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 wss first cousin once removed to her
Majesty and his Royal Highness, and first cousin to the
Duchess of Bent.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin-
cess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and
attended by the Countess of DesarL, the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie,
and Captain the Hon. Dndle7 de Ros, honoured the Prin-
cess's Theatre with their pretence on Wednesday evening.
Prince Albert, attended b! Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
presided, yesterday morning at the Council for the AI.-
na,gement of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office,
Somerset-house. ,

The Hon. Eleanor Stanle3 and the Hon. Beatrice Byng
have relieved the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon.
Flora Macdonald in their tuties as Maids of Honour in
Waiting to her Majesty.
The chess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade-
laide of Hohenlohe, and atitmded by Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, and Laid James Murray, honoured the
Haymarket Theatre witl her presence on Wednesday
evening.
The Duo and Duchess d 3 Nemours visited the Duchess
of Kent on Wednesday at her residence, Clarence-h se,
St. James's.

A deputation on the suiject of the truck system had an
interview with Viscomr 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., M. Thomas Thornely, M.P., Mr.
Charles Forster, M.P., ;he Hon. General Anson, M.P.,
Captain Rushout, M.P., Mr. Hutchins, M.P., Messrs. J.
R. Robinson, T. P. Bre;tell, W. H. Duignan, and John
Spicer, from Walsall; Messrs. Robt. Sargant, Charles
Lester, Peter Peters, and Joseph Linney (Bilston); Messrs.
T. E. Ward, Edward Hepkins, and James Aston (Tipton),
and James Darby and T. 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 Nevrcastle 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 hitehall-place. The deputation were in-
troduced by Earl Beauchamp and Viscount Elmley, and
consistc -1 of Messrs. J. W. Knipe, James Wall, Minchall,
Haigh, and Boiward.

A-dOputation froMlambeth 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. Eying, Mr. Giles, Mf. 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 DA Y.)

KINGSTON-UPON-HULL.

The committee appointed to try and inquire into the
merits of the petition presented against this election 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 Wra,ngham was stating the case for the
petitioners when our report left.

CHATHAM. -
On the sitting of this committee,
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to reply on the
whole case, and had not concluded when our report left.