The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

THE COURT CIICULAR.

BALMORAL, OCT, 5.
I rfcr iilajof+ty the Queen drove out yesterday afternoon
accompanied by her Royal IlighnesA the Princess Royal
• and attended by her Grace the Duchess of Wellington.
Miss Nightingale arrived at Balmoral yesterday.
Lord Paumure likewise nrrivcd at Balm:a-al, and re-
mains in attendance upon her Majesty.
T:te royal dinner party included her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess
Amalie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst,hisSerene Highness
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Lord James Murray, Lord Panmure, and Miss Nightin-
gale.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by
Colonel Cavendish and Mr. Gibbs, arrived at Veale's
Royal Hotel, Teignmouth, on Thursday evening. On
Friday, after inspecting the town and neighbourhood,
the Prince walked to Torquay, returning by train. Oia
Saturday, his Royal Highness drove to Manhead, the
seat of Sir Lydstone Newman, Bart., who had the
honour of entertaining the Prince at luncheon ; after
whieh his Royal Highness proceeded on his tour.
Viscount Falkland has lefc the St. George's Hotel.
Lord Vernon has lec;; the same establishment, for Sod.
bury Hall, Derbyshire.
Viscount Ebrington is about to proceed on a conti.
nental tour. We are happy to learn that hopes are en-
tertained the sight of one eye may yet be preserved.
Viscount and Viscountess Goderich have arrived in
town from a continental tour.
Lord and Lady Lilford have left the St. George's
Motel for Lilford Park, near Oundle. Lord Hunting.
field has left the same establishment for Ileveringhain
Hail, Suffolk.
Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, and Miss
Rothschild have returned to town from Aix-le. Chapelle.
Lady Peel has arrived in Whitehall-gardens from
Bedfordshire.
Major-General Sir George and Lady Buller have left
their residence in Bruton-street for Corfu.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
A HINT FOR LORD PANMURE.—The cannon brought
from Sebastopol are at this moment being placed on the
bronze gun-carriages before the railings of the Inva-
lides.
THE NEW LORD MAYOR.—The Lord Mayor elect has
nominated the Rev. Albert Alston, M.A., lecturer at
St. Helen's, Bishopegate, and late curate of St. George,
Hanover-square, to be his chaplain.
It is said that Baron Fermoy is promised an English
peerage ; if not he cannot sit in the House of Lord.,
but is qualified to sit in the House of Commons, if
elected for an English borough.
DEATH OF COMMANDER FITZGERALD.--CoMmander
Hamilton Fitzgerald (1846) died at Brussels on the 2d
inst. He entered the navy Dec. 17, 1794, as A. B. on
board the Druid, 32, Captain Joseph Ellison.
Mr. Stevenson Blackwood lies dangerously ill at his
father's house in Upper Brook-street. This gentleman
volunteered his services to the commissariat at the com-
mencement of the late war, and fulfilled all his arduous
duties most faithfully.
Captain Prendergast and officers of the United States'
ship Merrimac paid a visit to Woolwich Arsenal on
Saturday.
AUSTRALIA AND PANAMA.—A. circular hai been ad-
dressed by the directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company to their shareholders, relative to the proposed
establishment of a line of mail steam packets beta eeu
Australia and Panama. To raise the necessary capital
of 400,0001. it is proposed to issue new shares of 20/.
each, tv be offered pro rata to the existing shareholders,
and to obtain the balance by means of loans on deben-
ture.

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AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, I interpreted as a hostile display, and regarded as an
Donald M `Kay, Capt. I encouragement to the disaffected. lam informed
Henry.Warcer, belonging to the Black Ball line of
Australian nack9ts, sailed from the Mersey at 2 p.m. I that it will be decided this day wit ether or not the
to for Melhoil-ne, with the usual mails for the Aus- I fleet will be sent ; and, if the
r( 'solution be in
tralian colonies, 570 passengers, and a full cargo of valu. I
,
ai)le tnerchandisc (about 2,000 tons) on freight. The be in corn-
the affirmative, it will, perhaps
Royal Mail screw steam-ship North American, Captain
pliance with the wishes of the E: nglish Govern-
Grange, belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steam Navi•
ompaily,
ctation C l,vl llsail on Wednesday afternoon for men 1.
With the excitement that p. revails all over
Quebec and Montreal, with mails, passengers, and cargo. I Italy, the presence of the allies mac cr be followed
The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, Captain Robert i
Leitch, will sail on Wednesday afternoon for Philadel- j
the excesses and in that case I can see no phi; with passengers and cargo ; she will carry a ship i alternative but to take part one wa y or the other.
If a popular movement takes place, the
by a movement,
letter bag. For both those steamers letters require to be I
posted before noon, with late foes until 12.30 p.m., and lazzaroni
at the landing
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stage until 1 p.m. on the Bth inst. I would, doubtless, be let loose, an

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