The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAL 25.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes-
terday.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co-
lonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel
F. H. Seymour, left Windsor this morning by a special
train of the South-Western Railway for London, and
returned to the Castle at ten minutes before three o'clock.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
morning at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the
Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the
New Palace of Westminster at a quarter before eleven
o'clock, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and
Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The meeting was held at eleven o'clock. The other
commissioners present were :—Earl Granville, Lord
Overstone, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., Sir Alexander
Spearman, Bart., Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt,
Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Richard
Westmacott, Mr. T. Baxley, Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr.
C. W. _Mike, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. P. Pusey, Mr.
John Shepherd, and Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P.
Mr. Edgar Bowring, seeretary to the commission,
was in attendance,

The meeting broke up at ten minutes past twc o'clock,
when Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, left the
Palace on his return to Windsor Castle.
A deputation from Jamaica had an interview with the
Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle yesterday
at the official residence of the First,Lord of the Treasury
in Downing-street.
A deputation from the grocers and coffee-dealers of
London had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Williams,
M.P. for Lambeth, and consisted of Mr. James Abbiss,
treasurer, Mr. J. E. Newsom, honorary secretary,
Messrs. Keen, Hawkins, Strugnell, Miles, Bone, Rus-
sell, Snowden, Hawley, Lawson, Robinson, Williams,
Salmon, Halsey, Sille, and many other members of the
trade.

The Cathedral Commission had a meeting yesterday
at their office in Parliament-street—present, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the
Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop
of Oxford, Sir John Dodson, Sir John Patteson, Sir W.
P. Wood, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. J. Jack-
son, the Rev. W. Selwyn, and the Rev. R. Jones (sec-
retary).

Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, had an in-
terview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the
Colonial-office. Mr. Ross had also an interview with
the noble duke.

Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and
also from the Governor of the Mauritius.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
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ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNISDAY MORNING.

The steam ship Asia arrived shortly after 10 with
New York advices to the Lith inst. She brings
about 50 passengers and a considerable amount of
specie. . _

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The Asia was detained at New York two days
beyond her proper day of sailing by a heavy snow
storm and dense fog.

The new Cunard steamer Arabia, for New York,
had put into Halifax on the 13th, short of coals,
12 days out from Liverpool.

The steamer Baltic from Liverpool arrived at
New York on the 11th inst.

The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New
York, with 14 days later from California.

Provisions were very high throughout California.
At Sonora, flour was bringing from 65 to 70 dolss
per barrel. There was very little doing in the
Californian markets. Money and stocks were easy.
Her mails will be despatched to-night.
By the Asia we learn that the American steam
ship Illinois had arrived at New York with a further
sum of over two millions in gold dust.
The advices from the golden region extend to
the 13th ult., and the reports from the mining dis-
tricts continue flattering. Business good, and
imports command high prices.

Hundi had declined the Secretaryship, and
Moray and Dix had become candidates.
Breadstuffs in pretty good demand. Western
Canal flour, 5 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 87ic. ; Gennessee
wheat, 1 dol. 28c. to 1 dol. 32c. ; Indian corn,
round yellow, 60 dols. to 70 dols. ; Indian meal,
3 dols. 87i c. to 4 dols.
COTTON.—The cotton market at New York was
brisk, and with a good demand at slightly advanced
prices, say to the extent of a / cent. per lb. on the
lower qualities.

Provisions quiet, but at New York prices were
very high.

Exchange on London, 1091 to ; Paris, 513 ;
Bremen, 77i to ; and Hamburgh, 361 to 37.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE ON THE RIVER.—In another part
of to-day's impression will be found a brief report of what
took place before the City Sewers Commission yesterday,
on the subject of a new and important invention for
putting a stop to the steam-boat smoke nuisance on rivers.
It will doubtless be remembered, that when Prince Albert
visited Liverpool, he experienced the greatest difficulty
in examining the noble dock and shipping works on the
banks of the Mersey, owing to the dense masses of opaque
smoke which the multitude of steamers were continually
puffing forth whilst he was there. Now, had this inven-
tion been known and in use at that time, probably no
such inconvenience would have been suffered ; and we
shall no doubt be doing a service to the conservators of
the Thames, the Mersey, the Clyde, the Humber, and,
in fact, all rivers that enjoy a large steam-hoat traffic, in
drawing their attention to Mr. Lee Stevens' very useful
and ingenious discovery, which certainly, in our opinion,
merits the utmost support and encouragement. Mr.
Lee Stevens is eminently known as being the author of
several other useful inventions, among which is the fan
paddle-wheel.
ROBBERY Of £l, 30 o.—Messrs. Harrison, Brothers,
request us to state that, with reference to the state-
merit in our impression of yesterday, under this head, it
gives them pleasure to inform us that the same is incor-
rect, no robbery whatever having been committed on
them, and no information, so far as they knew, having
been given to that effect.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—A third grand juvenile
performance is to be given here to-morrow night. The
Pantomime will be given first, and the infant equestrians
will afterwards go through their interesting entertain-
ments. As the holidays are almost at a close, when the
young folks must return to school, we have no doubt
that to-morrow night the Amphitheatre will present a
full array of youthful laughing faces.