The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. 10.

This being the anniversary of her Majesty's marriage,
the band of the Ist Life Guards played several select
airs on the East Terrace, at seven o'clock this morning.
Prince Albert, accompanied by Viscount Mandeville
and the Hon. C. A. Murray, went out hunting, attended
by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon.
The Princess Royal and Princess Alice drove out in
an open carriage.
The Queen had a dinner party this day. The com-
pany included the Duchess of Kent, the Prussian Mi-
nister and Madame Bunsen, the Earl and Countess of
Ellesmere, and Lady Alice Egerton, Viscount and Vis
countess Mandeville, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess
of Kent, and the Hon. Charles Murray.

The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle
during dinner.

Hei: Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The
following had the honour of receiving invitations :—Lady
F. Bruce, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, the Hon.
and Rev. F. Grey, Mrs. Clive, Col. the Hon. Chas. and
Mrs. Grey, Col. the Hon. C. B. and Miss Phipps, Lady
Sophia and Lady L. Phipps, Captain the Hon. D. and
Lady Elizabeth de Ros, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. N. and
Lady Mary Hood, Lieut.-Colonel F. H. and Lady Emily
Seymour, the Hon. and Rev. H. Cust, Lady Anna
Maria and the Misses Cust, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir
George Couper, Miss and Mr. Couper, Sir Charles and
Lady Hotham, Mr. and Lady Caroline Burges, Mr.
Gibbs, Mr. Glover, and the Baroness de Speth.
A performance of choral music was given in the even-
ing in St. George's Hall, by an orchestra of 130 per-
formers.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, Prince Alfred, the Royal Dinner Circle, the
Evening Company, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in
attendance, entered the Hall shortly before 10 o'clock,
when the performance commenced.
The first part consisted of a selection comprising the
Kyrie and Gloria, with the Sanctus and Benedictus
from Beethoven's service in C, followed by Weber's
Cantata " Praise Jehovah." The solo vocalists were
Miss Louisa Pyne, Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Lockey, and
Signor Belletti. The band, comprising her Majesty's
private baud, aided by a selection from the principal
performers of the Philharmonic Society and the Royal
Italian Opera.
The chorus, 70 in number, were selected from the
Royal Italian Opera and the amateurs of the Sacred
Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall.
The performance was conducted by Mr. Anderson,
the director of her Majesty's private band.
Mr. W. G. Cusins, organist of her Majesty's private
chapel, presiding at the organ.
The Duchess of Kent arrived in town on Thursday,
and visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester
House, and afterwards returned to Frogmore.
A deputation from St. James's parish, in reference to
the police, consisting of General Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir
John Shelley, Bart., Messrs. Clark, Nelson, Smith,
Watkins, and York, had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston, yesterday.
Despatches for the Governor of Canada were sent last
evening from the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday, and resumed the hearing of an appeal from Bom-
bay—" Musadee Mahomed Cazum Sherazee v. Meerza
Ally Mahomed Shoostry." The case was again adjourned.
The Lords present were—Mr. Baron Parke, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Ad-
miralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan.

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wounds, and disabled me from following any of the
active duties of life. I tried a variety of medicines,
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wont, 244, Strands Londoz.

It is also intended to send out at least three regiments of
cava'ry.

We stated yesterday that certain steam-ships bad been
taken up for the conveyance of these troops. But at least 20
ships of the largesttonnage will be required to convey troops
and supplies.
We understand that the government have claimed the ser-
vices of the contract mail steamers, the exigencies of war be-
ing paramount to all other considerations.

We Lear from Liverpool that there are other steamers than
those of Cunard's line of pa.kets that are available for the
Queen's service, but it will take three or four weeks to get
tuem ready to receive troops.
In the Clyde, we believe, there are no steamers available,
and Bristol can do little. Perhaps one moderate-s,zed vessel
can be picked up there. The value of those much ana wrongly-
abused iron screw-steamers, so much decried by officials—we
allude to the Timoon, by Napier, and Vulcan, by Mare and
Co. is new appreciated, and even the Mega.era would be
considered almost a godsend, if she were to drop home just
now from the West Indies.

Next to the steamers of the Royal Nom, it is very clear
that, for the emergencyf the Goveralamthmew, at, least for
the present, look to the great steam companies of London for
assistance, and we trust that, as time is beyond all purchase,
the authorities will deal liberally with those companies who
help the country in the time of need. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's ship Ripon, paddle-wheel, there is no
doubt, will convey the first division (1,500 men) en route to
the theatre of war ; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
iron screw-ship Himalaya, it is calculated will take 3,000, and
the new screw-ship Manilla will take 500.
The General Screw Company's fine new iron screw-ship
Golden Fleece, ready to go to Australia, to perform the com-
pany's regular service, will be diverted from her route, and
will be fitted at once for 2,000 troops, and the sister screw-
ship Jason, we have no doubt, will also be employed for the
conveyance of troops at terms advantageous to the company.
There are other ships that we hear of ready to be offered to
the government, and at early notice will be fitted for imme-
diate service.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company have a ship now
being converted from a paddle-wheel into a sailing vessel,
by Mare and Co., of Blackwall. We hear that by the extra-
ordinary resources of Mr. Mare's establishment this ship will
be turned out of hand in six weeks, and be ready for the con-
veyance of either stores or troops.
The Messrs. Green it is stated have 6,000 tons of shipping
to be employed in her Majesty's service, and probably their
ships will take out 1,000 horses to Constantinople.

Wheresoever we turn we find the order and the means of
carrying it out simultaneously received and provided ; and
although steam even is no match for time, the mighty re-
sources of this country—the recuperative energy of English-
men, there cau be no doubt, cannot be exceeded by our
friendly neighbours and allies the gallant French, with whom
we are about to fight the battles of patriotism and civilisation,
and are beyond comparison superior to all other powers of
Europe or Asia.
With the sailing transports of the old war, according to our
closest estimate, our troops could not be expected to anchor
in the Golden Horn under 6 or 7 weeks, whereas by the first-
rate steam-vessels that we possess or are available, we can,
without difficulty, transport our army from England to Con-
stantinople in at most three weeks, and with such ships as
the Himalaya, Golden Fleece, 4c., the distance could be run
over in a fortnight.
And now a word for our fleets. We may say fleets, for
our scale of fitting out at our Royal arsenals scarcely re-
cognises squadrons. A squadron is created in a day—a fleet
is formed in a week ; and the world wonders whence they
come. We pass by 120's our 84's and 72's—ships su-
perior to those vessels with which our heroes made tho

;4 Ist of June " glorious, added celebrity to the '7liTilet;
and made " Trafalgar " a " household worJ," as so
much old stock in trade scarcely worth an Admiralty
" Dutch auction." The strength of the country, the re-
presentatives of our little island, are the mighty marine
locomotives, such as the Duke 3f Wellington, 131, St. Jean
d'Acre, 101, Royal George, 121, Agamemnon, 91, Princess
Royal, 91, Caesar, 91, James Watt, 91, Nile, 91, Cressy, 81,
S nspareil, 71, Hogue, 60, Ajax, 60, Blenheim, 60, Edinburgh,
60—fourteen such screw ships as, if properly manned, are a
match for 28 sail of the canvas fleet of Russia. Of this fleet
we have at present in the Channel or at outports no less than
a dozen wearing the Royal pendant, and to-day we shall have
an important edition of this mighty force in the Majestic, 81,
to be commissioned at Sheerness, and commanded by one of
the most gallant and popular officers of the navy, Captain
James Rope, C.B.,—the Captain of the Firebrand, who led
the way up the Parana, and in his own gig cut the chain
which fixed the boom across that noble river at Obligado
Point, which gave freedom to the previously pent-up com-
merce of the country. -
We have thus 13 heavy screw-ships for offence or defence
in our Channel and ports, with at least half a dozen screw fri-
gates and corvettes, and as many sailing line-of-battle ships,
which are to be in the Downs by the 6th of March next,
ready for the signal that shall send them, with the French
force that will have joined by that time, to blockade the Rus-
sian ports or fight the Baltic fleets.
Without indulging in surmises we may remark, however,
that the fact of reserving the Nile for a flag-ship, and that
Nile having been commissioned by a commander who was a
lieutenant with Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., when he code.
manded the Thunderer, 84, at St. Jean d'Acre, suggests the
belief amongst many that the second naval lord of the Board
of Admiralty will be the fortunate officer.—Morning licra2d.