The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

takeably as the Times would wish us to believe,
he should have received the thanks of Parliament,
or been advanced to one of the proudest titles
that can be borne by a British subject, that of a
K.C.B. ; or that, if he hung wilfully back at
Alma, he should, in common with poor CATHCART,
whom nobody will abcuse of poltroonery, have
received the tribute of respect of his experienced
leader, nor had special notice been taken of his judi-
cious arrangements of the reserve at Inkerman.
We have no private or personal objects to pro-
mote either in vindicating or damaging the repu-
tation of this gallant soldier. We seek not his
promotion, nor have we any special favourite
whom we would desire to substitute in his
place. What we have said has been wrung
from us by a sense of justice, and a tho-
rough conviction that, whenever the fortune
of war may cast the onus on Sir RICHARD
ENGLAND, he will show himself inferior to none
in all the qualifications of a general, and more
particularly in the personal dariag and pluck,
which is the especial characteristic of the British
soldier, and the absence whereof would be, indeed,
a matter for astonishment.

We are truly rejoiced to be enabled to direct
attention to an announcement which we have ex-
tracted from the Inverness Courier, to the effect
that all differences have been adjusted
between the Inverness and Elgin Junction and
Great North of Scotland Railway Companies, and
that they have, even at the eleventh hour, agreed
to an amicable apportionment of the disputed terri-
tory between Nairn and Huntly. Thinis as it should
be. Nothing is, or can be, more injurious to the
interests alike of the companies and the com-
munity in general than those internecine con-
lids. We are aware that it requires
a considerable amount of magnanimity to make
the concessions that may be required on either
side ; and that too frequently the most im-
portant interests have been sacrificed rather
than assent to such moderate views. The Direc-
tors of these Companies have, however, acted
differently—and by so doing have entitled

themselves to the thanks of the com-
munity, and, what is at the present mo-
ment of greater consequence, the consideration
of Parliament. Their conduct will, we have no
doubt, be duly appreciated, and receive the ample
allowances it so eminently merits.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 9

The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon' and
Mr. Gibbs, had the honour of dining with her Majesty
yesterday.
Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner.
The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this
morning.
The royal children took their accustomed exercise.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald and the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish have succeeded the Hon. Lucy M. Kerr and
the Hon, Mary Bulteel as Maids of Honour in Waiting.
The Earls of Aberdeen and Clarendon left Windsor in
the forenoon for London.

The Rev. Dr. Philpott, of Catherine Hall, Cambridge,
arrived to-day. _

The dinner party this day included the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spsth, the
Rev. Dr. Philpott, and :Sir George Cooper.
Her Majesty's private band Ras in attendance after
dinner.

DEC. 10,

The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended divine service this morning in the
Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Very Rev.
the Dean of Windsor read the prayers, and the Rev.
Dr. Philpott preached the sermon. The Duchena
'Kent was also at the service.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council this (Monday)
afternoon at Buckingham Palace.

CABINIIT COTYNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held on
Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers
present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell,
the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Duke •f Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir
Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. S'dney
Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth, Th• Council
sat three hours and a half.

The'War Department, under the Duke of Newcastle,
which during the week has been removed to Pembroke
House, 7, Whitehall-gardens, will be constituted after
the model of the other Secretaries of State. Col. Mundy
and Mr. Henry Roberts will be the Under Secretaries
of State. Mr. Roberts will be succeeded, as private
secretary to the Dnke of Newcastle, by Mr. Herbert
Fisher, who will be assisted by Lord Robert Clinton,
M.P., who will serve without salary, in consequence of
his having a Feat in Parliament. The staff of the new
department will be made up chiefly from the Colonial-
office, and completed by the addition of two clerks from
the office of the Secretary at War, and the removal of
the whole of the Commissariat staff from the Treasury
Chambers.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.—Captain Joseph Niss,
C. 8., is appointed Superintendent of the Royal William
Victualling Yard and the Naval Hospital, at Plymouth ;
Mr. Joseph Senior is appointed Third Class Clerk in the
Admiralty, Whitehall ; Mr. W. 11. Strutt is appointed
First Class Clerk ; Mr. Peter Robertson, Second Class
Clerk ; Mr. Thomas Pitcairn, Acting Second Class Clerk ;
Mr. Rodolph Alexis Arundel', Third Class Clerk in the
Accountant• General's Department of the Admiralty, at
Somerset House ; Mr. J. S. B. De Courcy and Mr. G.
G. Wilson are appointed Acting Second Class Clerks in
the Comptroller of Victualling Department, Somerset
House.

At a late hour last night the Government received
despatches from the Crimea via Marseilles. The intel-
ligence by the Caire is of secondary interest, and has
been anticipated in the telegraphic despatches already
published.
The Duke of Leeds will, we understand, move the
address in the House of Lords in reply to her Majesty's
speech.

The Earl of Aberdeen's full dress banquet at Argyll-
house this evening is to include the Duke of Norfolk,
the Duke of Leeds, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke
of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of
Breadalhane, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Spencer, the
Earl of Bessh•rough, Earl of Granville, Earl Fitzhar-
dingo, the Earl of Wicklow, Viscount Canning, Vis-
count Hardinge, Lord Foley, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
Lord Wodehouse, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Sid-
ney &;c.
C.
The
Lord President of the Council has issued the fol-
lowing invitations for his lordship's full dress banquet at
the Foreign-office this day :—The Right Hon. the
Speaker, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Sir
George Grey, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Right Hon. Sir William Moleswortli, the
Right Hon. Sir Ja.rnes.Graham, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert. the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. M. J. Baines, the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall,
the Right Hon. W. E. Cardwell, the Right Hon. the
Earl of Mulgrave, the Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce,
tqe Hon. H. Fitzroy, the Right Hon. G. W. Hayter,
Lord Elcho, tlaa Hon. H. T. Berkeley, the Right Hon.
W. F. Cowper, Mr. Frederick Peel, the Right Hon.
the Lord Advocate, Sir John Young, Mr. Bernal Os-
borne, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor General,
Viscount Drumlanrig, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers,
Mr. Herbert, the mover, and the Hon. F. Leveson
Gover, seconder of the address.
The Right Hon. Sir 'John Young, M.P., Secretary
for Ireland, arrived in town on Saturday, accompanied
by Lady Young, from Dublin, for the Parliamentary
session.
The Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in Eaton-square
from Southam Park, Gloucestershire.
Earl Spencer, the Lord Steward, will arrive in town
to-day from Brighton, to attend the Privy Council.
Captain Charles Graham and Sir Baldwin W.Walker,
K.O 8., are appointed paid Ades-de-Camp to the Queen;
and Captains Lord Edward Russell and Henry J. Cod-
rington, C. 8., are appointed unpaid Aides-de-Camp to
the Queen.
The Hon. and Rev. T. Felham, of Christchurch,
Hampstead, is to succeed the Rev. Dr. Spry, as Rector
of St. Marylebane.
The Right Hun. W. G. Hayter, M.P., has appointed
Mr. Charles William Freemantle, of the Treasury, to be
his private secretary.
Mr. George Bannerman has been appointed Clerk of
the Peace, and Keeyer of the Register of Sasines in the
county of Banff.
We are glad (says the Bucks Chronicle) to be enabled
to state that our representative, Mr. Layard, has re-
turned to this country. He reached London on Mon-
day last, and will, of course, be at his poet when Parlia-
ment assembles. As Mr. Layard was present at the
battle of Inkerman, it may be anticipated that he is per-
fectly informed as to the deficiencies and requirements
of the Allies.
In a Congregation held on the Bth, the Vice-Chan-
cellor of the University of Oxford, the Senior Proctor,
the Junior Proctor, with Dr. Bliss, Mr. Rawlinson, Mr.
Neate, and Mr. Pattison, were appointed a committee
for the purpose of regulating the proceedings of the new
Congregation appointed under the University Act.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
has propounded, "The Religious History of the Sikhs,"
as the subject of the Essay for Sir Perrigrine Maitland's
prize.

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