The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-25 00:00:00

1;0 URT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Alter►, the Princess
Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the
domestic household, attended Divine service yester-
day morning in the private chapel of Buckingham
Pelace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley
officiated.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on
horseback on Saturday morning, attended by Colonel
Buuverie.

The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her
Majesty on Saturday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on
Saturday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commis-
sion for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works
of Industry of all Nations to be held in the year 18.51.
his Royal Hightiet:s arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Colonel
Bouverie.
The Commissioners present were the Earl Gran-
ville, Lord Overstone, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Charles
Lyell, Mr. Barry, Mr. Baxley, Mr. Cubitt, Mr.
T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, and Mr. Alderman
Thompson. Colonel Reid, ILE , chair man of the
executive committee, was also present. Mr. Stafford
Northcote, secretary to the commission, attended.
The meeting broke up at six o'clock.
. .

A deputatic;ii from the council of the Society of
Arts had an interview with the royal commissioners.
Her Illwjesty and Prince Albert honoured the
Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on
Saturday evening. The royal suite consisted of the
Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Flora Macdonald, the
Earl cf Morley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel
Bouverie.

The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham
Eilace on Friday evening, and performed the fol-

lowing pieces :
Overture Op. 142 • • Kalliwoda
Aria, "Faust" Spohr.
Scene, Romance, and Trio, " La Part du

Diable" .
Trio, " Le Pre aux Clercs" Herold.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge returned to their residence at Kew on
Saturday, from honouring the Earl and Countess of
Wilton with a visit at their seat, Melton Mowbray.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir
John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat two hours.

The Turkish Ambassador was prevented by indis-
position from being present at the banquet given by
the Lord Mayor on Thursday last.
Lord Seymour had an interview with Lord John
Russell on Saturday.
Mr. Bazley had an interview with Sir George
Grey on Saturday. Mr. Selby had also an interview
with the Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday at the
Home-office.

A deputation from the Londonderry and Coleraine
and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing
street. The deputation consisted of Captain Jones,
M.P., Mtijor Blackall, M.P., Mr. J. Clay, M.P.,
Messrs. IV. H. Thomas, T. Tyrrell, and F. H. Hem-
ming.

Tile Commission for inquiring into Smithfield-
market, and markets in the city of London for the
sale of meat, met on Saturday at the Home-office.
Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Sir James Duke,
Sir Harry Verney, the Hon. Frederick Byng, and
Mr. John Wood, were present.
The officers and gentlemen of her Majesty's Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms had the honour of
enter-
taining their captain, Lord Foley, at dinner on Satur-
day, at the Clarendon Hotel.

The committee on manufactures of the Commission
for the Exhibition of 1851, met on Saturday at the
new Palace of Westminster. The members present
were Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Gott, Mr.
Herbert Minton, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr. Redgrave,
Mr. H. J. Townsend, Professor Graham, and Mr.
Marshall. Mr. Cole and Mr. Dilke attended on be-
half of the executive committee. Mr. Northcote,
secretary to the Commission, was in attendance.
The Earl of Carlisle had a dinner party on Friday,
at his residence, in Grosvenor-place. The company
included Lady Morley, Lady Georgina and 11r.
Grey, Lord Harry Vane, Sir Hamilton, and Lady
Seymour, Mr. Granville Vernon, Colonel and Mrs.
Malcolm, Captain Egerton, Mr. and Mrs. W. Caven-
dish, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Birch, the Countess of
Carlisle, Lady Mary and Captain Howard.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early ser-
vice, yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached the sermon
yesterday, at the daily service.
The Bishop of Oxford will preach on Sunday next
(Easter Day), in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On Wednesday the 20th, the Larceny Sum-
mary Jurisdiction Bill was brought into Committes,
and there moved and carried that it be divided into
two Bills. The effect of this may be considered
hostile to the objectionable portions of the Bill, which
are the powers to flog children by the public execu-
tioner at the order of two magistrates for thefts
under the value of one shilling, and the mock option
to be afforded to the unhappy small criminal, of say-
ing whether he will accept the flogging of the two
magistrates, or will go before a jury. All men of
any general acquaintance with the world, know what
options of this kind mean. The Committee was
filially deferred to the 18th of April.
On Thursday a great contest in a small House, on
the composition of the " Committee upstairs" on the
County Bates and Expenditure Bill. It is to be re-
gretted that some way cannot be discovered of fram-
ing these Committees without their being supposed
to consist of two opposed sets of partisans. Perhaps
something like the old mode of ballot for an Election
Committee, where each side struck off what it con-
sidered its avowed opponents to the number cf a
third, might have the effect desired. But possibly
the whole may be rendered needless by the conside-
ration, that no sensible man puts faith in the decisions
of a Committee. except to the exact extent of the
evidence and arguments produced.
On Friday was the debate in Committee on the Aus-
tralian Colonies Government Bill. The Conservative
side of the House advanced precisely the same tactics as
on a former debate on Economy; and with precisely the
same effect of inducing a number of the Liberals to
run after the hook, though they were told it was a
hook, and assured by the inviters that it was a hook,
and shown where the object was to land them.
The Conservatives moved as an amendment, that
there should be two Chambers in the Australian
Colonies; a point on which, viewed in its nakedness,
few Liberals of anything like an advanced order
could fail to agree. But then it was not naked; the
Conservatives added, that if they carried their amend-
ment, their object was to have a Second Chamber
nominated by the Crown, with a proviso (how hand-
some) that not more than one-third of the members
should hold effices of emolument under the Crown.
And at this most monstrous bait, a portion of the
Liberals did not fail to bite. That is, they trusted to
being able to lick the bait off the hook,—to gain a
majority by joining with the Conservatives on the
first question, and then to get rid of the consequences
by voting another way upon the second. Fish do so
every day, and we know what comes of it. Of
course the question is open to all varieties of opinion ;
but it is therefore open to that one, which thinks that
nothing is more dangerous than playing with the
fiend, and joining in fellowship with him for a season
in the expectation of being able to evade his claw
when it shall be convenient. There may have been
one or two instances in the history of mankind of the
success of such a policy on the large scale ; but the
number is by no means such as invites to repetition.
The President of the Board of Trade took too
much alarm at the conduct of the Liberals behind
him, who none of them did more than was required
for a fair exposition of their opinions and throwing
them into the pool. A Conservative Member saw a
strong necessity for introducing what he called the
monarchical principle into the colonies. It was
therefore no more than right, that others should have
their say.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
N OLD REFORMER.
London, 25th March, 1850.

THE ARMY.

It will be most gratifying to the army to re-
ceive another proof of the kindness and attention
which Lord Gough has always manifested towards
the interests and welfare of those officers who have
served under him and deserved well of their country.
Shortly before his Lordship resigned the command
of the army in India he addressed to the Governor-
General and the military secretary ot the Cora-
mauder•in-Chief letters strongly recommending to
the favourable consideration ot the Government three
distinguished officers who had served under his Lord-
ship in the thr( e last campaigns. The honours and
rewards placed at his Lordship's disposal after " the ,
crowning vic.ory of Goojerat" were, it appears, de-
voted to other claims, or were inadequate to the ser-
vices rendered by those officers. The brief summary
of those services given in his Lordship's recommen-
daliou affords the most ample evidence of the claims
those officers possess, and is to the following effect :
Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Grant, C. 8., Adjutant-
General of the Army, was virtually at the head of the
, important department of which he is chief in the last
three great campaigns. His services in the Gwalior
campaign were only inadequately rewarded with a
brevet majority. Fur the Sutledj campaign, in which
he was severely and dangerously wounded, he re-
ceived a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy. For the last
and crowning campaign, in which his duties were
most enema and responsible, and were performed