The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-12 00:00:00

TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

My Lord,—ln 1846 Parliament granted 30,0001.
to enable the Admiralty to retire old and efficient
captains, and bring forward active admirals; in 1849
the Admiralty have appointed a captain Superinten-
dent of Plymouth Dockyard, thereby declaring all
the rear-admirals except those employed unfit for the
appointment. Had this been done before the people
might have kept their 30,0001. in their pockets.
Last year it was proposed to reduce the admirals
to 100, and it was justly opposed on the plea that the
money voted would be the means of renovating the
admirals ; but that argument now falls to the ground,
and as the Admiralty have declared the rear-
admirals incompetent, the sooner they are reduced
the better.

I remain your Lordship's obedient servant,
CHARLES NAPIER.

Merchistoun-house, Nov. 9.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SATURDAY.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
took their usual early morning walk.

The Royal Family- took walking and pony exercise
in the Slopes and Windsor Park.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Mount Edgecumbe (Lady in Waiting),
and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon (Equerries in Waiting), paid a visit
to the Count and Countess de Neuilly at Claremont
this morning.
The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer
left the Castle to-day.
There is no addition to the royal dinner party this
evening. SUNDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
early morning walk.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the
domestic household, attended Divine service this
morning, in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev.
G. Wellesley officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at-
tended the service.

Lord Courtenay had an interview with Earl Grey
on Saturday. ➢ir. John Ennis had also an interview
with the Noble Earl on Saturday, at the Colonial-
office.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his
official residence in Downing-street yesterday even-
ing, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
" The Priory, Nov. 10, 1849.
" The Queen Dowager passed yesterday comtbrt-
ably, and had some tranquil sleep in the early part of
the night, hut towards morning her cough became
troublesome.
" In other respects her Majesty remains much the
same.

"DAVID DAVIES, M.D."
" The Priory, Nov. 11, 1849.
" The Queen Dowager passed an indifferent night,
having been much disturbed by the frequency of her
cough.
"DAVID DAVIES, M.D."
The prayers of the congregation of the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, were desired yesterday for Ade-
laide the Queen Dowager. The Rev. Mr. Dyson
preached the sermon. The Duke and Duchess of
Beaufort, Lord Elphinatone, Lord Milford, Lord de
Manley, and the lion. William Ashley, were among
the nobility present.

VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERF.—BIRMINQIIAbf, SAFER.-
DlM—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has signi-
fied his intention (in company with Sir George
Grey) of visiting the Exhibition of Manufactures and
Art in this town, on Monday next. The Prince will
leave the Watford station shortly before nine o'clock,
AM. by special train, and is expected to arrive at the
Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, by half-past eleven. His
Royal Highness will be accompanied in his visit to
Bingley House by the ex and present mayors, and on
his arrival will be joined by several of the principal
manufacturers, with a view to the exposition of the
various articles exhibited. With the exception of
these arrangements, the visit of the Prince will be, in
obedience to his expressed wish, strictly private.
Luncheon is ordered for half-past one o'clock, and his
Royal Highness will leave Birmingham at two, on
his return to Windsor.

Her Majesty having signified her approval of the
appointment of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin,
K.C.8., to bo Admiral of the Fleet, in the room of the
late Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, the promotions con-
sequent thereon will appear in the London Gazette on
Tuesday next.
The British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Leitch, sailed on Satur-
day from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston; she carries
a number of passengers and the mails for Canada and
the United States, the latter in charge of Lieutenant
Raymond, R.N. The incoming steamer Niagara, with
New fork mails of the 31st ult., is expected to-morrow.
Youth is the golden period of life, and every well-
spent moment will be like good seed planted in an
auspicious season.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
The Earl and Countess of Brownlow and the
Ladies Cust have arrived in Belgrave-square, from
Belton House, near Grantham, and are about to repair to
Brighton.
TIIE LATE EARL OF ALIIEMARLE.—The mortal
remains of the Earl of Albemarle were on Friday con-
signed to their last resting-place, in the family mauso-
leum at Quiddenham, Norfolk.
The Earl and Countess of Wicklow and the Ladies
Howard bare arrived at Torquay, where they intend to
pas, the winter.
The Earl and Countess of Eglinton are entertaining
company at Egliuton Castle, N.B.
Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, and the Hon. Misses
Copley, have arrived at Turville Park, Bucks, from a
tour of visits in the north.

To show the mildness of the weather at this
period of the year, several strawberries were gathered
on Friday last in the open garden of a gentleman at
Walton. on-Thames.
Those can most easily dispense with society who
are the most calculated to adorn it; they only are de-
pendent on it who possess no mental resources: for
though they bring nothing to the general mart, like beg-
gars, they are too poor to stay at homes—Eliza Cook's
JournaL