The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left Clarence House,
St. James's, at half-past five o'clock on Saturday after-
noon, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at.
her residence Bushy House, Bushy-park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset,
honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on
Saturday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended
by Baron Knesebeck, afterwards left town for their resi-
dence at Kew.

The Hon. Mr. Archibald, the Master of the Rolls of
Nova Scotia, Mr. C. D. Archibald, F.R.S., and Mr. G.
Lawrence, had interviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday,
at the Colonial-office.

A Deputation of machine-makers, headed by Mr. M.
Philips, M.P., and Mr. E. Buckley, M.P. and including
Messrs. Jenkinson, Curtis, and Higgins, of Manchester,
and Mr. Hackin, of Bury, had an interview with the
Earl of Ripon on Friday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

A Deputation on the wine trade, including Lord
Sandon, MY., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir Howard
Douglas, M.P., and Mr. George Barnes, had an interview
with the Chancellor of th; Exchequer, and Mr. Dean,
Chairman of the Customs, on Saturday, in Downing-
street.

Sir Charles Metcalfe and Sir William Gomrn had
interviews with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office on
Saturday.
A Deputation of Shopkeepers of Manchester, consist-
ing of the following:—Mr. R. Owen, Mr. W. J. Birch,
and Mr. J. Peate, had an interview with the Earl of
Ripon, on Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade.
The Right Hon. Sir George Murray, Bart., and Miss
Murray, have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. The Lords present were,-the Lord President,
Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce,
and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir A. John-
ston and Sir E. East sat as Privy Councillors.
Mr. Richards, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the
appellant, on an appeal from Bengal, opened at a former
sitting, "Baboo Deep Narain v. Lal Chutterpeet Singh."
`Mr. Lofttis Wigram, Queen's Counsel, also commenced
his address. The case was adjourned.

NAVAL OFFICERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIRE SUN.
SIR,-It was with much surprise that I heard Mr.
Hume state in the House that a young man can be a
post-captain at 26 years of age. Why, Sir, they can
he, and are made post-captains at 22 years of age ;
which is shameful, for post-captain is an exceedingly
high rank.
They (the sons of the elite of the aristocracy) are
made lieutenants at 19, commanders at 21, and post-
captains at 22. Now when Sir George Cockburn, Sir
Thomas Cochrane, Admiral Dacres, &c., were made
captains, the law was that no one should be lieutenant
under 20 ; yet, despite of that law, Dacres and Cochrane
were made post-captains at 17 years of age, and I be-
lieve Cockburn was under 20. Dacres's father was
Commanders-in-Chief at Jamaica, and Cochrane's father
Commander-in-Chief at Barbadoes, at the time that
each conferred that rank on his son.

I hope this will come under the notice of Mr. Hume,
that he may take the earliest opportunity in his place in
Parliament, of correcting the error into which he has
inadvertently fallen.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A NAVAL OFFICER.
London, July 16, 1842.

FREEMASONRY. MASONIC ANECDOTE.-- In the
summer cf 1835, the schooner Vigilant, Captain Bergain, from
Dunkirk, arrived in Lerwick harbour, with loss of sails and
other damage. The captain procured an agent, with whom
he agreed for the necessary repairs, which were soon effected
ard the vessel declared ready for sea. A misunderstanding,
however, arose between the captain and agent, on the
charges incurred, which, in the sequel, proved to he excessive ;
the captain threatened to sail without acknowleding the ac-
count, unless corrected, whereon a meditatione fuga warrant
was procured against him. I knew him to be a man incapable
of acting with dishonesty, although a little acute with detec-
tion of certain mistakes, and was struck with astonishment at
seeing him marched off to prison, and incarcerated beside a
felon convicted of theft and burglary. As the captain under-
stood the English language but very imperfectly, I proffered
my service in his forlorn state. After the burst of indignation
which naturally followed, had subsided, he earnestly requested
that a Freemason might be sent to him ' • I was acquainted with
several gentlemen reputed to be of the Order, and to whom I FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF LEICESTER.—Monday
made his case known. The agent who procured the warrant,
the judge who signed it, and the captain who suffered by it, last will long be remembered In West Norfolk as the day on ,1 hich
were all Freemasons ; instant justice was rendered, and the the mortal remains of one of her most distinguished characters,
captain immediately liberated. I was so struck with the won- the munificent patron and friend of agriculture, the liberal
drous influence of the mystic tie over the usual tardy operation landlord, the generous master, the open-hearted benefactor,
of official regulations, that I eagerly seized the opportunity to j ware consigned to their final resting-place.
become a Freemason.—Freemasons Quarterly Review, July. THE HARVEST. —The first field of Talavera wheat
A NICE CHANCE FOR SINGLE LADIES.—A novel in Sussex, and, we believe; in England, was cut by N. Hall,
announcement in these words, Wanted a Wife," is to be seen Esq., of Southwick, on Wednesday se'nnight, which will be
posted at a house in Herne say ; the consequence of which has fit tar the miller on Monday next. The harvest will cora-
been to attract hundreds of fair applicants, but all to no pur- cnence generally in a few days. The wheat is full in the ear,
pose,
for "my gentleman appeals too fastidious to make a and will weigh,heavy. The barley and oats will be light crops.
elections.— Canterbury Journal. i Braaten Herald.

days. The ships of war in Mahi; Harbour, under the orders of
Sir E. W. C. It. Owen, have been some time ready for sea, and
it is generally supposed will leave for a short cruise about the
13th ; but it would appear that there is a studied desire to avoid
coming into contact with the French ships of war in these
ts. The Calcutta sails for Lisbon and England in a day or
two, her late Captain, Sir Samuel Roberts, going home as a
mere passenger, having been placed on half-pay by the Admi-
ral, for being more than six weeks in Malta hospital, sick.