The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 18.
Her Majesty went out driving this afternoon,
accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess
Alice.

The Marchioness of Douro was in attendance on
her Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
shooting today.
Lord John Russell arrived at Balmoral today.
The dinner party will include Lord John Russell
and Sir E. L3ndseer.

Summonses were issued yesterday to the Ministers
and Officers of State to attend a Privy Council to be
held by the Queen, at Balmoral, on Tuesday, the 24th
of September. The summonses were sent from the
Privy Council- office.
Dispatches from the Governors of New South
\Vales and South Australia were received yesterday
at the Colonial-office.

Di'patches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial-office, for the Governors of the North Ameri-
can provinces.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SLR,—You have been so hind as to find space in
your e xcellent paper for several letters from old cap-
tains in the army, I should esteem it a favour if you
would inst rt this.

It cannot have escaped the eye of many officers,
that notwithstanding the reason allegtd, viz., " that
officers on retired lull-pay are not eligible to brevet
promotion," officers were from the retired list pro-
tnoted by brevet rank on the birth of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of 'Wales; while other officers were
passed over, there were three promoted on that occa-
sion. I shall further instance two or three other
cases. The late Sir Thomas B. Pechell, Bart., who
had been many years on retired full-pay, as a
captain cf the late Horse Grenadier Guards, at
18s. 61. per day, was promoted by brevet to the rank
and pay of a major-general in her Majesty's service;
and it I greatly mistake not the present Major-
General Eyre, who was also a captain in the same
corps, was promoted in like manner.
So long as invidious distinctions are made can any
one wonder if officers complain ? In the cases last
noticed, I am not aware that any particular act of
service occurred, or had anything to do with promo-
tion. The plain question is this—Why should some
officers get brevet promotion on retired full-pay and
others not ?
I hope the present year will not pass away without
the subject being duly looked into.—Yours, &c.,
AN OLD OFFICER.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 20.—Mr. Cowling's friends,
considering that the only real objection urged by the
other side to that gentleman is, that be came forward
without any requisition or vote of a general meeting
of members of the Senate, remark that such a mode
of application to a candidate is not usual, and has not
been adopted in more than one instance during the
last thirty years. Mr. Cowling has arrived here,
and is engaged in making a personal canvass. A
list of his committee has been this day issued. It is
as follows :
The Rev. the Master of St. John's College, Chairman.
The President of Queen's College.
The Lord Burghley, M.P.
The Hon. Mr. Justice Petteson, King's College.
T. IVaterfield, M D., Christ's College.
J. C. Adams, F.R.S., F.RA.S.
Rev. James Atlay, 8.8., Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. G. Bainbridge, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College.
F. Bathforth, M A.. Fellow of St. John's College.
J. Buckley, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College.
Rev. C. Babington, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. W. Brown, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. J. E. Cooper, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College.
P. W. Courtenay,M. A., Jesus College.
Rev. T. Crick, 13.13., late Public Orator.
Rev. G. Currey, 8.D., Preacher of the Charterhouse.
Hew. C. R. adieu, M.A., Corpus Christi College.
Rev. F. France, BD., Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. J. Graham, B.D.,late Fellow of Jesus College.
E. T. Ha!swell, F.R.S., St. John's College.
Rev. A. M. Hoare, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College.
J. Kemplay, M.A., Trinity College.
Rev. Francis Martin, M.A. Bursar of Trinity College.
J. Rigg, M A., Fellow of St. John's College.
A. W. Simpson, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College,
Hey. E. Ventris, M.A., St. Peter's College.
A. Westmorland, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College.
W. P. Wilson, M.A., Professor of Mathematics, Queen's
College, Belfast.

THE FIRE IN MARK-LARE.--A vast body of fire
still remained in the ruins and walls of several of the ware-
houses last night, and occasionally the wind blew the flame
s
to a considerable height. During the night of Thursday
the bond timbers of one of the warehouses having been con-
sumed, the fire penetrated into the warehouses of Messrs.
Capel, the extensive coopers, adjoining the premises of Mr.
Barber; but two engines were set to work, and the fire was
extinguished. The wall at the back front of Mr. Barber's
warehouse in Seething-lane has fallen in ; but Inspector
Todhunter, perceiving that it would not stand any longer,
had just removed every person from this part of the premises.
One of the houses on the opposite side of the street was
forced in, and several others injured; fortunately the occu-
piers had removed with their furniture. It has been ascer-
tained that no less than 20,0001. worth of bristles have been
destroyed. An immense quantity of oil was lost ; when the
flames reached the casks it ran down the sewers into the
Thames, and a great many watermen and fishermen reaped
a rich harvest by skimming the surface of the river. The
fire is considered to be the largest there has been in the City
since the destruction of the Royal Exchange. The cause of
the tire has not been ascertained • but it is certain that it
began in the premises of Messrs. Allnutts and Co., 58, Mark-
lane. When the porter found it out, he states that the
flames weie progressing so tearfully that it was impos-
sible to tell precisely in which room they commenced; he
was obliged to rush to the street with only his shirt on.
Fins AT PENTON night, shortly be-
fore ten o'clock, a fire bioke out on the premises belonging
to Messrs. John, Thomas, and William Barns, carpenters
and builders, Queen's-row, Pentonville, immediately facing
the chapel. The fire was discovered by one of the neigh .1
hours, when instant alarm was given, and numerous engines
of the London Brigade, parish, aed West of England Company
attended as quickly as possible. Plenty of water was pro-
cured from the fire-mains, from which the engines were set
to work; but before any impression could be made upon the
fury of the flames, the roof fell in. The firemen, however,
were enabled to cut off further extension; but the carpen-
ters' workshops were gutted, the storehouse considerably
burned, and some damage was done to the painters' work.
shops. When the men left off work at half-past six o'clock,
there was not the least appearance of anything burning.
The Arm was fully insured.