
Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Vii.
Tiers, the Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Lady Charles
Somerset, Lord and Lady William Fitzroy, Count and
Lady Cecil De La Feld, the Countess of Mansfield and
the Ladies Murray, Lady Cowley, Lord and Lady Truro,
Mr. and the Misses Viicents, and Mr. Greville. It is
supposed that her Royal Highness will not prolong her
sojourn at Richmond Park beyond the early part of the
ensuing month.

The Marquis of Breadalbane has returned to his shoot-
ing quarters, Forest Lodge, Argyllshire, from Taymouth
Castle, Perthshire.
The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull and family have
left Hampden House, Green-street, for Windsor, i❑
which neighbourhood his lordship has taken a villa.

The Earl of Selkirk has arrived at Lisbon in the Coral
Queen yacht, from Cowes.
The Duke of Norfolk has presented the Rev. A. Gib-
bons, 8.A., to the rectory of St. Peter's, Thetford, with
the incumbency of St. Cuthbert's annexed, rendere
vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Sworde, M.A.
Princess Lieven passed through Cologne on the 13th
on her return to Brussels, where the Russian extra-offi-
cial diplomacy has established its head-quarters.
Dr. Bischoff, the esteemed professor of botany at the
University of Heidelberg, died on the 11th inst.
The rectory of Southfleet, near Gravesend, has become
vacant by the death of the Rev. George Edward Murray,
M.A. (instituted 1843). The benefice, which is worth
6001. a year, is in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester.
The Bishop of Ripon has instituted the Rev. Charles
Thomas Glyn, 8.A., late curate of Hatford, near Great
Farringdon, Berkshire, to the rectory of Wycliffe, York-
shire, rendered vacant by the death of the Venerable
Archdeacon Headlam, on the nomination of the execu-
tors of the late Sir R. C. Glyn, Bart.

The Victoria Hotel, Killarney, is engaged for Lord
and Lady John Russell.
The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire has left
Kingstown for Hillsborough.

Viscount Hawarden, the Hon. Miss Maude, and suite,
have arrived at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin.
IRISH PRIVY COUNCIL—At a Privy Council held on
Saturday at Dublin Castle, the Lord Chancellor, the
Archbishop of Dublin, and the Right Hon. Sir Edward
Blakeney, G.C.8., were sworn Lords Justices during
the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant.
William Harty, Esq., barrister-at-law, has been ap-
pointed, by the Earl of Meath, seneschal of the Manor
Courts of Thomascourt and Donore, and also of Bray,
in the room of Thomas F. Kelly, Esq., LL.D., who has
resigned those offices.
FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN TO MR. HUME,
M,P.—Mr. Hume is expected to arrive in Aberdeen on
the 22d inst. The ceremony of installing him as a free
citizen of Bon Accord will take place the following day.
ST. JOHN'S, BETHNAL-GREEN.—On Sunday last two
sermons were preached in this church in aid of the
Organist Fund—the one in the morning by the Rev.
Mr. Hewlett, of King's College, Strand, curate, and the
other in the evening by the 'Rev. Tag;, incumbent.

The children of the Parmiters School attended this
church, which was built after a design by the late Sir
John Soane, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, and now forms the
Green District Church.
THE DEATH OF LADY MACDONALD.---We regret to
announce the death of this much-esteemed and lamented

lady, who expired last night at her town residence, No.
23, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, aged 64 years. The
deceased was known for her kind and humane disposi-
tion to the poor. The demise of her ladyship places
several distinguished families in mourning.
THE GALLANT NASMYTH.—The promotion of this gal-
lant officer, who aided the Turks in their successful de-
fence of Silistria, has been now formally passed. He i,
removed from the lieutenancy of Bombay Artillery to

;he line, as Captain and Major "unattached."

THE WAR Di ASIA.—It is calculated that were the
Turkish army in Asia only as well in ha isa as is that of
the Danube, a commander like the new 11 schir Ismail
Paella might, in concert with Schamyl, put an end to
Russian rule in the Transcaucasian provinces before win-
ter puts a period to the campaign.

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF ELDON.--The
remains of the late Earl of Eldon will be removed at an
early hour to-morrow from Shirley Hall, Croydon, to
the South-Western Railway, and will proceed by special
train to Dorset, and afterwards to Wareham-house,
Dorset; it will be in state on Thursday, to give the
tenants and peasantry an opportunity of paying their
respects to the remains of their late benefactor. The
interment will take place at Kingston Church, Dorset,
on Friday morning. The Rev. Eldon Banks, M.A.,
will perform the impressive service. Mr. Wheeler, of
Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton-square, will conduct the
funeral on the occasion. The body was first placed in a
shell of Spanish mahogany, lined with white satin, next
within a lead coffin, and enclosed in an outer case of
Spanish mahogany, covered with rich silk velvet, with
gilt handles, and a coronet over each, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—" John, 2d Earl of Eldon, born
10th Dec. 1805. Died 13th Sept., 1854."
DISASTROUS FIRE IN BLOOMSBURY. —Last night, be-
tween the hours of eight and nine, a disastrous fire,
which was nearly attended with fatal consequences to
several persons, broke out in a lofty four-storey building
conjointly by Mr. S. Collins, a hat manufac-
turer, iandl\ir. Lepetosh, Mr. Newbury, Mr. Shark,
Mrs. Sullivan, and Mr. Howell, situate at No. 7, Dud-
ley-street, within a few doors of Broad-street, Blooms-
bury. At the time of the outbreak most of the persons
who rented the upper floors were at home. One poor
woman rushed through the crowd, exclaiming that two
of her children were in the midst of the fire. Two men,
named Harley and Dennis Collins, notwithstanding the
great risk they ran, rushed up stairs to the first floor
back, where they found an infant in bed asleep and a
young girl clinging to the bed clothes. The fire at the
same time had seized upon the bedding. With great
presence of mind they managed to seize the two children
and brought them down in safety. A vast crowd of
spectators was present, and it required the services of a
strong body of police, under Superintendent Pearce, of
the F division, to keep them out of danger.
NEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT JERUSALEM.— CONSTAN-
TINOPLE, SEPT. s.—The Porte has presented to the
French embassy a letter of the Grand Vizier, ordering
the Pacha of Jerusalem, by virtue of a special decree
of the Sultan, to deliver gratuitously the ground re-
quired for the construction of the Latin church of Belt-
Djala.
ERECTION OF FORTIFICATIONS AT FALMOUTH HAR-
BOUR.—For some time past the attention of the Govern-
ment has been seriously engaged in the question of
strengthening our national defences on the coast, and
within the past few weeks it has been decided upon by
the Government to carry out a series of fortifications on
a somewhat extensive scale at the Falmouth harbour. A
contract has been entered into between the Board of
Ordnance and Messrs. Olvey, for a sum of several thou-
sand pounds, for the erection of a superior range of for-
tifications at St. Mawes and Pendennis Castle, the terms
of the contract being that the whole of the works shall
be completed in six months from the date of the con-
tract. The contractors have therefore commenced ope-
rations, and the works are in a satisfactory and rapidly
progressing condition. The Admiralty have also en-
tered
into a contract with the same firm for some impor-
tant alterations and additions to the Government Dock-
yard at Mylor.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —Yesterday morning
W. Carter the Surrey coroner, held an inquest at
the Royal Oak Tavern, at Anerley, near the Crystal
Palace, on the body of Mr. George Bullenor, aged 40,
one of the contractors for making the roadway from the
Crystal Palace to the Brighton Railway, and who met
his death while superintending the progress of the works.
The facts of the case, which have already appeared in
this journal having been adduced in evidence, the Coro-
ner, in summing up, said it was one of those cases in
which men, being long familiar with danger, ceased to
regard it, and often met with an untimely death. The
jury, without consultation, returned a verdict that the
deceased was accidentally killed.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days
ending Saturday, Sept. 16— Numbers, including season
tickets, 36,231; amount received for admission, 1,5931.
6cl.