The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert left town at ten minutes
before ten yesterday morning for her Majesty's marine
residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his
Royal Highness were accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the
Princess Louisa, and were attended by the Viscountess
Canning, General Bowles, General Wemyss, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, and Mr. Birch.
The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Hon. Misses Murray and Macdonald,
the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Duke of Norfolk, the
Earl of Morton, Viscount Ont.(len, Lord Edward Howard,
Sir Edward Bowater, and Captain Francis Seymour.
A detachment of the 11th Hussars formed the Royal
escort from Buckingham Palace to the Nine Elms sta-
tion. The august party left by a special train on the
London and South-Western Railway.
Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands
paid a visit to her Royal Highness the. Duchess of Kent
yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
also visited her Royal Highness yesterday at Clarence
House, St. James's.

Their Royal HiOinesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Priceess Mary, and her Royal Highness the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenbourg Strelits,
attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured htr Ma-
jesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yester-
day at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord
John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis
Baring, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Campbell, the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde. The Council sat one hour and a
half.
A deputation from the United Presbyterian Church of
Scotland bad an interview with Sir George Grey yester-
day at the Home. office.
The Belgian Minister bad an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday. Viscount Ponsonby had also
an interview yesterday with the Noble Lord, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the Iron Trade of Staffordshire,
headed by Mr. Thornoly, M.P., and including Messrs.
Foster, Sparrow, Barker, and W. Foster, had an inter-
view yesterday with Sir George Grey.

We are informed that the gentleman who was first
to seize the offender after the attack upon the Queen on
Saturday, was Mr. B. B. Williams, of Westbourne ter-
race, Hyde-park.
Colonel Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, M.P. for Breck-
nock, has been prevented attending his Parliamentary
duties for the last ten days in consequence of a severe
attack of gout, from which he is still suffering.
=When the Irish deputation called on the Premier,
the latter remarked. atter a protracted debate, that he
thought he had better "retire." ' We have been of the
same opinion as his Lordship for some time past.—The Pup-
pet Show.
Ilre should never divide from any man upon the
difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment
for not agreeing with us in that, from which, within a
few days, we may dissent ourselves.—Eliza Cook's
Journal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BILLINGSGATE MARRET.—In
consequence of the vast increase of business transacted
at Billingsgate Market, it has become necessary to rn
largo the urea of the market for the better accommoda-
tion of the salesmen and the public, and the convenience
of the flail trado generally. For this purpose it is in-
tended to add to the area of the market the space oc-
cupied by Billingsgate Dock, by enclosing it with a
wharf wall, in continuation of the line 01 Custom-house-
quay, and extending to Joiner -quay; also removing
the portion of the market now projecting into the River
beyot d that line. The whole of the present roofing and
arrargement of the market to be removed entirely, and
a new roof to be constructed, with skylights facing the
north, and a handsome façade, 180 feet, erected next to
the River, with a lofty clock and bell tower in the centre,
in harmony with the new Coal Exchange. Fronting
Thames-street a warehouse is to be built, for the recep-
tion of fish brought into London by railway; and on the
rite of the dock a sub-market is to be constructed for
sale of shell-fish. The whole of the alterations are from
a design furnished by Mr. Bunning. the City's architect,
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