The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A deputation of the London and York Railway,
consisting of Mr. E. Beckett Denison, M.P., and Mr.
Francis Mowatt, the two Vice-Chairmen of the Com-
pany, with Mr. Baxter, the Solicitor, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the
office of the Board of Trade.

Mr. Edward Drummond Hay, President of the
Virgin Islands, transacted business yesterday at the
Colonial-office.
The Earl of Kinnoull had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for Sir R. Wilson, Governor of
Gibraltar.

VISIT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO THE ISLE OF
WIGHT.—COWES, SEPT. 25.—Lord Lincoln, Chief Com-
missioner of the Woods and Forests, arrived at Osborne
House yeterday, and this day workmen are busily em-
ployed in preparing the house for the Royal visitors.
ETON COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY.—PRINCE ALBERT'S
PRIZE FOR MODERN LANGUAGES.—In consequence of
the second extra week which her Majesty has been
pleased to add to the holidays, the examinations are
postponed to the 7th of October and three following
days—Monday and Tuesday, French, Wednesday and
Thursday, Italian. The examiners are M. R. de Ye-
ricour and Signor Pauizzi.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.---The Rev. Lord Wm.
Somerset, canon of Bristol, eldest surviving son of Henry
fifth Duke of Beaufort, and uncle of the present Duke,
was married on Tuesday last, at Fitton Church, Glouces-
tershire, by special license, to Frances, widow of the late
Mr. Cornelius O'Callaghan, of Ballynahinch, county
Clare. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol officiated
at the ceremony. The marriage was very private. His
Lordship bad been previously married to a daughter of
Lieut. General Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart., who died
in August, last year.
'CUSTOMS SEIZURES.--The Board of Customs having
had under consideration their general order of May,
1815, under the authority of which the water-guard
officers at the outports are allowed to participate in
seizures made out of baggage sent by them to the
Queen's warehouse for examination ; and being of
opinion that the officers of the water-guard should only
be allowed to participate when present at or assisting in
making such seizures, or when they have given such
directions or information as may have led directly to the
making of the same, conformably to the practice at this
port, and to the general practice in other cases, orders
have been issued for the officers to govern themselves in
future accordingly, and that the general order of May,
1815, referred to, be rescinded.
OUT-PENSIONERS IN THE ARMY.—A Correspond-
ent informs us it is now fully arranged that the drill and
exercise of the out-pensioners of the army, for a certain
number of days, is to take place early in the ensuing
month, for which purpose all the preliminary arrange-
ments have been effected in accordance with the Act of
Parliament passed in the session of 1843. The men are
to appear in uniform, and armed, and it is expected that
the general officer commanding each district will make
an inspection of them. The out-pensioners to be assem •
bled are those only who are capable of bearing arms, and
they will receive a liberal allowance, to compensate
them for the loss they will incur by being absent from
their usual employment during the six days they will be
on permanent duty, but they will be allowed to return
to their homes each night, provided the distance from
head quarters be not too great. They will also (under
the discretion of the staff officer) be allowed to take
their uniform with them, so that they may be prepared,
without inconvenience, to be at parade in the morning.
It is the wish of the authorities that every possible fa-
cility be afforded the men in carrying out the present ar-
rangements.
AGE OF omit LINE...IP-BATTLE SHIPS.--A state-
ment under this head has been put forth for the purpose
of proving that our ships are not so very old after all ;
and it appears that half of them are not out of their teens,
while very few indeed have reached the years of discre-
tion. The Superb, of 80 guns, turns out not to be an old
man-of war, but a mere baby, having been launched in
1842 ; while the Boscawen, 74, can hardly be said to
have been weaned, having never hoisted the pendant. In
fact, the line-of-battle ships seem to be in a state of
happy infancy, and England may boast of as juvenile a
navy as she could possibly wish for.—Punch.
COURT-MARTIAL.--Paymaster Anthony Walshe, of
the 2d, or Queen's Royals, was tried by court-martial at
Bombay, on the 26th of February last, on charges of
several acts of insubordination, brought by Lieutenant-
Colonel Brough, of the same regiment, and found guilty.
He was sentenced to be dismissed the service, and a re-
commendation made by the Court in his favour to the
Commander-in-Chief, to which, however, the latter did
not feel it consistent with his sense of duty to pay at-
tention.