The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

COURT CfRCULAR, '

WINDSOR, THURSDAY, APRIL 15.
The following were at the royal dinner patty yester•
do,:v :—Her Royal .ytglinc-es tht Duchess cf Kent, her
Rug a 1 Ifiglarsn the Dache:is of Cli.mbrid::,,e, her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary Of Cembridge, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Onanbridge, his Serene Highness
Prince Lecplo of Saxe Cobcarz, the Lldy in 'Waiting to
the Duchess of Kent, the Lareness de Spetb, Lady
Frances Brace, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel
the Hon. Chozles Grey, Baron rineechock, and Lord W
Patilef.

The bend of the ColdEtrezm Guards attended in the
Castle and performed ilia lollop:4)g selection during
dinner:—
Overture,.. " Midsummer Night's
Dream', Alendelssohn.
SOection from" Alma" ,•• Costa.
Grand Trio, " Guillsume Tell" Russini.
Valle, " The !tlanclali!m" Karl Buller.
Glee, "Blow, Gentle Gaits" ... Sir R. R. Bishop.
Polka, " The Lily" Cotgt.
The Queen and Prince Albert-, with the Prince of
Wales, accompanied by' the. Duke of Ceinbridge and
Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, rode out, on horseback
ye,teed sp aftc:rn,:ory, nttrided by the Hon. Beatrice B) ng,
Lord Co;vilte, and Colonel F. H. se.-
3 :now .
The Michels (4 Cambridge and Pzineess Mary drove
out in au open cs.rrini!e.-

The Marchioness of Duur4 has been succeeded in the
duties of Lady in Waiting by the Countess of Desert.
Lady Douro remains on a visit to her Klejesty.
Their Royal Highnetses the Duchess of Cambridge,
PrinceSs Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, have left
the Castle to-day.
The Duke and Duchess of Nemours, with the Count
d'Eu and the Duke d'Alencon, are expEcted on a visit Ist
the Castle this afternoon.

Ur. Temple had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office Jester•
day, from the Governor of Gibraltar

COLONIAL EXPENDITURE.
A return has recently been presented to Parliament
of the revenue and expenditure of each of the colonies
of Great Britain whose accounts are not under their own
independent control. The receipts, irrespeotive of
103,5151. for the cost of collection, amount to 1,717,4954
(of which 760,4771. consists of Customs duties, and only
76,7101. of land sales), while the expenditures make s
total of 1,780,307/., showing an excess of 12,812/. The
military outlay sustained by the mother country in con*
flexion with these possessions is not included, the only
rOuctions from that outlay being some small contribu-
tions
from Ceylon, Malta, and Mauritius, amounting in
all to 40,2001. subjoined are the relative figures for
each dependency. Those for Natal and New Zealand
are not of a later period, than , the year 1848, those
Cey;on, 'Gibraltar, Malta, Sr. Helens,
Van I Lund, ni, and Western
fASooruustlthh;slA.CPet
trai;
apporreinij to 1849, and the remainder come
down to 1850:

'' Gross Cost of
Revenue. Collection. Expenditure.
~f.
Cape of Good II( pa ... 223,554 19,036 259,201
Ceylon ... ... 408,525 17,853 ... 414,715
Falkland Islands ... 1,441 ... 10 6,084
Gambia 7,485 929 ... 11,147
Gibraltar ... 29.764 3,508 30,563

Gold Coast

886 ...

174

4,786

Horg 23,527 ... 163 ... 34,540
Labium 1.372 ... 6,751
Malta ... 126.309 5.062 114,195
Mauritius ... 308 342 22,323 ... 265,20 G
Nat,] 11,760 994 10,248
New Zealand ... ... 110,965
... 3.973 108,881
St. Helena ... 15,921 ... 2,507 23 867
St. Lucia ... ... 12,807 78 11,607
Serra Leone . ... 17.167 ... 1,378 23,069
S..mth ... 166,606 7,238 149,334
Trinidad ... 88,140 6,333 78,971
Van Diemen's Land... 152,706 10,538 165.864
Western Australia ... 10,129 ... 1,409 ... 11,259

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.'
EASTEZN • COUNTIES AND 'NORFOLK lisnway.—Traffic
re►turn for the week ending April H :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,470 411
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,607 13 5

Total £15,077 18 4
• Corresponding week of 1851 ... 13,410 16 11
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RamwAr.—The following
is the traffic return for, the week ending April 11
Passengers, &c.... £3,109 6 1
Merchandise and minerals .. 4,573 1 2

Total ... £7,682 7 3
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Traffic for the week
ending April 4 :
Passengers
Goods ...
Parcels ...
&tails

£2,754 3 10
.. 1,166 1 7
... 199 3 5
... 223 4 2

Total

... P-4,342 13 0
SHREWSHOSY AtiD CHESTER RAlLWAY.—.Traffic 'receipts
for the week ending April 11 :
Passengers, &c.
.£736 14 8
Merchandise, mineral", &c. 9:8 9 8

Total •.. £1,665 4 4
Corresponding week last year 1,570 10 10

•
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNG,
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending
April 11:—Passengers, &c.
.£lO7 0 4
Corresponding week last year 122 17 3

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. —(Zg9 miles opened.)—Eetarn of
,raffic for the week ending April 4:
Passengers, &c.
Goods, &c.

... £2,766 8 6i
... 5,003 7 7

Total .. £7,774 16 1
Corresponding week last year ... 7.867 8 6fr

ttOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea,.
THLS NG.
Will be performed Shakespere's Historical Play of KING JOHN.
Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison,
Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Vezin,
Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phillivs, Miss Robertson, Min Mur-
ray, alas Kate Terry, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean.
After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled
WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS;
or, The
Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusino.
Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Fleintore ;
Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, C. Lecicreq,
Daly, Vivash. Newcombe, K. Terry, and Madlle. Anriol.