The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
His Excellency the Count Walewski, the French
Ambassador, had an audience of her Majesty, on his re-
turn from a temporary leave of absence. His Excel-
lency was introduced by Lord John Russell, the Queen's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
Lord Cowley, Ambassador Extraordinary to the Em-
peror of the French, had an audience of the Queen, to
take leave on his return to Paris. His lordship was in-
treduced by Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
Her Majesty gave audience to Lord John Russell.
The Queen was attended by Lord Rivers, Lord in
Waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater, -Groom in Waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel the Hon. Charles Gray, visited the Exhibition
of Modern Artists at the British Institution yesterday
morning, and paid a visit to his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, at his residence in St. James's
Palace.
Her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday
afternoon, at Gloucester House.

The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last
evening included Senor. Isturitz, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lady Alfred Paget, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady
Littelton, Lord Cowley, and Captain Shepherd.
A deputation on the subject of the hop-duty had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his
official residence, in Downing-street. The deputation
consisted of Sir E. Filmer, Mr. W. W. Smith, Mr.
Deedes, Sir E. Derring, Mr. Booker, Hon. C. B. Han-
bury, Mr. Walker, Mr. Twinberrow, Mr. Vevers, Mr.
Smith, Rev. S. Marriott, Mr. Morland, Mr. Pannett,
Mr. Elvey, Mr. Charles Hearne, Mr. Edward Hearne,
Mr. W. Golding, Mr. Carter, Mr. John Whitehead, and
Sir Robert Price. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was
present at the interview.
A deputation from the Sunderland Shipowners' So-
ciety, to present a memorial on the shipping interest,
had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and
Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Board of
Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Hudson, M.P.,
Mr. W. D. Seymour, M.P., and Messrs. Blair, Ord, and
R. Brown.
The Belgian Minister had an interview with the Earl
of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence, in Down-
ing-street.
A deputation of Lancashire Justices, on the subject of
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill, had an inter-
view with Viscount Palmerston on Wednesday, at the
Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. Ashton,
Mr. Ashworth, Mr. J. Peel, Mr. Bourne, and the Rev.
J. Shepherd Bisley.
The Marquis of Clanricarde had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence, in Downing-street. The Bishop of Cape Town
had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman.
Sir Charles Napier, R.N., had an interview with
Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday,sat the Board of
Trade.

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Arrangements are now making by the )marine
Telegraph Company, and the several Governments on
the continent of Europe, by which not only increased
facilities will be afforded to the public, but a consider-
able reduction in the price for the transmission of tele-
graph messages will take place in April next.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Severn, Captain W.
Strutt, arrived at Southampton shortly after noon
yesterday with the usual monthly, Brazil, and Rio
la Plata mails, in charge of Lieutenant J. I. Wil-
kinson, R.N., Admiralty agent.
The Severn had experienced continued contrary
winds, with heavy seas, since leaving Rio de
Janeiro. Her coaling was also delayed at St.
Vincent's in consequence of the company's coal
launches having been stranded the night previous
t) her arrival there. The dates are—Buenos Ayres,
Jan. 2 ; Monte Video, Jan. 5 ; Rio de Janeiro,
Jan. 14 ; Bahia, Jan. 19 ; Pernambuco, Jan. 22 ;
St. Vincent's, Jan. 31 ; Teneriffe, Feb. 6 ; Ma-
deira, Feb. 8 ; Lisbon, Feb. 12. She brings 35
passengers, and landed 21 at Lisbon. The freight
list comprises 100 packages leaf tobacco from Bahia,
512 serons cochineal from Teneriffe, 644 half-chests
oranges from Lisbon, 6 caslis .wino, and 88
packages sundries.
The news from Buenos Ayres is of a most unfa-
vourable character. A new revolution having
taken place, a fresh Provisional Government was
installed, and civil war immediately broke out,
and continued up to the date of the sailing of the
packet.
The British residents at Buenos Ayres had joined
with the Germans to form themselves into a
" United German and British Battalion," but,
upon the advice of Mr. Gore, relinquished that
character, retaining arms as private individuals for
the protection of their own and each other's pro-
-13 • erty This proceeding of Mr. Gore had caused
some unpleasant feeling on the part of the actual
Government. The movements of her Majesty's
ships are as follows :—Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 13,
1853: In consequence of the disturbed state of
affairs at Buenos Ayres, Admiral Henderson, in the
Centaur, 6, Capt. E. H. Cannon, , left this
.port to-
day witlthe Trident, steamers, 8, Lieut.-Commander
R. Harvey, in company, for the River Plate. Arrived
from England and remains, the Sharpshooter,
steamer, 8, Lieut. J. E. Parish. In the River Plate,
Vixen, steamer, 6, Commander F. L. Barnard,
Riflemen, steamer, 8, Lieut.-Commander P. H.
Dalton, and the Locust, steamer, 3, Lieut.-Com-
mander P. R. Day - the Bonette, 3, Lieut.-Com-
mander Charles Wake, cruising. Jan. 19, at
Bahia : Express, brig, 6, Commander W. F. Fead.
At Lisbon, Sans Pareil, 81, and Inflexible, steamer.
Arrived at 5 p.m., Feb. 11 : the Tagus, Peninsula
and Oriental Company's steamer, with mails from
Southampton.
From Rio de Janeiro our dates are up to the
14th of January.
The enormous price which has been paid for
Africans has proved to be a temptation too great
for the slave-dealer to withstand. Various at-
tempts have been made to land cargoes on
the coast during the past month, and one by
means of false information given to the Govern-
ment was at length enabled to succeed. The
vessel, which sailed under American colours, and
was manned by American seamen, was burnt
by her cre w immediately after her arrival. As
soon as the Brazilian authorities were informed
of the occurrence a strict inquiry was instituted,
and a large number of policemen and soldiers were
dispatched to the coast and the mountains in search
of the newly-arrived blacks. The result so far is
that forty of those are taken, and two men who
formed part of the crew of the slaver. An American
who was formerly a ship broker in this city, is also
implicated, and those three have been placed in
prison. Strict search is being made for the re-
mainder of the blacks.

The yellow fever is again raging. About ten
deaths per day are reported.

Exchanges, &c.—London, 28d. to 28/d. ; France,
340 to 343 ; Hamburg, 635 to 640 ; Stock, six per
cent., 104 to 105 ; Spanish Doubloons, 28.300 to
28.400 ; Bank Shares, 703.000.
Coffee.—Superior, 4.000 to 4.050 per arroba 32
lbs. ; good, first, 3.800 to 3.850 per arroba 32 lbs. ;
ordinary, first, 3.600 to 3.650 per arroba 32 lbs. ;
good, second, 3.350 to 3.400 per arroba 32 lbs,
Sold since Ist, 70,000 bags ; shipped since Ist,
53,330 bags; stock, 75,000 bags.
Sugars.—White, 2.500 to 2.600 ; seconds, 2.300
to 2.400 ; Muscavo, 1.800 to 2.000 ;. stock, 2.150
cases. _ .

PERNAMBUCO.—lntelligence had been received at
Pernambuco, from Paraiba, of the total loss of the
barque Sir Fowell Buxton, near Assu, with 240
emigrants on board, for Australia. A Brazilian
man-of-war and a vessel with provisions had been
dispatched by the Government to their assistance.
The English brig Richard, of 290 tons, had been
chartered to convey the passengers to Port Philip
for the sum of 3,2001., free of fitting berths and
finding provisions. No lives were lost.
The Princess Maria Amelia, step-sister to the
Queen of Portugal, and daughter of the Dowager•
Empress of Brazils, died at Funchal, on the 4th
instant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-THIIRSDAY.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 2 agst Oscar.
7to 1 agst Miss Mowbray:(taken).
13 to 1 agst View Halloo.
13 to 1 agst Duc-an-Durras.
16 to 1 agst Half-and-half.
100 to 6 agst Victress.
25 to 1 agst Crabbs.
100 to 6 agst Bourton.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
sto 1 agst Doubt (taken).
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Contentment.
20 to 1 agst Lampedo.
20 to 1 agst Redmond O'Hanlon.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Maria.

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Contentment.
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Trifle.
40 to 1 agst Truth.
40 to 1 agst Little Jack.
1000 to 15 agst Prime Minister.
DERBY.
9to 1 agst West Australian.
12 to 1 agst Cineas.
15 to 1 agst Orestes.
16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne.
20 to 1 Honeywood (takers).
22 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken).
33 to 1 aget Ninnyhanuner.
OAKS.
sto 1 agst Catherine Hayes.
Bto 1 agst The Queen (taken).

• SNOWSTORM IN THE NORTH. SHIELDS, THURSDAY,
MIDNIGHT.—There have been more heavy falls of snow
to-day, and one this morning with thunder and lightning.
The local railway lines are being drifted up, and the
coal lines stopped. The London mail-train reached
Newcastle drawn by six engines this forenoon. The
London express left this evening, for Edinburgh, at 20
minutes past 6 o'clock, drawn by two powerful engines.
The local trains have been stopped by snow-drifts. The
9 o'clock train from Newcastle has only just arrived.
Wind, north-east, with a heavy sea on the bar. A
large fleet is ready to leave the Tyne, none having lefc,
for two days. There has been more lightning to-night.
The London Government train arrived at 11.30 p.m.
THEATRICAL OPERATIVES' FUND.—The committee of
this society, established in 1844 by the scene-shifters of
the metropolitan theatres, to provide against the dis-
tress occasioned in their families by sickness and death,
have just appealed to the leading members of the theatri-
cal profession for assistance. The society allows to its
members, who are principally married men, in sickness
10s. per week, and on a wife's death 3/. 10s. ; the family
receiving 71. 10s. in case of the death of a member him-
self, to provide for the necessary funeral expenses, &o.
SUICIDE OF A POLISH REFUGEE.—Yesterday Mr.
Baker received information of the following frightful case
of suicide at No. 9, Suffolk-street, Cambridge-heath-
road, Bethnal-green. The deceased's name was Herr
Von Fochlender, aged 40 : for some time past he had
been engaged as a teacher of longuages at the Crosby-
Hall Literary Institution, Bishopsgate-street, City, and
various places in the Metropolis. Latterly, his landlord
had observed a marked change in his manner, and fre-
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accounts to remain unpaid, as he (deceased) stated that
he daily expected a large remittance of cash from his
property. On Tuesday afternoon last the deceased did
not leave home, as was his usual custom ; but, at half-
past five o'clock, while the landlady was sitting at tea,
she was alarmed by an explosion, and fearing something
had happened, she ran up stairs to the deceased's bed-
room, when on opening the door she discovered a fearful
sight. The deceased was lying on the bed, with the
back portion of his head completely blown to atoms, and
was weltering in a pool of blood. A pistol was lying by
his right side, which had been recently discharged, and
when the female called assistance the unfortunate man
was still breathing. Mr. Walsh, the surgeon, of Cam-
bridge-heath-road, and another medical gentleman, were
soon in attendance, but the deceased expired shortly after
their arrival.

GRAND CURLING MATCH.—The grand match of the
Royal Caledonian Curling Club came off yestetday on
their new pond, situated near the Scottish Central Rail-
way, to the south of Auchterarder Station. Special
trains were run for the occasion on all the central
lines of Scotland, from Dundee, Perth, and Forfar on
the north of the Forth, and from Edinburgh and
Glasgow on the south. The number of curlers aqd
spectators present was very great; and the match,
which was between the curlers north of the Forth and
thoFe south of it, excited great interest. Although no
official report of the result of the match was received
in Edinburgh last night, we understand that tho par-
, Owl ;with of the Forth were the victore,—Sotrman.

THE FRENCH EN WIRE.

The Moniteur publishes an addif ions 1 list of 45
persons who had been transported t,
A igiers after
the coup d'etat of the 2d of December, and whose
punishments are remitted; and a list
:
whose sentences are commuted to r ior punish-
ments. of 54 persons

The Marquis de Vogue, who was I tried a few
days ago before the tribunal of correctional police,
at Cosne, as having
infringed the lac r -with respect
to hawkers and billstickers, in havi rig sent copies
of the Count de Chambord's letter t o several per-
sons through the post-office, has been . acquitted.
Several bills are to be brought im s nediately be-
one for the revision of the law respec
fore the legislative corps, among NV ± ich there is
_
ting trial by

isy a decree of the Emperor, G. Di) ,eral Allard,
President of the section of War and 3 larine of the
Council of State, has been appointed i [ember of the
superior commission of the Invalides oi the Marine,
in the room of General Count de PrC iv al, deceased.
The legislative corps met yesterda y. at 3 o'clock
for a public sitting. The President said that as,
according to the modification lately • made in the
Constitution, the President of the Ch amber was to
be assisted by the presidents of the bl treaux in pre-
paring the proces verbal of the procee, sings, he had
to invite these gentlemen to come aft, x the sitting,
and prepare with him the minutes of tl to last sitting,
in order to give it to the public journ
Several members took the oaths. Reports were
presented on the elections in Bassc ,s
Alpes, the
Bas-Rhin, the Seine-Inferieure, the C crtes du Nord,
the Gard, the Ile-et-Villain, and ale Seine-et-
Oise,
all of which were declared to . be perfectly
regular.

Public securities' rose again considerably at the
Bourse yesterday, but particularly : railway secu-
rities, owing, it was said, to large purchases made
by several great joint-stock companie s. A report
was prevalent that the correspondents of the foreign
journals, at present confined in the pri son of Mazas,
would be shortly set at liberty, the cI wages against
them not being capable of proof. T: he Three per
Cents. opened at 80f. 60c., and rose to 80f. 80c.,
at which they closed for the end of the month.
The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed. at 106 f.

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of tbo 12th inst.

There is to be no speech from the throne at the
opening of the Cortes. The President c ethe Council
will confine himself to read the royal: decree, and
declare the legislative session of 1853 ;to be open.
The Ministry was preparing an ellectoral law,
which is to be submitted immediately to the deli-
beration of the Cortes.

The Minister of Finance had applied to his col-
leagues for the estimates of their respect,;.ve depart-
ments, in order to be able to present the budget to
the Chamber of Deputies at an early period.
The Clamor Publico says that Rover was the
situation of the press more precarious than at pre-
sent. Within the last two days most of the Journals
of Madrid had been seized, and several were obliged
four times to alter their text in order to appear.
The Three per Cents. were done at 41± ; the New
Three per Cents. at 22 11-16 ; the Debt of the first
class at 10, and that of the second at 511.