The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at a meet-
ing of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace of West-
minster at eleven o'clock, attended by the Hon. Capt.
De Ros. The other commissioners present were—The
Earl of Derby, Earl Granby, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, the Right Hon. Sir
William Molesworth, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Sir
Alexander Spearman, Bart„ Sir James W. Hogg, M.P.,
Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles
Lyell, Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. C. W. Dilke, Pro-
fessor Forbes, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. J. Gott, Mr. P.
Pusey, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Mr. Ed-
gar A. Bowring, Secretary to the Royal Commission,
attended. The meeting broke up at a quarter before
two o'clock.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord
Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and the Hon. Captain lie
Ros, honoured the performance of the French Plays at
the St. James's Theatre with their presence last evening.
Her Majesty's private band attended at the palace on
Tuesday evening, and performed the following composi-
tions :

Overture (Op. 56)
Selection, " Euryauthe"
Choeur, " Gustave"
Pas Redouble

.Kalliwoda.
.Weber.
. Auber.
.Labitzky.

The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, visited the Comtesse de Neuilly,
at Claremont yesterday.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by Lord James Mur-
ray and Lady Fanny Howard, honoured the Princess's
Theatre with her presence last evening.
A deputation, with a petition to the crown for inquiry
as to the unfinished and abandoned portions to Devizes,
in the county of Wilts, of the Exeter Great Western
Railway (the Hungerford Extension), and of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, had an interview
with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted of
Mr. Bond Cabbell, M.P., Mr. Watson Taylor, Mr. Paul
Anstie, Mr. James Waylen, Mr. Wm. Cunnington,
Mr. John James Fox, and Mr. Philip Hayward.
A deputation of framework knitters from Leicester
had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yes-
terday at the Board of Trade in reference to the heavy
amount of deductions made from their wages under
various pretences. The deputation consisted of George
Buckby and Joseph Elliott, of Leicester, accompanied
by T. Winters, of London.
A deputation on the subject of the Melbourne Bank
had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, at the
Colonial-office, yesterday. The deputation consisted of
Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. Oliveira, M.P., Mr.
Macgregor, M.P., M. D'Olier Gowan, Mr. G. Cook,
Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Aggus, and Mr. Mayne. A depu-
tation of the Australian Mining Company had also an
interview with his grace at the same time. The deputa-
tion consisted of Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Humphrey Brown,
M.P., Mr. James Baring, and Mr. Edward Esdaile.
A deputation from the Royal Flax Improvement
Society of Ireland had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Erne,
Sir J. M. Stronge, Bart., Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P.,
Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., Mr. Macartney,
M.P., Mr. Kirk, M.P., Mr. Davison, M.P., Mr. F. W.
Russell, M.P., Mr. F. Scully, M.P., Mr. James Sadleir,
M.P., Dr. Mliibbin, Mr. Prendergant, Mr. J. Shar-
man Crawford, Mr. Ross S. Moore, M.P., Mr. Herd-
man, Mr. Macadam, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Grace, M.P.
Captain Vitch, R.N., had an interview yesterday with
the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office.

• Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial•
office to the Governors of the West India Islands.

NEW PHILHARMOA IC SOCIETY.

The above society commenced their performances for
the present season at Exeter-hall last night, under the
conduct of Herr Lindpaintner, who, it appears, is to
divide with Dr. Wylde the superintendence of the first
four concerts, whilst the last two are committed to the
care of the celebrated Dr. Spohr.
The principal feature of the first part was, of course,
the symphony of Mendelssohn. This work, which was
first produced in 1842, is the last of this class of com-
positions which emanated from the mind of its gifted
composer. It is now so well known, and has received
such universal approval, that any analysis of it would
be quite uncalled for ; suffice it to say, that it appears
to have suffered no diminution of the public favour, and
that the exquisite scherzo was, as usual, re-demanded
amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits. Beethoven's
choruses were sung with steadiness and spirit, and the
latter encored, the grotesqueness of the subjects and its
fanciful treatment appearing to be much relished by the
audience. Spohr's duett was a substitution for one by.
H. Smart, which was compelled to be postponed in con-
sequence of the indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves. It
was by no means effectively sung by Mrs. Endersohn and
Mr. Lockey, the gentleman being frequently almost
wholly inaudible. Mozart's great air was given
by Mr. Weiss with correct expression and due
dignity of style, but his voice has not sufficient
volume in the lower notes to give the necessary
effect to this simple but sublime composition.
The clarionet concerto, though containing some happy
ideas, displayed on the whole more difficulty than
beauty ; it received full justice at the hands of M.
Wuille, who exhibited a facility of execution and com-
mand over his instrument truly surprising. The
pianoforte part of Beethoven's magnificent concerto was
played by Madlle. Clauss in a manner which fully jus-
tified the sanguine expectations raised by her per-
formances last season. The well-known War March of
the Priests, from the " Athalie," brought the concert
to a conclusion with the utmost éclat, but, in con-
sequence of the numerous encores, not till a late hour.

IMPORTANT lilitOM
TURKEY.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)

(From a Seeond Edition of the Morning Post.)
PARIS, THURSDAY.
The following has just been received from Con
stantinople, dated March 5 :-

Prince Menzikoff arrived at Constantinople on
the 28th of February. On the 2d of March he
proceeded direct to the Sultan, and abstained from
paying the Minister of Foreign Affairs the cuE-
tomary visit.

The day before yesterday Fuad Effendi placed
his resignation in the hands of the Sultan. It has
not yet been accepted.
On the demand of the Grand Visier, the Charge
d'Affaires of England has sent dispatches to Admi-
ral Dundas, commanding the fleet in the Mediter-
ranean, at present at Malta, begging him to come,
with all convenient speed, and to anchor in the
Archipelago.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 6.
The resignation of Fuad Effendi is aceepted. He
is replaced by Rifaat Pacha.

AUSTRALIA AND THE

CAPE.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH, 16.
By the Teviot we have received the Cape of Good
Hope Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of Feb. 4.
That paper, in announcing the arrival of the Aus •
tralian mail steamer Sydney, states that she has on
freight gold valued at 800,0001. sterhng, and 143
passengers. She left Sydney on the 4th, Melbourne
on the 11th, Adelaide the 17th of December, and
King George's Sound on the Ist of January.
The files of Cape papers exchanged by the Sydney
and Teviot at St. Vincent are very incomplete. The
following is the only news, in a postscript to the
Cape Shipping Gazette of the 4th of February :
" Yesterday's post brings the following intelligence :
—His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by
Major-General _Yorke, Colonels Cloete and Sey-
mour, and other members of his staff, left Graham's
Town early in the morning of yesterday week, with
an idea, it was rumoured, of making some arrange-
ments with the friendly chiefs, with a view to the
declaration of peace. His Excellency the Governor
in a general order has expressed his high estimation
of the services rendered by Captain Hall and the
officers and men of her Majesty's steam-sloop Styx
along a dangerous and difficult coast, without loss,
accident, or impediment, during the arduous con-
test now happily brought to an end.
" His Excellency had appointed a board of offi-
cers to assemble at Graham's Town, on Tuesday
last, 'for the purpose of investigating all claims or
losses sustained during the war.
" Information had been sent to the civil com-
missioners of Uitenhage that the Zourberg was
again infested with a body of Kafirs, supposed to
be about 100 in number ; the police and the far-
mers were about to unite in expelling the ma-
rauders.

" The chief Moshesh has recently punished a
Baslito captain, and killed seven of his people, for
having plundered some colonial farmers ; and Letsi,
the son of the Basuto chief, has delivered to the
Civil Commissioners of Smithfield a valuable' horse,
which he stated was found in his father's territcry,
but supposed to belong to a British officer.
Her Majesty's ship Hastings arrived at the Cape
on the 17th of January from Trincomalee, and was
to leave on the sth of February for England.
Her Majesty's ship Electra, bound to Australia,
left Ship's Bay on the 31st of January.
The Meander, Hydra, Dee, Vulcan, and Hast-
ings were at the Cape when the Sydney left. The
arrival of the Sydney at Plymouth may now be
momentarily expected.

ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.
The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Sydney, Captain Franklyn, ar-
rived at 7 this evening. Her dates are—Sydney,
December 4 ; Port Philip, 11 ; Adelaide 17 ; King
George's Sound, January 1 ; Cape of Good Hope,
February 6 ; St. Vincent, March 2.

She has 122 adult and: 17 children passengers,
and 175,790 ounces of gold on freight.
The Vulcan, which left Sydney on the 3d of
November, placed her mails on board the Sydney,
at the Cape.

The Harbinger, for Australia, left St. Vincent on
the 24th of February.

The Queen of the South, for Calcutta, left the
island on the 27th of February.
Colonel Eyre, of the 73d Regiment, is about to
return to England through ill-health.