The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR..

It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that
a State ball shall take place on Wednesday, the .sth of
May, and a concert on Monday, the 10th of May.
The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
Count Buol Schauenstein, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Ma-
jo.sty the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the
Queen, to take leave of her Majesty on a temporary
absence.

His Excellency was introduced by thy Earl or
Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Ma-
jesty's Master of the Ceremonies. •
Her Majesty was attended ,by the Earl of Yarn-
lam, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N.
Hood, Groom in Waiting.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert left town for Windsor Castle yesterday after-
noon, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred,
the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince
Arthur. The royal suite consisted of the Alarchioness
of Douro„Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Eleanor
Stanley, Hon. Beatrice.l3yng, the,Earl of Verulam,
Colonel the`lion. -Phipps,, Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Liententint-Colonel Biddulph, Colonel
the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lord Colvillerand Lieutenant-.
Colonel F. H. Seymour. .
Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their
.carriage by the Lord Steward. the Lord Chamberlain,
the Master of the Horse, the. Vice. Chamberlain, Lord
George Lennox, and Colonel I'Vyld'e.
alace at
twelve miuutei before three o'clock, in seven royal
carriages,.escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hus-
The august party, quitted Buckingbam.r
sarE, and proceeded to the Paddington terminus of
the-Great Western Railway, where a special train
was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Windsor.
WINDSOR, APRI_,X, 7.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal
children, attended by the Marchioness of Douro,
Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Stanley and
Byrig, Maids of Honour in Waiting ;;Lady Caroline
Barrington, the Earl of Verulam, Lord in waiting;
Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting;
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel. Hon. C.
Grey, Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in
Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour,
Equerry in 'Waiting to the Prince ; and the Master
of the Household, arrived at the Castle at 15 minutes
before four O'clock, from. Buckingham Palace. Her
Majesty was received at the railway station 4, a
Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards. •

The Duke of Buckingham had an, interview with
the Earl of Derby yesterday-at -his official residence
in Downing street.. Viscount Torrington had also
an interview with the NOble Earl.
- The Earl of, Shaftesbury, Viscount Lewisham,
and Sir Thomas Le Breton, bad interviews with
her. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Spanish Ministei bad an interview yesterday
with the Earl of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Childe had' an interview with Mr. Secretary.
Walpole yesterday.
Sir John and Lady Pakington left town yesterday
for Brighton. „ ,
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governor of the,Cape of Gond Hope,
the Governor's of the North American provinces, the
Governor of South Australia, and the 'Governor of the
Gambia.

PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT.—
The Bill brought from the Lords to shorten the time re-
quired for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof
was' yesterday printed by order of the House of ComniOnS.
It is proposed to enact " that. so often asber Majesty shall
' byher Royal proclamation appoint a time for the first meet-'
iug of the Parlianient of the United Kingdom. of Great.
Britain and Ireland after a 'dissolution thereof, the time so
to be appointed may be any time not less than 35 days after
the date of such proclamation, the'Act of the fifth year .of
Queen Anne, chap. 8; or the Act of 7th and: sth William
111., chap. 25, or any other law or usage to the contrary not-
Withstanding." . . .
: , 11.ANDoil SHOT PROM THE MINIE 4.,E.—0n
RTi; • .
tlit6iiffru,'
Friday last a gentleman, being a member of the. South
Devon Rifle Corps, was at Turf, practising in order -to test ,
bullet struck a new rifle sent hire' for that purpose by a tradesman of:.
'145-c'eter, be fired one shot .at a mark: 860 yards distant;
ancl'at a
ke
v was situated half-way up , a steep hill' (Pole-hill)
' an the
oPpOsite ucir estate, the hill being NO feet high. The
distance
a piece of roc.ls,,:iglarteecl over the hill,
3,
_se Ellice of SO feet: perpendicular descent. on the
hill actually intervened between. them.
mark,,,,,Z
a:
the
a woman totally out. of . eight of . the
It inflicted a flesh
wrnd`irrthu thigh, add the gentleman,
be paid tothe the rinfrereParY'faet, directed every attention to
learnin extrao
g
treatment she has received. The
under the superintendence:of Mr.
s.itistied with the hanas:th9.:.h.as expressed hself thoroughly
distance hits been measure:Tam'
lanthit was : found that from
eyneapitsreeudi,ctaeqiaild
John Drew, of Powderh
the'tput where the shot wait firer
woman stood was 4386 yards
actually
the place where the
ters of a mile. ' This tact has -I.uellY more than three-
(' nu
ftrahtial_te.ot:hieingsire'oruacintide.
that all which has b'e excited great intere t ' 4
weapon will be
for practice shotildhave a Clear-distAnce
fl t least.'
Exeter Gazette. • _ f
sails TnBoffensivae.
REsriTF. FOR THE. UONVICT MICKLEntat
.—Y
II
Pof a deputation, coinposed of j. B. , .
consequenc,
f the borough of. 1 .')se• Esq.,
Cue of the magistrates o
Pswivh, -Messrs
S. 11. Cowell, J. Head, and other
,gentlemen, who are op •
posed to death punishment, having waitedon the Secretaiy.
of State for the Home Department on Saturday last,
with a
memorial numerously signed, a respite was, at twelve wax',
on Monday night, received at the county gaol, Ipswich, for
the unhappy mew, durips btu IlifliegY'a Pleasure. .