The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 7.
The additions to the Royal dinner party yesterday
were Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and
Colonel the llon. Charles and Mrs. Grey,
Her Majesty's private band attended at the Castle
in the evening, and performed the following selec-
tion : _

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trio, thema con variazioni--iclarinet, two
violins, viola, and'violoncello, Messrs. Wi-
lliams, Sainton, Cousins, Hill, and. Chipp Mozart.
Romanza, " Frieschutz" ... 'Weber.
" Pre aux C1erc5".................. Herold.
The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes
this morning.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family took their
usual exercise.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
shooting this morning accompanied by Sir W. Mid-
dleton, and attended by the Earl of Morley, Captain
the Hon. J. Denman, and Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The Duchess of Orleans visited the Queen to-day,
and partook of luncheon.
The Earl of Morley and Captain llon. J. Denman
have relieved the Marquis of Or monde and Colonel the
Hon. N. Hood, in the duties of Lord and Groom in
Waiting to her Majesty.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Yew-
castle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster,
and Lady Octavio. Grosvenor, have received invita-
tions to the Castle, and are expected to arrive this
afternoon.

The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has
returned to his residence in Berkeley.square,'after a
few weeks' stay in Paris. .
Sir Rrstnela arrivg,tl at leis residence in the
Admiralty yesterday, from his seat, Stratton-park.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the
Governors of Sierra Leone and Port Philip.

REUNION DES ARTS..
This admirable society opened its seventh soiree, for
the winter season, last night, at Queen Anne-street, with
a very crowded and fashionable company. The musical
programme, as usual, was varied and well selected.
Beethoven's trio in B flat, by Madame Goffrie, Mr.
Goffrie, and Mr. Liitgen, was most exquisitely per-
formed; Mme. Goffrie throughout, on the piano, with
her usual spirit and accuracy, was most admirable, as
well as in the duct of Williams with Mr. Goffrie, which
was most enthusiastically applauded; while the songs and
solos were well supported by Miss Messent, Mme. Le
Moire, Mrs. Wallock, Mr. Eskens, Mr. Lutgen, Mr.
Kloss, Mr. Gutirio, Mr. Gollmick, Mr. Snelling. Mr.
Burnet, and others, who individually received deafening
applause. We must say we never spent a more pleasant
and sociable eveni❑g which lasted to a late hour.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--Observing in your City article of yesterday a
paragraph to the effect "that about thirty of the clerks
employed by the London Joint-Stock Bank, conceiving
themselves underpaid, and not advanced as their merits
and the work required of them would justify, have made
a joint repreoentation of their wishes, and of their in-
tention to quit the service' if greater liberality were
not exercised towards them, and which, it is further
said, they had been led to expect. We believe au ami-
cable arrangent.2nt has been come to;" I beg leave to
inquire on what authority you have made that state-
ment, and at the same time to inform you that there is
not a particle of truth in any part of it.
I have to request the insertion of this letter in your
next publicatiuu.—l am, Sir, &c,,

G. POLLARD,
Manager of the London Joint-Stock Bank.
Princes street, Jab. 8.

A deputation from the Committee of Spanish
Bondholders opposed to the conversion, consisting of Lieute-
nant-General Sir J. F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Benjamin Oli-
veira, Esq., F.R,S., and H. Tindal Atkinson, Esq., accom-
panied by the Honorary Secretary, J. 111. Dein, Esq., waited
upon Lord Granville this day at the Foreign-office, when, after
a full statement of the facts of the case, his Lordship, who re-
ceived the deputation with great courtesy, was understood to
have expressed a wish to have the statement committed to
writing and forwarded to him, promising then to give it his
most attentive consideration.
SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—A meet-
ing of the Sovereign Life Assurance Company was held yes-
terday, at the offices. The report stated that 287 proposals
for assurances, to the amount of 131,7901., and producing
premiums to the extent of 4,529/. 18s. 5d., had been made to
tho board, of which number 191 cases had been accepted,
assuring 92,1521. 195., and adding 3,1081. 3s. 2d. to the in-
come of the office. The general progress of the office gave
great satisfaction, and the usual dividend of 51. per cent. was
unanimously declared.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Penin-
solar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Mon-
trose, Captain John Bowen, arrived here at eight o'clock
this evening, from Cadiz, having come home thence with
only one paddle-wheel,,propelled by both engines, assisted
by her canvass, The day after leaving Cadiz the Montrose
experienced very heavy weather. She brings neither mails,
passengers, nor cargo, and not having called at Lisbon,
Oporto, or Vigo, there is no intelligence by her of any con-
sequence. She eft Cadia on the 31st of December.
'We now add the dates of his several commissions in the Ithiii;:lailiblNlO3ffiA.:lcS—LiVlia-E:USTgEIEIAYiIIn the Cape news published by us.
ser-
vice. His first commission as an ensign in the 34th Regi-
ment was dated in 1828. He served with that corps (then
in Nova Scotia) until 1832, when he obtained an unattached
lieutenancy. The same year, however, he returned to full
pay, first in the 94th and soon after in the 21st. He served
with the 21st North British Fusiliers until 1836, when he
obtained his company in the 35th Regiment, from which
he exchanged to the 11th Foot in 1839. Having in 1814
obtained his step as major in the latter regiment he ex-
changed the same year into the 74th Highlanders. Iu 1846
he became lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer of this
regiment, in which important position he gained the esteem
of the military authorities and the affection of all that served
under him. The late Lieutanant-Colonel Fordyce pur-
chased all his commissions. Though possessed of a good
private fortune, so strong was lthe esprit de corps of this
noble officer that in March, 1851, he embarked with his
regiment for the Cape of Good Hope, where, after months
of severe and harassing warfare, he fell at the head of his
gallant and beloved Highlanders in the prime of his man-
hood, and with a name already one of renown.
The letters from the Paris Bourse continue to
describe a rapid advance in all descriptions of securities. A
statement had been circulated that it is the intention of the
Government to transfer the functions of the various Re-
ceivers-General to the Bank of France, and a further rise
had taken place in the shares of that establishment from
2,700 f. to 3,000 f.
Ari AGED COUPLE.—There died at New Byth,
Banffshire, on the IBth ult., Mrs. Forrest, who, had she
lived a few weaks longer, would hav e completed her 100th
about, is
iinisleohrnalhpyuspysbevanen yearswhod,
survives her, and who still moves
younger. The parties have been
wedlock fur the long space of 68 years.
MEAN JEALOUSY.—All the leaders in the French
newspapers are suppressed. This is mean jealousy on the
part of Louis Napoleon.
thatlie Leader will only
must b
tolerate
ef
oneat a time in Franco and o I,9euardseer,