The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Lnrd Dufferin bas succeeded Lord de Tabley as Lord
in Wa.iting to her Majesty.
A. deputation on the sutject of the Metropolitan
(7:tale-market had an interview with Sir ,George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-ofpce. The deputation consisted
of Mr. H. Taylor (chairman), Messrs. J. H. Hall, R.
Obbard, H. De Jersey, G. Atchison, and R. Hicks, with
the Town C!erk, the Remembrancer, the Solicitor, and
the Architect.

Lard Msntsagle bad an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Rowland Hill had
also an interview with the right hon. baronet, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
-Meetings of the Cathedral Commissioners were held at
No. 1, New-street, Spring-gardens, on Monday and
yesterday. The commissioners present were the Arch-
bishop-of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Mar-
quis of Blandford, M.P., the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Villiers,
Sir John Patteson, Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev.
Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingscote (~ecretary).
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governors cf the West India Islands.

The Countess Walewska has issued cards for a grand
assembly, at the residence of the French Embassy, on
Wednesday, the 24th inst,

The Countess Culioredo will have an assembly this
evening, at the residence of the Austrian Legation.
The Duke of Roxburgh has left the Clarendon for
Bl ightou.

The Countess of Enniskillen was safely delivered of a
daughter on the 28th ultimo, at the family mansion in
Eaton-place.
The Earl and Countess of Kintore have arrived at the
Clarendon, from Brighton.
The Earl of ,Shrewsbury is making a tour in Italy.
His lord,hip is expected to return to England shortly.
Lady Lyndhurst has issued cards for a ball on Mon-
day next, at the family residence in George-street.
LAUNCH OF THE Cognuanon.—Yesterday afternoon
the line-of-i,attle ship Conqueror was launched from her
Majesty's dockyard at Devenpott. The launch took
place at, four o'clock.

The sahries of the commanders of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's fleet have been raised, and their f, es
and emoluments from passengers and cargo abolished.
Mr. Bally has finished his statue of the Lord Chief
Justice Mansfield, and it is now in Westminster-hall,
preparatory to its erection among the other statues in
the vestibuie of the 'Houses of Parliament.
Yesterday the two acts passed in the late session on
Merchant Shipping came into force.
Season tickets in connection with the Paris Universal
Exhibition, to be available during the whole duration of
the Exhibition, are advertised, the price of each ticket
being 50 francs.

MR. STERNDALE BENNETT'S CONCERTS.—The last of
Mr. Bennett's series of performances of classical piano-
forte music was given at the Hanover•sgnare Rooms
last evening. , The great room was literally filled to
overflowing, numbers of persons having been unable to
obtain seats.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—lnformation was eirc • 41
yesterday that the premises of Mr. J. T. Pattisoni,lai2' ,
John-street, Stepney, had been entered and plundered
of silver plate, gold and silver watches, gold chalet.,
jewellery, &c., to 'the amount of 6001. in value.
A QUERY.—What has become of the submarine ex-
plosive concern which was to clear away the sunk ships
in the mouth of Sebastopol roads, and thus give admit-
tance to our fleets ? It is some months since the vessel
containing the apparatus was reported to have left our
shores, and we still hear nothing of its arrival.—
Shefeld
The Right Hon. Y. B. Macaulay has just been' elected
a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam, in the
&ass of literature, languages, history, and belles-lettres.
Together with our compatriot, Jacob Grimm, the grarn-
tnarian ; Ranke, the historian ; Lepsins, the archaeolo-
gist ; and other learned men of European reputation,
were elected.
CHART:VG-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a special ge
r,eral meeting of the Governors of this institution Was
held, for the purpose of electing two assistant surgeons.
The choice of the Governors fell upon Mr: H. Barr/ell
and Mr. F. 'Lind, • Fellows .of the Royal' Vollegef of
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