The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FIRI DAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1854.

COURT CIRCULAR.

AUGUST 8.
The Quean and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, Princes Alfred and Arthur, and the Princess
fielena, arrived in the harbour of S. Mary's, in the
island of Alderney, at about half-past six this evening,
in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The yacht was
accompanied by her Majesty's yachts Fairy arid the.
Black E.lgle, and H.M.S. Dasher, Captain Lefevre.
Shordy after the royal yacht bad anchored,- Colonel
Le Mesurier, the officer in command in the island,
waited upon her Majesty, as did also Vice-Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, who was at the island on a tour of
inspection.

The Prince, with the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfre 1, landed and visited the new works and the break-
water.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Colonel Le
Mesurier had the honour of dining with her Maje3ty.
AUGUST 9.

This morning, Mr. J. Gaudiob, Judge of Alderney,
with the pincipal nathorities of the island, Came on
b ►aril and presented a dutiful and loyal address to her
Majesty. •

Shortly after, the Qieen and Prince, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess
Helena. and a,tten led by the Marchioness of Ely, the
Hon. Mary Bulteel, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey,
Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps, Captain Du Plat, and Mr.
ianded and proceJcled to visit the principal ob-
jects of interest in the island.

- Her Majesty, with the Prince and Royal Family, at-
tended by the suite, re-embarked at about 12 o'clock,
and the royal yacht, accompanied as before, made a
circuit of the island, and then proceeded direct for the
Needles.

The yacht had anchored at Hurst Castle, at 8 o'clock, p.m.

OSBORNE, AUGUST 10.

The royal yacht arrived off the pier this morning, soon
after nine oclock. The Queen and Prince Albert, with
the royal family, and suite, shortly afterwards disem-
barked, and proceeded to sborne.

ARRIVAL OP HER MAJESTY THIS DAY.—This morning
her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, left Osborne
House and embarked on board the Fairy royal steam
yacht, crossed to Gosport, and travelled to London by
special train of the London and South-Western Railway,
and arrived at the new station erected for her e-pecial
use, in the Wandsworth-road, shortly before one o'clock.
Her Majesty proceeded, with the royal suite, in four
carriages, to Buckinghain Palace.
THE FISH DINNER.—The following members of the
Ministry were present at the fish dinner at Greenwich
on Wedaesday evening :—Lord J. Russell, Duke of
Argyll, Earl Granville, Duke of Newcastle, Viscount
Palmerston, Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., Right
Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., Right Hon. Sid-
ney Herbert, Viscount Canning, Viscount Sydney, Lord
Wodehouse, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Right Hon.
W. G. Hayter, Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, Right
Hon. Edward Cardwell, Right Hon. Earl of Mulgrave,
Right Hon. Sir John Young, Mr. Grenville Berkeley,
the Solicitor-General, Major-General Buckley, Mr.
Chichester Fortescue, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. Lowe,
Mr. Monsell, Mr. Frederick Peel, and Mr. James

Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Sykes had an interview
with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing street.

A meeting of the governors of the Wellington College
was held yesterday at the new Palace of \Vestminster.
There were present Viscount Hardinge, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. FT. Cox, Mr.
P. R. Hoare, and Mr. Chance, acting secretary.
Sir James Graham has, we regret to say, been suffering
from an attack of pleurisy. He was a little better yes-
terday evening, but is still confined to his bed. The
labour of his office has of late been very severe.
Major-General Chatterton, K IL, has received from
her Majesty the pension for distinguished services in the
army.

Earl Jermyn has left England for the Continent.
The Earl of Mansfield has left the Dowager Countess
of Mansfield's, in Langham•place, for his shooting quar-
ters in the Highlands.
The Duke and Duche,s of Wellington, after the proro-
gation, will leave Be'grave street, on a visit to the IVlar-
qui3 'and Marchioness of Tweedda:e, eu route to the
Highlands,

Viscount and Viscountess Combermere have returned
to Belgrave-square, from Buxton, where they have been
pas-ung some weeks. The viscount has come to town to
officiate as " G',;(l Stick," at the prorogation of Parlia-
ment by her Majesty on Saturday.
Lord Brougham left Grafton-street on Wednesday for
Brougham-hall, near Penrith. Laly Brougham will
leave town is a few days, for Frankfort, on a visit to
Sir Alexander and Lady Malet, en route for the German
baths.

The Emperor and Empress of France have been joined
at Biarritz by the Countess de Montijo and the Duchqss
de Alba, her Majesty'd mother and sister. Both their
Majesties continue to enjoy excellent health ; the Em-
press in particular appears to have derived great benefit
from the climate and from sea bathing. Their Majesties
are now able to walk or drive out without being fol-
lowed by crowds as on their arrival. The Empress
often drives herself in a small carriage by the sea side,
attended only by a lady of honour. The Emperor oc-
cupies himself with the plan of his future residence.
M. de Persigny, who arrived in Paris from Switzer-
land, started on Wednesday for Biarritz, on a visit to
the Emperor.
His Excellency Count Walewski, the French Minister
at our Court, with the countess, arrived at Florence, from
Milan, on the 2d instant.

THE LONG VACATION.—The long vacation of the
common law courts commenced yesterday, and will ter-
minate on the 24th of October. In the interval plead-
ings remain in abeyance. Last year there were 72,514
actions brought in the superior common law courts-
-22,994 in the Queen's Bench, 16,106 in the Common
Pleas, and 33,414 in the Exchequer. In the County
Courts there were 484,946 plaints entered.
UNIVERSITY FOR WALES.—Under the title of "The
University for Wales," it has been proposed to unite
and incorporate the College of St. David's at Lampeter,
the Liandovery Institution, the Brecon College, and the
various endowed grammar-schools in the Principality,
and that students from all the above shall be admissible
for degrees in arts and divinity. The want of a central
institution of this description has long been felt, and it
has often been urged that a strong necessity existed for
the establishment of a university where Welshmen could
receive a large and comprehensive education and good
mental training without being obliged to incur heavy
expenses to obtain them. The idea has been mooted by
the Anglo-Welsh clergymen.
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—The proposed plan for the
erection of a temporary wooden bridge at Westminster,
during the building of the permanent structure, has been
abandoned. It is now intended to construct one side,
or half of the bridge, from shore to shore, in the first
instance, next to the houses of Parliament. The breadth
of this will be about 50 feet 4 inches, the width of the
present bridge. On its completion, that will be opened
fur traffic, and the demolition of the old bridge Corn-
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MADAME' TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITIONS.—Arnong the por-
trait models of eminent men of all countries, we observed
an admirable likeness of Eipartero, who riche holds
again the destinies of Spain. This distinguished officer
is represented in the uniform of a Spanish general, deco-
rated with numerous military orders, the reward of his
gallant conduct in many a well-fought field. This figure
:ixiacAittensanEgtrbleat curiosity, in consequence of the great events
in progress through the Spanish Peninsular.
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LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR.

AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.

The Moniteur of this (Friday) morning publiehe,,
a despatch from the Austrian Government de-
manding the evacuation of the principalities, with
the reply of Russia.