The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party
yesterday.

The Queen rode in the riding-house this morning,
attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock this
afternoon. Present--His Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, Earl Granville, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Clarendon, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord
Ernest Bruce.

At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Friday nex`, the 6th inst., until Thurs-
day, the 17th of December.

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. Henry Earl Ducie to be Lord-Lieutenant of
the County of Gloucester, his lordship was sworn into
office.

The Right Hon. William Bathurat was Clerk of the
Council in waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon
and Earl Granville.
Lord Cremorne and the Hon M. Saukville West were
the Lord and Groom in waiting.

The Lord Chancellor, Lords Clarendon, Granville,
Docie, and Ernest Bruce, and the Hon. William
Bathurst travelled from London yesterday afternoon, by
a special train on the Great Western Railway, to attend
the Queen's Privy Council held at Windsor Castle. The
Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Clarendon, and the
other noblemen present at the Council returned by a
special train to Paddington in the evening.
The heir apparent is beginning to be gradually in-
itiated into Court life. The Prince is occasionally pre-
sent at the Queen's dinner table twice or thrice a week.

The Marchioness of Londonderry is staying on a
visit with the Earl of Rodeo, at Tullymore-park. The
noble marqu:s is at Mount Stewart, Downshire.
The Earl F.)rteFcue and Viscount and Viscountess
Ebrington are passing the season at Castle Hill, sur-
rounded by a family circle.
The Earl of Dartmouth is expected in to 41 to-mor-
row, from Patshull, Shropshire.
The CGuntess of Gainhborough has taken a suite of
rooms in the west wing of the Queen's Hotel, Upper
Norwood, where the Countess of Roden and Lady
Maria Forester are sojourning.
The Right Hon. E. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have
left Hughenden Manor for Torquay.
The National Eaok of Genoa has raised its rate of
discount from 7 to 71 per cent.
The Official Gazette of Vienna publishes a decree rela-
tive to the direct taxation for the year 1858. The
amount remains unchanged.
A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday night, issued
yesterday, contains copies of nine new statutes recently

There can be very liwe doubt, . .
Univer-
however, that the plea of the cartridges coast:- framed by the Uliversity of Oxford for the application
by this time, of certain gifts or endowments belonging to the ,
sity, under the 30th section of the Act of the. 17th. and
tuted, in reality, only a superficial excuse to 4 floarththlre ibct,d,icesapo.rBple;rsaonnds
mentioned
it is lawful
the mutineers. The circumstance that as early as of that act, within one
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the 3d May an inflammatory appeal addressed to petition her Majesty in Council against the approbation
of any cf the statutes, or of any part thereof.
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HER MAJESTY'S BUCKHOUNDS.—The regular hunting
season with her Majesty's buckhonnds commenced en
Tuesday. The meet was as usual at Salt-hill;; and at the
time the stag was unearted there were between two and
three hundred horsemen present. The gaiety of the
scene was enhanced by the presence of many ladies on
horseback and in carriages, and the road was covered
with vehicles of every description, from the dog-cart and
tandem to the smart drag of the Royal Blues. The stag
was uncarted on the farm of Mr. Cantrel!, at Stoke, and
went away towards Maidenhead, crossed the Thames by
Monkey Island to Bray and Hollynort, and on to
Haines-hill, thence to Wokingham, where most of the
Lunt were knocked off, the field having dwindled
down to about six, owing to the heaviness of the
country. The stag was ultimately taken about five
miles beyond Wokingham, after about three hours
capital fox-hunting speed. The master of the buck-
hounds, from some unavoidable cause, was absent.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---AS the through train from
Manchester to London, by the Great Northern route,
which left Manchester at 9.55 a.m., reached the Mot-
tram viaduct on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lir c
ln-
shire Railway, on Tuesday morning, several of the
carriages, becoming disconnected from the rest of the
train, ran off the rails against the parapet of the bridge.
The sides of the carriages were much shattered, but
happily little if any penonal injury was sustained
either by the passengers or by the officers in charge
of the train.
"Europe will shortly learn," says a letter from St.
Pe'ersburg, in the Wanderei. of Vienna, "that four
M mgol tribes who have been hitherto subjects of China
have recognised the sovereignty of Russia, which has
granted them an exemption from taxation for several
years. In order to prevent the displeasure which China
may feel at this fact. the Russians are establishing a line
of fortresses along the Chinese frontier. Colonies are
also being founded under very advantageous conditions,
and the new tribes are being converted into a well-
organised frontier militia. The establishment of two
new towns in Siberia is also said to be in conteme
plation."
ROYAL BRITISH FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, DEVON-
FORT.—The committee of this admirable institution have
unanimously adopted the following resolution :—" The
members of this committee, deeply sympathising with
their enfortunate countrymen and countrywomen, who
have been exposed to such extreme atrocities in India,
are desirous of alleviating the sufferings of the survi-
vors by every means in their power : Resolved, there-
fore, that ten nominations to this asylum, for the
orphans of soldier, or others connected with her Ma-
jesty's service, who have lost their lives by the mu-
tiny of the Sepoys, be placed at the disposal of the
Lord Mayor and the Central Committee, for the relief
of the sufferers.
COMMITTAL OF A PUBLICAN FOR MURDER.—Yeater-
day (Wednesday), an inquest was held at Woolton, near
Liverpool, upon the body of Mrs. Martha Molyneux,
an elderly widow, who was strangled in her own house
on Sunday afternoon. The person accused of the crime
is Andrew O'Brien, a publican, of Hanover-street,
Liverpool, and deceased's son-in-law. The facts of the
case have been detailed in the evidem e given before the
county magistrates ori Monday. The inquest terminated
in a verdint of " Wilful murder" against the accused.
O'Brien was then committed for trial at the Liverpool
winter assizes, and removed to Kirkdale gad.
We are glad to learn that, upon the repre-
sentation of several distinguished noblemen and
gentlemen connected with Scotland, her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to command that two pic-
tures, which were removed from Stirling Castle to
Hampton Court very many years ago, shalt be restored
to Scotland. The pictures are supposed to have been
painted by Jan de Mabuse, and they represent "James
the Fourth of Scotland, his brother Alexander, and
Saint Andrew," and " The Queen of James, the Fourth,
with Saint George;" they were sent'from Hampton
Court with several other pictures to the Manchester
Art-Treasures Exhibition, where they were much ad-
mired; and, in consequence of the representation already
mentioned, they will be forwarded from Manchester to
Hclyrood Palace, and be exhibited to the public iu the
apartment known as Lord Darnley's dining-room.—
Score-elan.

SALES AT THE EDINBURGH CROSS.—There is nothing,
to our mind, so painful as a sale at the Cross. It almost
implies blood from a stone, or at any rate it is certain to
represent money filtered from the veriest dregs of
poverty. Who that could afford it would allow their
little odds and ends of goods to be carried away to the
Cross ? We are sure that none but the very poor sub-
mit to such an alternative. In fact, the kind of furniture
brought to this place indicates this truth. It is indeed of
the plainest description, and often enough represents by
its fashion that it has been covered by a roof for a long
series of years, and that at last—perhaps after a mighty
although unwitnessed struggle— it is borne away amid
the tears of those who have cherished it, and disposed
of for a few shillings at this stony auction place. We
hear that some of our taxing boards are particularly
active at present in carrying off and selling in this way,
although in many instances the parties are totally unable
to pay the tax distrained for.—North, Briton.
DEATH WHILST PRAYING —A startling instance of
sudden death occurred at Bath on Monday evening. Mr.
R. P. L 9131013, wine merchant of that city, who was one
of the deacons at Argyle Chapel, was at the wrinkly
prayer meeting of the congregation, and had engaged in
prayer. A hymn was given out, whet' it was obser►ed
that 'Kr. Lemon still remained leaning upon the table in
the communion pew, at which he had knelt whilst pray-
ing. As he did not rise, some of those near him touched
nano bat as this had no effect, an effort was made to
rouse him, when it was found that he was dead. As
may be supposed, the most intense excitement was occa-
sioned by this discovery, Mr. Lemon baying been for

many years a most active member of the chapel. The
painful news soon spread throughout the city, in which
Mr. Lemon was well known And highly respected, both
as a tradesman and a member of the town council, to
which he had been re-elected for the ward of St. James
the same day. The deceased gentleman was 56 years
of age. His body was at once removed to his residence
on the North Parade, where it was received by his sur- '
prised and sorrowing wife and family. The cause of
death is supposed to have been disease of the heart.

THE LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL HANDSCOMD, BENGAL
ARML—Brigadier-General Isaac Healy Handscomb, of
the 22d Bengal Native Infantry, and commander of the
Saugor district, whose death is recently reported from
India, was born in 1805, recommended by the late Right
Hon. C. Bathurst, at that time President of the India
Board, and arrived in India as a cadet in Sept., 1822.
He served in Arsacan in 1325 (for which he had re-
ceived a medal), and commanded a regiment of infantry
in Shah Shoojah's force at the assault and capture of
Ghuznee, in 1839. He went through the Affghan cam-
paign, with the force under General Sir G. Pollock,
and was present at the forcing of Khyhar, Jugdul-
luck, Tezeen, and Huft Kotul Passes, and at the
taking of Istaliff, and at the attack on Mammoo Khali :
on this latter occasion be was spoken of in the highest
terms of praise. He served also in the Sutlej campaign
of 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Feroze-
shah, and Sobraon, for which he received the thanks of
Lord Gough, and was recommended for speedy promo-
tion. For the Sutlej conp;:ign he was promoted by a
special brevet to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and re-
ceived the medal and clasps ; he attained the regimental
rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1850, and became a lieu-
terant.colosiel in the Company's army in 1854. We
should add that in 1552-53 he served with distinction in
Burmah, for which he received the medal. He was ap-
pointed a brigadier-,;eneral of the first-class in command
of field forces in Marcb, 1856.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A PRIZE-FIGHTER.—At the
Rochester County Court, held yesterday (Wednesday),
an ao'ion was brought by a gentleman named Buckhurst
against Benjamin Caunt, the well-known prize-fighter,
to recover the sum of 101. 103. for damage committed t
the plaintiff's grounds on the occasion of a p►iz -fight
taking place between him and another fighter named
Caunt himself appeared to defend the action.
The plaintiff's solicitor, Mr. Stephenson, said that on
the 22d of September last a steamboat filled with about
700 or 800 people, arrived at Burntwich Island, a re-
tired spot on the banks of the Medway, where the plain-
tiff resides, when the whole party immediately landed.
Caunt and Largharn commenced fighting, and were
so engaged for some time, although warned away
by the plaintiff and his men. The mob amused them-
selves by committing sundry depralations about the
grounds ; among other things they destroyed some of the
fencing, and carried off several bushels of mushrooms,
which grow in great quantities there. -The plaintiff was
constantly being annoyed by having prize-fights cc;air-
ring on his land, as from its convenient and retired
situation it was peculiarly adapted for those disgraceful
scenes, and as no notice was ever taken by the mob of
his orders to remove from the ground, he was compelled I
to bring an action against the principals concerned.
During the progress of the trial the defendant made an
offer to the plaintiff's solicitor t pay the plaintiff a sum
of money, which being acceded to, the trial was stopped.
The Judge ordered costs to be g;ven the plaintiff on the
the highest scale, remarking that it was a monstrous
thing for a number of ruffians to land on a gentleman's
private property and commit what damage they pleased.
An action was also brought by the plaintiff against
Langham, which was withdrawn under similar circum-
stanced.

T" MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The
Peniokular and Oriental Company's steam-ahip Ripon,
OaPt- Powell, left to-day for Gibraltar, Ma'ta, and Alex-
andria, with the India and China mails, 90 first-c:ass
pae3engers, a full cargo, and 3,609 boxes of specie, jewel-
lery, &c., Yalu 959,7191,, viz :

_
Gold. Silver. Jewel6ry,
Man:i'ius , £5OO 0.. ... XI 0
Bombay..,, 663 13 ..:£350,329 10 ... 727 0
Ceylon. 5175 0 . ... 105 14
Madras 3,58610 :: 24,493 8 ... 1,022 9
Calcut. 1
1,821 0 ...... 473:021400
08 ... 217 18
Penang,,,.,,Si ngapo. o —
... 23,834 13 •• •
.
Hong Kong 400 0
.. 63,295 11
Shanghai —.
... 3,440 0

240 0
3 10
391 0

T0ta1...X12,153 3 £941,613 10 £3,022 11
The United States' mail steamer Ariel, Captain Ludlow,
atrived here last night from Havre, and bailed to-day
for Now York. She took out, besides the mails, 143
passengers from Bremen and Havre, 41 from Southamp-
ton, $210,000 in specie from Havre, 56,000/. from South-
ampton, and a general cargo. The two steamers left
about the same time, and afforded a very pleasing oppor-
tunity for a sort of impromptu exchange of international
courtesies. The Ripon went out of dock first, and as
sbe passed the Ariel the passengers and crews cheered
each other most lustily, the band on board the Rpm
played "Yankee Doodle," and the complimentary salu-
tation of dipping colours was exchanged between the two
ships. The Admiralty steam yacht Fire Queen, Com-
mander Paul, which had come up fora Portsmouth, also
steamed out of dock a few minutes previously on her
return. -