The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

DSO R, . 13.
The following had the honour of beinNgov included
in the Royal dinner party yesterday r—The Duke
and Duchess of Bedford, Lady Cowley, and Colonel
Crawfurd (commanding 2d Battalion of the Grenadier
Guards.)
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended, and
played during the dinner.
In the evening her Majesty's private band was in
attendance, and performed the following selection :
Overture, " Heimkehr aus der Fremde" Mendelssohn.
Selection, " Les Huguenots"
Airs de Ballet and Scene et Chceur,
" L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber.
The Queen walked in the Home Park this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal family took their
usual exercise.

'His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, accom-
panied by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, went out
shooting this morning, attended by Major-General
B. Drummond, Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and
Colonel Biddulph.
Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to ar-
rive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, ',ar-
rived in town yesterday evening from his seat, Bow-
wood Park, Wilts.

The Oxford University Commission had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord
of the Treasury, in Downiag-street. Present—The
Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master
of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddle, J. L. Dampier,
&q., the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P.
Stanley, (Secretary.)
The Greek Minister transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign-office.
Lord and Lady John Russell Wit their residence,
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday after-
noon, for Windsor Castle.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, at his official residence, in Downing.
street, yesterday.

MR. CHARLES CHARLES PEARSON'S PLAN FOR IMPROVING
THE METROPOLIS. - At a Court of Common Council yester-
day, it was resolved by a large majority that Mr. Charles
Pearson's plan forimproving the metropolis, by widening the
intended new street from Farringdon-street to Clerkenwell,
by raising it on a level with the high ground of the adjacent
streets, and extending it to King's-cross ;by constructing a
trunk railway on a well-lighted and well-ventilatsdsubway
under the surface of the street; by lifting Holborn valley
seventeen feet, and by removing the wholesale meat and
vegetable markets and railway-carriers, receiving-houses,
should be referred to a ward committee, and that the raid
committee give the necessary Parliamentary notices.
DEATH BY HYDROPHOBIA.--A young man of the
name of David Jones, a stonemason, of Rhyl, was about
twelve months ago bitten by a mad dog, which was after-
wards killed. The poor fellow abstained from all means to
remove the poison received through the bite, and calmed
himself by thinking there was no danger. On Sunday night
last, when in chapel, he felt very unwell, and continued so
during Monday. On Tuesday morning Dr. Hughes and Dr.
Lodge were called in, who gave their opinion that he laboured
tinder the effect of hydrophobia. In the course of the even-
ing his agonies increased to a degree most distressing to
witness, and soon afterwards death put an end to his suffer-
ings.--North Wales Chronicle.
DEATH FROM EATING MUSSELS.—OHIVetiIeeSday an
inquiry took place before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head,
King-street, Bethnal-green, relative to the death of 'William
Anscomb, aged 36, a stoker at the Chartered Gas Works,
Worship-street, Finsbury. The widow of the deceased said
that her husband was in good health up to the previous
evening, when he said that he would have some mussels.
Deceased purchased at a neighbour's shop three quarts, at a
halfpenny a quart. He had a pint for his super • after
which he went to bed. About twelve o'clock he called her, • and stated that he had a dreadful pain in his stomach. She
gave him some brandy, which, however, gave him
but little relief, and he died about two o'clock, after having
suffered excruciating agony. Mr. West, Northampton- ter-
race, surgeon, said that the deceased had died from eating
mussels. They were of an indigestible nature. He has had
lately in that neighbourhood many patients suddenly
attacked with diarrhata after eating them. He was attend-
ing at one time seven in a family from that cause, afid had
great difficulty in preserving their lives. Verdict—" That
the deceased did from the deleterionusoßesffaec.t2T,,MeUaliGeola,yero:
whTicHhEheKhancdGe,astenscanlaorogz quantity.snan
flora of the Grammar-school, Sherborne, have
presented an
address of thanks to Earl Digby, Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Dorset, for his munificent gift to the school under
their charge, comprising :the whole of the Abbey premises
and other buildings, together with the garden and land ad-
joining. The address states that by. his Lordship's munifi.
cent liberality the school will now be placed upon an
en-
tirely different position among the public schools of our
country ; that with his LordshiJ,24!' permission 3 the premises
shall
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cording the noble gift and acknowYledguiinldginhgs,is"Loknrad thihpatua
a conspicuous position re-
the greatest benefactor to the school since its foundation by
Ring Edward VL in 1550.
THE TAY SALMON Frenzarzs.—The proprietors
of salmon fishinga in the Tay, admonished by the rapid de-
terioration of their property for several years past, have
taken preliminary steps with a view to remedy the evil. At
a meeting held in Perth on Friday week, at which the Earl
quits
of Mansfield presided, the parties present agreed that one
cause of the decrease of salmon was the lateness of the clos-
Fforridtahye
next, to
clos-
ing season, and were of opinion that the fishings should close
on the26th August, instead of the 14th September. It was
resolved to write to all the Tay proprietors to know whether
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ummond,
closera:.
e.ameeting
gethe i
proposal
earlier apbr:sl i eahrla l
dd a
on
ne,
appears
reasonable, and the universal complaint of a scarcity of sal-
joined
man is the strongest reason why this or something elan
answers.
s anothertto
e
should be done without delay.—Perthshire Advertiser.
We.are requested to state that the assertion in the
WAR-PRIGATII IN
Tablet, which has since been copied into other pa ers, that
offwar arrived at the
. Lady Rokewoode Gage, daughter of M.ra.3H.en.ry Dri)
class frigate.
M.P. and Lady Harriet Drummond, h
the Roman
church, is entirely false.
ARRIVAL OF A SPANISH
CLYDE —A Spanish first. THE
Tail of the on Sunday forenoon -
mouth. and was expected at the Broo ' • arrived
Cuba rid Fal-
the purpose of being fitted with ne mielaw on Alonday, for
machinery repaired by Mr. Na • wboilers, and to have her
The vessel in question is the oldpier, of the 'Vulcan foundry.
which has since been altered Hibernia of the Canard line,
to a
nage amounts to 1,700, and her Spanish name. Her ton-
It will
be recollected that two engines are 650 horse-power.
Cunard steam-ships were soldortthree years ago four of the
order to make way for larger and) foreign Governments,
Li-
sold
,swifter vessels on the L
verpool and New York line.
sold to th ' fhe Britannia and Acadia were
e Germanic Confederation during the
war in Schles-
wig-Holstein, and the Caledonia and Hibernia were sold to
Spain
• The latter vessel has her hurricane and cabin decks
cleared away, and has been otherwise altered for war pur-
poses.--Glasgow Nail.
INCENDIARY FIRES.—The following list of incen-
diaryFoar
fires last week is from the
Mark-laSneltburrvesstw: o near
near Brentwood, one at Naseby, one near a - ,
Reading, one near Lincoln, one
Woburn, and one near Nowcastle.near Chelmsford, two near