The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

COURT CI RC ULA R.

WINDSOR, Nov. 4.
The Belgian Minister and Madams Van de Weyer
arrived yesterday evening at the Ca.stio on a vi: it.
The dinner party included her Imperial Highness the
Duchess of Brabant, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Kent, the Princess Royal, and the Duke of Brabant ;
her Serene Highness the Princess Annelle of Hohenlolie-
ichillingfurst, lamntess de Lannoy, Larly ngu3ta
Bruce, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, CJunt de I.,:tnnly, and M. Jules Dsvaux.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Brabant,
walked in the Home Park this morning.

Ri3 Royal Highe,qss Prince Albert, with the Duke of
B:abant, went out shbtiog,

The Princess Royal r )do on horseback.
Prince Arthur and the Pfincvses Helena and Louisa
took a carriage drive.

Viscount and Viscanntess Palmerston left London
yesterday morning for Manchester.

Count Barra' has been duly adm;tted as represcnta
,ive for Sardinia to the Germanic Diet.

The ;pecie and bullion ex the Parana are expected to
be in hand on Friday . _ _

The first section of the SwediTh Pl lway, namely,
that between the towns of Malmo and Lund, has just
been opened.
GUILDFOrtD.—We learn that Mr. 11 intends to
ffer himeelf as a candidate Lr this borough at the next
election.
A notice, warning all persons not to discharge fire-
wnrks on Tower-hill, has been issued by the Alderman
of the ward.
A requiFition is now in c curse of signature, calling on
the R,ght Hon. Stuart Wortley, the Recorder of Lon-
don, to allow himself to be put in nomination for the
representation of the City at the next general election.
The Hanoverian Envoy at Hamburg, Mr. Banbury,
has arrived in Copenhagen for the purpose of negotiating
with the Dani•b Government on the amount of indem-
nity to he paid by Hanover for the abolition of the Sound
Dues.
al;iptani says :—" Pared, the horse dealer, who is
accused of participation in the robberies of the Northern
Railway, and who is now in the United States, has just
been declared a bankrupt by tbe Tribunal of Con-

'nerce."
GENERAL SIMPSON AT HAWICK.—The freedom of the
hergh was conferred upon General Sir James Simpson
on Saturday morning, in pursuance of an unanimous
opßsENevening.
resolution of the Town Council at its meeting on the
pre
ATRvitiuEs oN OF LANCASTER.—Mr. William J.
Garnett, of Bleesdale Tower, has issued an address to
the freemen air{ electors of the borough of Lancaster,
offering himself as a candidate for their suffrages, on the
occasion of the retirement of Mr. Greene. at the
close of the present Parliament.—Mancitester Guardian.
The first of the theatrical performances at Windsor
will take place on Thursday, the 13:h inst., when the
"School for Scandal" and " hush Money" will be
played. In the former Mr. Webster plays Sir Peter
teazle, Mr. Wigan Joseph Surface, and Mr. G. Vining
Charles Surface, with Miss Heath as Lady Te:zle.
UNCLAIMED MONEY IN COUNTY COURTS.—Yesterday
li-te of sums of money paid into court for suitors since
1851, and not claimed, Were published in the different
county courts, amounting to some hundreds of pounds,
which, if unclaimed on the let of January next, will be
absolutely forfeited.
MORGANATIC MARRIAGE.—The Hamburg Correspon.
dent states that Prince Frederick William of Hermit,
eldest son of the Elector of Hesse Cassel, has just mar-
ried Millie. Berkmayer, daughter of an actor at the
Cassel Theatre. The marriage was celebrated in Eng-
land, and the newle -married couple have already
returned to Cassel. Tee prince was born in Nov., 1832.
THE PERA..—Among the passengers by the Pere is
ColonerThompeon, from Calcutta, who has return-d to
England after an absence of 40 years ; also Lieut.-Col.
Ferrer, C. 8., 47th Regiment. This latter officer landed
wits his regiment at Old Fort on the 14th September,
and remained in the Crimea during the whole of the late
war. He was present in every engagement.
The James Baines, homeward bound from Australia,9
with nearly
days. Assuming tbat the Lightning left Melbourne on
700,000/. in gold, has now been at sea 88
the date previously fixed, viz , the 26th August, this
vessel, which brings the royal mails and (probably) a
considerabi.e quantity of gold, has also been at sea 70
days.
WOOD PAVEMENT.—Application having been made
to the Board of Works for the Holborn district, from a
wood-paving firm, asking their permission to lay down
gratuitously a new specimen of wood pavement, stated
to be more durable than that at present laid down in
that thoroughfare, the members of the board were
almost unanimous in declaring that wood pavement bad
failed completely wherever it had been trice], and they
would have no more of it.
An interesting mechanical operation has been lately
performed at the Imperial Dockyard, at Cherbourg, in
the hauling up of a line-of-battle ship, under a building
shed, upon an ordinary
launching cradle and way. It
was performed with the assistance of six capstans manned
by about 700 men, and occupied nearly seven hours.
The credit of this extraordinary and successful operation
is due to M. Corrard, the superintendent engineer of
the dockyard.—Mechanies' Magazine.
BIRTH OF AN HEIR TO THE LURGAN ESTATE.—In
addition to presenting Lord Lurgan with a complimen-
tary address on the auspicious event, the inhabitants of
Loran, and the tenantry on the estate genei ally have
agreed "that some permanent mark of respect be pre-
sented to Lady Lurgan, on the occasion of the birth of
her son and heir." Subscriptions have been entered
into, and a committee appointed to carry out the object.
—Newry Telegraph. -