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

COURT OIRCITLAR.

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.
Tho Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena and
Louisa, walked in the Castle grounds and gardens this
morning.

His 'loyal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting.
Culonel ChaHoner had the honour to accompany th•
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 Lords, is answer to-the
Speech from the Throne. His lordship afterwards re-
turned to London.

The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens, yesterday. The commissioners pre-
sent were the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., the Bishop
of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. H.
M. Villiers, Sir John Dodson, Sir John Patteson, the
Rev. Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingscote (seere-
tary).
DEATH OP LADY MAROARET WALPOIL—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 venerable 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 ♦essels arrived yesterday in the Thames
was 8 from foreign ports and 109 colliers. There were
none from Ireland.
Tux 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 MILITIA.—It is understood 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.

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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, 1354. Since
then Captains Townshend (1834), Lord George Paulet
(1833), Lord Edward Russell (1833), and H. J. Cod-
risgton, C.B. (1836), have been appointed to vsavansies.
BRAUHONT 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. Silas Reeves, and Madame Anna
Thilloo, together with Miss Clara Henderson and Mr.
Wallworth. The great tenor was in excellent voice
and humour, and, in " England and Victory," excited
a complete furore. Madame Thillon is evidently an
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 the bearers 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 Taoors.—At the request
of several ladies of Edinburgh, who are at present en-
gaged in collecting supplies of warm clothing for the
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-m-
Ceief your letter of the lst inst., I am commanded 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. Tile quantity of warm clothing already
sent, and still being continually shipped, is, however,
so very large as to render unnecei.,ary at present the
services so patriotically offered by the ladies of Edin-
burgh. Should it be found desirable 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, &C., ,
Keith, Secretary,"----Edinburgh, Courant.

LATEST INEWS.

THE SIEGE OF S EBA STOPOL.
Pious, WEDNESDAY.

The Moniteur publishes despatches from Bu-
charest, dated December 11.„
Omer Pacha had loft the day before for Varna
to embark troops for the Crimea. Only 19 bat-
talions remained behind.

On the 7th instant, four Prench regiments, and
numerous reinforcements, lad arrived at the

Allied camp.

A great movement from, the South to the
Northern side was remarked. The place was
almost completely invested.

The Con stitv t ionitel publishing the games de-
spatch says "four English regiments."

THE BALTIC FLEET.
NYBORG, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
The Edinburgh, with Admiral Chads and the
squadron, has just arrived from the Baltic, and
passed through the Great Belt without anchoring.
The weather is moderate,

THE HAGUE, WEDNESDAY.

In last night's sitting this Second Chamber re-
meted the budget of marine expenditure by a ma-

jority of 36 to 26.
The resignation of the Ailinister of Marine is
therefore probable.

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN,
WEDNESDAY.

The following is a more complete, list of the
new Ministry than I was kenabled to forward to

you yesterday :
Count Mollie, Prime Mi sister.
M. von Scheel, from Pinneborgen, Holstein,
and ad interim for Foreign Affairs, in the absence
of Count Plessen, Enroy :it Stockholm.
111. P. G. Bang, former. Minister of the Inte-
rior, and ad interim for Schleswig.
Professor Hall, Minister for Public Worship.
Colonel Andra, Minister of Finance.
Colonel Luttichau, War Department.
Commander Michelson, Marine.
M. Simony, former Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, Minister of Justice.

THE OVERLAND MAIL,
TRIESTE, DEC. 14.

The Austrian Lloyds' steamer Calcutta arrived
here at five a.m., in 108 hours from Alexandria.
ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 8.

The Indian and China mails leave here this day
with advices from Calcutta to the Bth Nov., Madras
12th Nov., Shanghai 11th Oct., Amoy 22d Oct.,
Hong Kong 28th Oct., Canton 27th Oct., and
Bombay 14th Nov.
Lord F. Fitzclarence, Commander in-Chief at
Bombay, is dead.
An envoy from Kahan, and one from Dost Mo-
hamed, have arrived in Peshawur, for assistance
from the British Ggvernment against the Russians.
The Affghan chief has decided on an English in
preference to a Russo-Persian alliance.
Lord Elphinstone is at Bombay, suffering from
the effect of a sun-stroke.

Trado in India is dull, and money scarce.
Exchange at Calcutta, ls.

The.price of opium has declined to Rs. 628 per
chest, being a fall of R. 400 in less than a year.
The Governor-General, who is now at Calcutta,
will leave for the Nalgherries in March.

Trade in China was dull.
Exchange at Canton, 4s. Bd.

Very little business was being done in teas.
The patriot cause is gaining ground in North
China.