The Sun. — 1842-11-21 (London, England)

BANQUET AT ASHBURNHAM  HOUSE.  On Saturday evening his Excellency, the Russian Minister, and Baroness Brunow, had the honour of receiving his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria at a sumptuous banquet at the Russian Embassy. The entertainment was of the most recherche character, and the other arrangements were on a s of splendour every way becoming the visit of hi perial Highness. The fine band of the Coldstream Guards was stationed at the bottom of the grand staircase, and on the arrival of the Archduke he was received by the band playing the Austrian national anthem. Captain Fitzroy, R.N., and his Excellency Baron Nieutnann, the Austrian Minister, accompanied his Imperial Highness. Covers were laid for twenty-six, and in addition to the Archduke, his Excellency Baron Nieumann, and Captain Fitzroy, there were their Excellencies Prince Castelcicala, Baron • de Cetto, Baron Moncorvo, Marquis de Lisboa and M. Dedel, Count Revel, Lord Fitzgerald, Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, Baron Koller, Baron Lebzeltern, Baron Brenner, M. de Lomonossoff and Colonel Baron Lebzeltern, Major Captain Dumont, Count Karoyli, and Chevalier Krechel, aides-de-camp to his Imperial Highness ; M. de Bery, M. KondriafFshy, and M. de Benkhausen. In the course of the banquet the health of the Emperor and the Imperial family of Austria was proposed by the noble host, and the Emperor and Empress of Russia were proposed by the Archduke Frederick, the military band saluting the former toast with the national anthem of Austria, and the latter with the Russian air. Baroness Brunnow, in the latter part of the evening, opened her salons for the reception of a select party, when among the visitors were his Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de Sainte Aulaire, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, the Duke de Guiche, the Comte Auguste de Grammont, his Excellency the Danish Minister and Countess ReventloW, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. and Miss Everett, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, Countess of Jersey, Marquis Palucci, Lord Lowther, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. and Miss Goulburn, Baron de Broclidorff, Lord and Lady Colchester, Count Rosen, Viscount Ossulton, Mr. Parnther, Count Louis de Noailles, Marchioness de Lisboa, Lady Wheatley and the Misses Wheatley, &c. His Imperial Highness retired about half-past eleven..  On Thursday morning while Eliott, the gamekeeper at Blenheim Park, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, was shooting at a doe, he missed the doe, but shot a poor girl named Oldacres, aged 13, who was picking up wood at the time. The unfortunate girl was a distance of 554 yards from the keeper at the time the catastrophe occurred. Of these 554 yards, 330 are very thickly interspersed with trees, which prevented his seeing the deceased. An inquest was held on the body on the following morning, before James Westall, Esq., the Coroner for the county. The Jury, after a long and patient investigation, returned a verdict of " Homicide by Misadventure," accompanied by an expression of their opinion that the gamekeeper had not used due caution. In consequence of the important alterations which railroads have made in the duties of Post-office keepers, the Postmaster-General has resolved upon reducing the Post-office establishments of a large number of post-towns, to subordinate offices to neighbouring large cities and towns, which will have the effect of lessening the duties of the persons employed in those subordinate offices, without diminishing the convenience they afford to the public. This arrangement will ultimately effect a considerable saving in the expense of the Post- office department.