The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-20 00:00:00

MR. BRIGHT AT MARSDEN.

We have received a letter from " A Manchester
Manufacturer," in reply-to our remarks on the
speech of Mr. Bright at Marsden. The contents,
however, being neither more nor less than a
farrago of falsehood and absurdity, and the pre-
sumption that the writer (an engineer) is in the
pay, or, at all events, pecuniarily interested in the
welfare of Russia, being exceedingly strong, we
content ourselves with acknowledging its receipt.

THE QUEEN AND MISS NIGHTINGALE.

We are happy to state that her Majesty the
Queen has, in a manner honourable to herself as
it must be gratifying to her people, been pleased
to mark her warm appreciation of the unparalleled
self-devotion of the good Miss Nightingale.
The Queen has transmitted to that lady a
jewelled ornament of great beauty, which may be
worn as a decoration, and has accompanied it with
an autograph letter—such a letter as Queen Vic-
toria has ore now proved she can write—a letter
not merely of graceful acknowledgment, but full
of that deep feeling which speaks from heart to
heart, and at once ennobles the Sovereign and the
subject.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, DIM 19.
The Queen and Prince, with the royal family, took
,heir usual walks and drives in the grounds yesterday.

Mr. Bromley had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in
Downing-street. _

Lord Stanley of Alderley has left town for his seat,
Alderley-park, Cheshire.

A deputation from the Committee of Civil Servants
appointed in 1853, composed of Messrs. E. Scanlan
(Customs), Archibald Campbell (Customs), E. Raith
(War Department), C. R. Taylor (General Post-office),
J. Easthope (Admiralty), D. H. Harris (Customs), and
W. W. Dalbiao (Inland Revenue), had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday on the sub-
ject of superannuation.
Despatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good
Hope and the Colonies on the West Coast of Africa
were received yesterday at the Colonial•office.
Despatches were sent last evening to the Governors of
the Mauritius, Ceylon, and Hong Kong.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess de Persigny on Tuesday received at dinner
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the Swedish Mi-
nister and the Countess Hochechild, the Portuguese
Minister and Madame Lavradio, the Danish Minister
and Madame Oxholme, the Countess of Tankerville, the
Countess and Mademoiselle de Flahault, the Earl of
Westmorland, Lady William Russell, Sir Roderick
Murchison, Dr. Ferguson, and Mr. Norman Macdonald.
The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in town, from
a visit to Lord Ashburton, at the Grange.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° and the Ladies
Yorke have arrived at Deane Park, on a visit to the
Earl of Cardigan.
Captain Seymour Darner and the Hon. Mrs. Darner
have left town to join the
party assembled at Deane
Park, Northamptonshire.
A general ordination will be held on Sunday, at the
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, at 11 o'clock, by the Bishop of
Colombo, who will officiate for the Lord Bishop of
London.
TUN POBT-OPPICII AND TDB AUNT IN Ti EAST. The
roi stoney-orderted
K Kingdom,
godo offices a aft o r
Constantinople,
the
Duke of Argyll has decided to send out immediate in-
strections to the officers of the Army Post-office in the
East to
transmissionScu-
tari, f
money
Head-quarters of the Army, and Balaklava.
On Tuesday, the marriage of Mies Blanche Seymour,
to
open the
youngest daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Sey-
mour, K.C.8., to Captain E. S. F. G. Dawson, of the
93d Highlanders, was celebrated at the parish church
of Stoke Damerel, Devonport, by the Rev. Sir John C.
H. Seymour, Barb., the uncle of the fair bride, assisted
by the Rev. R. Seymour.
A new church building effort in relation to the me-
tropolis is in progress, Lord Robert Grosvenor being the
moving spirit. The list of subscriptions commences
with the Crown, 10,0001.; the Duke of Bedford,lo,ooo/.;
the Marquis of Westminster, 10,0001. The entire HA,
when the value of the sites and promised churches are
reckoned up, reaches a total of more than 60,000/. The
churches
object is to (I,olleot 500,0001., and to build 100 .