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

COURT C I RCULA R.

OSBORNE, JULY 26.
The Queen and Prince, the Princess Royal, Princess
Alice, Princesses Helena and Louisa, attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked in the
Fairy yesterday for a cruise.
Her Majesty and his Royal Higlines honoured Mr.
Thompson, of New York, by inspecting 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, sol►citor, of Sheffield, and Mr.
Hall, Parliamentary agent, had an interview with the
Flight 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 Rev. Canon Selwyn.

Her Roril Highness the Duchess of Kent will leave
Frogmor e at the close of this week, for the Isle of Wight,
where the Duchess hos taken a marine villa for the
season, not far distant from Osborne.
Their Serene Highnesses Prince Antoine and Prince
Guillaume Ra.lziwill have arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, fr'm 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,
I the Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl of Annesley, M.P.,
Viscount Exmouth, the Marchioness of Downshire,
Lady Bruce, and Lord Cliffeid, are amongst the nobi-
lity, &c., at present sojourning at Brighton.
The Countess of Clarendon will have an assembly on
Saturday ev.ning, at the noble Foreign Secretary's
mansion in Grosvenor-street.
Lord and L,dy Leigh, of Stoneleigh, and family,
have left Portman-square for Brighton.
Lady Anne Tuffuell and youthful family have left
Great Stanhope-street on a visit to the Earl and Coun-
tess 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 Gnolain (son of Tippoo
Sultan), Prince Feroze Shah, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the
Hon. -Mrs. Paley, Admiral and Mrs. Aysenugh,
Colonel de Conroy, Admiral and Mrs. Hood, with
several others of the fashionable world, at their resi-
dence, Cumberland-street, Hy :e.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 stated 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.

RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN.—Yesterday a Parliamentary
document was printed containing an account of the
amounts paid, for principal and interest, in each year for
the Russian Dutch loan since the treaty of Vienna, and
statinc, the amount of the principal sun of such loan
now due' and payable by Great Britain, under the Act
2 and 3 Will. IV., c. 81. The amount paid for prin-
cipal and interest is 4,110,9681. ss, 10d. The amount
of the principal of the loan now due and payable by
Great Britain, is 1,328,191/. 18s. 10d. The e-timated
amount of principal and interest on Ist January last re-
maining to he paid, by instalments, of this loan by Great
Britain, is 3,386,8891. 9s. 2d.

REPRESENTATIVE FOR KENSINGTON IN THE BOARD OF
SEWERS.— A meeting of the inhabitants and owners of
property of the extensive parish of Kensington took place
at the new Vestry Hall, by adjournment from the 24th
inst., for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person
to represent the parishes of Kensington and Chelsea on
' the Board of Commissioners, agreeably to a letter ad.
dressed to the parochial authorities by Lord Robert
Grosvenor. It was evident that the parishioners con-
sidered the object of the meeting to be one of the
greatest importance, inasmuch as before the hour
fixed for opening the meeting upwards of five hun-
dred parishioners had assembled. T. Barnes, Esq.,
having been called to the chair, it was resolved hyi
a very large majority, on the motion of Mr. P. L.
Benest, seconded by Major G. Wiilock, of Gore house,
Kensington, that Dr. Truman, of Notting-hill, be chosen
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SHREWSBURY TO THE QUEEN.—The following reply has
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