The Gazette states that the Queen has conferred the honour
of knighthoodlupon Colonel Arthur Cotton, Colonel Commandant her Majesty's Madras Engineers. and Mr. Richard Charles Kirkly, late Accountant-General of the War Department.
The Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., has been selected by the Queen to proceed on a special mission to invest his Majesty the King of Prussia with the Order of the Garter. His Lordship will be accom- panied by Major-General Lord F. Paulet, C.B. and by Viscount Ilia- chinbrook, of the Grenadier Guards. Sir Charles Young, Garter Kink of Arms, will also proceed on the mission with the Marquis of Breadal- bane,
We believe that the list of the new batch of Queen's Counsel has not yet been officially settled, although there is no doubt that Mr. Denman, Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Karslake will be found among the new silk gowns. It is reported that one or two Sergeants are at the same time to have patents of precedence conferred upon them. The late Chancellor, Lord Chelmsford, varied the practice of his prede- cessors and withheld these patents, but, from the manifest injustice thereby arising in the case of certain prominent holders of the coif, it is not likely that Lord Campbell will adopt the change, at least until those who accepted the rank of sergeant under the old system shall have had an opportunity of occupying the position justified by their business and professional reputation.—Globe.
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