The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace yester-
day m .rning for Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Ma-
jesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied
by Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses
Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice ; and were
attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the B 0
Beatrice Byng, Major-General the on. Choi.°
Grey, L, rd Colville, Capt. the Hon. D. de R°6
and the Master of the Household.
The Queen and the Prince were conducted ,t°
their carriage by the Marquis of Exeter, Earl pet-
warr, the Duke of Beaufort, and Col. F. H. Sef
mour.
The Royal party left Buckingham Palace at bolf.
past 10 o'clock, in six carriages, and escorted
hbit:
detachment of Light Dragoons, for the pri",.
station at Vauxhall of the London and $9Ol,
ee
1
Western Railway. Her Majesty left by asp
train for Gosport.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Glibber
left Buckingham Palace at half-past 2 clock 1
the afternoon for Osborne.
relieved
Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) has
Major-General Buckley in his duties ,
as th.
Equerry-in-Waiting to the Queen •
Captain tle.
Hon. Dudley De Ros has relieved Colonel F. Bt
Seymour in his duties as Equerry--Waiting
the Prince Confort. at'
Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers ei
tended yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing;
street, and were severally introduced to the Earl
of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Ci°l°-
nial-office to the Governors of the West inu'a
Colonies.

ARRIVAL OF TIIE COURT AT FORTS'
MOUTH, EN ROUTE TO OSBORNB•

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.
Her Majesty was expected to have arrived here
OseNnvenegoftoththeeßieldr-isApdomsititroanl
Superintendent,of
by half-past eleven. it was one o'clock when the
Royal party entered the Royal Clarence-yard.
in-Chief, Admiral Sir George Seymour, and in ttle.
ab
Hon. George Grey the
honours of reception "e
volved on the senior officer, Captain Harry EyreS,
the eEnmati Commander'
of the St. Vincent, supported by his officers. The
Lieutenant-Goveruor, Major-General the Hon. Sir
James Yorke Scarlett, and staff was in attendance'
the Captain Superintendent Dacres, C. 8., of Sash°
Hospital, John Davies, Esq., master attendant) &c*
The Queen embarked on board the Fairy',
tender, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, amid
pelting snow-storm, which had prevailed all the
morning. - The instant her Majesty arrived the
Excellent (being the only saluting ship at Ports-
mouth) fired the royal salute. The whole of the
ships of war hoisted masthead flags, and ashe_
Majesty passed out of the harbour's mouth t_lale
crews manned rigging and yards and heart,itl,.
cheered. The Garrison Battery took up the sal
jug, and fired 21 guns as tho Fairy emerged fr7o
the harbour's entrance, although the weather "rely
so exceedingly thick that the Fairy was scare
discernible.
The ships of war at Spithead, consisting of ilcf;
nown, Curacoa, and Racoon, were prepared to r
honours, but the Fairy having taken the innes
pas, age, keeping the Hadar shore aboard, she #.
Ica
not visible from Spithead, and the shipa did now
salute.
Her Majesty and Court will return to town on
Saturday next.
AUSTRALIA.—The Donald Mackay one of bies,°
tsfr;
Janes Baines an Co.'s Black Bail clippers, arrivea be
Liverpool yesterday, with gold and sovereigns to„,,
amount of 1.00,0001. She passed Port Phillip Heads
the 6th Deceirber, and came round by the north 0
Ireland. Her news has been anticipated.
The Oliver Lang, which has now been at sea I°s
days, from Melbourne, with 189,7601. in. gold, and the
Sea Breeze, out 100 days, with 95,6361., were spoken
with on the 2i and 22d of January respTecti
Bvely, kby tile
he lac wall,
Woolomoloo, arrived from Sdney.
with 272,3001., has bLen 93 ydays at sea. A changes
of wind to the westward would probably bring in thes
supplies.
DNATH OF Mx. T. TOO KZ.—We have to record the
death of Mr. Thomas Tooke, the eminent statist, ell
of. the unlers of the Society for the Diffusion °'
Useful Knowledge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society'
to whose records he has made many valuable coati'
butions. Mr. Tooke was also a member, and semetitee
chairman, of the Statistical society, whose meetings he
constantly attended.
STAMFORD ELRCTION.—STAMFORD, March 1..--Thie
rwlning a meeting was held at !he George hotel for the
purpose of receiving O
.., Mr. Inglis, the candidate for .
seat vacated by Sir F. Tbesiger. Mr. Joseph Phillips
presided. • After a few words from the chairman, wh°
stated that the writ did not arrive until a late hour 0°
Saturday night, Mr. Inglis proceeded to address tbte
electors, chiefly in laudation of the present Governros°
Tlie hon. candidate said that, as he should leave
opportunity of addressing his hearers more at logos
upon the day of election, and of conferring With their
personally in Ufa interval, ho should not °coup,'
attention further at present. The learned gehtlewo
and his friends then proceeded on the canvass.tion is
election is fixed for Wednesday next; no opposi
anticipatod. son cern"
ETON COLLIGH—MONDAY.—The boating
fieshen the
menced as usual to-day (St. David'h-deY), Iv;8 year'
" long-boats" took the water for the first One "' $6O
under the direction of Mr. Lawlesq. The Pre_ei: too-
consisted of a ten-oar and six eight-oars, nearly is
thirds of the crew being new men since last eu
north-81st
consequence of the continuation of the bleak
rta.oble•
wind, the first venture was more cool than coral°
• g to custorto,g,
The annual foot-race came off, acoordin _ ting
week, and was won by Mr. Johnstone, d
aboute dr°ePg
competitors, after a splendid race, by
ett`r-otiete
yards only. The course was about three
copes,: -13 he
from the Datchet gravel-pits, and after a cir t
:rminAlL.., in a field next "Fifteen-arch
ut 1z
Pest
erf before
ly4thap being fora,a.,
widto, into which each of toe youthful as:7
.1. heck high'
he could reach the goal, had to
plunge
nleer rather thee ,
which in the month of March is a "oo
A foreige
refresher." itish an`• . 1 hear
MIIRDER.—GRNOA, Feb. 24.—A1l Br willis
captains who have of late years been in Cir nu
eof the tigit'o
with regret of the barbarous assassination „s_ssi,por__!
and A.merican ship-chandler, Mr Alex. .1:37,,,„1:
tunic piece Lift ever.,:ng of SAtunt
Luau who, by his lion.,st and upright
captainsl_3 0.04
acquired the confidence of all foreign
here.