The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with
their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and
Louisa, and Prince Arthur, left Windsor Castle at five
minutes before one o'clock yesterday afternoon for the sta-
tion of the Great Western Rail Way in Windsor. The Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting were the Countess of Charlemont,
Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish,
the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Earl Somers, Col. the Hon. C.
B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Captain the Hon.
Mortimer Sackville West, the Master of the Household.
Lord Alfred Paget, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gor-
' don, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and the royal party tra-
velled to London by a special train, and on arriving at the
Paddington terminus, entered several of the Queen's ear-
-1 riages, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they
arrived at eight minutes to two o'clock. A party of Light
Dragoons formed the escort from the station to the Palace.
, Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buck-
ingham Palace by the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward ; the
Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of
Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Lord Ernest Bruce,
Vice-Chamberlain; and Lord George Lennox, Lord in
Waiting to his Royal Highness.
A deputation, on the subject of the Building Act, the
sewers, and the police, and the necessity of local govern.
ment on these points, had an interview with Sir William
Molesworth yesterday,
at the Office of Works and Public
Buildings, in
oij Lord Dudley
Whitehall Place. The deputation consisted
Sir De Lacy Evans, 31. p.; Nicholay, Mr. Toulmin
Stuart, M.P. • Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P. ;
Smith, Mr. Plum, Mr. Pardwell, Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P.
Mr. G. Bird, Mr. Nelson • Messrs. Trelawney, Saunders,
and James Labram (St. 'Martin's), William Geesin (St.
James) Horne (St. Luke's), Gudella (Islington),
M.P. (Lambeth), C. Carr, Russell, Rowe W. R. Green-
well, Buzzard, and Cook ; Messrs. J. F. Williams, W. W.
King, H. Horn, and Wm. Horn (overseers St. Luke's),
and about twenty-three other gentlemen. The deputation
had also an interview with Viscount Palmerston, Home
Secretary, yesterday.
. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Leslie Foster, Mr. Bux-
ton, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Brooks had an
interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.
The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

A deputation from Chorley, Lancashire, had an interview
yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their
office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs.
Anger, Walworth, and J. C. Crook (solicitor). They were
attended and introduced. by Mr. Robert Townley Parker,
M.P., and Mr. John Wilson Patten, M.P.
The Count Baptiste Metaxa had an interview with the
Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and to the
Governor of the Mauritius. Dispatches were received
yesterday from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

THE SrEAKEEsHre.l—The probable succession of the
member for Leeds, the Right Hon. Mr. T. Baines, to
this office, as recently intimated, is occasioned, we are
glad to learn, by no failure of health, and certainly by
no dissatisfaction, or want of confidence in the right
hon. gentleman, who up to this time has so ably filled
the office, but arises simply from the ordinary routine
i;.y which it is understood that, after the arduous duties
have been satisfactorily discharged for a given term, the
Occupant of the chair of the House of Commons is
usually relieved by a successor, some mark of distinction
being conferred on the retiring Speaker. Hcr,lifax
Courier.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN 31vDDLET0N.—Yester-
day Mr. Baker held an inquest on the body of Capt.
Myddleton, one of Lloyd's surveyors, who lost his life
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared from
the evidence that, on the 7th inst., Captain Myddleton
was surveying the Breadalbane in Lavender Dock, at
Bermondsey ; a sort of stage was formed round the
vessel to facilitate the examination, and upon this the
deceased was standing, when it suddenly gave way, and
he was precipitated into the dock, and so seriously in-
jured that he expired on the following morning. Ver-
dict—" Accidental death."

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY AT THE GENERAL POST-
°num—Yesterday morning considerable surprise was
occasioned amongst the employes at the inland depart-
ment of the General Post-office by the accidental disco-
very of bank notes and jewellery to a very large amount,
supposed to be the proceeds of a series of letter robberies
which occurred two years_sinee. The objects of the
discovery were found in an extra office only used under
a pressure of business. Some of the notes were entire,
,and others in halves, and all of them were creased, as if
they had been enclosed in letters. Information of this
discovery was at once forwarded to the Secretary's
office, and the property was carefully examined and
deposited in a • place of security until steps can be taken
to trace the various owners. A list will be issued
shortly with the view of enabling the persons by wh•m
the various articles were transmitted to identify and
recover them.
THE HUNTERIAN ORATlON.—Yesterday afternoon, the
annual oration, in celebration of John Hunter, was de-
livered by Mr. Bransby Cooper, before the members of
the Royal College of Surgeons, in their theatre, which,
during the last few months has been enlarged to nearly
double its former size. The spacious building was densely
crowded by gentlemen connected with the medical pro-
fession. The orator chose to pursue the development
from the studies which have made Hunter's name illus-
trious, rather than repeat eulogies upon his name, and
his address was, therefore, of a thoroughly professional
character. As usual, notice was taken of the losses sus-
tained by the profession through death during the year,
and the names of Mr. Vincent, Mr. Dalrymple, Sir
Charles Forbes, Sir John Webb, Dr. Pereira, and Mr.
Lawrence were mentioned amid demonstrations of re-
spect.
THE ALBION GOLD MINING CO3fPANY.—This com-
pany, to which we drew attention the other day, has now
issued its shares. There can be no doubt that a rich
auriferous estate must be productive of great profit to
the adventurers, provided strict economy and fidelity be
observed in developing its resources. For such a course,
the names in connection with the company hold out the
best guarantee, and an efficient management, combined
with the most perfect integrity, is thus secured, added to
which, the chairman of this company has been emi-
nently successful in a like capacity in connection with
the Agua Fria.—Morning paper.
BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. —The annual
general meeting of the proprietors of the British Ame-
rican Land Company was held yesterday, when a very
favourable report from the directors was read and
adopted, and a dividend for the past year of 30s. per
share, payable in two instalments, namely, on the 11th
of April and the 10th of October next, was declared,
foourmt oefd at
hseu rpn
el u balance t s
profitforo fth2,2
eoyeoal. , of
year 1852.
which 9,8431.
It appears,
from the report, thal the various branches of enterprise
embraced in the company's operations show a continued
improvement. Land had been sold to the extent of
17,060 acres, for 18,1871., and the income of the com-
pany shows a large and satisfactory increase.
NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY

The North and Sonth-Western Junction Railway is at
length open for traffic. This short line runs between
Willesden and Brentford, connecting the lines of the
London and North-Western and London and South-
Western Railway Companies, and will probably open up
a traffics from the north side of London.
The large
The opening of the line is also calculated to prove a
great boon to the public, inasmuch as not only will much
delay and expense be saved to the shippers of goods from
the manufacturing districts at the port of Southampton,
but there will also be a considerable diminution of the
cart and waggon traffic through the streets of London
between the termini of the lines in question. The line
will also bring the East and West India Docks in con-
nection with Southampton.
EXTRAORDINARY CHANCRE OP FORTUNE.—The Devon-
port Telegraph, gives the following :—" Romance in Real
Life.—A striking instance of the mutability of human
affairs has recently occurred in the person of a stoker
on board her Majesty's ship Valouros, lying at this
port. By some contretemps the individual who has
now fallen so unexpectedly into the lap of Fortune has
been condemned by the fickle goddess to pass his life up
to the present moment in the humble and obscure position
of a stoker or fireman, the immense property of which
he has now, it is said, become the inheritor having
few
been
lying in the Chancery courts for many years. A
days ago this begrimed and sooty son of Neptune was
visited on board the said vessel (we aro told) by a gen-
tleman, who, after making the necessary inquiries,
communicated to the object of his visit the astound-
ing intelligence that he was entitled to the earldtoom
the
title, of the value of some 34,0001. per annum. The
feelings of the poor fellow on learning the almost incre-
dible transformation that had taken place in his affairs
this 'romance of real life' immediately departed for ma be be readily conceived. We hear that the hero of
don, in company with the gentleman alluded to, in order
to complete the necessary arrangements previous to,
taking posseasion of his enormous wealth and newborn'
honours."