The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Earl of Aberdeen gave the first Cabinet dinner
to his colleagues yesterday evening at his residence in
Argyll-street.
Lord John Russell transacted business yesterday as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign-
office.

The Duke of Newcastle attended yesterday for the
first time at the Colonial-office, and Mr. Frederick Peel
attended as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
in the room of the Earl of Desart.
Earl Granville attended as Lord President yesterday
at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone attended at the
official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downing-street, yesterday, for the first time.
Sir William Molesworth attended at the office of
Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall place yester-
day for the first time.
The Hon. Henry Fitzroy transacted business as
Under Secretary of State at the Home-office yesterday,
in the room of Sir William Jolliffe.
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B ABERIY EN
OF PERLITES.

The Whigs, as might be expected, are very indignant
at the undue proportion of Peelites, compared with
themselves, who have received places in the new Admi-
nistration : nor do they hesitate to express their surprise that Lord John Russell and the Marquis of Lansdowne, who negotiated matters for the Whigs, should not have
stipulated for greater justice being done to their party. The entire number of Peelites, taking both Houses to, i
gether, is only thirty-three, and of this number no fewer
than twenty-four are snugly ensconced in office • and
what is more, have got the best offices too. The Whigs,,
or rather the Liberals, who voted against the Budget,.
are 265 in number, and yet only fifteen have got places
in the Aberdeen Administration. Who then can wonder that the Whigs should be astonished and in-
dignant at the comparatively small allowance which
they have received of the loaves and fishes of office ?
But what will appear still more astounding, when it is
remembered that Lord John Russell, the ex-Whig Pre-
mier, is in the present Cabinet,—is the fact, that out of
the 16 noblemen and gentlemen who composed that
Cabinet, the names of only 6 are to be found in the new
Government. The 10 who are excluded are the follow-
ing

Lord Chancellor—Truro.
Privy Seal—Lord Minto.
Home Secretary—Sir G. Grey.
Colonial—Lord Grey.
First Lord of the Admiralty—Sir F. Baring.
President of the Board of Control—Lord Broughton.
Lancasterian Chancellor—Earl of Carlisle.
Secretary-at-War—Lord Panmure.
Postmaster-General—Marquis of Clanricarde.
First Commissioner of Public Works—Lord Seymour.
From what we hear, the grumbling felt among the
Whigs at this illiberal treatment, is likely to break out
before long in a manner which will be unpleasant both
to Lord Aberdeen and Lord John Russell.—Morning
Advertiser.

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD.

The following letter has been foilvarded to us for pub-
lication. We c•ngratUlate Mr. Gladstone upon Arch-
deacon Denison's opposition :
" East Brent, Weston-super-Mare,
Ch, 1852.
"My dear Gladstone,—Theristmas-d ay
day on which I make this
communication to you adds more than I can express in
words to my deep pain and to my sense of responsibility
in making it.
"After a week of anxious suspense, the fact of the
existence of a Coalition Government—i. e., of a Govern-
ment in which you are joined with Lor John Russell
(with Lord Lansdowne in the Cabinet*), may be said to
be ascertained.
"I wish to use few words where every one I write is
so bitterly distressing to me, and must, I cannot doubt,
be little less so to yourself and to many others whom I
respect and love.
"I have then to state to you, as one of your consti-
tuents, that from this time I can place no confidence in
you as a representative of the University of Oxford, or
as a public man.
" I have read and re-read your published letter to R.
Phiilimore. lam obliged to say that it appears to me to
be a matter of no importance at all, and quite beside the
question, whether the concert,' or combination,' or
coalition was effected previous to, or at the time of, or
subsequent to, the late division.
"I reserve to myself the right of forwarding this letter
for publication by Tuesday's post, and also any reply
which you may make to it. I will only say, by way of
anticipation, that any amount of guarantee which may
have been taken by you in accepting office in the new
Government for non-aggression upon the Church of
England, or for the concession of her just claims, is, in
my judgment, absolutely valueless when weighed against
the fact of the coalition.
"Faithfully and affectionately yours, ,
" GEORGE A. DENISON,
" Archdeacon of au.
" The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone,T M.P nt on."
"* Sir William Molesworth's acceptance of office, with
a seat in the Cabinet, presents the coalition' under one
more aspect."

THE GREAT AND PERPLEXING CAB
QUESTION.

It appears that, in consequence of the somewhat un-
seemly differences of/opinion of the metropolitan police
magistrates as to the construction of the law in reference
to cabs admitted to, and taking passengers from, the
various railway stations, the opinions of the late Attor-
ney and Solicitor Generals (Sir Frederick Thesiger and
Sir Fitzroy Kelly) have been taken on the point. Ic
will be recollected that Mr. A'Beckett, of Southwark
Police-court, has given various judgments against the
Brighton and South-Eastern Railway Company, or rather
against the drivers and owners of cabs privileged to go
into their stations, for illegally plying for hire at a place
other than the stands appointed for that purpose
by the commissioners of police. It also appears
that Mr. Comb; the second magistrate at Southwark,
was inclined to a similar opinion ; and Mr. Hammill, of
Worship-street, not only convicted a cabman plying at
the Eastern Counties Railway, but so alarmed the direc-
tors of that line, that they actually for a short time re-
fused the admission of any cab on their private property,
and the numerous passengers coming to town were
obliged to turn into the street and pick up vehicles as
they could. This, however, was found to be so serious
an evil that the cabs were soon brought back, but the
experiment proved not only the utility, but the absolute
necessity for the present system. Cases were brought
before Mr. Long, at Marylebone, and Mr. Tyr whitt•
at the Clerkenwell Police-court, in which penalties
were sought to be recovered for similar offences as those
upon which Messrs. A'Becket and Hammill had con-
victed, but the former magistrates were of opinion that
railway stations were not within the meaning of the act
of Parliament, and, after an elaborate judgment, dismissed
the summonses. In consequence of these decisions, the
opinions of the late Attorney and Solicitor Generals have
been taken, and they, it is said, are in accordance with
those expressed by Messrs. Long and Tyrwhitt--namely,
that railway stations are not places comprehended
within the act of Parliament under which the commis-
sioners of police are authorised to select and appoint
cab-stands. There is no doubt, however, that the dif-
ferent railway companies will make assurance doubly
sure by going to Parliament and obtaining a special act
on the subject.

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MANSLAUGHTER IN 6PITALFIELDS.—Yesterday Mr.
Payne, the coroner, held an inquest at St..' Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, on the body of Daniel O'Brien, aged
45, who died in that institution, a few hours after ad-
mission, from injuries received at a house in Spitalfields.
Dennis Murray said he lived in Hampshire-court,
Whitechapel, and was a skindresser. On Tuesday
night, between nine and ten o'clock, he was in a public-
house in Great Pearl-street, Spitalfields, but he could
not tell the sign of the house. The deceased and a good
many other people were there in the tap-room. There
were some pots on the table. Robert Nevill took up
one of the pots, threw off his cog, and then struck the
deceased two violent blows with the pot on the
head. O'Brien fell to the ground with the first blow,
and while he was on the ground Nevill gave him
the second. Both O'Brien and Nevill were sober at
the time. Witness ran off to the station-house for a
policeman, and -on his return to the house he could
not find Nevill, and in the meantime O'Brien had
been taken to the hospital. There had been no quarrel
previous to the blow being struck. Mr. George William
Callender, house surgeon, said the deceased was brought
to the hospital at about ten o'clock on Tuesday night.
He was immediately attended to, but died on Wednesday
morning. He had made a post mortem examination, and
found a large quantity of effused blood on the external
part of the scalp, with a fracture of the right parietal
bone. Below the scalp there was a great effusion of
blood, pressing on the brain. These injuries were the
cause of death. Nevill said he had been in the house
from three in the afternoon. A man got up and said if
they did not keep order he would chuck the best man
out of the room, upon which he (Nevill) said there was
no necessity for fighting, as he would put them to rights
directly. Upon this a woman made a blow at him with
a pot, but he stooped his head and the deceased must
have got it. The jury returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Robert Nevill, and be was committed
to Newgate.

NDSOR, C. 29.
The royal dinner party consisted of her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the
Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness de Speth.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the
Castle in sthe evening, and performed the following
selection :---

1 Overture, "Le Cheval de Bronze" •
Finale, 3d act " Freischutz" Auber.
Marche, " Le Prophets
" ............
Scene de Danse, " La Bayadere"
The Queen and Prince, attended by the Marchioness
of Ely, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel Bouverie,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph, left Windsor this
morning by a special train of the Great Western Rail-
way, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, and returned to the Castle at twenty
minutes before two o'clock.