The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-10 00:00:00

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGII

LIFE.

The marriage of Captain the Hon. Frederick Fitz-
clarence, brother of the Earl of Munster, and the Hon.
Miss Sidney, sister of Lord De Lisle and Dudley, is to
take place this month. The precise day has not yet
transpired.

The marriage of Lady Charlotte Scott, eldest daughter
of the late Earl of Eldon, and granddaughter of the
learned and illustrious Lord Chancellor, with her cousin,
Mr. R. Surtees Bankes, is to be solemnised towards the
close of the month.

A matrimonial alliance is arranged between the Hon.
William Hobart, son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire,
and Miss Ramsay, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Ra msay
and niece to Lord Panmure.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
awl the Princess Mary are expected to arrive to-morrow
in town, from Germany.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland remove to
Stanwick Park, Yorkshire, from Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland, at the close of the month.
The Duke of Devonshire is expected to leave Lismore
Castle, Ireland, at the end of the ensuing week. Lady
Dover, the Earl of Burlington, and Lady Louisa Caven•
dish, who have beeu among the guests of his grace,
have left, the former on a short visit to the Earl of
Carlisle, and the latter for Holkar Hall, near Milne-
thorpe.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are enter-
taining a select circle at Hatfield House, Herts.
The Marquis of Lothian has joined the circle visiting
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield
House, Herts.
The Earl and Countess Grey have arrived at Ho wick
Hall, Northumberland, from a series of visits in Soot-
land.

The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury returned a few
days ago from a continental tour. The Countess and
Lady Victoria Ashley went on a visit to Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands, near Romsey,
Hants, and have since joined the noble earl at the family
seat, St. Giles's, Dorset.
LORD J. MANNERGI.—The Lsicoster Journal says :
" We are enabled to state, from inquiries which have
been instituted, that there is no truth in the statement
that Lord J. Manners is in a very precarious state of
health."

THE SUICIDAL MANIA.—The number of suicides, by
drowning and other causes, that have been reported to
the chief police-office, Great Scotland-yard, within the
last week, is 21, and the attempted suicides that have
been taken cognisance of by being brought before a
magistrate number upwards of 15 ; and notwithstand-
ing that the magistrates are very severe with persons
charged with the offence, the crime is greatly on the
in crease.

COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIP NO SINECURE. —The labours
of a colonial governor are recorded in the statistical
summary of the Register-General of New South Wales
for the year ending the Mat of March last. During
that period the Governor-General has written 582 de-
spatches to the Secretary of State, 407 messages of
speeches to the Legislative Council, and 13,600 letters,
notes, or memoranda on a host of topics, public and
privet., delivered 49 addresses on various subjects—re-
ligious, charitable, scientific, or literary, and held 1,766
interviews with as many different people.
The Paris correspondent of Le Norel states that arrests
have been made amongst the gendarmes of the Seine,
and even amongst the Zouaves.
CASE OF ARQHDEACON DENISON.—The Bath Chronicle
says that in addition to the document which the arch-
deacon has filed in the Registry at Wells, the arch-
deacon's proctor has filed a protest, objecting, on techni-
cal grounds, to the proceedings of the archbishop's court.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT ULLOOK'S ROYAL HOTEL,
BOWNESS, WINDERMERE---Lady Franklin and party ;
B. Bruce, Esq., M.P. ; Lieut.-Col. Macdougal, Colonel
Brown, Major Elliot and party ; his Highness the
Prince de Joinville, the Princess, and party, &C.
THE WEATHER IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.—We are glad
to be able to state that the weather in this locality is
now very fine and warm. The harvest is quite over in
the greater portion of this district, and the crops are
above the average this year. Oats are a splendid crop,
and wheat very fine indeed.
THE COMET.—A letter, dated Arequipa, Peru, 21st
of August, 1856, says :—" We have had a comet
vitihle
here for about a fortnight, which appears each night for
about a couple of hours."
ABSCONDING OF AN ACTUARY.—Mr. Thos. Camplin,
who has acted as actuary of the savings bank at Brom-
ley for upwards of 30 years, has absconded, leaving a
deficiency of 500/. in his accounts.—South-Easecen
Gazette.

THE • DUBLIN CRIMEAN BANQUET.— At a meeting of
the committee yesterday, it was announced that Henry
Brennan, Esrl,, of Gardiner-street, the eminent wine-
merchant, had generously offered to make a present of
all the wine required at the banquet, amounting in value
to 150/. or 2001.
THE ATAIU.—SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 9.—The Royal
mail steamship Tarnar, Captain Jellieoe, sailed t hi: after-
noon with the mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriff', St.
Vincent's, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte-
video, and Buenos Ayres, 160 passenger', 32,000/, in
specie, 21,0001. in jewellery, and a full general cargo.
Among the passengers are Chevalier Pereira and lady,
Chevalier de Several, and Sir John Re nnie. The Tyne
with the homeward Brazilian mail, is looked for to
morrow. The Orinoco, with the next mails from the
West Indies and Pacific, is expected about the 16th ins.
The Atrato will convey the outward West India and
Pacific mails of the 17th. The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Indus, Captain Brooks, is hourly
expected with the India, China, and Mediterranean
mails. The Euxine, with the next mails from Gibraltar,
Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, is looked for about the
11th inst. The United States' mail steamer Washing-
ton, Captain
English mails, is expected to arrive off Cowes, en route
Cavendy, with the German, French, and
to Bremen, about the 17th inst. The Australian Mail
Company's first steamer, Oneida, Captain Hyde, will
leave for Australia, via the Cape, with mails and pas.
mongers on the 18th inst.