The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

PRAISEWORTHY PATRIOTISM.

The Deutsche Aligcnoine Zeitung pub!ishes a
letter from Damascus, dattel Aug. 5, in which it is
stated that the son of an Er.glish merchant there,
named Whyte, whose fortune is estimated at
2,000,0001., Lai at his own expense raised and
equipped a corps of 30 Europeans, with whom he
had the day before set off to join the British forces
in the East Indies, as a volunteer, together with his
" following." The course they htd taken was
in the first instance to Beyrout, to Embark there
for Egypt, and to poceed thence t the East
Indies. The uniform in which these volunteers
have been clothed is very similar t 3 that of our
Rifles. They have, however, been armed with the
fowling-pieces they were accustomed to at home,
and also csrry yatagans. Mr. Whyte's Adjutant
and Quartermaster is a Mr. Finn, a relation of the
English Consul of that name at.Jerus:►lem. Ho is
described as having formerly s Awe I 12 yea"s as a
Company's officer in Bengal, and as a man of
middle age and of athletic stature. Attached to
this lit le expedition is a Swiss surgeon of the name
of Buchwaun, W ilola'ely s rued as as istant-surgcon
wit►h our army in the Crimea. With the exc'pti(in
of the above, the force has been raised exclusively
from the working classes, andoonsists of 21 Britons,
six Italians, two Frenchmen, and two Greeks ; and
these modern Paladins trust to retch the scat of
action early in this month.

COURP CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 2.

Her Majesty the green and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, with their Royal Highnesses the Prin-
cess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princoss
Louisa, and Prince Arthur, witnessed the sport of leis-
tering in the The yesterday morning. Lady Churchill,
the Hon. Fiore Macdonald, the. Earl of Clarendon,
Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon.
C. Phipps were likewise present.
Her Mhjasty and the Prince were joined by her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, from Abergeldie Casd-1,
attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord James

Murray.
In the afternoon her Majesty and the Princ3 C iniort,
accompanied by the Princess Poyal, drove over Crathie-
bridge, and al ,ng the north side of the Dee, recronsing
the river by the Inverclull-hridge, and returning home
through thellAch Bhnie.
The Royal dinner party in the evening included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lord James
Murray.

Lord Panmure left town yesterday for Invermark, his
shooting-box in Scotland. His stay will not be pro-
tracted beyond the 15th inst.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby are ex-
pected in town to-day or tomorrow from Florence, hav-
ing arrived in Paris on Monday en route to this country.
Lord Brougham is about to visit Manchester for the
purpose of seeing the Art Treasures Exhibition. He is
to attend a meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire As-
sociation of Literary and Mechanics' Institutions, on
Tuesday nee, and present the prizes awarded to mem-
bers dull ig the recent annual examination.
The Right Hon.' W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and MTP.
Gladstone left Hagley Hall, Worcestershire, where they
have been on a visit of condolence to Lord Lyttelton, for
Sir Stephen Glynne's seat, Hawarden Castle, Flintshire.
DEATH OF LADY MATILDA HARRIET MAXWELL.—
We (North British Daily Mail) understand that the
lady of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., died suddenly yeAer
day morning at Nether Pellok. The deceased, who
was sister of the present Lord Elgin, was born in 1802,
and married to Slr John in 1839. Her ladyship wa.
highly respected. She leaves no limo°.
First-Class Staff Surgeon Frederic Roberts has been
aelected by the Director-General of Ole Army Medical
Department, and the Minister for War, to represent
the medical officers of the British army at the congress
of the Oghthalmic Society about to meet at Brussels.
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The European and Ameri-
can Cimpeny's steamship Indiana, Captain Baker,
arrived from Bremen on Wednesday night, and sailed
this evening for New York, with 520 pavengere, a ship-
letter mail, 65,000 dollars in specie, and full cargo of
general merchandise.
THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK TRIALS. —The trial of
the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, M.P. for Berwick ; Mr.
Humphrey Brown, late M.P. for Tewkesbury ; Mr.
Reich lanes Cameron, and the other persons who were
arrested for the alleged frauds in connection with the
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