The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early
walk yesterday in Claremont Park. Her Majesty and
her Royal Consort again promenaded in the afternoon.
Lord John Russell left Claremont yesterday morning.
The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and
rides yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal
suite, will, it is expected, leave Claremont this day for
Windsor Castle.

A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Minis-
ters present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Earl of Auclßand, Sir John Hobhouse,
Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Mor-
peth, the Right Hon. T B. Macaulay, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Lord Chancellor arrived soon at ter three o'clock,
and joined his colleagues.
The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yesterday
afternoon, to attend the Council, from his seat, Bowood
Park, Wilts. The Right Hon. 11. Labouchere arrived
in town on Tuesday night from Ireland. Lord John
Russell arrived in town yesterday from Claremont.

The Council sat three hours.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place.
The Earl of Chichester had an interview with Sir
George Grey, yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. G.
Cornwall Lewis had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Baronet yesterday.

Sir William Young, Bart., of Baleiborough, John
Young, Esq., late Secretary to the Treasury, and
other branches of the family, have been placed in mourning
by the demise of Thomas Young, Esq., second son of Sir
William, of the Bengal Civil Service, at Calcutta, on the
20th of November.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby
Cotton, G.C.8., wa.s appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Company's forces on the Bombay establishment.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The' ,first ordinary meeting
for the
.) ear was held yesterday evening, J. Payne, Esq.,
V. P.' in the chair. A communication was read from Mrs.
Whitby, on the cultivation of the mulberry and growth of the
silk-worm in this country. It is well known that the culture
of silk in France, which is only of very recent introduction,
has turned out very successful, although the objections
against it were quite as strong as those which had been urged
here. It appeared that Mrs. Whitby had been successful in
producing a silk finer in quality and texture than that de-
rived from aey foreign source, and in considerable quantity,
whilst the great principle had been obtained that the cost
was much less. A description was given by Mr. Corden of a
new condensing rotatory steam engine. The case and wheel
are placed in vacuo, so that the latter has as little resistance
as possible.
LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN
ItAiLwAY.—Yeaterday an inquest was held at Weybridge,
before Mr. Woods, coroner for the western division of Surrey,
on the body of Clifford Elisha, aged 59, schdolmaster of the
Chertsey Union, who was killed at the Weybridge station on
the evening of Saturnay last. After a long inquiry the jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death, and that no blame
WM attachable to the cvmpany'eaerygu44."