The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert attended divine service In
Whippingham church on Sunday. The Rev. Mr. Protheroe
officiated. The Countess of Claremont, Lady Caroline So-
mers Cocks, Major-General Bowles, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, and Colonel
Bouverie also attended the service.

The Royal children went for an airing to the sea beach on
Sunday morning.
Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne House on Saturday,
and had the honour of joining the Royal party at dinner.
Yesterday, her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual
early walk in the forenoon on the beach, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice.

Sir James Clark has left Osborne House for town.
A deputation on the subject of the distress in the High-
lands of Scotland had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of
Lord Macdonald, Mr. Campbell of Islay, Mr. Mackenzie of
Applecross, M.P., Mr. Matheson of Ardross, Mr. Matheson
of Lewis, M.P., Mr. Maclean of Coll, Mr. Campbell, jun.,
of Islay, Mr. Campbell of Jura, Mr. Ramsay, Colonel
M‘Dougall of Dunolly, Mr. Gibb, And Mr. Grey.
Mr. R. Montgomery Martin had an interview with the
Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., m.P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the
Commissioners of Railways.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was sufficiently reco-
vered, yesterday, from his recent indisposition to attend at
his official residence, in Downing-street.
Mr. William Law Ogilby had an interview with the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade.

The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George Grey
at the Home-office, yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand were re-
ceived at the Colonial-office, on Saturday.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office, for the Governors of Hong• Kong and Ceylon.
Lady Mary Wood left town, yesterday, for Hickleton Hall,
Doncaster.

RESIGNATION OF MR. CLIVE.—Mr. Clive has
tendered his resignation to the Home Secretary, as one of
the magistrates at Wandsworth and Hammersmith Police-
courts, having been appointed by the Lord Chancellor as
judge of the county court to be holden at Southwark.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—BRISTOL SATURDAY.—

The stormy meeting of the proprietors of the Great Britain,
which has most unexpectedly lasted through three days, was
closed this afternoon. At the meeting a most angry discus-
sion arose as to the directors not having insured the stranded
vessel, which cost nearly 140,000/, for more than 17,0001.,
which was nothing like an adequate amount as respected her
value, and the directors were also blamed for having re-
turned the passage money, and for not having taken imme-
diate and efficient measures to get her off. It was con-
tended that in accordance with the ordinary duties of trus-
tees the directors were bound to insure the ship in an
adequate amount, and it was asserted that in addition they
bad given a pledge to do so, or to give notice to the pro-
' prietary that they might themselves insure their interests
respectively; that it was contrary to mercantile usage to
return the passage-money, and that therefore the directors
should not have done so; and that as soon as the vessel was
stranded they ought to have obtained the services of the
most eminent engineering talent to get her off, instead of
wasting time as they had done in a correspondence with
the underwriters, whose stake was so small. The directors
in reply stated, that the passage-money having been received
for a voyage from England to New York, and the vessel
having been stranded' at the very commencement of that
voyage, that they were bound as honest men to return the
passage-money, and in support of this view they produced
letters from various steam-ship companies, declaring that
they should have done so. With respect to the insurance
they stated that upon the two previous voyages the Great
Britain had been insured for 50,000/. each time, and that they
had used diligent means to insure her on the last voyage, and
that as to the measures which they had taken subsequent to
her unfortunately being stranded, they had taken the best
they could adopt. At second day's meeting Captain
Claxton, R.N., with the view of meeting the views of all
parties, and of obviating the strong objection which had been
manifested to the motion " that the directors' report be re-
ceived and adopted," proposed, " that the report be received
and adopted without prejudice to the protest put in by 111 r.
Abbott and others." A adoe close of the third day's discus-
gion this motion was pted, and also one proposed by a
director to meet another ground of opposition, that the list
~f the proprietary of the company be open to the inspection
of the 6bareholders." It is generally underatood that the
' property of the company will be at once sold, and its affairs
wound UP.