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

P.RAISEWORTIIY PATRIOTISM.

The Deutsche Al'goneine Zeituag publishes a
letter from Damascus, datted Aug. 5, in which it is
stated that the son of an English merchant there,
named Whyte, whose fortune is estimated at
2,000,0001., bad 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 hid taken was
in the first instance to Beyrout, to embark there
for Egypt, and to proceed thence to the East
Indies. The uniform in which these volunteers
have been clothed is very similar to that of our
Rifles. They have, however, been armed with the
fowling-pieces they were accustomed to at home,
and also carry yatagans. Mr. Whyte's Adjutant
and Quartermaster is a Mr. Finn, a relation of the
English Consul of that name at Jerusalem. He is
described as having formerly served 12 years 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 Buehmaun, who lately served as as4istant-surgeon
with our army in the Crimea. With the exc -ption
of the above, the force has been raised exclusively
from the working classes, andconsists of 21 Bliton4,
six Italians, two Frenchmen, and two Greeks ; and
these modern Paladins trust to reach the seat of
action early in this month.

COURT CIRCULAR.

BA.LMORAL, SEPT. 2.

Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, with their Royal Highnesses the Prin.
cegg Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess
Louisa, and Prince Arthur, witnessed the sport of leis-
tering in the Dee yesterday morning. Lady Churchill,
the Hon. Flora Macdosald, the Earl of Clarendon,
Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon.
C. Phipps were likewise present.
Her Majesty and the Prince were joined by her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, from Abergeldie Castl4,
attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord James
Murray.
In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince Cuneott,
accompanied by the Princess Poyal, drove over Cratbie-
bridge, and along the north side of the Dee, recrossing
the river by the Invern:tuld-bridge, and returning home
through the Ballach Bhuie.
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 Inverwark, his
shooting-box in Scotlead. His stay will not b 3 pro-
tracted beyond the 15th inst.
Tne 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 next, and present the pr.zos awarded to mem-
bers duri ig the recent annual examination.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrr,
Gladstone left Hagley Hall, Worcestershire, where they
have been on a visit of condolence to Lord Lyttelton, for
Sir Stephen Glynne's seat, II twarden Castle, Flintshire.
DEATH OF LADY MATILDA HARRIET MAXWELL.—
We (North, British Daily Mail) understand that the
lady of Sir Jahn Maxwell, Belt., died suddenly yester
day morning at Nether Pal-sk. The deceased, %all,
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 is,ue.
First-Class Staff Surgeon Frederic Roberts has been
selected by the Director-General of tke Army Medical
Department, and the Mini-ter for War, t.) represent
the medical officers of .the British army at the congress
of the Ophthalmic Society about to meet at Brussels.
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.--Toe European and Ameri-
can Company's steamship Indiana, Captain Baker,
arrived from Bremen on \Wednesday night, and sailed
this evening for New York, with 520 pas-engers, 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.
Hugh Innes Cameron, and the other persons who were
arrested for the alleged frauds in connection with the
Royal British Bank, will take place in the C eutt of
-Queen's Bench, Westminster ILalt, on or about Monday
the 80th-November. Lord Campbell will try the cases,