The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon 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 three
o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A.
Gordon. The other Royal Commissioners were :—Earl
Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry La-
bouchere, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir
Alexander Spearman, Bart., Sir James W. Hogg, Bart.,
Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles
L. Eastlake, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Barry, Mr.
Baring, M.P., Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. C. W. Dilke,
Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Pusey, and Mr. John Shepherd.
Mr. Edgar Bowring, secretary to the Royal Commission,
attended. The meeting broke up at twenty-five minutes
before five o'clock.
The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, her
Serene Higness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, his Excellency Count
Kielmansegge, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess
Mandeville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord George Len-
nox, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the
Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, the Rev. Mr.
Birch, Mr. Gibbs, and Major Baron Knesebeck.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance,
during dinner, and played the following music
March of the Coldstream Guards Costa.

Chorale, "Unto Thee, 0 Lord"( St. Paul) Mendelssohn.
Overture, "A Legend of Montrose" Sir H. R. Bishop.
Selection, " Le Prophete" Meyerbeer.
Polka, "Echo Du Mont Blanc" Julli en .
Valse, " The Thistle" Laurent.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the
Palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following
selection :

Overture, " Op. 15"
Terzetto, " Ti prego"
Aria, "Acteon"
Bolero

Spohr.
Curschmann.
Auber.
Dessauer.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse•
back yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant,Colone]
the Hon. A. Gordon.

A deputation, including Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P.,
Mr. Robert Hopgood, jun., and Mr. Thomas Dugdale,
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the Local Board of Worcester had
an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health
at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of
Mr. Richard Padmore (Mayor of Worcester), and Messrs.
Redford, Hughes, and Minchall. The deputation was
attended by Mr. John Hill, the town-clerk.
Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. T. J. White had inter-
views yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle at the Co-
lonial-office.
The Lord Advocate had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday ; the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., had
also an interview with the noble earl at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon held a diplomatic levee yester-
day afteenoon, for the reception of the Foreign Ministers
at the Court of Great Britain. The reception took place
at the noble earl's office in Downing-street.

OUTLARRY OP THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK.

THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE PROPRIETORS
OF THE " WEEKLY DISPATCH" NEWSPAPER, AGAINST

DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND OTHERS.

The indictment in this case arose out of an action re-
cently brought by the Duke of Brunswick against Mr.
Harmer, in which the Duke obtained a verdict, with
500/. damages, upon the oath of one Charles Casimir
Reinhold, that a number of the Weekly Dispatch of the
19th September, 1830, containing an article respecting
the Duke, had been sold to him at the Dispatch office
shortly before the commencement of the action, thereby
taking the case out of the Statute of Limitations, which
Mr. Harmer had pleaded. It was afterwards clearly
established that Reinhold had committed perjury, and
upon a new trial of the action the verdict was in favour
of Mr. Harmer. The Duke and Reinhold having ab-
sconded, and refused to appear to the indictment, pro-
ceedings of outlawry were taken, and the fourth procla-
mation of outlawry was made this day, in the Sheriff's
County Court of Middlesex, against the Duke, by the
name and description of Charles Frederick Augustus
William Guelph, late of the parish of St. Marylobone,
in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and also against
Reinhold.

THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.—It was stated last night, in
well-informed political circles, that the Bishopric of Lin-
coln, vacant by the death of. the Right Rev. Dr. Kaye,
had been offered, by Lord Aberdeen, at thep special sug-
gestionvv:)2_ .
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vernment bill was printed to authoriseo advances out of
the Consolidated Fund to dischargeromwnnifes on the secu-
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of metropolitan improvements, and providing
monieseldcl:anrged
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suspected
that the prisoner had been delivered during the night.
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the partiallysta too
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Mr.
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Surrey, upon the body of Samuel Howell, aged 17, an
apprentice to a surgical instrument maker and gas tube
manufacturer, who was upset out of a boat at or near
Battersea-bridge, on Sunday afternoon last. Richard
Dalton Miller knew the deceased well ; he was a mem-
ber of a rowing club. Last Sunday morning the de-
ceased' called called upon him, and they proceeded to the bo
house of Mr. Wentswell, boat-builder and landlord of
the Ship Tavern, Fore-street. They hired an out-rigger
of him for practising, as they were going to row a match.
They had returned to Battersea-bridge,
hed wi
lietne "ss said
All
,
" Sam, you've made the arch," and repd,
right ;" but directly afterwards he said, " Oh, Dick,"
and he fell into the water, as did the witness, and
both sunk. He rose soon afterwards, and got on to the
cross piles of the
Wsecond arch on the Surrey side of Bat-
tersea-bridge.Whilst he was there he saw deceased
rise, and hallooed to him to makbute for
the the
boat boat,
turnedwhich
was bottom upwards ; he did so,
round, and he sunk again, but rising again he appeared
to be trying to make a motion, but he could not, and
sunk, and he saw no more of him alive. An eight-oared
boat took him off the piles of the bridge, and being at
his back he did not see the accident. It might have
been the oar slipping out of the rowlock, or "making a
crab." They had rowed last Sunday week in an out-
rigger, but not the same one. , The jury returned a ver-
dict of "Accidentally drowned."
MINES.--We have on several occasions
ens on
North
atten-
tion to the probability of the
meet
r increased demand
f
America being called up'
to meet the
for this metal, especially since the late advance of
upwards of 100 per cent. in its price. Several asso-
ciations have lately been brought forward with this
view, and to-day we are informed of the formation
of a company, which, under the title of the Nova
P Scotia Mining and Copper Smelting Comany, pro-
poses to work the larger copper mines on Indian Poinly
nt,
a promontory in the Bay of Funday, distant o
nine days by steam from England. The capital is fixed
at 500,000/., in 50,000 shares of 10/, each, with a deposit
of Si. per share. The conditional purchase of a terri-
tory of 20,000 acres, excessively rich in mel, has
been concluded, the purchase money for which will
be 13,500 shares fully, and 20,000 shares half paid
up, leaving on the first call a working capital of
82,500/., which, it is believed, will be sufficient for
working the company without further calls. Sur-
veys on a most extensive scale, and reports on the ores,
have already been obtained from a great number of prac-
tical and scientific men, including Sir Charles Lyell, Dr.
Ure, Mr. Adam Murray, and others. The report pre-
sented by Mr. Adam Murray is of the most extraordi-
nary character, as regards the value of the property,
which he estimates at upwards of nine millions sterlisent
ng,
with the price of copper at 601. per ton only,
the pre
price being 1401. Iron ores are also statedf tacilito exies in
ist in
great abundance on the property, and the
the shape of fuel water-power, ease of working, &c.,
are described as being peculiarly great. The great line
of railway from Halifax to Quebec, already surveyed, is
also to pass through the district. A charter has been
applied for, and, if not obtained, application will be
made for a Colonial act, limiting the liability of the
shareholders.-2-Daily NewB.
- On Sunda
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—y mornin last a
g
most singular accident happened at Monk Bretton
Church. It appears that on the Rev. A. Lambert tak-
ing his place at the communion table, for the purpose of
administering the sacrament, and on the wife of
cant,
Thomas Wandsworth, who was the first communicant,
kneeling down, the floor beneath her gave way, and the
lady suddenly disappeared. The consternation, as may
be imagined, was very great. Assistance, however, was
instantly rendered, by putting a ladder down the hole,
and happily the lady was found at the depth of eight
uninjured, which was most providential.