The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen, with their Royal IlighneEses the Prince
of Wales and Princess Royal, drove in Windsor Park
this morning. Her Majesty was attended by the
Viscountess Canning and Colonel Hon. Charles Grey.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
shooting this forenoon, accompanied by the Duke of
Bedford, Sir Robert Peel, and Viscount Canning.
Lord Dufferin, Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain
llon. J. Denman, and Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon,
were in attendance on his Royal Highness.
The younger members of the Royal Family took
their usual airings.
Sir David Dundas (Judge Advocate-General), and
the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh, left the
Castle this morning.
The royal dinner party this evening included
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended
by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the
Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, Viscount Canning, Sir Robert, Lady, and
Miss Peel, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss,
Colonel lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Sir George and
Lady Couper, the Hon. Mrs. J. Denman, and Mr.
Glover.

Sir George Grey arrived in town on Tuesday night
from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. Mr. Sidney
Herb:lt and Mr. Kingscote had an interview yester-
day with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office.
Mr. 11.1.‘Lachlan had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

Sir William Clay and Mr. Cobden had an interview
with Sir George Grey yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Hong-Kong.
The Earl of Yarborough, Sir James Duke, and
Viscount Chew ton, had interviews with Sir George
Grey yesterday.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
"The Priory, Wednesday, NOY. 21.
" The Queen Dowager passed a tranquil night, but
without much sleep.
"Her Majesty remains in the same state this
morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D."

THE OPENING OF THE COAL-EXCHANGE TO THE
TRADE.—Yesterday the Coal-Exchange was opened for
the transaction of the public business of the trade. Mr.
John Wood, the chairman of the coal, corn, and finance
committee, and most of the members, attended in the
building, and when the clock struck twelve, the clauses
of the Act and the Gazette notice having been read, the
entrances to the hall were thrown open. Cheers were
given for the Queen, the city of London, the coal trade,
tie chairman, sod the architect of the building. The
whole of the arrangements seemed to give perfect satis-
faction to the merchants and factors, and the business of
the day was immediately commenced.

DUi3LIN THEATRICALS.—Mr. Marston's tragedy of
Strathmore has been played with great success at the
Theatre Royal, the two principal characters being sus-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles liean.

A GAMBLER —At the entrance of the "Pines," a
man met us in a waggon, and one of the hunters said,
" That m,in has lost his eyesight with gambling."
" Ilow so?" iuquired ono of my companions. "It was
thus: He had a good farm which be neglected, to
engage constantly in gambling. On ono occasion be
had sat up eight days and nights consecutively, and he
won another man's farm, house, cattle, and a steamboat;
but he became stone-blind from exhaustion. and is now
partially recovered, only sufficient to allow him to drive
a w, ggon !" Sir J. Alexander's "Acadie."

In compliment to the splendid hospitalities of Sir
James Duke, his mayoralty is known in City history
as the Duke dinnirity (dyamty.)—Punch. .