The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, left Buck-
ingham Palace at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock yester-
day morning for the Camp at Chobham. The Royal
suite consisted of the Countess of Gainsborough, the
Hon. Mary Seymour, the Duke of Wellington, Colonel
Bouverie, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Lieutenant-
Colonel Biddulph, and Mr. Gibbs.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales and Pt ince Alfred, returned to Buckingham
Palace soon after 5 o'clock.
The Princess Royal and Princess Alice, attended by
Miss Hildyard and Colonel Wylde, arrived at the Palace
at a quarter before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from
Osborne.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and her Impe-
rial Highness the Crown Princess of Wurtemburg, at-
tended by Comte de Zeppline and Colonel de Berlich-
ingen, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday afternoon at her residence, Clarence-house,
St. James's.
A deputation, on the subject of the operation of the
Smoke Bill on the distilleries, had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston, on Wednesday, at the Home-
office. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Currie,
Smith, 0. Smith, Browning, and James Currie.
Sir Henry Barkly and the Right Rev. Bishop Wilson
had interviews yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle
at the Colonial-office.

Dispat'.:hes were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of Australia and to the Governor
of Van Diemen's Land.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. —We understand
that on the occasion of her Majesty's visit, it is not in-
tended to confer the honour of baronetcy upon any indi-
vidual holding civil appointments ; at least it is a very
great doubt whether the Ulster badge for the future
will be so freely conferred.
THE LATE COUNTESS OF MINTO..—We understand
that the mortal remains of this lamented lady are now
en route from Piedmont to this .country, for interment
in the family mausoleum, at Minto Castle, Roxburgh-
shire.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The newly constructed façade
of the Palace has been again defaced by scaffolding, for
the purpose of having the frontage painted with several
coats of paint. It was only a few months since that
considerable portions of the carved work had to be re-
paired.
ODEBBA.—The dates from Odessa are to the 25th of
July, when the wheat market had again become ex-
tremely active, large orders from France and Italy
having caused an advance of fully 2s. per quarter. In-
dian corn was also in great request, and the transactions
of the past few days had been 80,000 quarters of wheat
and nearly 25,000 of Indian corn.
NEW ZEALAND.—Papers from Auckland, New Zea-
land, to the Bth of March have been received. A claim
had been preferred by a native for the reward of 1001.
offered for the discovery of a coalfield within a reason-
able distance of the port. The locality was Omaha, near
Point Rodney, a short distance from the Island of Ka-
wan. Of the existence of coal it is stated there was no
doubt, the only question was with respect to the quan-
tity. The last accounts from Wellington mentioned
that, notwithstanding the defects of the local adminis-
tration, the old colonists were making progress, although
complaints prevailed of the insufficiency of land to carry
out general operations.
THE MOVEMENT OF THE CITY POLICE FOR AN
ADVANCE OF WAGES.—DEPUTATION TO THE COM3IIS-
SIONER.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a de-
putation of two men from each division of the City
police force waited on Mr. D. W. Harvey, the commis-
sioner, at the chief office, in the Old Jewry, and on
being introduced handed to the commissioner a petition
signed by about 400 men, begging that the commis-
sioner would exercise his influence with the Court of
Aldermen in their behalf to grant them an advance of
pay. The commissioner said he would readily comply
with their request to present the petition to the Court of
Aldermen, and he should urge upon the court that in
consequence of the great demand for labour, a fit class of
persons for the police force could not now be got for the
amount at present paid for wages. But if the court would
have a smaller amount of men, and pay them a sufficient
sum to act efficiently, they would have in the City a better
class of men, and the duty would be equally well dis-
charged. He would put their case before the Court of
Aldermen, and from the fact of an increased demand for
labour and the high price of provisions, he hoped the
court would empower him to pay the men better. The
commissioner concluded by stating that he should not
support the petition in person before the Court of Alder-
men. The serjeants also have made a movement for ad-
vanced wages, and the commissioner has signified his
intention to urge the Court of Aldermen to increase
their pay from 24d. to 28s. per week, and to impose
upon them the extra duties of inspecting lodging-houses
every 24 hours, which are discharged in an unsatisfac-
tory manner under the present system of distinct inspec-
torships. The abolition of the latter offices will, it is
urged, go far to liquidate the increased pay to the ser-
jeants, who are supported by the police inspectors in
their representations to the commissioner.
THE STRIKE OF THE LONDON DOCK LABOURERS.—
The strike continues, but the company have obtained
several hundred labourers from other than their ordinary
sources, and the work of the establishment was, there-
fore, carried on, it is understood, without much serious
interruption.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CLERKENWELL.—Last night
shortly before midnight, a fire of a very alarming cha-
racter, and. attended with a considerable destruction of
property, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
Dominic Caproni, figure-maker and moulder, carry-
ing on business at 2,q, Mount Pleasant, near the
House of Correction, Clerkenwell. The premises
were of considerable extent, and were surrounded
by sundry stables, cow-houses, and private build-
ings, so that at one time it was feared that a space
of ground covered with houses to the extent of an
acre or so would have been laid waste. The engine of
Messrs. Reid, the brewers, several of the London Bri-
gade, that of the West of England office, and the
escapes of the Royal Society, were soon on the spot, and
plenty of water having been obtained, the firemen,
under the direction of their superior officers, went to
work in admirable style ; but in spite of which the fire
was not subdued at nearly one o'clock this morning, and
not until the premises in which the misfortune com-
menced were burned out, and serious damage done to a
valuable stock of plaster of Paris, which it is understood
belonged to Mr. Robeson, the manufacturer. It was
reported that a man had perished in the flames, but from
the survey made by the firemen there is good ground for
supposing that the object seen was only a plaster cast. It
is not known how the fire originated, or whether the

sufferer was insured. .... Murray,THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.-Mr. Z. m
the contractor of Woolwich, having been the successful
competitor, by public tender, for carrying out the drain-
age and for forming the roads, &c., on the estate pur-
chased for the members at Eaing, and which was re-
cently allotted, celebrated the turning of the first sod by
giving a dinner at the Bell Inn, Ealing, on Monday.
Francis Nicholas, Esq., D.C.L., of Great Ealing, in a
workmanlike manner, broke the ground, and the event
was heartily announced by the cheers of a goodly assem-
blage, amongst whom we remarked many of the elite of
the fair sex of Ealing. Mr. A. B. Wilson, of Charlton,
Presided, and in the course of the evening proposed
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—The fine estate of Woodbury
Park, at this fashionable and popular locality, is to be
divided amongst the shareholders of the Conservative
Land Society, which has just purchased the property.