The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-04 00:00:00

into which our space prevents us from entering
this day. We shall, however, return to the point
on an early opportunity.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Intelligence having been received of the death of Prince
Reuss Ebersdorff, which took place at Dresden on the 18th
ult., her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal family will
go into mourning for a fortnight from this day.
The deceased Prince was first cousin once removed to her
Majesty and his Royal Highness, and first cousin to the
Duchess of Kent.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin-
cess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and
attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie,
and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the Prin-
cess's Theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening.
Prince Albert, attended by Coi. the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
presided, yesterday morning, at the Council for the Ma-
nagement of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office,
Somerset-house.

The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng
have relieved the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon.
Flora Macdonald in their duties as Maids of Honour in
Waiting to her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade-
laide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness do Speth, and Lord James Murray, honoured the
Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Wednesday
evening.
The Due and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess
of Kent on Wednesday at her residence, Clarence-b se,
St. James's.

A deputation on the subject of the track system had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the
Home-office. The deputation consisted of Viscount Go-
derich, M.P., Viscount Lewisham, M.P., the Right Hon.
C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Thomas Thornely, M.P., Mr.
Charles Forster, ~ the Hon. General Athoon, M.P.,
Captain Rushout, M.P., Mr. Hutchins, M.P., Messrs. J.
R. Robinson, T. P. Brettell, W. H. Duignan, and John
Spicer, from Walsall; Messrs. Robt. Sargant, Charles
Lester, Peter Peters, and Joseph Linney (Bilston); Messrs.
T. E. Ward, Edward Hopkins, and James Aston (Tipton),
and James Darby and S. C. Cook (Dudley), and Mr. J.
Bingham (Wolverhampton).
Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, chairman of the Eastern Archi-
pelago Company, Mr. Henry Wise, managing director, and
Mr. Edmund Scott Barber, engineer, had an interview
with the Duke of Newcastle on Wednesday at the Colonial-
office.

The O'Gorman Mahon had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston yesterday. Mr. Muntz, M.P., had also an
interview with the noble Viscount at the Home-office.
A deputation from Worcester on the subject of the Pub-
lic Health Act, had an interview with Sir William Moles-
worth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public
Buildings in Whitehall-place. The deputation were in-
troduced by Earl Beauchamp and Viscount Elsnley, and
consisted of Messrs. J. W. Knipe, James Wall, Minchall,
Haigh, and Bozward.
A deputation from Lambeth had an interview with Vis-
count Palmerston. The deputation consisted of the Rev.
C. Dalton, rector of Lambeth, Mr. W. Williams, M.P.,
Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Mr. Tayor, churchwarden,
Mr. Doulton, Mr. Evans, Mr. Giles, Mr. Adamson, Mr.
Grove, Dr. Buskell, and Mr. Wiltshire, surveyor.
Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governors of Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, and
the Mauritius.

ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY.)

KINGSTON-UPON-HULL.

The committee appointed to try and inquire into the
merits of the petition presented against this electipn sat
this morning at half-past 12 o'clock. The committee
consisted of Mr. Bagge, Mr. Davison, Mr. R. Currie,
Mr. Henry Berkeley—Mr. Labouchere in the chair.
The sitting members petitioned against are Lord Go-
derich and Mr: Clay.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham was stating the case for the
petitioners when our report left.