The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-06 00:00:00

Overture, "Brasseur de Preston" ... Adam.
Romanze, " Es: seas ein Maegdlein,"
from the opera of " Casilda " Ernest,Duke of

Styrer-Landler .. Saxe-Co bourg.. ... ... ... Kaliwoda.
&cit. and Naehtigallen Duett, "Es
war die Nach tigull die sang"
(Casilda) ... ...

• Ernest,Duke of
Sax( -Cobourg.
• Ernest,Duke of
Saze-Cobou.
Her Majesty's private band attended afterwards in thrge
evening, and performed the fallowing compositions;
Overture, "Le Serment" Auber.
Solo, Violin, M. Sainton, " Le Carnaval
de Venise"
Paganini.
Scherzo Notturno, "Midsummer Night's
Dream"... •.. Mendelssohn.
Selection. Ballet, " Stradella" Flotovr.
The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this
morning.

Ballet from the opera " Casilda"

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Royal children took walking and pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting
this forenoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the
Honourable A. Gordon.
The Marquis of Westminster, Lord Steward of the
Household, arrived from London this forenoon at the
Castle, and had an audience of the Queen, to present the
address of the House of Lords, in answer to her Majesty's
Speech on the occasion of opening Parliament. Lord
Marcus Hill, the Treasurer of the Household, also ar-
rived from London and had an audience of her Majesty,
to present the Address from the House of Commons in
answer to the Speech from the Throne on the opening
of the present session of Parliament. The Queen was
attended by Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting.
Invitations have been received by the following per-
son2ges who are expected to arrive at the Castle to-
day:

The Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Anglesey,
the Earl and Countess of Miwo, Viscount and Viscoun-
tess Mahon, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lord Broughton,
and the Right Hon. T. 13. Macaulay.
Lord Cawley left the Castle this afternoon.

M. Van de Weyer, Ole Belgian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Tlis Excel-
lency hod an ietervieiv with the Right Hon. Henry La,-
houchere yesterday, at the office oF the Board of Trade.
Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, had
an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.

Mr. Osborne had an interview with Lord John Russell
on Wednesday, at hisorlicial resid,-nee in Downing-street.
ofm rL.orAddaSitrr,admbr.pok.,e,anSdir Ed-
ward dGepouotcahti,oßna, Burt., consisting
Pete, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-office, on the sul,jfct or Equa-
lising the county rates of the county of Suffolk.
Major-General the Hon. George Cathcart, Governor
of the Cape of Good Hope, had an interview yesterday
with Earl Grey. Mr. Cripps had also an interview yes-
terday with the Noble Earl, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Rumbold, M.P., had an interview yesterday with
the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
Mr. Moatyn, M.P., had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey,
Dispatches were received from the Governor of New
South Wales yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

,IP
John-street,
SHIPWRECK.—
street, Adelphi, the
Yesterday, a meeting of the general committee of the Royal
Nationarlnstitution for theo Preservation of Life from Ship-
wreck was held at the REWARDS FOR
the
president of the society,r _ Duke of NorthemberLnd, in
the chair, supported by M • Thomas Wilson, Captain
SAITOLs
Ellice,
R.N. (comptroller-general of the Coast Guerd); Captain
Washington, R.N. ; Captain Mellardy, R.N. Ctain
Jerningham, R.N. ; Colonel Colquhoun, P A Captain I
.•Captain i,__ro . -
lefield, R.N• , Jeer tt , Captain Ward, R.N. •, Cap-
tain Preston, Mr. Edward Hurry,and Mr. W. S.
• ,
Tae minutes of the previous meeting having * ' .
been read by
the secretary, Mr. Lewis, a reward of lll. was voted to the
crew of the Holyhead life-boat, in
very laudable and persevering e consideration of their
of the passengers (43) of the 'Pertions in aving the whole
which was wrecked in Holy head own of Wexford steamer,
Bay on the 4th January
last. The silver medal of the
institution was ordered to be
presented to corrunis:iioned-b
Dunbar Coast-guard (Annan James Brown, of the
Station. in appreciation of his gallant
conduct in having twice, at the peril of his life, jumped into
_master and one of the crew of the
schooner Susan,
recent
occasion cn the I ellow Carr Point, near I unbar, the
remainder of the crew having
seen rescued from their perilous
position by means of a hoe other belongingto the
. men coast-guard, who were reworded'by with a grant of 5/. The
medal of the •'
Society etas also voted to be presente i to l'. il-
liam Rancliffe, coxswain of the Southport life-boat, who
Was stated to have assisttd, during the past seventeen years,
in saving 90 per: ons fr, m shipwreck. The praiseworthy
services of poor Irish boatmen, who had laudably exerted
themselves in saving two persons who had been capsized
from a boat in Rutland Bay, county of Donegal, a few weeks
since, were rewarded with 21. The special le to of thanks of
the institution was resolved to be presented to several officers
and gentlemen who had creditably exerted themselves in
assisting to save their fellow-creatures from a watery grave
through shipwreck.
TRANSFER Booss.—Notice was issued yesterday ,
at the Bank of England,
.that the transfer books for the un-
permentioned annuities, due the sth day of April next, will
be closed and opened on the following days, viz.—Bank
Stock, from Thursday the 11th of March, until Thurs-
day the 15th of April ; Three. and-a-Quarter per
Cent. Annuities, from Friday the 12th of March,
until Friday the 16th of
April; Reduced Three per
Cent. Annaitiee, from Thursday the 11th of March, until
Thursday the 15th of April ; Long Annuities, from Thursday
the 11th of March, until Thursday the 15th of April; An-
nuities for Terms of Years, from Thursday the 11th of March ,
until Thursday the 15th of April. East India House.—The
transfer books for East India Stock will be shuton Thursday
the 4th of March next.' at 3 P.M., until Thursday the 15th of
April following. South
Sea House.—The transfer books for
South Sea Annuities will be closed from Thursday the 11 th
of March, until Thursday the 15th of April next.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.—At
half past five o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out
upon the premises of Mr. Joseph A. Addison,
known as the
at
Broadwall Steam Saw Mills, situate _ adwall,
Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. Seve 110 i, Broral engines were
speedily upon the spot, and a supplyresa‘-
nature oot of water easily
procured ; but from the inflammable had attained ,rinaterials,
and the hold which the conflagrationiiremen at once e upon a large mass of sawn deals, the saw that the
to endeavour
1 best plan would be for t
ithemhuthe building, toand prevent
confine the
flames, if possible, within g
in affected, in event the
, adjoining houses
fron The destruction which,
by great
of the saw mills
exertions, they succeeded.
together with
was, however, complete,than an hour. nearly the whole of
the contents, in less
surmised that The origin of the fire is
unknown; but 'l's
saw-dust or shavings the previous
upon the saevening before
closed their day's
the workmen labour, and, after smoulder-
, • the whole of the night
, ing during
in A r' , suddenly burst into a
flame in ter morn .g. s far as we could learn no one has
received ponal iujury ; but we fear that the proprietor
insured—a fact the less to be '
was un accounted for when it is
recollected that the same building was entirely destroyed
-by fire about two years since, and the then proprietor was
also uninsured. The amount of property destroyed in the
instance
present must certainly, even upon a low estimate,
be at least 1,0004

NORTH DRvoN RAILWAY.—The works on this line
were formally resumed on Monday. The first sod of the
new works was cut by the lion. Newton Fellowes, assisted by
Mr. Sharland, the chairman of the company,
in the presence
of a large party of the landowners and other inhabitants of
the district. It is understood that every exertion will be
made by Mr. Brasse
as soon as possible. Y, the contractor, to complete the works

A Brighton mackarel boat, belonging to Mr. May,
boat-builder, shot her nets ene night during the past week,
and succeeded in catching upwards of 7,000 tine MAI, which
fetched about 904