The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

Yesterday the corporation committee for making
arrangements for the reception of the Queen, and the
committee of aldermen, employed in a similar manner,
assembled in Guildhall and were occupied during the
day in attending to the minor details of the various
duties which have devolved upon them. The whole
of the time of the two committees (both whieh the
Lord Mayor attends) will be occupied until the de-
parture of her Majesty. The announcement that the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are to ac-
company their royal parents was received most en-
thusiastically in the committees.

CO URT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morn-
ing in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took their usual airings.
The Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, and attended by the Countess of Mount Edge-
cumbe and General Wemyss, drove in Windsor Park.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, accompanied by Lord John Russell.
Lord Waterpark, General Bowles; and Colonel F. H.
Seymour, were in attendance on his Royal Highness.
The Earl of Carlisle and the Rev. Lord Wriothes-
ley Russell left the Castle this morning.
Sir David Dundas, Judge-Advocate-General, had
an audience of the Queen at the Castle to-day, and
submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some
courts-martial.

Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent will dine
with the Queen and Prince Albert this evening.
Lord and Lady John Russell, and the lion. Ralph
and Lady Mary Abercromby, will j. in the royal party
at dinner.
The Countess of Mount litlgecunabe has relieved
the Viscountess Canning in her duty as Lady in
Waiting to the Queen.

The Earl of Carlisle returned to town yesterday
from Windsor Castle.

HEALTH of thy QUEEN DOWAGER.

(From the Court Circular.)
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager continues much
in the same state of indisposition. Sir David Davies
remains in constant attendance, and Dr. Bright also
attended her Majesty yesterday, at the Priory, Stan-
more.

THE PLAGUE COMES, AND THE
PLAGUE GOES.
(From the Illustrated London News.)
Not often was crime so unmask'd as now—
Oh! not often was earth less blameless;
Great crowds seem to Moloch their lives to vow,
Red murder floats plumedifrom the Praslin brow—
To the god of love few worshippers bow,
And all shameful things have grown shameless.
Unbelief and base sensual greed ingrain
The wan texture of modern feel►ngs;
And the pitying angels with grief complain
That their whisper'd advice is almost vain—
That the foulest of passions grimly reign
In the midst of the foulest dealings.
And loud wars, and rumours of war prevail,
And red blood is pour'd forth like water;
And the world is 1111'd with a far-spread wail,
And such horrors are done as cannot fail
To make men wax furious and women grow pale,
With the rage, or the dread, of slaughter!

But no more need the murd'rer raise his hand,
In his vengeance or mad contention!
A shake has been giv'n to the mortal sand
Which metes the days of a numterless band—
They are mark'd and call'd to a diff'rent land—

073, brief is their time of dissension!
Nor murder, nor war, has perform'd the deeds
Which a judgment will soon exhibit •
The murd'rer recoils as his victim bleeds,
And the conquerer spares certain lands and creeds—
The latter has lines which he ne'er exceeds,
And the former still fears the gibbet.
But that which is coming cares nought for kind,
A.nd respects not any condition ;
Its path is mark'd out, though its eyes be blind,
And its breath is an arrowy silent wind,
And each step it takes is a doom design'd,
With a sure and a dread precision.
The vengeance arrives ; but how changed the view !
While the earth lay stricken and pining,
Fair Charity hasten'd, all kind and true,
And o'er many a horror its mantle threw,
And from rich to poor, like an angel flew,
And e'en from above quick relenting drew—
For some gold 'mid the dross was shining.
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Meetings
to be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding
he exhibition projected by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, and intended. to be held in London in the year
1851. Edward Hailstone, Esq., solicitor, Bradford, has
received a commission from his Royal Highness,
autho-
rising him to collect opinions and evidence with reference
to the proposed exhibition; and that gentleman and
Wentworth Dilke, Esq., and Captain Ibbetson, ire to
form a deputation to explain the matter to the
meetings
to be held next week in Yorkshire. The Mayor of
Leeds has also received an official letter in reference to
the subject. The first meeting will be held at Leeds on
Monday next, and the others as follows:—At York on
Tuesday, at Bradford on Wednesday, at Huddersfield on
Thursday, and at Halifax on Friday.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PUBLIC STATUES.—A
correspondent of the Budder says—"l visited Westminster
Abbey yesterday morning, and was much struck with
the imposing statue of the late Sir W. Follett, by i
Behnes; at the same time I could but feel that t. ap-
peared sadly out of its place, and in too crowded a situa-
tion. What a fine occasion this would have been for the
commencement of a series of statues of eminent and
great men (particularly with so distinguished a lawyer
as the late Sir Wm. Follett), by placing it in West-
minster Hall instead of the Abbey. It is colossal, and
is placed by the side of another statue, which it throws
into utter insignificance. Again, how much grander the
statue cf Lord Mansfield would appear if removed to
such a situation as above suggested. Further, they mar
the Abbey. When will this country think properly as
to works of art ?"

THE QUEEN'S TO TIM CITY.
Commodore Superintendent Eden, of Woolwich
Dockyard, was yesterday in active communication
with the Lord Mayor with reference to her Majeety's
visit to the City on the 30th instant, and it iilnf:der-
stood that the general arrangements of the squid°
pt '
pro &c., have been agreed upon between the
royal and civic authorities. The details, however,
have yet to be considered before the programme is
issued; but it is likely that the procession will be
somewhat similar to that which was formed on the
occasion of his late Majesty King William and Queen
Adelaide's visit to Greenwich in 1835.
There will be no less than a dozen barges and boats
belonging to her Majesty's service in the royal river
squadron, in which the Queen, Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Ministers
Of State, the Board of Admiralty, the principal officers
of the Admiralty, Somerset House, the Trinity cor-
poration and Trinity brethren, the Vice-Admiral, the
Hon. G. Elliott, C. 8., commanding in chief at the
Tore; Commodore Superintendent Eden, Captain
Superintendent Sir John Hill, of Deptford Dockyard;
and Captain Elliot, of the flag ship at the Nore, will
be embarked.
The Lord Mayor's barge, according to present
arrangements, will immediately precede the royal
state barge ; and after the barges containing the
distinguished personages above mentioned, those of
the various companies will follow according to se-
niority.
The Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
G.C.H., the captain of her Majesty's yacht, will have
the honour of steering the Royal state barge.
The most effective means will be taken to preserve
the course from Westminster bridge to the Custom
House free from all obstruction. The entire line on
the City side of the River will be formed by steamers,
and on the Borough side by river barges, allowing a
clear space of about 200 feet in width for the royal
and civic barge squadrons to pass through. At
Westminster-bridge it is proposed to form a cordon
of steamers across the River, and the line across the
River below the Customs will be formed by large
steam-vessels. The ostensible charge of keeping the
course clear will devolve upon the Harbour Master of
the Port of London, and the civil force placed at his
disposal, and in this onerous duty he will be assisted
by the boats and blue jackets of the Royal Navy.
Should the weather not prove propitious, it is most
likely that the Queen will select one of her steam-
yacht tenders, instead of the barge, for conveying her
Majesty from Whitehall to the Custom-house ; in
which case the principal personages of the procession
will also be provided with steam-boat accom-
modation.
If the weather should turn out to be fine the barge
procession will terminate at the Custom-house, and
her Majesty after performing the ceremony of for-
mally opening the Coal Exchange, and of most
graciously condescending to partake of the Lord
Mayor's hospitality, will return to Whitehall-stairs in
the Elfin steam-yacht tender.
Both the Fairy and the Elfin have arrived at
Woolwich, and having had their masts removed, and
their funnels made to lower, in order that they may
be enabled to pass under the bridges, are quite ready
for the royal river service, but that no mistake may
occur on the 30th, the Fairy and Elfin will run up
and down the course from the Custom-house to
Westminster-bridge on Saturday next, when their
efficiency and capability in respect of draught of
water, &c., will be thoroughly tested.
We believe all the military bands of the metropolis
and of Woolwich garrison will be in attendance on
this most auspicious occasion.