The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 26.
The Queen, the Prince Consort, the Prince of
Wales, and the Duchess of Ke „accompanied by the ladies
and gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service in the
parish church of Crathie.
The Rev. Dr. Robeitson officiated.

His Excellency the Duke de Malakoff will leave'
London, for Paris, on Friday or Saturday next.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has returned to
Claridge's Hotel, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock.
The Baron and Baroness Dalloz have left the
Brunswick Hotel, for Paris. The Baron and Baroness Von
Linden have arrived at the same establishment.
The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., returned
to the Admiralty, yesterday, from Scotland.
_ _ _

Mr. Garmier and the Countess ielli Garmier
have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, from
Paris.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Wagner and Miss Rhodes have
left Edwards's Hotel, for New York.

Mrs. M'Cord and Mr. and Miss *Cord have
arrived at the Clarendon, from South Carolina.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—This morning
(being Michaelmas-day) the ancient ceremony of electing
the Lord Mayor took place. The Aldermen having
"seratch9d " in the usual way, the majority was found to
be in favour of Alderman Wire, who was thereupon de-
clared duly elected.

INFANTICIDE.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley
the coroner for the western division of Middlesex, held an
inquest in the boardroom of Clerk-enwell workhouse, on the
body of a newly-born female infant, which had been found
in the enclosure of Lloyd's-square, in the same parish,
on Sunday morning last. Mr. Benjamin Foster, the
landlord of the St. John's Gate, stated that about half-past
eight on the morning in question he found the body as de-
scribed, N:Tapped in a piece of old cotton oPlinen,
_and tied
with black tape. Ile handed it over to the custody of the
police, by whom it was taken to Mr. Taylor, the divisional
surgeon. Mr. Taylor told the coroner that he had minutely
examined the body, but found no external violence. The
umbilicus had never been tied, and death was the result of
sheer neglect. The child was unusually large, measuring
32 inches in length, and weighing as much 91b., the ordi-
nary weight of similar aged children being only about 61b.
Ho did not entertain the slightest doubt but that it had been
born alive, as everything confirmed that belief. The coro-
ner said a finer child he never saw in the whole course of
his experience. Those cases were very lamentable and were
on the merese. The present was the seventh in his dis-
trict within the last three weeks. Two of them were at
Islington, one with its throat cut. The child which was
the subject of the inquiry was murdered as much as if its
throat had been cut. If the parents of the child wilfully
destroyed it to get rid of it in the mode described, the jury
could not return any other verdict than that of wilful mur-
der. Any other verdict would encourage that kind of crime,
and as no person was culpably before the jury, their
opinion might deter other parties. The jury returned a
verdict of wilful Murder cgainst some person or persons
unknown.

THE SONS OF BURNS.—The worthy sons of our
national bard are at present, we understand, at the fashion-
able Stirlingshire Spa, Bridge of Allan. A correspondent
states that they are both among the most enthusiastic
bowlers to he seen daily exercising their skill on the public
green, at the -Westerton Arms Hotel.—Ayr Express.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A HORSE.—An accident
of a most singular character' happened about 1 o'clock on
the 22d instant to the horse of a trooper of the 11th Hus-
Ku-s stationed at the stables of the Royal Pavilion, Church-
street. From some cause or ether which will be the
subject of inquiry the animal was in the room of the
backyard, known as the grooms' kitchen in the time of
George IV., and there, having slipped, fell on a flagstone
about three inches thick and a turd square, which formed
part of the coverin,, of an old dry well, and which, with
the 'sudden weight upon it, became. displaced and fell into
the opening, followed 'by the poor animal, which in its
descent was abruptly stopped by a stage that was fixed
across the well, about 28 feet from the top, and became
jammed in on its haunches. The noise caused by the oc-
currence soon brought some of the men to the spot, and
attempts were made as quickly as possible to let a lighted
candle down to learn the condition of the gas animal, but
the flame was soon extinguished. Meanwhile the poor
creature continued to kick with his forelegs; and it was not
till a lantan was lowciA that its exact position could be
discovered, when a -windlass and tackle having been pro-
cured from the yard of Messrs. Cheesman and Son, builders,
a man named Benham awell-digger, descended tofix slings
round it; hut the peculiar eirciunstances Of the. case so un-
nerved him that it was not until the horse was dead—about
half-au-hour—that he could commence his task. From the
room not being veryhigh pitched there was much difficulty
in working the apparatus brought into requisition, and
three hours elapsed before the carcass was drawn out. We
may mention that several of the soldiers volunteered to de-
scend the well with a view to assist, but the officer on duty prudently prevented them.—Brighton Observer.
PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS AT SUNDERLAND.
—The corporation of Sunderland are at present erecting
public drinking
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shortly be increased. The cost of each fountain is about £5.