The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 16.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.
The Queen rode in the Home-park this morning,
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went
to London this forenoon by a special train of the
South-Western Railway. His Royal Highness drove to
Buckingham-palace, and afterwards proceeded to the
Trinity-house, and returned to the Castle at 20 minutes
before six o'clock.

The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge are
expected to-day on a visit to the Queen.
Lord' and Lady John Russell, Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell
have been invited, and are also expected this afternoon.

A deputation from the committee for promoting Albert
Park had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation consisted of Lord Robert Gros-
venor, M.P., Mr. William Tyler (chairman), Mr. S. S.
Bowerbank, F.R.S., Mr. W. Birch, Mr. J. J. Downes,
Mr. John Barnett, Mr. John Leonard, Mr. John Rey-
nolds, Mr. John Jackson, Mr. Henry Spicer, Mr.
Jacob Vincent, Mr. Frederick Sandoz, Mr. Thomas
Dix, and Mr. James Lloyd.
Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon,
after the Cabinet Council, for Windsor, on a visit to the
Queen.
A deputation from East Cowes, consisting of the Rev.
W. V. Hennat and R. Shedden, Esq., had an inter-
view with the General Board of Mealtb, at their office,
Whitehall.

John Parratt, Esq., master, N. B. Ward, R. C.
Griffith, Esqrs., wardens of the Apothecaries' Company,
accompanied by R. B. Upton, Esq.. clerk, had a con•
ference with the General Board of Health yesterday, at
their ofl3ce,_ Whitehall.

The Earl of Aberdeen gave a dinner to the Cabinet
Ministers last evening, at his residence in Argyll•street.
Despatches from the governors of Sierra Leone and
the Gold Coast, and also of the Falkland Islands, were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches
were sent yesterday to the governors of the West India
colonies.

THE FLEET IN THE DARDANELLES.

TO THE EDITOR Of THE SUN.

SIR,-It must be a source of some gratification to the
friends of Sir James Graham to see how well he has been
able to bring together a powerful fleet in the Dardanelles
to act in concert with our French neighbours, and at the
same time to have the nucleus of a Channel fleet at Spit-
head ready to protect our own shores, especially con-
sidering the manner in which the naval expenditure is
ranted against at Manchester. _ . .

The following compose the Mediterranean fleet at pre.
sent at anchor in the Dardanelles :
Horse
Guns. Power. Men.
Britannia 120
970 { Vice-A d. J. W. D. Dundas.
Capt. T. W. Carter.
Trafalgar 120 970 Capt. H. F. Greville.
Albion 9O 850 Capt. S. Lushington.
Rodney 9O 850 Capt. C. Graham.
Vengeance B4 750 Capt. Lord E. Russell.
Bellerophon 78 670 Capt. Lord G. Paulet.
Sanspareil 7l 350 650 Capt. S. C. Dacres.
Arethusa 50 500 Capt. T. M. Symonds.
Leander 5O 500 Capt. G. St. V. King.
Retribution 28 800 330 Capt. Hon. J. Drummond.
Furious l6 400 240 Capt. W. Loring.
Tiger l6 400 240 Capt. H. Giffard.
Firebrand
Sampson 6 467 196 Capt. L. T. Jones.
Niger l4 400 160 Commander L. G. Heath.
Wasp... l4 100 160 Commander Lord J. Hay.
Fury 6 515 160 Commander E. Tatham.
Inflexible 6 380 160 Commander G. Popplewell.
Ardent .
atradoc .
Shearwater.. 4 160 60 Lt.-Com. H. Grylls (act.)
Spitfire 4 140 60 Commander T. Spratt.
Triton 4 260 60 Lt.-Com. H. Lloyd.

T0ta1.... 885 5,332 8,852
The following ships are on their way to reinforce the

fleet, viz. :—•

Horse
Guns. Power. Men.
Terrible 2l 800 3301 Rear.-Ad. Sir E. Lyons.
Capt. J. AL`Cleverty.
Queen 116 950 Capt. F. T. Michell.
Loudon 9O 820 Capt. C. Eden.
Agamemnon 91 550 850 Capt. W. R. Mends.
Leopard l6 560 300 Capt. G. Giffard.
Highflyer 2l 250 230 Capt. Moore.

T0ta1.... 355 2,160 3,480
Added to the fleet already assembled, makes a total of
29 ships, 1,240 guns, 7,492 horse-power, 12,332 men.
I am sure, sir, that no Englishman can feel otherwise
than proud at seeing such a fleet assembled together for
the purpose of overawing an autocrat who is determined,
at all hazards, to disturb the peace of Europe.
I am, sir, yours obediently,
A NAVAL OFFICER.

Nov. 16.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS D AY.)

LONDON, Nov. 17.--Wind at noon, W.N.W. ; light
breeze, and fine, with frost.
OFF DOVER, Nov. 16.—Joseph Howe, Callao.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind, N. to N.N.W.
Gefion, and do. Mercure, Mediterranean.
COWES, Nov. 16.—Wind, N. Sailed—Alma, Melbourne.
SWANSEA, Nov. 15.—Arrived Owen Glendower, Co..
quimbo. Sailed—Queen of the East, Mauritius.
GUERNSEY, Nov. 15.—Wind, E. Sailed- St. George,
Barbadoes.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 15.—Wind, N. Off Port—Bee,
Arica for Liverpool.
RHYL. Nov. 16.—The Experiment (sloop), Glasgow for
Sal tney, is aground on the bar, and is leaky.
GIBRALTAR, Nov. B.—TheCawton, Girgenti to New-
castle, has put in leaky, and is discharging. The wind
changed on the 30th ult., when all the wind-bound vessels
in this bay, Algeceras roadstead, and from behind the
rock, sailed and passed the Straits to the westward.
FREDREKSTOWN, Nov. 10.—The Emilie, Bogense to
London, has put in with pumps choked, and is discharging.
CORUNNA, Nov. B.—The Holington (BrTihtieshwbooaricisinueg).,
London to Cadiz, with coal, foundered in lat. 45 long. 0;
crew saved and landed at ltalpica. N.B.
ton sailed from Shields for Cadiz, 17th Sept. ; put back to
the Downs, 4th Oct. ; and it is supposed sailed on the 10th
together with the rest of the outward-bound.
NEWPORT, Nov. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Henry Mil.
ler, Plymouth for Bahia ; Eleanor, Cardiff for Ascension,
leaky ; Wilhelm, Rochfort for Celt
; Wilhelm von
Flutow, London for St. Thoni Thomas;Celt do. for Rio Janeiro.
Sailed—Windsor Castle, St. Corsica, New Or-
le DEAL,ham, Cape of Good Elope.
Nov. 17.—Wind N.W. Arrived from the river
—Hazard, Adelaide.
HELIQOLAND, Nov. I.z.—.Lne JJII3O 4usber, mernei to
London, which was stranded near here sth inst., has be-
come a wreck, and been sold; cargo saved.

(BY sUBMABINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
CUSTOMS RETURN.
GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10.14 A.M.
Wind N;W., thick fog. Tide, two hours flood.
Arrived—West Kent, from Memel.
Sailed—City of London (s), for Dunkirk; Nelson, New
Zealand.