The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, JULY 26.
The gieen and Prince, the Princess Royal, Prince-s
Alice, Prince,ses Helena and Louisa, attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked in the
Fairy yesterday for a cruise.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highne,s honoured Mr.
Thompson, of New York, by in,pecting his newly-in-
vented life preserving seat, in cases of immersion in the
water.

The Queen and Prince also inspected Mr. Cunning
ham's patent method of lowering and reefing topsails.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hadfield, M.P. for
Sheffield, Mr. William Frederick Dixon, of Sheffield,
Mr. H. E. Watson, solicitor, of Sheffield, and Mr.
Hlll, Parliamentary agent, had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of
Trade.

The Cathedral Commission met on Wednesday, at
No. 1, Parliament street. The Commissioners present
were :—The Archbishop of Canterbury. Sir John Dod-
son, Sir John Patteson, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, and
the Rey. Canon Selwyn.

Her Roril Highness the Duchess of Kent will leave
Progmore at the close of this week, for the Isle of Wight,
where the Duchess hes taken a marine villa for the
season, not far distant from Osborne.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince Antoine and Prince
Guillaume Radziwill have arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, frtan Hamburg.
The Duke of Bedford, who is at present receiving
visitors at Dalgan-park, county Galway, is expected
shortly to visit Ardsallagh, county Meath, where his
grace is erecting a spacious mansion.
The Duke of Devonshire, who is improving in health,
the Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl of Annesley, M.P.,
Viscount Exmouth, the Marchioness of Downshire,
Lady Bruce, and Lord Clifford, are amongst the nobi-
lity, &c., at present sojourning at Brighton.
The ountess of Clarendon will have an assembly on
Saturday ev.,ning, at the noble Foreign Secretary's
mansion in Grosvenor-street.
Lord and Ipdy Leigh, of Stoneleigh, and family,
have left Portman-square for Brighton.
Lady Anne Tuffnell and youthful family have left
Great Stanhope-street on a visit to the Earl and Coun.
test' of Roseberry, at Warren Wood, Herts.
General Sir Archibald and Lady Maclaine gave an
elegant banquet to the Duke of Wellington, the Duke
of Leeds, his Highness Prince Gholain (son •of Tippoo
Sultan), Prince Feroze Shah, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the
Hon. Mrs, Paley, Admiral and Mrs. Ayscough,
Colonel de Courcy, Admiral and Mrs. Hood, with
several others of the fashionable world, at their resi-
dence, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park, on Tuesday last.
The Hon. Francis Charles Lawley, late M.P. for
Beverley, and who has been for some time acting as
private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of South Aus-
tralia, in the room of Sir Henry E. F. Young, now
Governor of New Zealand,
A marriage is stattd to be arranged to take place be-
tween Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P., and Miss Napier,
daughter to Sir William Napier, K.C.B.

dissolution and a general election. - We see a
leading member of the Administration, one who
enjoys the public confidence in a greater degree RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN.—Yesterday a Parliamentary
perhaps than any of his colleagues, expressing his
admoc4rietsntpLasforprpirnitnecdi clontining an account of the
the Russian Dutch loanpsainace thnd
et
opinions clearly and distinctly, and adopting a interest,reat, inofevacileinyneaar
andf
course which will add t) the respect and confidence stating the amount of the principal suyn of such loan
already entertained for his character and conduct,
2noawnadu3e
‘avnidil.plable by Great Britain, under the Act
48111. 0,9T6h8e1. amounts,iod paidhe for prin
amount
only -
while a subordinate member of the same Govern-
' c.
men. t not strongly opposes the measure cipal and interest is
of the principal of the loan now due and payable by
which his leader for the time being was supporting Great Britain, is 1,328,1911. 18s. 10d. The estimatedwitkall his amount of principal and interest on Ist January last re-
power, but using language by no
means respectful to that leader, and scarcely con- Britain,uling is 3,38 p to be
6,BBaid,
9iy b
9s instaents' of this loan by Great
. . 2d. lm
siBtent with their respective positions. As REPRESENTATIVE FOR KENSINGTON IN THE BOARD OF
was justly remarked
Westminster, " the manly speech property of the extensive parish of Kensington took place
of the Noble Secretaryat the new Vestry Hall, by adjournment from the 24th
will meet with a heart for the Home Department inst., for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person
entire country." It %response throughout the to represent the parishes. of Kensington and Chelsea on
dial and heartfelt thanks a
enutditle him to the con- theßoartdoofthCe7anaroiscslnteras,utaifir4reizebslybtyo 1
gratitudethe petuloafn
tevaeurdy dressed Laor.dettßerobaedri
true-hearted Euglishmanswechrieltae Grosvenor. It vra,s evident that the parishioners con-
puerile remarka of the sidered" the object of the meeting to be one of the
sury will elicit very - differen. feelings +
, ry of the Trea- , greatest importance, inasmuch as before the hour
prompters and abettors the meeting upwards of five hun-
himself and his secret towards ' fixed for opening
dred parishioners had assembled. T. Barnes, Esq.,
in the extraordinary course which ho thous
secret prompt-
proper to adopt. We say "his 7 : having bean ca,Jled to the chair, it was resolved by
" ' Behest, large majority, on the motion of Mr. P. L.
ens and abettors," inasmuch as it is Kens' sewa
e 4
y 'i:j nof Notti
i
palpable that Mr. WILSON- wouldnot have '
tuned on such a step without the certainty .4. ngl!, be chosen'
• d d b IliCor G. Willock, of Gore-house
person., Dr. i utna ,
ven- . as a fit to represent the nnixd dn.tricts on the
of Bard of Commissioners of Sewers.
to inw
TO,,TtHhE
1 being supported by at least a section of the CA-
Ew
receivedsnl' t
saTagn3 ADDRESS OF THE PROTESTANT INHABITANITS OF
I billet ; nor would the Chief Commissioner of
.lienn
1 Woods and Forests have so cautiously avoided forwarded to her Majesty,
throughs Viscount Hill, Lord
Qe
dudEEN'—fTr iilme f
thisoll wngnrerepcyenhtalys
1 voting on either side when, by his neutrality, Lieutenant of the county :—" Whitehall, 7th July,
he was guilty of a breach of the salutary regula- 1 the Queenythe
lord, I have had the honour to lay before
loyal and dutiful address of the gentry,
teens of the House. clergy, merchants, trailers and other inhabitants of the
It was manifest that the bill should have been ! borough of Shrewsbury in p lai ,meeting assembled,
transmitted in your lo d • i' u 'l"'
o J • brought forward by the Government itself, and and I have the satisfra. sh.ips letter of the ..Bth
lordship
,
not left to the care of a private and independent that her Majesty was plinasnjotolnrfencretiuve your
rs
l
member. Fortunately, however, -it fell into good very- 'graciously: I have the honour to be, my lord,
your lordship's -obedient
hands, 'anti Lord DIIDLEY STUART Taithfully-and -'-kr -
.WIJ, . servant,—PALMERSTON. The
l_. ii .000110 , 40. ilaWii .g . ttOne,' figtlop.—altrCieetold vtuvivaitly dinharged the important duty he LA' Ato:nat,