The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 19,
There was no addition to her Majesty's dinner party
yesterday.

The Queen and Prince Consort walked in the Home
Park this morning, 'and visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent at rogmore.
The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded Lady
Churchill as Lady in IV aiting to her Majesty.

Viscount Strathallan and Lieutenant-General Sir Frede
rick Stovinhaye succeeded Lord Bateman and Lieutenant
Colonel F. Cavendish as Lord and Groom in Waiting.

His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio had an in-
terview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing%street.

The Queen' will'hold a Privy Council on Saturday
next, the 23d inst., at. Windsor Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough accom-
panied by the Marquis of Blandford and Lord Randolph
Churchill, left St. Jurnes's-square yesterday, for Blenheim
Palace, near Woodstock. . .
The Duchess of Buccleuch has left town for
Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The noble duke joins
the duchess and family in Scotland at the close of the week.

The Duke. and Duchess of Wellington leave
Apsley House in a few days to pass the holidays at Strath-
fieldsaye, Hants.

The Marchioness of Salisbury will leave Arling-
ton-street to-morrow, for Buckhurst-park, Sussex, on a
visit to the Earl and' Countess Delawarr.

The Earl of Malmesbury left London yesterday,
for Windsor Castle. • •

Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Comber-
mere are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square on Wednes-
day next, for the season.
Lady Chelmsfoid leaves Eaton-square to-morrow,
for Torquay. The Lerd Chancellor will be unable to leave
town with her ladyship, owing to public business.

--
We are glad to learn that the subscriptions to-
wards the proposed testimonial to Mr. Way, the obliging
and respected railwaY.superintendent at Dover, already ex •
ceed £2OO. .

The London and South-Western Railway Com-
pany having undertaken to work the Isle of Wight Rail-
way, when completed, two members of their board, viz.,
Captain C. E: Mangles, M.P., and Mr. Serjeant Gazelee,
hare become directors of the latter undertaking.
Horace Vernet is going to be married, at the age
of sixty-seven.' The banns are now placarded at the mayor-
alty of the 10th arrondissement, in the Rue de Grenelle,
Tire,Mustricrds-painter-hag gained tlie hear of a
widow, Madame Marie Amelie Fuller, whose first husband
was a M. de Bois Richeux.

General Ulloa, who took a share in the defence
of Venice in 1849, has just arrived at. Turin' from Paris
A Mail for the cape of Good Hope will be made
up this evening for conveyance by her Majesty's steamer
Perseverance.

MEETING .OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—It has
been mentioned that the new parliament would assemble on
the 31st of May. As a delay of two days in the dissolution
has taken place it is now considered probable that the day
to be appointed will be Thursday, June 2, especially as
Wednesday, June 1, is the Derby-day, always observed as
a holiday by the House of Commons.
Loss OF LIFE AT WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE.
—An accident at the New Westminster Bridge works has
been attended• with the loss of a life, and serious injury to
several persons. It appears that the workmen were moving
a block of stone with a travelling crane, when the machi-
nery gave way-, and the stone fell with a tremendous crash
on some pieces. of timber. A man named Jones was struck
down and fell into the water, and some others were injured.
The body of Jones is • supposed to be underneath the pon-
dermis stone.

YV
MERCANTILE DISCOUNT COMPANY.—With refe-
rence to the Mercantile Discount Company, of which a
prospectus was issued three days back, a• correspondent
suggests that attention should be called to its articles of. in-
corporation. No allusion is made to these articles in the
prospectus, but they must prove of vital importance to the
interests of the shareholders. There are to be two managers
—Messrs. Gottheimer and Erck. The first is to receive
£2,000 per annum, and the second £l,OOO, and this engage-
ment cannot 'be terminated without the payment of a sum
equal to .three years' 'salary. They are likewise to have
large and constant additions in proportion as the dividends
may augment; and Mr. Gottheimer is to receive £5,000 out
of the first moneys paid up, on condition that he will dis-
burse preliminary expenses. £5OO per annum is in like
manner secured to the secretary. As the nominal capital
is only to be £200,000, of which but one-half is at present
to be paid up, the profits to meet these outgoings must be
calculated on' an extraordinary scale. The total to be
employed, after Mr: Gottheimer has taken his preliminary
£5,000, will be £95,000. Upon this the dividend, held out
as certain to be realised the first year, is 11 per cent. The
salaries specified will. reach £3,500; £l,OOO (subject to
future augmentation) is to be allowed to the Board, and
the expenses'of rent and other salaries &c., may probably
be estimated at £1,500. Nearly £17,00b, or 18 per cent; on
the paid-up capital, must therefore be gained during the
first yeaf to realise all the conditions in the prospectus.
Whether" such results are attainable by simply carrying on
the "usual Witness of discount houses" is a question that
must be kit for anima engaged in that branch of occupa-
tion to decide:—Tlntes,