The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 1i
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred teturned to Alver.
bank on Tuesday, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, R.E.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took leave
of ber Majesty in the afternoon of yesterday, and left
the Castle, attended by Lientenant-Colonel Clifton ;
Lieutenant-General Sir William and Lady Codrington
and Miss Codrington also took their departure.
The Queen and Prince Consort, attended by Vis-
countess Jocelyn, Major-General Buckley, and Captain
the Hon. D. de Roe, went to pay a visit at Claremont
this afternoon.

Meetings of the Oxford University Commission were
held at No. 17, Great Queen-street, Westminster, en
Monday and Tuesday—present, the Earl of Harro why,
the Bishop of Durham, Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Hon.
Edward Twisleton, the Dean of Wells, and Sir John
Awdry.

Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Covernora of the Australian Colonies.

A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of
the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street,
yesterday. The ministers present were—Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the
Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of
Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labonchere, Lord Panmure,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hen. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley 01
Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M.
T. Baines.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are sojourning
in Paris, and will not return to town for some weeks.
The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hatfield
house, Herts. The noble marquis and marchioness in-
tend to receive a distinguished circle next month, at the
family seat. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary will honour the noble
marquis and marchioness with a visit.
, The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have left
Stafford House for Lilleshall, Shropshire.
The Earl of Harrowby has arrived at Claridge's Hotel,
from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire.
The Earl and Counters of Mu'grave are passing the
season at Brighton.
The Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., left Montagu House,
Whitehall, last evening, for Drunalanrig Castle, N.B.
Lady Mary Wood and family arrived in town yester-
day, from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire.
Lord Hervey is making a tour in the United States.
Viscount Althorp, whose departure for America we
annoucced at the close of the season, is in company with
his lordship.
Lady Peel has returned to town from visiting Sir
Hugh and Lady Campbell, at their seat in Berwickshire.
The Right Hon. Fred. and Mrs. Peel are still in Rome.
Admiral Morier has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from
Buckland, Dover.
IRCaptain Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., has declined the
offer of a seat at the Board of Admiralty.
Seale changes are about to take place in the surveyor'■
department at the Admiralty and in the dockyards, in
consequence of the retirement of Mr. Jahn Edye, F.S.S ,
the senior assistant to the surveyor.
MR. WRIGHTON'S CoNCERT. —Mr. Wrighton, the
vocalist, composer of " The Postman's Knock," and
other popular songs, gave a " ballad and miscellaneous"
concert last evening at the Hanover-square rooms. Mr.
Wrighton sang several of his own productions with re-
markable success, winning for many of them unanimous
encores. The room was CrOlt
EAST KENT RAILWAY.—Thu private opening of this
railway, from Stroud to Faversham, took place yester-
day, when the directors and other officials dined at the
general meeting of the Faversham Agricultural Associa-
tion.

LrveriPooL, Wednesday.—The United States mail
steamship Atlantic, Captain 0. Eldridge, sails this after-
noon for New York with the United States mails, a large
number of pa,sengers, but small cargo. The screw
steamship Antelope, Captain Smith, will also sail to-
night') tide for Portland, Halifax, and Newfoundland.
SHORT TIME AT PRESTON.—On Monday the firms of
Messrs. Birley Brothers, Messrs. Simpson Brothers,
and Mes-re. Ainsworth and Co. began running short
time. To-day (Tuesday) Messrs. Swaieson, Birley, and
Co. ooramt a :e. Last Friday Messrs. J. and H. Seed
commenced, and on Saturday Messrs. Eastham Brothers.
There are not ♦ery few mills in Preston running full
time.—Preston Chronicle.
STATE OF TRADE IN OLDHAM.—In consequence of the
increasingly depressed state of trade, a considerable
number of the mills in the town have begun working
short time, and it is fully anticipated that the example
will be followed by the great majority of the others.
Tradesmen of all classes have, in consequence, begun
to complain of bad trade, the returns of the Board of
Guardians for in-door and out-door relief have been
somewhat affected, and the coming winter is looked for-
ward to with the most gloomy foreoodidgs.—Manchester
Guardian.
11.1:1ESLAX TROPHY TOR C.AHNARVON CASTLH—One Of
the guns captut,d from the Russians at Sebastopol has
been presented by Lord Panmure to the town of Car-
narvon, and has been most appropriately placed in front
of the main entrance to the celebrated castle. It is a
twenty-four pounder, eight feet in length, and weighs
upwards of two tons; the carriage is new, having been
made at Woolwich. Application is to be made for the
gift of another gun, so that one may be mounted on
each side of the bridge leading to the gateway.
THE REPRESENTATION OF PAISLEY.—Two or three

candidates have been spoken of as likely to contest the

representation of the burgh, rendered vacant by the
recent death of Mr. Hastie. Mr. Crum Ewing, who
opposed the late member at the last general election,
Mr. Merry, and Mr. Cobden have been mentioned ; but
in regard to the last-named candidate, his prospects of
success are said to be worth nothing. The contest,
therefore, will probably be between the two first-named
gentlemen ; but we are informed that Mr. Merry is the
favourite with the electors.
Mn. ROVPELL, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITURNTS.—Yes.

. _
terday evening a numerous meeting of the electors and
non-electors of Lambeth was held in the large room at
the Horns Tavern, Kennington-park, for the purpose
of meeting their representative, Mr. Roupell, who ad-
dressed the meeting at some length, ezplainingthe course
he took nu the most prominent measures brought be-
fore Parliament in the last session; and having alluded
to the intelligence just received from India, paid,—
"As to Lord Canning, I should be sorry to judge
harshly of the acts of a man at a distance of 14,000 miles,
yet I cannot review with but the greatest suspicion the
first act of his adminisization—that of tampering with
the press. Hie first act was not to hang the mutineers,
but to gag the press. This paper (a Calcutta paper)
was suspended because it spoke too freely of the acts of
the government—a thing that is done every day here;
and if that power were allowed here, we should have
the whole of the daily press stopped by the Govern-
ment some morning. The paper that was gagged was a
Calcutta paper of 60 years' standing. I must speak
with modesty about what has been done in India, but
as this has come upon the Government by ignorance,
it ought to be remedied. Why not send out a com-
mission of fearless men, who would not take their in-

formation from clerks, but would go through the
country and examine for themselves, and fearlessly
report the result to the Government ? Why not send
out such men as Neill and Tullocht (Cheers.) I am
glad you, like myself, value the services of those honest
and honourable men. (Hear, hear.) They tdld the
truth, and that too plainly to be agreeable ; but the
country has acted upon the information, and has bene-
fited by it." A vote of confidence to the hon. gentle-
man, and a vote of thanks to the chairman, terminated
the proceedings.
VALETTA, Nov. 6.—A grand review of all the troops
in garrison was held yesterday in the Florian parade
ground, to commemorate the British soldiers' battle of
Inkerman. There were present eight companies of
Royal Artillery, the Royal Malta Fencii,les, 14th, 21st,
28th, 57th, and 71st Regiments of Infantry, altogether
about 5,000 men. The brave General Sir John Penne-
father put them through various evolutions, such as the
limited space of ground would permit. Col. Crawley,
RE., Col. St. George, R.A.., Major Porter, R.E., and
Major Bayley attended with the staff. The day being
very fine a great number of civilians viewed this noble
military spectacle. Crimean crosses abounded on the
breasts of the soldiers. Toe troops w ere congratulated
by the general for their hign state of discipline and good
appearance.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRS.—Last evening, shortly after 10
o'clock, a destructive fit • broke out in the shop of Mr.
Thomas Thornton, wholesale and retail draper, in the
Hackney-road, which, in a very short time, complttely
destroyed the entire premises, including the whole of the
valuable stock and effects. The fire was first discovered
by one of the female assistants, who was removing some
of the stock from the show-rooms, and before she could
even give 'an alarm the place was in one complete blaze.
The engines were speedily on the spot, but the firemen
where unable to do more than save the adjoining houses.
Fortunately all the inmates succeeded in effecting their
escape. The loss is estimated at between 4,0001. and
5,0001., which will fall on the Guardian Insurance
Company.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY AND ABSCONDING OF A FACTOR
—We l,arn that Mr. Andrew Buist, factor for Sir
Archibald Islay Camposli, of Succoth, has absconded
within the last two or three days, leaving a deficit iu his
employer's cash to the amount of fully 3 0001. Since
his appointment to this situation some three or four
years ago, Bidet lived on Sir Archibald's estate of Gar.
scube in this neighbourhood, and was understood to be
of rather a sporting turn. The authorities are on the
look-out fur him.—Glasgow Herald.
SENTENCE Og A POINTSMAN,-0a Tuesday, at the
High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, the Lord Justice
Clerk passed sentence of two years' imprisonment on
John Latto, lately a pointsman at the Eekbank junction
of the North British Railway, where the Peebles Rail-
way unites with the Hawick line. The points at the
junction usually remain closed towards the Peebles
trains, and are opened only when they approach, but
on the occasion libelled, the 31st of July. I'at, the pan-
nel had neglected to open the points, &r.n LA.I signalled
to the engineman
,to proceed, ttc consequence being
that the engine and part of the train ran off the line,
and in the violent concussion that followed seven or
eight persons were more or less severely injured, and
in one or two instances to the danger of life. His lord-
ship, in passing sentence, stated that but for good cha-
racter and other mitigating circumstances the sentence
would have been one of penal servitude, as the Court
had not found that its leniency hitherto had produced
much greater attention on the part of railway servants •