The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

Central Criminal Court---This Day.

Tho October Sessions commenced this morning at tho
Old Bailey. The calendar contains the names of 101 pri-
soners for trial.

The Recorder charged the Grand Jury, during which ho
referred to two painful cases, which were those of Sarah
Holmes, who was charged with starring her child to death,
and the charge of manslaughter arising out of the wife-
beating case in Bethnal-green. The jury having retired
to their room, in a short time after the trials commenced.

A gentlemanly-dressed man named Henry Rymer sur-
rendered to an indictment charging him with misdemeanour.
No evidence was offered and a verdict of not guilty
returned.
An elderly man named Donaldson surrendered to an
indictment charging him with accusing Mary Ann Deans
one of the nurses at Middlesex Hospital, with gross im-
morality with one of the patients of the institution. The
facts of the case have been so fully reported that it is un-
necessary to repeat them. The jury had not returned their
verdict when we went to press.

S aIPPING INTELLIGENCE---This Day

LONDON, Oct. 22.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with
rain.

BRISTOL, Oct. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pacifico,
from Monte Video.

Orr SCILLY, Oct. 20.—Wind N.E—Arrived—Dime,
roin Algoa Bay.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—On
Saturday afternoon the Queen of Denmark and the
Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Princess Thyra, and Prince Waldemar, andattended
by the Hon. Col. Home-purves and Major Grey, visited
the palace. The royal party inspected the fine art courts
and the various objects of interest in the palace, including
the Red White and Blue, the little Atlantic ship, with
which they seemed much pleased. Captain Hudson was in
attendance, and presented photographs to the royal party
of The Wee Craft and her crew. A special display of the
great fountains took place in the afternoon. The Saturday
concert took place as usual, the artistes being Madlle. Lieb-
hardt, kiss Julia Elton. and Mr. W. H. Cummings. Beet-
hoven's " Eroica" symphony, a madrigal from Gounod's
new opera "La Colombe," and the overture to Mr. Arthur
Sullivan's new opera " The Sapphire Necklace" were in-
cluded in the programme. After the concert the Palace
was illuminated for promenade, and Edmond's chromatic
fairy fountain played on the great stage. The return of
admissions for six days ending Saturday, Oct. 20 (includ-
ing season ticket holders) gives the numbers 23,230.

PROPOSED BANQUET TO MR. GLADSTONE IN
PARIS.—A Paris correspondent of the bulepenclanze Beige
says :—" Mr. Gladstone is expected in Paris about the
15th November. The Societe des Economistes, of which
M. Michel Chevalier is chairman, are preparing to give
him a welcome. It has been decided to offer a grand
banquet to the illustrious English statesman."
A MECHANICAL HORSE.—The last novelty in the
way of locomotion is to be found among the many wonders
of the Great Exhibition. It conests in a mechanical horse,
which trots, gallops, or walks, as may suit the pleasure of
the rider. He even prances after the most approved
style, and neighs when that sound is agreeable to its pos-
sessor. This new mode of locomotion cannot be recom-
mended on ;ho score of cheapness, as it costs above 52,000 f.
to construct.

STAKE MONEY.—We see it stated in Bell's Life
that no less a sum than £15,000 passes annually through
their hands as stakeholders for the various matches chro-
nicled in its columns. As racing, steeplechasing, coursing,
cricket, and some other features which go to make up the
large broad sheet of our contemporary, do not contribute
anything towards the above amount, it would seem that
whether money bo worth sor 4 por cent. there is not
much lack of it amongst the sporting section of the com-
munity.

A ship is now in Portland roadstead in which
Casely, the Cornhill burglar, and other convicts are to be
deported to Western Austrialia.

Sir C. L. Wyke, K.C.8., late Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Hanover, arrived in
town on Thursday evening from Germany. •

A correspondent writes :—" All persons of the
names of Jones, Johns, Williams, Evans, Wallis, Richards,
Thomas, Edwards, Powell, from Ap-Howell, Price from
Ap-Rice, or Ap-Rees, are of Welsh descent. The lato Lord
Chancellor, whose surname is Bethel], from Ap-Ithil, is of
Welsh extraction. Vyvian, Trevelyan, Trevannion,
Pendennis, Penanedden, Pennington, Penrose, Polking-
home, are names of persons descended from Cornish Celts.
One million of the inhabitants of Great Britain were born
in Ireland. The Irish in London are more numerous than
the whole population of the city of Naples,"