The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-14 00:00:00

OYSTRIA AND THE SHELLS.

Our friend Punch has an admirable illustration
of the victimised clients and the very impartial
lawyer with the oyster and the shells. The " red"
Emperor of Austria is represented as holding in
either hand " a treaty," which in his right he holds
out to the benignant but inquisitive Queen of
England, while on his left the doubting and rather
indignant Brother of France leans forward with an
air of " What do you mean by that, you bow-
legged impostor ?"—" All husks and no corn !
you have taken the wind out of both our sails
and filled your own !" We wonder how long
the modern Caesar will be allowed to shuffle in
stays for the benefit of the Czar and his own
, advantage I

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 13

The dinner party, yesterday, included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, and Colonel Francis H. Seymour.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena atld
Louisa, walked in the Castle grounds and gardens this
morning.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out sho
Colonel Challoner bad the honour to accosspsny the
Prince.

Earl Granville and Lord Churchill have been in-
vited, and are expected this afternoon.
Earl Spencer, Lord Steward of the Household, arrived
to-day, and had an audience of her Majesty to present
the Address from the House of Lord, in answer to tho
Speech from the Throne. His lordship afterwards re-
turned to London.

The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens, yesterday. Tile commissioners pre-
sent were the Marquis of Blandtord, M.P., the Bishop
of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H.
M. Villiers, Sir John Do'lson. Sir John Patteson, the
Rev. Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingscote (secre-
tary).
DEATH OF LADY MARGARET WALTOLE.—At this
crisis, when the presence of every constitutional states-
man is so much needed in Parliament, we regret to re-
cord the demise of the above ♦enerable lady, the parent
of the right hon. member for Midhurst. She expired on
Tuesday, at her seat in Surrey, after a short illness,
from which, notwithstanding her advanced age, it was
hoped, up to that morning, she would recover. She was
the only surviving sister of that lamented statesman the
Right Hon. Spencer Perceval.

John Carr, Esq., of Roseworth, and John Straker,
Esq., of Tynemouth, qualified and took the oaths as
Justices of the Peace for the county of Northumber-
land, at the adjourned sessions at Morpeth, on Thursday
last.

The number of vessels arrived yesterday in the Thames
was 8 from foreign ports and 109 colliers. There were
none from Ireland.

THE IRISH MILITIA.—Nine Irish militia regiments are
to be embodied as fast as they are enrolled. _

A GERMAN LEGION.—A body of Germans are to be
enlisted and trained in England, like our old German
legion in the old war.
THE MILITIL—It is nuderstooli that the first three
regiments of militia that will proceed on foreign service
are the Monmouthshire, the East Essex Rifles, and the
South Staffordshire, they having volunteered some time
since.

The agent of the Viceroy of Egypt in this country,
M. Pasquali, is about to leave London, where he has
remained many years, to take up hie residence perma-
nently in Egypt. M. Pasquali will act under the Go-
vernment of his Highness Said Pacba in promoting the
commercial development of the country, and his depar-
ture is much regretted by a large circle of friends here.
NAVAL AIDES-DE•CAMP TO THE QUEEN.—Some papers
are circulating a stateraent that Captains Graham, C. 8.,
and Sir Baldwin Walker have been appointed aides-de-
camp to the Queen. These officers were .appointed so
far back as Dec. 5, 1853, and July 17, 1854. Since
then Captains Townshend (1334), Lord George Paulet
(1833), Lord Edward Russell (1833), and H. J. Cod-
rington, C.B. (1836), have been appointed to vacancies.
BEAUMONT INSTITUTION, MILE-END.—A. concert took
place on Monday evening, which caused the spacious
hall to be crowded to inconvenience. The vocalists
were Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Madame Anna
Thillon, together with Miss Clara Henderson and Mr.
Wal'worth. The great tenor was in excellent voice
and humour, and, in " England and Victory," excited
a complete furore. Madame Thillon is evidently au
immense favourite "down east," and was rapturously
encored in all her songs. We were highly pleased with
the performance of a young Academician, whom we
never heard before, but trust to hear again
and often Mr. C. Hirst a pianist of ex-
ceeding delicacy of touch and facility of execu-
tion. Mr. Hirst is evidently a perfect master of the
pianoforte, and plays with refined taste and expression,
abstaining from those startling assaults on the keys of
the instrument and the nerves of tho hearers in which
many professors take but too much delight. He was
cordially and deservedly applauded, and may justly anti
cipate a large amount of public favour. The entire en-
tertainment passed off in a manner most gratifying to
the numerous members and friends of that institution.
WARM CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS.—At tho reque: t
of several ladies of Edinburgh, who are at present en-
gaged in collecting supplies of warm clothing for th
troops in the East, a communication was addressed to
the Adjutant-General on the Ist inst., wishing to know
if such would be of any use. The following reply has
been received :—" Horse Guards, Dec. 4, 1854- Sir,
—Having submitted to the General Commanding-in-
Chief your letter of the Ist inst., I an) coalmen led to
express to you his lordship's great gratification at the
warm and patriotic interest shown by the ladies to whom
you refer, for the welfare of the British troops now in
the Crimea. The quantity of warm clothing already
sent, and still being continually shipped, is, however,
so very large as to render unnecessary at present k
services so patriotically offered by the ladies of Edin-
burgh. Should it be found desirs.ble for the interests of
the public service, at some future period, to turn to the
private source of provision which you so kindly and
humanely propose, I will do myself the honour of again
communicating with you on the subject.—l am, itc-, J.
Meith, Secretary."—Eelinburyls Courant.