The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAIL 6.
The Prince of Leiningen and Prince Edward of Lein-
ingen dined with her Majesty yesterday. The Earl and
Countess Granville arrived on a visit in the afternoon.
The band of the Coldstream Guards played during
dinner the following pieces :
Overture
Vales " Fair Star"
Selection, " L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer.
• Quadrille on popular American melodies G. Phillips.
Pas Redouble
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the Castle and performed the following compositions :
Sinfonia, No. 7, in A,—Poco Sosbenuto
—Vivace—Allegretto
Selections, "Silvana" Weber.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princ3 and Prince
Edward of Leiningen, went out shooting. Earl Gran
villa also accompanied his Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty.

The French Ambassador left London yesterday after.
noon for Broadlands, Rants, the seat of Viscount Pal
merston.

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Whiteside (Vice-
Chairman), Dalton, Finley, Venables, and Bethel!, ma-
nagers of the Central London District School, together
with Mr. S. Heath, the Clerk, had an interview with
the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, at the office of the
Poor law Board, yesterday, on the subject of the drain-
age of the land belonging to the school at Hanwell.

NEWS FOR SIR W. F. WILLIAMS.—We find the
following in the Journal des Debats—" General Ktnet
the heroic defender of Kars, has just arrived at Paris,
where he thinks of turning to account the few months',
leave of absence which the Turkish government has
granted him."
ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION.—The commencing lec-
ture of the season at the Architectural Exhibition, in
Suffolk-street, was delivered yesterday evening, by
Professor Donaldson, "On the Architectural Magnifi-
cence of Rome."
REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—Ra mours are
afloat of a Conservative opposition for Greenwich in the
event of both the Liberal candidates determining to go
to the poll.
ScrTHAMPTON ELECTION.—Mr. Falvey, the suspended
Southampton stamp distributor, has received communi-
cations from some of the most eminent members of the
bar assuring him that he has not violated the statute
passed in the ninth year of Queen Anne (under which he
has been disgraced and punished), by taking part in the
preliminary proceedings of the forthcoming election in
the above named town. He has also received numerous

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Ma. TNACKERAY'S LECTURES. 7 Last night Mr.
Thackeray delivered the second of his lectures on" The
Your Georges," in the Marylebone Institute. The
lecture hall was crowded by an audience which listened
with the deepest attention to the graphic portraits of
the lecturer, save when it broke in, as was frequently the
case, with a burst of laughter orapplause. Very ample re-
ports of these lectures, which were first delivered in Edin-
burgh, having been transferred at the time to the columns
of The Sun, it will not be necessary to reproduce them
now. After the general applause which greeted the
conclusion of the lecture had subsided, Mr. J. Bell an-
nounced that, in consequence of the popularity of these
lectures and the great desire to hear them, Mr. Thacke-
ray, at the request of the committee, consented to
repeat the series.

BIRTHS AND EIRATHS IN LONDON.—In the week that
ended on Saturday, the deaths of 1,497 persons, viz.,
761 males and 736 females were ristered in London.
htheeys corrected
and9lB
The deaths now recorded exhibit an excess of 44 over
girls,average. Last week the births of 1,025
iu London. In the tiennalciol;r9e7s3pocnhdiiindgrewneewkesroe fr
tehgei s tyearsered
1847-56 the average number was 1,598.
Yesterday a verdict of manslaughter was returned
against Joseph Borrows, the assistant of Mr. Budd,
chemist, of Brompton-row, for causing the death of Mr.
Marcarsl©y by carelessly dispensing drugs.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—A match is to come
off in May between Messenger, the present holder of the
position, and Kelly, who recently vanquished Buttle,
the Norwich champion. The stake is to to 2001.
CRICKET.—The eleventh annual St. Jame i's Cricket
Ball takes place at Willie's Rooms, on Tuesday next,
the 13th inst.
ZOOLOGICAL IMPORTATION.—Among the passengers by
the Orinoco, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday
last from the West Indies, was an animal about the size of
a squirrel, woich was captured on the plains of Caraccas.
It has a tongue and head like that of an ant-eater,
and a tail like that of a monkey, by which it hangs
to the branches of trees. It is something like the
opossum, and was fed on board on pine apple, banana,
and other fruits. It is spiteful and not at all timid.
This curious animal is the property of Captain Sawyer,
the commander of the Orinoco, and is about to be placed
in the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens. Captain
Sawyer also brought home a beautiful specimen of the
ounce, or American leopard, a very savage and scarce
animal. There was also on board an American moun- ,
tain tiger•cat.