The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-08 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1856

PRINCE ALFRED IN BELGIUM.

A letterfrorn Ostend of the 4th says :---" Prince Alfred,
second son of the Queen of England, arrived her, this
morning by the English steamer Vivid. The vessel
could not enter the port on account of the low state of
the water, and the prince landed in a boat. His royal
highness was accompanied by his tutor. Colonel de
Moerkerke arrived here in the morning to receive him.
After having breakfasted the party walked through the
town, and then left for Brussels by a special train.
Prince Alfred is on his way to Coburg, and will after-
wards proceed to Berlin."
A Brussels journal of Thursday says :—"Prince Alfred
of England arrived here-at two o'clock yesterday (Wed-
nesday) afternoon, from Ostend, accompanied by his
governor and a numerous suite. Two carriages were
waiting at the northern station to convey them to the
pala.ae. The King, the Count de Flanders, and the
Princess Charlotte, were at the palace to receive the
young prince, who is in his 13th year. The dinner party
included in addition to the royal family, M. Damon,
Minister of Public Works, Baron d'Anethan, Minister
of State and Senator, and other persons of distinction,
as well as members of the royal household. After din•
ner the King and the Royal Family left Laeken.
"The young prince, son of the Queen of England, ac-
companied by the Count de Flanders ; Captain Burnell,
aid-de-camp, and persons of the prince's suite proceeded
yesterday to visit the Hotel do Ville, the Museum, the
Veterinary. School, &c."

THE TURNER COLLECTION AT
MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE.

The following 20 pictures by the late Mr. Tur-
ner will be exhibited on Monday next at Marl-
borough-House :-
459 Moonlight • a Study at Millbank (1797).
465 View in Wales (about 1800).
463 Tiew on Clapham Common (about 180?).
*476 Shipwreck (1805). •
;7483 Greenwich Hospital (1809).
485 Abingdon, Berkshire (about 1810).
489 Cottage Destroyed by an Avalanche (about 1812).
493 Bligh Sand, near Sheerness—Fishing-boats trawling
(1815).
The above pictures are in Turner's first style.
*499 The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (1817).
This work belongs to his imitations of Claude.
*505 The Bay of Balm (1823).
511 View of Orvieto (1830).
*516 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage—Italy (1832).
*5lB Apollo and Daphne (1837).
*521 Phryne going to the Public Bath, as Yellin; (1838).
522 The " Fighting Temeraire" tugged to her last Berth
(1839).
523 Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus
(1839)
The above pictures, from No. 505 inclusive, belong to
his second style.
527 Venice—The Bridge of Sighs (1840).
531 The Burial of Wilkie (1812).
to Sea (1843).
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Lord Palmerston left Claremont, the seat of Sir Ben.
jamin Hey wood, yesterday morning, on a visit to Liver-
pool, and was expected back last evening. His Lord-
ship and Lady Palmerston will leave Manchester for
London this (Saturday) morning by the 9.30 express
train.

His Grace the Duke of Richmond is to preside at the
war medal dinner, which is to take place in the Hope-
toun Rooms, Elinburgh, on the 20th inst.
General Sir F. W. Williams, M.P., is expected at
the mayor's dinner at Caine, on Tuesday, which is
deferred till that day, the gallant general being engaged
to dine with the Lord Mayor of London on Monday.
Commercial advices from Hamburg report an easier
discount market, the rate having receded to 6 per cent.
The Devon Reformatory was destroyed by fire a fow
days ago. It was set fire to by one of the inmates. He
has been fully committed for trial for arson.
In the event of Sir A. Cockburn accepting the office
of the Lorl Chief Justi.7e of the Common Pleas, the Re.
cordership of Bristol will become vacant. Sir J. E.
Wilmot, Bart., is likely to succeed to the appointment.
The Belgian journals announce that the Prince de
Ligne, who i.t now at his Chateau of Baked, is seriously
ill from an attack of pleurisy.
The whole of the stores belonging to the Engineer
Carps of the Turki,h Contingent having been handed
over to the Royal Engineers, that corps has been dis-
banded.

GOOD NEWS FOR BELGRAVIA.—On Thursday hackney
cabriolets were permitted to pass through the Stable-
yard-gate, St. James's-palace, and Buckingham-gate,
conveying Passengers to and from Pimlico and Pall mall,
making a difference of ls. in the hire of a cab as
com-
pared with the old road by Piccadilly, to say nothing of
the saving of time.
The Rev. Daniel Moore-
successor of the Rev.
Mr. Melville, at
11-33)`!.en Church Camberwell; in A FlAn•
tiidate the leej,,,r„hip in the gift of the :fetaberdashete'
,
°,,m13.,_ 411 Y) .ve.cated by the resignation of Mr. Melville:
commiesion has just been alipdiiittei to report
,on t question Of the supereientaiion abatement. The fol.-
' .Owing nrl-Ithe qtrees of the noblemen and gentlemen on
the conamleslon :—Lord Belper, Lord Monels, Sir A.
Spearman, Sir E. Ryan, and \Veguelin,
the governor
of the Bank of Reglend.
The ieetelletion of Berl Fio ee3 ee Provincial Grand
Master of the Laieeetel shire Masonic,Lodge will take
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place on Tueeley,
ov. 18, when the noble earl will
lay the founia:ion stone of the new school' in corm. ctien
with St. John's Church Sternferd.
Bra Br..'g, OF NV.F.STMTgSTEIL—TIIig. !..Z.171 is cornpeseel
entirely of
copper an'l tie, aid its cxect, weight is 15
tons, 18 cwt., 1 qr. 221 he.
At a meeting of the Milrylebono wardens yesterday,
a letter was read from the secretary of the Poor-law
Board, requesting to be informed c f the decision of the
guardians relative to filling. up the office of the master
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of the workhouse. After
rather stormy discussion the
following resolution was carried—" That the Poor- aw
board be informed that the guardians had the resigna
tion of the master still under consideration, and had
come to no decision with respect to it."
General Nordin, the Swedish A mbalisader at the court
of St. Peters:Jurg, hats received his dismissal from that
Poste after having eeclin!ed it for nearly 20 years. The
wife of General Nordin is a Russian pi incet.e, end a hdy
of considerable influence in the eenrt circles: •