The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, APRIL 14,

The Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, rode on horseback yesterday afternoon,
attended by Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lieutenant-Colonel
F. H. Seymour, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel.
The Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince
Arthur, took a drive in an open carriage.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess
Alice, and the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service
this morning in the Private Chapel, which was per-
formed by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley.

Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday for
Brock et-hall, Herts.
Despatches for the Governcrs of the North American
Provinces were sent last evening from the Colonial-
offices.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE ROSENBURG.

This bankrupt was described as late of the Albany,
Piccadilly, Rotherhithe, &c cask manufacturer, and to-
day was appointed for his last examination. The bank-
rupt, who was a man of scientific attainments, had de-
signed and patented certain improvements in the manu-
facture of casks and barrels, and had taken out patents
for, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He had also been
connected with the Jersey Brandy Company.
The bankruptcy occured so far back as April, 1853,
but the acounts were so intricate that it had been im-
practicable to prepare them until the present time.
The balance sheet, prepared by Messrs. Robinson and
Knowles, Basingball-street, commencing Dec., 1851,
and ending April, 1853, shows—Debtor to creditors by
3,5211. 19s. 4d.; to ditto holding security, 4,0801. Bs.
3d. ; to Jersey Brandy Company, balance of partner-
ship account, 8671. ; capital, 7891. ; profits, 5,990 ; cre-
ditors' good debts, 361. 16s. 6d. ; property held by
creditors under patents, 3,000/. ; interest in the Patent
Cooperage Company, 8,4281. ls. Bd. ; cash, 510/. ;
losses, 1,807/. ; interest, &c., 1,5991. 7s. 3d. ; personal,
7971. 13s. 4d.

The bankrupt estimates the value of the patents al
from 20,000/. to 30,000/.

Mr. Knowles put in a certificate, stating that the
bankrupt was prevented by illness from attending, and
an adjournment was granted.

A PLAN TO AUGIVIENT THE NUMBER

OF • OUR SEAMEN.

The following plan has been suggested to some influ-
ential per,:onages connected with the Government, by
the Rev. G-. H. Stoddart

At this time, when men are wanted to complete the
crews of our ships, an opportunity opens (with advan-
tage to the State and to the public service) to confer a
boon on many individuals.
The class alluded to are those who, aftz'r having un-
happily lapsed into crime (not of a flagitious character),
have expiated some portio❑ of the sentence for it, and,
moreover, conducted themselves so as to evince amend-
ment of life.

The masters of our gaols and penitentiaries, and all
superintendents of convicts should be directed to report
to the Secretary of State, all cases under their cogni-
zance where such individuals had passed one-third or
or inure of the term of their punishment, and where it
can be certified (by two or three of the officials in charge
of them) that they have expressed contrition, and mani-
fested obedience of behaviour.
Doubtless, if such cases were commended to her Ma-
jesty, the Queen's gracious pardon might be extended to
them, ou the easy condition of their volunteering for the
sea-service, during the unexpired portion of their sen-
tence (a respectable outfit being at the same time granted
as a bounty).
Four great points would be thus gained— . •
First. The number of our seamen would be augmented.
Secondly. The expenses of our convict establishments
would be diminished.

Thirdly. Room would be provided for the increased
number of convicts, who are not henceforth to be trans-
ported beyond the seas.
Fourthly and chiefly. A return to an honourable and
useful life would be opened to many a repentant indi-
vidual.

We give our readers the details of this project, being
both pleased with the proposals submitted by the Rev.
Mr. Stoddart, and believing that the suggestions of one
of a family who have done good public service will be
favourably received by the public as well as by the
Government.

Tux COURT.—As at present arranged, the Court will
leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace on Mon-
day, the 24th inst. On to-morrow and the succeeding
Sunday the bands of the regiments in garrison (the Royal
Horse Guards Blue, and the 97th Foot) will play on the
eastern terrace, to which the public will be admitted as
usual. The bands will also play on Easter Monday and
Tuesday, when the eastern terrace and parterre will be
thrown open after two o'clock in the afternoon of each
day.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary have left town for Kew Cottage.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by his aide-de-camp,
the Hon. Major James Macdonald, and accompanied
by Lord Raglan, is expected to leave Paris on Monday
for Marseilles, cm route to embark for the seat of war in
the East.
The Marquis of Clanricarde, who has gone on a visit
to his Irish estates, returns to Carlton-terrace, from
Portumna Castle, at the close of the month, for the
season.
GOOD FRIDAY AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday, the influx
of visitors from London was very great, vastly exceeding
anything of the kind since the first Good Friday after
the opening of the Great Western Railway. The bulk
of the passsenger were conveyed by the South-Western
line, the trains of which ran the same as en week days
—the Great Western trains running as on Sundays.
After 10 o'clock in the morning, up to two o'clock Jri
the afternoon, each succeeding train by the South-Wes-
tern disgorged its hundreds at the Datchet-lane station,
and the town, especially in the nei,,flibourhoosi of the
Castle, was crowded like a fair. Many of the early
visitors attended Morning Service in the Chapel Royal,
where they would be surprised. and disappointed at the
total absence of the musical and choral accompaniment,
which is always dispensed with during Roston week.
From two to three o'clock in the afternoon, the Lord
Chamberlain's office was literally besieged for tickets
of admis4on to view the State apartments, and the
nu_nher of persons who passed through that portion of
the Palace must have been very large.
OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRlDAY.—Yesterday the ces-
satioti from business was generally observed throughout
the metropolis. Never on any precious recurrence of
the day is it remembered to have been more strictly
kept, the different places of publid worship having been
all well attended at the morning service. In the after-
noon the railway stations and the river steamboat piers
were thronged with an eager multitude, immense num-
bers leaving for short excursions. The great attraction
of yesterday, however, appeared to be the Crystal
Palace at Synlenham, some hundreds going down the
rail to view the progress of the building. There were a
great many fresh omnibuses put on the Sydenham-road
yesterday, and they all obtained an abundance of pas-
sengers. The Gravesend, Woolwich, Greenwich, Chel-
sea, and above-bridge steamers were extensively patro-
nised, and, to judge from the numbers carried, their pro-
prietors must have reaped an abundant harvest. At
Hornsey-wood-house there was a grand display of
wrestling by the men cf Cumberland and Westmore-
land, which attracted a great many visitors.
GOOD FRIDAY AT THE POST-OFFICE.—For the first
time, Good Friday was observed yesterday at the Ge-
neral Post-office, in the same manner as hitherto on
Christmas Day only. A notice was issued by the auth-
rities that no deliveries of letters would take place after
noon in the district metropolitan branch, the morning
mails from the country being delivered, and letters for
the country being despatched in the evening in the ordi-
nary manner. The small number of letters posted on
previous anniversaries of the day made the deliveries in
the metropolis almost a matter of form excepting that it
necessitated the attendance of the hard-working class of
men employed in this branch of Post-office duty, and
there is no doubt that the new arrangement will prove
as satisfactory to the public as it is a great boon to the
letter-carriers, in affording a little relief from their
laborious duties.

THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS ON SER-
VICE.—We are informed that the committee of the York-
shire Association in aid of the Wives and Families of
Soldiers ordered to the East, having addressed a cir-
cular letter the clergymen and dissenting ministers
throughout the county, a collection will be made in
their several places of worship, after Divine service, on
the 26th inst., in aid of the funds of the association.
THE COLOURING OF THE SYDENHAM CRYSTAL PALACE.
—The colouring of the building itself is greatly altered
from that of Hyde-park, about which there was so much
discussion ; the shafts of the columns are painted red,
snd the result is, as it seems to us (though perhaps part
may be due to the form of the roof and other features),
that the building appears very much shorter than it is by
the real difference between the two structures. It would
be wrong, however, to discuss this before the trees and
shrubs, with which the red colour seems likely to har-
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