The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, with the Princess Alice and the Princess
of Hohenlohe Langenburg, took a drive in an open car-
riage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitz-
roy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horse-
back.

His Royal Highne.s the Prince rode on horseback in
the forenoon with the Prince of Wales.

The Duchein of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the
Princess Mary, and the Princess Amalie of Bohenlohe
Schillinfurst, visited her Majesty.
The Princess Royal and the Prinoess Feodore of Ho-
benlol'e Langenburg, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington an the Earl of Caithness, visited the British
Museum.

Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louiea
took a carriage drive.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highncss Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenburg, honoured the Princess's Theatre
with their presence in the evening. The Royal suite
consisted of the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily
Cathcart, the Earl of Caithness, Lord Charles Fitzroy,
and. Captain the Hon. D. Ros.

The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cath-
cart have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Gor-
don as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her M jesty.
The Royal Commission for determin;ng the site of a
new National Gallery met on Thursday at 17, Great
Queen-street, Westminster. Present—Lord Broughton
(chairman), the Dean of St. Pr,fessor Faraday, Mr.
Cockerel!, and Mr. Richmond.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of the North American provinc s.

Accounts from Dresden of the 24th state that the
Princess Sidonia is suffering from scarlatina,
The ceremony of the betrothal of Prince William of
rsesse Peilippstbal.Barszhcsid to the 13-;eeeee M..ry of
Hanau took place on tbe 19th at Cassel.
The Count de Flandre accomplished his 20th year on
the 24th. A family fete took place on the occasion at
the palace. The regiment of the Guides, of which the
Prince is colonel, was exempted from they on the day,
and all petty punishments for breaches of discipline
were remitted.
Intelligence from Hanover of the 25th states that a
royal message had been addressed to the Chambers, ap-
proving of the amendments proposed by the latter in the
budget. Oa the 24th the two Chambers adopted the
government proposal to abrogate the law of 16th of
April, 1848, which obliges the communes to pay-for in-
juries to property caused by insurrections.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will give a grand
entertainment to his Excellency Ferukh Khan, the special
envoy from the Court of the Shah of Persia, on Tues-
day next, in Grosvenor-crescent.
Admiral the Him. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas,
K.C.8., who commanded the fleet in the last Baltic
campaign, has been appointed a Lord of the Admiralty
in succession to Admiral Richards, now a Commissioner
of Greenwich Hospital. Admiral Dundas will take
rank at the Board after Admiral Berkeley and before
Admiral Eden.
WINDSOR, Friday.—Yesterday being the birthday of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, bora in
1819, and who consequently attained the age of 38, was
celebrated here by the ringing of merry peals, from the
Chapel Royal of St. George, and St. John's Church, and
other demonstrations of loyalty and respect.
Miss Nightingale, accompanied by Sir John Liddell,
paid a visit on Wednesday to the hospitals at Chatham.
She was attended through the Military Hospital by De-
puty Inspector-General J. R. Taylor, C. 8., and Dr.
Tyce ; and through the Naval Hospital by Deputy In-
spector-General Dr. Drummond. The visit lasted several
hours, and Miss Nightingale expressed much gratifica-
tion with the various arrangements.
THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. —The Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Captain
F. Christian, left to-day, with the Peninsular mails, 30
passengers, specie for Lisbon -value 6,241/ , and for
Cadiz value 44,5091., and a full cargo. Among the
passengers are Mrs. Ross, for Cadiz ; Sir S. M. Peto
and friend, for Lisbon ; Major Green, Lieut. Massey,
Messrs. Henry, Chevel, Delwin, and Reade, for Gibral-
tar, ite. Her Majesty's screw steamer Himalaya ar-
rived in the river this afternoon from Plymouth, and will
be taken into graving dock to-morrow (Saturday) morn-
ing, to have her bottom cleaned before proceeding to
China with troops.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—The United States
steamers Niagara and Mississippi have been ordered to
procee 1 to England to assist in laying the Atlantic tele-
graph. The Niagara is a screw propeller, and is said to
be the largest steam vessel of war in the woild, while
the Mississippi is the most powerful paddle-wheel
steamer in the American navy. The English Govern-
ment, it was understood, intended to furnish two ships
of similar character, the two propellers being designed
to receive the cable, and the paddle-ships to attend
them. Is soon as the cable is received on board, the
four ships will proceed together to the middle of the
Atlantic, whire the cable in the two propellers will be
united and submerged, the English vessel paying
,out
one-half till it reaches Ireland, and the American vessel
the other half till it reaches Newfound and.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CoußT.—Yesterday Mr. Chas.
Mathews made another affi lavit, as requested by Mr.
C)mmissioner Phillips, and the rule • obtained by Mr.
Allcroft was discharged. The affidavit was sworn at
Bristol on Wednesday. Mr. Mathews swore that his
only means were derived from his salary, and that he
never bad 801. a week from Mr. Smith ; and further,
that he had not concluded an engagement for next
season. He had devoted part of his income to pay debts,
from which he had not been discharged.
THE BALTIC MEDAL.—A number of medal-, awarded
to the offiJers and privates of the Royal Marine Corps,
who were in active service during the late Baltic cam-
paign, have been received at Woolwich, 190 of which
were distributed on Tuesday by Lieutenant and Adjutant
Fraser, and on Wednesday morning the remaining 100
were disposed of. This completes the total list of the
recipients in the Woolwich divisions entitled Co t'ie
Balt c medal.

THE Vicrontit Cat:mg.—The Medical Tinto and
Gazette, commenting on the fact that no medical officer
has received this decoration, says—" One surgeon went
out of the advanced trench before the Medan, and carried
in the body of the Colonel of the 34 Buffs, under a tre-
mendous fire. Another assisted wounded officers of the
Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaklava, far in front of the
advanced picquets of the French Chasseurs, and at the
most imminent personal risk. A third saved the life of
the Duke of Cambridge at Initerman, in a hand to hand
conflict. A fourth assisted Captain Oust, at the Alma,
when severely wounded in the veey thickest of the fight.
And these were no isolated examples. No danger kept
back the medical officers from the performance of their
duty ; and surely, to say the very least, there was as
much valour shown in assisting a wounded man under a
heavy fire as in joining in the conflict. One reason we
have heard assigned for not giving the Cross to medical
officers is remarkable, and we may add that it was kiven
us by a gentleman in a high official position:—"
It is not
considered advisable to encourage medical officers to dis-
tinguish themselves for valour. They are quite ready
enough as it is to volunteer for dangerous duty, and if
we were to reward them as we do others, they would all
be killed, and we should have no doctors left for the
troops." This may be complimentary, but it is not en-
couraging.