The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co-
lonel Bouverie, visited the British Museum yesterday.
The queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ance of the Philharmonic Concert, at the Hanover-
square Rooms, yesterday evening, with their presence.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by
the Mistress of the Robes, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady
in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson,
Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the
Prince; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; Vis-
count Clifden, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in Waiting;
Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his
Royal Highness; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting to the Prince. The august party arrived at
eight o'clock in four of the royal carriages.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena,
walked and rode as usual yesterday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, went yesterday to Claremont,
and visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians.
A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yester-
day, at the private residence of Lord John Russell, in
Chcsham- place. The Ministers present were the Mar-
quis of 'Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hob-
house, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere,
the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde.
The Earl of Clarendon attended the meeting.

The Council sat two hours.
Dispatches from the Governor of South Australia
were received yesterday at the Colonial•office.

THREATENING LETTERS TO
THE QUEEN.
At Windsor, yesterday, John Wardle, remanded from
Monday last, was charged before the Mayor and two
other magistrates with having sent threatening letters to
her Majesty and other parties.
The prisoner had first written to her Majesty on
January 18, 1848, when he stated that, unless he and his
family obtained their rights, her Majesty should die by
his hands. This letter was sent down to the Stafford-
shire police, within whose jurisdiction the prisoner was
employed hen he was taken before the magistrates, and
charged with writing threatening letters to her Majesty.
The prisoner explained that his reason for doing so was
to obtain 10,0001. left to his family by the We Duke of
Kent. The magistrates sentenced him to three months'
confinement in Stafford gaol, in default of his finding
bail to keep the peace.
On Thursday, the Bth instant, he presented himself at
the residence of the Dean of Windsor, and told the but-
ler he was determined to see the Queen, and get his due,
even if his neck was stretched for it. He was again
given into custody, and the result was that, after two
inquiries, the case was postponed till Monday, the 17th
instant, when the authorities at the Home-office having
had communication with, Mr. Hayward, of the office of
the solicitor to the Treasury, attended to watch the case,
and was about to ask the magistrate to hold the prisoner
to bail for using threatening language, when Mr. Pearl,
a surgeon, of Windsor, who had examined him, ex •
pressed doubts of the prisoner's sanity. Upon this Mr.
Hayward asked for a remand, to obtain further evidence
on that point.
Accordingly the prisoner was again brought up yes-
terday, when the above facts having being deposed to,
Dr. Monro stated that he had had an interview of more
than an hour's duration with the prisoner, and he was
clearly of opinion that he was a dangerous lunatic,
whom it was not safe to trust at large for a single hour.
Upon this evidence being given, Mr. Hayward ap•
plied to have thy. prisoner committed to the county
lunatic asylum. '
The MAYOR, having asked the prisoner if he had
any explanation to give of his conduct, he replied that
it would be useless, as he was like a lamb in a den of
wolves.
After some consideration the Bench adjudged the pri.
soner to be a dangerous lunatic, and sentenced him to be
(waned in the minty hinatio asylkiin at Littleraore near