The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Wednesday i, eluded the L':rd Chancellor and Lady
Lyndhurst, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Liver-
pool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Arun-
del and Surrey, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, the
Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, the Right Hon. Sir
John Hohhouse and Mr. Hallam.
Her Majesty's private band attended in the Palace
after dinner: _ _ _

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal
gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an
airing in the royal gardens yesterday.
The royal dinner party at Beekuigham Palace yes-
terday includ,d the Marquis of Exett r, the Marquis of
Granby, the Earl and Countess Bruce, the Earl and
Countess of Verulam, and Lady Jane Grimst9n, Lord
and Lady Dilmeny, and Lord and Lady Leveson.
In the evening his Royal Highness the Hereditary
Grand Mike of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Site Weimar, the Earl and
Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary Sackville West,
Lady Anne Primrose, S.r Henry and Lady Wheatley,
and the Misses Wheatley, Mr. George Edward anti the
Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain the lion. James Murray,
joined the royal circle at the Palace.
His Excellency. the Minister of the Netherlands was
prevented from attending her Maje)ty'a Levee on Wed-
nesday, in consequence of Mademoiselle Dedel having
recently had the measles.
A deputation from .hit North Wales Railway Corr-
patby, consisting of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Archer, al.d
Mr. Johnson, transacted business at the Railway De-
partment of the Board of Trade yesterday.
Mr. Dowding„ Surveyor-General of Customs, Mr.
Amend, Collector of Liverpool, Mr. her, Collector of
Bristol, and Mr. Maclean, hail an interview with Sir
Robert Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr.
Dean, Chairman of the Customs, yesterday,
The Attorney-General transacted- business yesterday
at the Home. office.
Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Dougla., M.P., Sir
W. James, Sir J. Hamner, and a deputation from the
manufacturers of Turpentine, had an interview with Sir
George Clerk on Wednesday, at the office of the Board
of Trade.
Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off
from the Colonial-office on Wednesday evening.
The Earl of Powis. Mr. Clive, and Mr. Spooner, M.P.,
had an interai,w with the Earl of Dalhousie on Wed-
nesday, at the office of the Board of Trade.

MASTERS IN THE NAVY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

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SIR,-1 hope and trust those gallant members who so ably
advocated the claims of the masters last year, will renew
their efforts again on the bringing up the navy estimates.
I am in no way connected with the navy, but, having been
frequently a passenger in a man-of-war, have had an oppor-
tunity otz witnessing the important duty the master had to
perform ; and in my opinion they have been most shamefully
treated. The zeal and intelligence of this class of officers
equals any in the service, and their nautical abilities far sur-
pass any other that has come under my observation ; every
person who has been a passenger in a man-of-war will, I am
sure, agree with me.
I have been frequently told the very men who have con
stantly opposed the masters claims, are those who most re-
quire their services when employed, but I will forbear to
name them on the present occasion.
I see, by the "navy list," every other class has a retired
list; why, then, is this boon withheld from the master? I
am happy to find a little has been done for the juniors, and,
I trust, (to use the first sea-Lord's own words) " the time is
at hand " for doing just ice to the senior masters.
I am, Sir, yours truly,
A LOOKER-ON.

Falmouth.

WOOLWICH, MARCH s.—The Erebus and Terror,
experimental vessels, were commissioned at Woolwich
on Tuesday, and the following officers have been ap-
pointed to them:—To the Erebus—Captain Sir John
Franklin, K.C.H., to have the command of the Arctic
expedition; Commander James Fitzjames (1842), for-
merly commander of the Clio, 16-gun sloop on the East
Indian station ; Lieutenant Henry T. D. Le Vescomte
(1841), formerly serving in the Clio; Mate Charles F.
Des Vceux (1844), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at
Portsmouth; •Second Master 11. F. Collins, from the
Shearwater steam-vessel, employed by Captain Wash-
ington in the surveying service; Clerk G. F. Pinhorn,
Gunner J. G. Robinson, Boatswain J. G. Terry, Car-
penter W. Weekes. To the Terror—Captain F. R. M.
Crozier (1841), Lieutenant Edward Little (1837),
Lieutenant G. H. Hodgson (1842), Carpenter Thomas
Honey. The screw-propeller steam-frigate, ordered to
be built upon Mr. Lang.'s plan, is to he named the Watt.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Orange gave a most splendid bat costume last eel( at
their palace at the Hague, at which the King and Queen
of Holland, the Ministers of State, the members of the
corps diplom.otique, and upwards of six hundred of the
eirC of the city were assembled. After the arrival of the
King and Queen in the saloon, a procession of fifty-
five. couples passed before their Majesties, attired
in character, mostly from Sir Walter Scott's " Quentin
Durward." Three sets of quadrilles were subse-
quently formed, viz., a quadrille of Highlanders
(in which . Prince Alexander of the Netherlands,
Mr. Hudson Lowe, Sir Strafford Jerningham, Baron
V. Hardenbrcck, Count de Noailles, and Baron V. 80-,
gaude, were remarkable for their superb dresses),
quadrille in costumes of the period of Louis XV., and a
quadrille representing characters of the time of Francois
1. The Prince of Oraite,e represented Louis XV., and
in the course of the evening appeared as Louis XIII.
The Princess of Orange was attired as Constance of
Arragon, and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands as
Jeanne de France. The Queen of Holland's costume,
that of Margueritte d'Anjou, was literally covered with
brilliants and other precious gems. Their Royal High-
r.esses Prince .and Princess Frederick of the Nether-
lands will also shortly give a bul costume, in conse-
quence of the ec/er with which the one given by his royal
brother went off.
Lord Middleton has given the sum of 1001.
towards the funds for the erection of the Roman Catholic
Church in Lambeth.