The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

[LEFT SITTING.]

The following distinguished visitors are at pre-
sent staying at the Crescent Hotel, Filey :—Sir Montagne
Cholmeley, Bart., Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, Mrs. Har-
rison Cholmeley, Lord Frederic Beauclerk ; Lady Fre-
deric Beauclerc, and family, of Easton Hall, Grantham ;
e Dowager Countess Nelson, Lady Susan Nelson, Hon.
apt. Nelson, R.N., Hon. and Rev. Edward Foley Nelson,
f Trafalgar-park, Wiltshire ; Lady Beaumont and party,
of Cole Orton, Leicestershire; Hon. Caroline Cavendish
and Miss Heyrcott, of Burlington-gardens, London ; Hon.
Mrs. Machell, and Rev. R. B. Machell, of Barrow-on-
Humber, Lincolnshire ; Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, Wortley
Hall, Sheffield ; Captain Steuart and the lion, Mrs.
Steuart, of Sunning Dale; Sir Walter B. Riddell and Lady

Riddell, of London-.
THE" GREAT EASTERN."—The interesting meet-
ing held on board this ship on Monday .last was
fitly followed by a gathering on board of the private
friends of the builder, Mr. Scott Russell, who, to the num-
ber of nearly 1,000 persons, assembled on that gentlerhan's
invitation, first, to congratulate him upon the successful
completion of all his contracts in connection with this
andvess e
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which the presence of some 400 or 500 ladies rendered
peculiarly appropriate and agreeable. All the arrangements
were upon a scale of the most profuse liberality, and the
affair passed off delightfully. Everybody seemed happy,
and the host the happiest of them all, as well he might be
upon such an occasion. Messrs. Yates—pere et file—were
most active in their endeavours to secure the comfort of all
Mr. Russell's friends, and the presence of several of the
directors gave the stamp of their approval to the meeting,
which was brought to a close about eight o'clock, after
having afforded many hours' enjoyment to the whole
party.
Misl, Florence Nightingale, who read a paper on
the " Management of Hospitals" at the last meeting of the
Social Science Association in Liverpool, has presented the
MSS. of the paper to the corporation of that town. At the
meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yesterday (Wed-
nesday) the Mayor was requested to acknowledge Miss
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Nightingale's gift, and to inform her that it would be care-
fully preserved amongst the corporate archives.
an explosion,
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report
thatall' er mills, situ_
fortunately_ the whole of the hands had left work at the
time of the explosion, and the damage was consequently
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confinedD ein,viient to
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ual
a month earlier than on former years. It was first seen
this year on the 26th of July, by one of the boatmen:
Its
usual time of rising from
the bottom of the lake is about
the end of August or be • ginning of September ; its extent
at present is about 12 yards in length, and about 8 yards in.
width. tasiornwigunsnhingpocrodm

BOROUGH NEW HOPS.—The first pocket of new
hops reached the market yesterday morning, which is the
earliest arrival on record since 1818. The hops are good in
quality, fine in colour, and peculiarly well managed. They
were grown by Mr. Thomas Manwariug,
of marl-place,
Brenchley, Kent, and were consigned to Messrs. Latter,
Austen, and Sons, hop factors, Borough, and sold by them
£8 Bs. per cwt.
ing intelligence to convey
to
the
public
of a newspaper
entering into security before the p
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.—p Iblriceltaatvethe the
humbugr a t gratify-
ing yof-
ing ceremony of making oli
trouble that should be undergone to
L3OO or £5OO, and the
for the solvency of such securi-
is now put an end to. We detneaueneuceedrititehaeth-lotchkebaumt
amount
tsoe-f
give the names of referees
silly
inasmuch as not a penny
the custom-1 until it was paid
• process of having recourse to officials
stampt ies.
eTohuilsa
for. This annoying
kick against the farce ; and. on Thursday last we
made us w
begas otthoeu mt
oofr
n any security.
got a letter from thea custom
tb-ohouseieinjuogrmi informing us that
.we
might publish our p p
dire
ion,
This a step irl the right irec ion, and we are the very first
are now enjoying
to
mbenoesfittofyttht.e—GCoetirtzmataignhtyPriantreieost.
leisure at various places. The King of Wurtemburg is at.
Baden-Baden; the Grand Duke of Baden at Mainan, on the
banks of the Lake of Constance ; and the Grand Duke of
Hesse is paying a visit to the ex-King Louis of Bavaria at
the Chateau of Leopoldskron. The Empress Dowager of
Russia, the Ducal Court of Nassau, and the Prince Regent
of Prussia, are at Ems. . _

THE NAVY.

THE CHINA STATION.

The, following were the stations of the China
squriaron at the latest dates :

/It Hong Kong—The British frigate Cambrian,
Om steamer Coromandel, and the gunboat Clown ;
the French steamer Gironde, the American frigate
Germantown, and the chooner Fenimore Cooper.
At Macao—The Portuguese brig Mondego and
the lo rch a Amazon a .

In the Canton River—The British brig Bittern,
the steamer Adventure, the gunboats Bustard,
Drake, Firm, Leven, Slaney, Stanch, Watchful,
and Woodcock ; the French frigate Capricieuse
and the steamer Rose.

At Amoy—The British brig Acorn.
At Foochow—The British brig Camilla.
At Ningpo—The British gunboat Algerine.
At Shanghai—The British steamers Inflexible
and:Magicienne and the gunboat Plover; the French
steamers Duchayla and F. de Norzagaray ; the
American steamers Powhattan and Toeywan ; the
Russian steamers Griden. Opritchnick, and Rinda.
In the Gulf ofPecheli.—The British frigate Chesa-
peake ; the steamers Cruiser, Fury, Assistance,
Highflyer, and Hesper ; the gunboats Cormorant,
Nim.rod,Starling, Forester,Kestrel, Janus, Haughty,
Banterer, Lee, and Opossum.

At Japan.—The British steamer Sampson, the
American steamer Mississippi, the Russian steamers
Askolde and Streloet, and the Dutch steamer Bali.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Copt. W. R. Hall to the
Indus, vice Capt. Hay, superseded at his own re-
quest; Philip Syoret, second master, to the Trafal-
gar ; and George B. Westcott, clerk, to the Asia.