The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken a carriage-drive to Newport
on Saturday afternoon, and Prince Alfred and Princess
Alice rode on ponies in the pleasure grounds of Osborne
House.
On Sunday morning the juvenile Royal Family walked
on the sea-beach, and in the afternoon were all taken
airings in the pleasure grounds.
Sir James Graham left town on Saturday on a visit to
Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Dispatches from the Governor of Hong Kong and
also from the Governor of the Mauritius were received
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches for the Governors of thelWest India Colonies
and also for the Governor of New South Wales were
sent off last evening from the Colonial-office.

GIFT OF A SILVER FOUNTAIN TO MEHEMET ALI.—
The magnificent silver fountain, manufactured in London, at
the expense of the East India Company, for the Pacha of
Egypt, was presented to his Highness on the 16th of August,
by Captain Lyons, the East India Company's agent in Alexan-
dria. The presentation took place in the palace, where up-
wards of sixty persons had assembled to witness the ceremony.
His Highness appeared in excellent spirits, and much pleased
with the beauty and exquisite workmanship of the gorgeous
present. Some of the party who were present on the occasion
afterwards partook of a dejeuner given by Captain Lyons. His
Highness has been pleased to give orders that admission shall
be given to all persons desirous of seeing this beautiful speci-
men of English art, and that it shall remain here sufficiently
long to give every one in Alexandria an opportunity of seeing
it. We understand its ultimate destination is Cairo, but the
Pacha has not yet decided where he will have it erected. It is
scarcely necessary to add that crowds flock daily to the palace to
feast their eyes on this splendid structure.
ARMY MOVEMENTS.—Yesterday morning the fol-
lowing alterations took place in the stations of the three regi-
ments of household infantry. The first battalion of Fusilier
Guards, Colonel Drummond, marched from the Wellington
Barracks, St. James's Park, to St. John's-wood Barracks.
The second battalion of Fusilier Guards, under Colonel Col-
ville, marched from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, to
the terminus of the South-Western Railway, in order to pro-
ceed to Winchester. The first battalion of Grenadier Guards,
Colonel Lascelles, from St. John's-wood Barracks to the Wel-
lington, St. James's Park. The second battalion Grenadier
Guards, Captain Boldero, from the Tower to the terminus of
the Great Western Railway, to proceed to the barracks at
Windsor. The third battalion Grenadier Guards, Colonel
Fergussen, marched from Portman-street Barracks to St.
George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The first battalion of
Coldstream Guards came from Windsor to the Tower ; and
the second battalion of the same regiment from Winchester to
Portman-street Barracks. The railways are found of great
convenience on these occasions, from the rapidity with which
the changes are effected.
MISCONDUCT OF THE EXCISE. The Kelso Mail
publishes a very gross case of misconduct on the part of two
Excise officers, which was exposed at the Roxburghshire
Quarter Sessions on the sth current. It appears that two
officers of Excise, stationed at Kelso, disguised themselves as
anglers, and went to the house of an innkeeper at Yetholm,
whom they made drink with them until he was drunk, and then
induced him to sell them a quantity of whisky, without a per-
mit, to be carried across the border, in contravention of the
statute. Lord Minto and all the justices present, except one,
concurred that the innkeeper could not be convicted on the evi.
deuce of officers who acted in such a way ; and, at the same
time, some wholesome rebukes were administered.