The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 22.
The Queen, with the Duchess of Brabant, the Princess
Royal, and Princess Alice, rode in the Home Park this
morning.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Duke of
Brabant, attended by the Count by the Count Gustave
Lannoy, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieutenant
Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, left Windsor at eight
o'clock this morning for Cambridge.
M. Van de Weyer accompanied the Royal party.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left the
Castle to-day for London.
Lord de Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West have succeeded Lord Waterpark and Lieutenant-
Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as Lord and Groom-in-
Waiting.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Friday
next, the 25th inst., at Windsor Castle.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned
to his residence, St. James's Palace, yesterday, from a
visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.

VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE
ALBERT TO CAMBRIDGE.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 22.
His Royal Highness the Chancellor, accompanied by
the Duke de Brabant, and attended by M. Van de Weyer
and the Hon. Colonel Grey, arrived here at 11 o'clock
this morning. The Prince and suite proceeded to Trinity
College-lodge, where he occupies the Royal apartments.
On alighting from his carriage he was received by the
Master, Dr. Whewell, and the senior fellows of the Col-
lege, in the entrance hall. At half-past 11 the Royal
party proceeded to the chapel of Trinity College, where
the chief object of attraction is the statue of Sir Isaac
Newton, by Roubilliac ; thence to the Library, where the
statue of Lord Byron, by Thorwaldsen, commands uni-
versal admiration. It being thenl2 o'clock, the party pro-
ceeded to Professor Sedgwick's geological lecture, where
the professor, in one of his happiest moods, proceeded to
exhume the monsters of former ages—the mastodon and
the megatherium ; and conchidee a brilliant lecture by
some appropriate compliments to the Chancellor and the
Duke de Brabant.

The Prince then proceeded to visit the colleges in the
following order :—St. John's, Jesur, Sidney, Magdalene,
St. Catharine's Hall, and St. Peter's. He was received
in each college at the gate by the Society, attended by
the undergraduates in full academic costume, and who,
at his entrance and departure, greeted him with a hearty
cheer.

The reception took place at 5 o'clock at Trinity-lodge,
at which nearly all the noblemen and members of the
Senate were present. The dinner at the Vice-Chancel-
lor's at half-past 7, besides the Royal party, comprised
the Heads of Colleges, Professor Sedgwick, the Regis-
trar, the Esquire Bedells, &c.
If the evening be clear, the party will proceed after
dinner to the Observatory.
The Prince will preside at the Congregation to-morrow
morning, when a degree will be conferred upon the Duke
de Brabant ; after which he will proceed to visit the re-
mainder of the Colleges, and will take his departure at
4 o'clock.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the
Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles
Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil-
liam Molesworth. The Council sat three hours.
We regret to learn that Lady Caroline Sandford is
lying in a hopeless state of health at Buckingham-house,
Brighton. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the
Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Earl of Harrington,
and Mr. and Lady Jane Repton, are in attendance on
their afflicted relative.
His Excellency Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bom-
bay, has left Paris for Marseilles, where his lordship
embarks for Malta to join the Euxine steamer en route
to the Presidency.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are among
the recent arrivals at Florence. The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Normanby, Viscountess Dillon, and Mr. and
Lady Susan Smith, are also residing in the same city.
THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD AND THE ORLEANISTS.—
The reported fusion of the Legitimists and Orleanists,
gains, it would appear from our accounts from Vienna,
confidence there. It is said that the Count de Chambord
is to be recognised as the legitimate heir to the crown.
In case of the Countess's death, he agrees not to marry
again. If he dies childless, the Count de Paris is to be
the successor to the present Pretender.

HAYTI.-By a recent decree the Emperor of Hayti
admits Protestant Bibles, Testaments, and books into
his island free of duty.

PROGRESS OF HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.—Very rapid
progress is being made in the new harbour works at
Holyhead, and it is expected that the contractors will be
able to complete them in the required time, August of
next year. When completed, it is expected the harbour
will afford an ample return for the capital expended on
its formation. It has already been largely resorted to
as a place of shelter for vessels during the past year.
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pressure on the money-market ,as soon as the
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argument for the advocates of lower taxat/u additionalonAfur-
ther point upon which stress is laid consists in the an-
ticipations of an extraordinary trade with England,
owing to the conjoint demand for breadstuffs and cotton.
Hitherto, when a failure of the harvest has occurred it;
England, the advantage derived by the United States
for their increased shipments of flour has been in a great
degree counteracted by a lessened demand for cotton,
consequent upon the impaired
means of the population
on this side ; but at the present time, owing to the
prosperity
which, through our altered commercial sys-
tem, has been rendered compatible even with a scarcity
of food, the markets for cotton and breadstuffs are si-
multaneously active. Hence a more profitable export
trade than has ever before been experienced is confidently
looked for, and, as this is certain to be followed by a
liberal expenditure on manufactured goods, the impor-
tations, it is contended, will be augmented in nearly the
same! degree, and the Customs' receipts proportionably
raised.