The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday
at. Buckingham Palace.
The Prince Consort, attended by Major-General the
Hon. Charles Grey and Lord Alfred Paget, left Buck.
ingham-palace at a quarter before 10 o'clock yesterday
morning for the camp at Colchester.
His Royal Highness travelled from the Shoreditch
terminus by a special train on the Eastern Counties
line to Colchester, and rode on horseback from that, sta-
tion to the camp. The Prince returned by the same
route to London, and arrived at Buckingham-palace at
10 minutes before five o'clock.

The Prince=s Royal and Princess Alipe visited St.
Paul's Cathedral.
Prii,ce Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive in an open carriage and four.
Prince Leopold visited the Duchess of Gloucester at
Gl.ucester-house.

The Queen, accompaniei by Prince Arthur and the
Princes-, Helena, took a drive in the afternoon in an ~pen
landau and four, attended by the C4untess of De.itrt.
Lord A frbd Paget and Major• General 13,,uverie attended
ua horheback.

Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included the Duches• of Kent and the Princess
Royal, Lady Fancy Howard, the Btr4ness de Speth, the
Earl of 'Westmoreland and Lady Rose Pane. Earl Caw-
dor, Lord George Lennox, Viscount and Viscountess
Barrington, and Sir George Golper.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance,
and performed the following music during dinner :
Overture, " Fest"
Fantasia, " L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer.
Air and chorus, '6 HarktheTruinpet" (Eli) Costf.,

.
Glee, " Blow, Gentle Gales" 74irH.R.Bishop.
Sweaborg: Quadrille (on nautical melodies) D. Godfrey.
Af er dinner there wa,•4 a concert. The Queen's Private
Band was in attendance, under the direction of Mr.
Anderson. The following was the programme of the
performance :
Overture (Konig Stephan)
Couplets, " Vous pouvez souoirer," Madame
Charto❑ Deweur (Marco Spada)
Solo, Pianoforte, Seventeen Variations Se-
rieuses, Madame Schumann . Mendelssohn.
Scena ed Aria, "Ab forse lui chi l'anima,"
Madame Charton Denieur,(La Traviata)... Verdi.
Fantasia, Organtiva, Herr Ougheri.
Air, " Je suis sauvea enfin," Madame Char-
ton Derneur (Le Domino Noir)
Variations, Cambrian double-string harp,
Mr. Ellis Roberts.
Solo, Tr ow bone, Herr Nabich Berr.
Mr. W. G. Cusins presided at the Pianoforte.
A Deputation, consisting of Mr. Rickards, the Ohair.
man of the Manchester Board of Guardians, Mr. Har-
rop, the Clerk of the Board, and Messrs. Low and Lingo,
Overseers of the Townsh►p, had an interview with the
Right lion, E. P. Bouverie, at the office of the Poor-
law 80a,,d, on the subject of the bills relating to Irish
and Scotch removals and vaccination, now before Par-
liament.

A Deputation, beaded by the Marquie of Clanricarde,
had an interview yeqerday with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governors of the (forth American Pro-
vinces, the G,vernor of Bermuda, and the Governor of
Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the
Australian Colonies.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, APRIL 21.

The Arnold prize, for the encouragement of the study
of history, ancient and modern, was some days ago
awarded by the examiners to Mr. John Henry 'Bridges,
Fellow of Oriel College.
The living of South Stoke, near Arundel, in the diee3se
of Chichester, is now at the disposal of the University,
in consequence of the legal incapacity to present of the
patron, who is a Roman Catholic. The Rev. Richmond
Powell, M.A., of Trinity CoPege, Cambridge, has soli-
cited the votes of meir,bErs of Convocation, on the special
ground that " only the sudden death of the late Duke
of Norfolk prevented his legal appointment to the pre-
ferment." The Rev. G. Fereman, M.A., Chaplain of
All Souls College, and late Junior Proctor, who had
also been spoken of as a candidate, has announced his
unwillingness to contest the election with a per-on pos-
ses,in,g the claims of Mr. Powell. Mr. Powell is, we
believe, Vicar of Bury, near Arundel, a living of the
annual value of 1001.
. .

A statute, containing a new scheme of regulations for
the Bodleian Library, will shortly be brought before
Congregation. We trust to be able to give to-morrow
a summary of the chief provisions of the statute.

HAMMTEAD.REATH.—Lagt evening 3 public meeting of
the inhabitai is of St. Pancras parish was held at the
vestry ball, Camden-town—Mr. F. W. Streeten in the
chair, when resolutions favourable to the maintenance
of Hampstead heath in its uninclosed state, and, con•
demnatory of the Metropolitan ,B .ard of Works for not
moving in- the matter, were agreed to. Sir B Hall
attended the meeting, and soreported the resolution.
The nomination of M. de Pillows at the French Aca
demy was made known to the Emperor by the BAron de
Baraute. His Majesty received the baron with much
kinlness, and observed that he had read with pleasure
all that had left his visitor's pen-paittienlarly his ". His
tory.of t.he Dukes' of Burgundy;', be 'had ib
opportunity 'of reading with. the amplest leienre." Te
understand this remark, the reader should be told tha
Prince Napoleon, when in his prison at Ham, wrote t
the baron requesting the loan of a copy of this work—a
request ,ffith,ev Web the academician readily complied.

PROCLAMATION OF PEACE-110AX
UPON THE PUBLIC. •

In consequence of the appended declaration, bearing
the appar-lit impress of authority, having been affixed
at the City boundaries and other places of- prominence
arour.d the metropolis, to the effect that yesterday an
official proclamation of peace would bare been heralded
at the undermentioned places, some thouiands of per-
sons, respectable and otherwise, whose credulity had
thus been imposed
,upon, crowded the area in front of
the Royal Exchalge, and who, notwithstanding the
assurances of the police that the whole affair was a hoax,
maintained each his positiin with the most obdurate de-
termination.
At all the other points at which it was supposed this
" herald ag" would have taken place, large assemblages
of persons had also collected.
ne following is the declaration :
" V. R.
" pEACE.-A PROCLAMATION EXTRAORDINARY WILL BE
ISSUED ON MONDAY, APRIL 21.
"A mounted herald, accompanied by a pursuivant.
will arrive at Westminster at ten a m., where, prefaced
by a flourish of trumpets, he will announce -to her Ma-
jes.tyls lieges the objects of his most important mission.
Having so accomplished his assigned service, he will
thence proceed to tho undernamed localities, where, at
the time hereby specified, be will repeat the said procla-
mation in the aforesaid manner:--
_Elephant snd Castle 10.35 a,m.
Aldgate
Royal Exchange 11.35 „
St. Martin's-le-Grand . 12.0
Helborn-bare
Oxforl-street-circus , l.O p.m., ,
Tyburn-gate
Hyde-nark-corner ..
Picoadilly circus
Cbaring-cross 3 0 ~,
"Fur Whoa of all whom this may concern,
.iipy order."
" By order" these pacific declaralloos were iieircroyed,
and the police were for some time mystified, until a great
clisturLance in the vicinity of the parks, acid the subse-
quent.apprehension of an individual, revealed that the
whole affair was a• well-contrived, but badly-executed,
" puff' for the wares of some tradesman iu Oxford-
street.

An immense mob congregated round Marlborough-
street police-court about four o'clock yesrer•.ay
.alter
noon, in consequence of the capture of the individual
who wa, presumed to he concer, ed in the hoax relative
to the peace proclamation by Loyal authority, with which
the inetrop ills had ben placarded, a pro
ceeding that had urawn tboo.an.is of carious people to
the different localities where it was announced the
Royal Herald would deliver his effiaial information:
A young man, who gave the name of Gaspar Collard,
wearing a herald's tabard, profusely decorated with tinsel
lions and unicorns, a blue velvet hat and feathers, and
a'together made up in true theatrical style; with mousta-
chins, long curly wig. &c., was charged with au assault.
Joseph Davis, a groom, said he was in Hyde-park
that afternoon, looking at the defendant, when he was
struck by the defendant with his whip. After being
struck the defendant, who was on horseback, attempted
to ride over him.
Mr. Leadley, the chief clerk, inquired if the mob were
following and hooting the defendant ?
The complainant replied in the affirmative, but he was
not one of them.
Mr. Bingham (to defendant) —What have you to say ?
Defendant—l am employ td by Mr. Grevill Potter, of
Oxford-street, to read a proclamation at various places
to-day, announcing to the public that it is his intention
to give away portraits of the heroes of the Crimea, of
many hundred pounds value. About 5,000 bi Is have
been posted in different parts, and because I was behind
the stated time and,the people were kept waiting, they
became infuriated, and when I made my app-arance in
Hydepark the cries were " Pull him off his horse ;"
and I should bare been torn off. my horse
_if the
police constable (Saint, D 183) had not interfered. I
only struck in self•defence, without assaulting any one in
particular. I am only a servant acting under the in-
structions of another.
Inspector 4w-ter—This sham proclamation has been
the cause of great annoyance to the public. Thousands
have assembled in -different parts, and tradesmen have
been obliged to shut up their shops.
Mr. Bingham—l think the defendant's conduct to
say the least, very indiscreet, for he miz,ht have perilled
both limb and life in going amog the mob. I shall not
treat this as an assault, but only as _a piece of tom-
foolery, which I should advise the defendant not to re-
peat. In collecting a large mob by such ridiculous
means you make yourself a small nuisance. You may
go this time, but first take off that absurd dress.
The defendant was then released.