The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

Won easy.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this forenoon in
the Slopes and grounds around the Castle.
The Royal family took walking and pony exercise.
Her Serene Highness the Countess of Erbach and her
Serene Highness the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe
Schillingsfurst, ♦isited her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent this morning at Frogmore House, and afterwards
proceeded to town.

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The Marquis of Breadalbane and Lord and Lady John
Russell also left the Castle this morning.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are ex-
pected to arrive at the Castle this evening on a visit to
the Queen.

Messrs. Jennens and Bettridge had the honour of sub-
mitting to the Queen and Prince Albert a splendid pa-
pier.mach4 dressing-case which they have manufactured
for the Queen of Spain.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the
Dean of Windsor, and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville,
the Provost of Eton, and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance yester-
day evening in the Castle and performed the following
pieces:—
Overture, "Abu Hassan" Weber.
Sinfonia
Mozart.
Finale, Ist Act, " Don Giovanni"

Lord and Lady John Russell returned to their resi-
dence, Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, yesterday
afternoon.

A FLOATING NUISANCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Just above Blackfriars•bridge, on the Surrey
aide, there has for some time past been placed a barge,
apparently laden with cow dung in a semi-fluid state. Is
there not a water bailiff, a navigation committee, or some
authority that could cause the same to be taken to a proper
place? If the barge is too tender to encounter the agi-
tation of steam-boats by day, it might be floated up by
moonlight. If not moved, it will soon contaminate the
river by bursting.—l am, Sir, &c., A.

THE CWMGOODY MURDER.—The unhappy convict
Griffiths is to suffer the extreme penalty of the law
this morning (Wednesday), for the wilful murder of his
fellow-servant at Cwmgoody. lie has made a full con-
fession of his guilt, and is truly penitent. Mr. Lazenby,
the governor of the gaol, at his request, and from his
dictation, wrote a farewell letter to his old nurse and
friends at Stansbatch, Herefordshire. At his own re-
quest, also, ho has been visited by the Rev. John Evans,
Baptist minister, to whose advice and exhortations he
seemed very attentive. lie desired that the Rev. Mr.
Lee, vicar of Staunton-on-Arrow, where he was brought
up, should be solicited to offer prayers for him in the
parish church there on Sunday last, and expressed his
wish that the Rev. Mr. Evans should do the same at
Watergate Chapel. The longest time allowed by law
has been granted to the murderer, and the execution is to
take place at ten o'clock.—Hereford Journal.

THE MAYOR OF MANCIIESTER.—His worship the
Mayor of Manchester entertained a numerous party:on
Tuesday. Amongst the guests were General Earl Cath-
cart, the Bishop of Manchester, Sir Benjamin Heywood,
Bart., the Mayor of Liverpool, Mark Phillips, Esq., Ro-
bert Phillips, Esq., and a number of military officers and
civilians.

INDIA-110USE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was
held at the East India-house, when the new directors
elected on Wednesday last—viz., Sir Robert Campbell,
Mr. William Joseph Eastwick, Sir James Weir Hogg,
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Sykes, Mr. John
Clermont Whiteman, and Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S.,
took the oath and their seats. Major-General Sir Ar-
chibald Galloway, K.C.8., was chosen chairman, and Mr.
John Shepherd, deputy chairman, for the year ensuing
On Easter Tuesday, according to ancient custom,
the boys of the Blue Coat School, amounting to upwards
of 1,000, ♦isited the Mansion House. They were re-
ceived in the Egyptian Ilall, and after each getting two
buns and a glass of wine, they marched i❑ procession
through the saloon, where the Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress were seated, with a large party of ladies and
gentlemen, who had assembled to witness so gratifying
a spectacle. On passing the Lord Mayor, each of the
twelve Grecians received from his Lordship one guinea;
each of the monitors were presented with half-a-crown;
and all the remaining boys got Is., and the whole of the
coin being new from the Mint it seemed to be highly
prized by the boys, who always look forward with great
delight to their kind and hospitable reception at the
Mansion House on Easter Tuesday.
Captains Cameron and Nicol were instrumental in
saving from drowning two young men, brothers, em-
ployed in the establishment of Messrs. Swanton of' Cove,
the boat in which they were amusing themselves on
Sunday baying been suddenly overturned when at a
considerable distance from the North Quay,--Cork
Examiner.