The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.--The Queen and Prince Albert
walked this morning OR the Eastern Terrace and Slopes.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took
walking and pony exercise to-day. Her Royal Highness
the Princess Helena was also taken an airing.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert rode
out in a pony phaeton and pair, the Prince driving.
Lieut.-Colonel Seymour attended on horseback.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening,
is expected to include his Serene Highncss Prince Low-
enstein, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, the Hon. and
very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and Lady Charlotte
Neville Grenville, and Colonel Hall (commanding the
Ist Regiment of Life Guards).
The band of the Ist Life Guards attend during din-
ner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards at-
tend in the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the Royal Hospital at Chelsea on Monday.
The Turkish Alinister and Princess Callimaki, re-
turned to town yesterday, after a short sojourn at
Brigh ton.
M. Van de Weyer transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the Trea-
sury. There were present Lord Langdale, (Master of
the Rolls), the Governor of the Bank of ngland, and
the Deputy-Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and
Comptroller-General, attended, and Mr. William Rus.
sell, Accountant-General to the Court of Chancery, was
also in attendance.
Mr. Thistleton had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, (Lord President), was
better yesterday.

THE MINISTILT.—We are informed that all the
members of the Cabinet are expected to assemble in
town on Monday next.
We regret to announce the death of the Right Hon.
Joseph Planta, which took place on Monday last at his
house at Fairlight, Sussex, in the 60th year of his age.
Mr. Planta was the son of the late Joseph Planta.
F.R.S., a native of Switzerland, who long domiciliated
in England, became at length Librarian to the British
Museum, and Secretary to the Royal Society. llis son,
Mr. Joseph Planta, early entered life as a Precis Writer
in the Foreign Office, and at length became Under Se-
cretary for Foreign Affairs, which place he filled for
nearly ten years. He accompanied the late Marquis of
Londonderry, as private secretary, to the Coegresses of
Paris, Vienna, and Aix-la-Chapelle, and was much
trusted by that nobleman, to whom his attainments as
lieguist and publicist stood in good steed. From May,
1827, to November, 1830, Mr. Planta was one of the
joint Secretaries of the Treasury, and though he never
took a prominent part in the business of the House, as
Member for Hastings, for which borough he sat in the
Parliaments of 1826 and 1837, yet he was known to of-
ficial men and to Members generally as a most able, in-
structed, and capable man. For the last seven years
his health had been most wretched, and his death,
though sudden, was not unexpected, for his physicians
had long pronounced that it might happen at any mo-
ment.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first spring meet-
ing was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms in Re-
gent-street, when there was a very large show of the
most interesting horticultural novelties of the season.
The chair was taken by Dr. Henderson. The best of
the flowers were in the orchidaceous plants, which were
very numerous. The prizes awarded were the silver
Knightian medal, to Messrs. Loddige, of Hackney, for
a collection of six orchidaceous plants; Banksian medals,
to Mr. Henderson, of Pineapple-place, Mr. Rollison, of
Tooting, and Mr. Donald, for similar plants; and certi-
ficates of merit to Mr. Thorpe for apples, and Mr. Davis
and Mr. Glendinning for plants. The extract from the
meteorological register kept at the gardens at Chiswick,
from 16th March to 6th April, gave—Barometer,
highest March 26th, 30017 inches, lowest April 2d,
29.247 inches. Thermometer, highest March 26th, 64
deg. F., lowest March 30th, 20 eeg. F.; and quantity of
rain 0.40 inches.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT TILE NEW HOUSE OE
LORDS.—Yesterday evening; an accident, which termi-
nated fatally, occurred to a lad named William Quirk,
aged fifteen years, who was employed at the new House
of Lords. The deceaed was en the top scaffold, in the
act of lowcrililA- a ptiiiey. c))11r:
attacked to a crane struck him on the head, and preci-
pitated him to the ground. He was picked up in a
senseless state, and carried to, the Westminster Hospital,
where he was found to be quite dead.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
LATEST BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agst Euclid colt 12 to I agst Campanile
I
6 to 1 agst Vanish (t) l4 to 1 agst Kesheng
6 to 1 agst Sting 16 to 1 agst Discontent
6 to 1 agst Footstool 20 to 1 agst Queen of the
10 to 1 agst Lynceus Tyne
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
2to 1 agst Planet I 9to 2 agst The Liberator
CHESTER CUP.
1,000 to 15 agst Maid of
Lyme (t)

20 to 1 agst Dulcet
25 to 1 ugst Mendicant (t)
25 to 1 ugst The Lamb (t)

DERBY

15 to 2 agst Van Tromp— 30 to 1 agst Mr. Martin
taken to 2001. 35 to 1 agst War Eagie
9 to 1 agst Planet (t) 40 to 1 agst Bingham
14 to 1 agst Epirote 40 to 1 agst Red Hart (t)
20 to 1 agst Liberator 50 to 1 agst King of
25 to 1 agst Gl, ntilt Morven
500 to 100 agst Planet and Epirote—taken.
The betting very flat, and only Planet, The Liberator,
Glentilt, Mr. Martin, and Red Hart, in any request.
ERRATUM,—In the hurry of dispatching our report
from the course, we stated that the Craven Stakes was
run in 2 min. 9 seconds.; it should have been 2 min.
19 seconds. _ _ _

ARRIVALS.—Doke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter,
Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess of
Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, Earl of
Suffield, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of March, Earl of
Glasgow, Lord Godolphin, Lord Charles Manners,
Lord George Manners, Lord Edward Russell, Lord
Clifden, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Henry Lennox,
Lord C. Fitzroy, Lord Newport. Count Bathyany,
Hon. Horace Pitt, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anon, Hon.
F. Villiers, Hon. Henry Forester, Hon. Captain Rous,
General Charritie, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Peel,
Colonel Hornby, Captain Higgins, Mr. Greiille, Mr.
Cockerell, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Gregory, Mr. G. Rush,
Mr. Newton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Pdrtman, Mr.
Lowther, Mr. S. Batson, Mr. John StanlQy, Mr. Ouseley
Higgins, Mr. Magennis, Mr. G. H. Moore, Mr. Gully,
Mr. Drinkald, Mr. Rolt, Mr. R. Neville, Mr. Crommelin,
and Mr. Read.