The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Right Hon. C. P Villiers, Judge Advocate General,
had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of
some courts-martial.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales, rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by
Colonel Seymour. The Prince, attended by his Equerry
in Waiting, went to Burlington House in the afternoon.
The Queen had a dinner party in the evening at
Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the
Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady John
de lßusselLady
Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Suffield, Baroness p eth
Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby, Lord Howd en , Sir
George Couper, and Major Home Purves.
Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour
Highness
the last sitting for a miniature of hise Royal
f* the
Prince Arthur, painted by command Queen...
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
Mr. J. D. Powles, Chairman of the Committee of
Spanish American Bondholders, and Mr. Elias Mocatta,
Commissioner of the Ecuador Bondholders, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign Office.
The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, Parliament-
street, yesterday. The commissioners present were the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Harrowby, the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Dodson,
and the Rev. Canon Selwyn; and Mr. Henry Kingecote,
secretary.
Sir William Molesworth gave a dinner to the Cabinet
Ministers last evening at his residence in Eaton-place.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day and heard an appeal from Bengal (ex parte), " Rain-
mohun Mullick v. Charles Reed." Their lordships also
heard an appeal from Jamaica, "Turner v. Barclay."

POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY OF BERKSHIRE, NORTHAIII.
ToNSHIRE, &c.—We have more than once had oc-
casion to speak in terms of high praise of the
correct and skilfully compiled provincial directories
which Messrs. Kelly, urged on by the success of that
, monarch of works, the London Post-office Directory,
have, within the last two or three years, issued from
their establishment. We have now before us the second
edition of the directory for the six counties of Berks,
Northampton, Oxford, Bedford, Buckingham, and
Huntingdon, corrected up to the time of publication.
That its details generally may be implicitly depended
upon, we have not the slightest doubt, for we are in-
formed in the preface that the collectors have visited
every town and village enumerated in its columns. The
maps of the different counties, which have been ex-
pressly prepared for the work, leave nothing to be de-
sired either in regard to the information they supply, or
the clearness with which they are printed ; and they
possess the additional merit of including the most recent
alterations in the various localities. The historical and
statistical notices which precede every county, town,
and village, though concise, contain that all is necessary
for the purposes of a directory, and the manner of ar-
ranging the lists of gentry, professional men, farmers,
tradesmen, and public officers, is such as greatly to faci-
litate reference. The want of good provincial directories
has long been felt, and the large circulation which the
present one, we are sure, will obtain, will probably in-
duce the proprietors to extend their labours to other
portions of the United Kingdom.
OPENING OF THE NORTH DEVON RAlLWAY.—Barnstaple
was yesterday the scene of great rejoicing, in celebration
of the opening of this line of rail—the first sod of which
was turned about three years ago, but owing to the
scarcity of money the works have but slowly progressed.
Its length is 31 miles, and it is connected with the South
Devon and Bristol and Exeter lines by the Crediton
branch lines. The importance of the line is manifest,
when it is recollected that the 11...ge and fruitful district
of the North of Devon has hitherto been without railway
accommodation, and that by it the Bristol Channel is,
for the first time, connected with the port of Plymouth
by rail, the distance between Barnstaple and Plymouth
being traversed in about 31 hours.
A. meeting of the Peninsular (copper and lead)
Mining Company took place yesterday, when a
dividend of 2s. 6d. per share was declared. The report
states that the profit of the year's operations amount to
5,426/., and that this rate of distribution will take
3,1251., leaving an available balance in ores and cash of
2,301/. The opinion of Mr. Jehu Hitchins of the future
prospects of the undertaking is favourable ; but, if the
workings are greatly extended, further capital will have
to be subscribed.