The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Co-
lonel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter
before eight o'clock on Saturday morning, for the ter-
minus of the London and South Western Railway at
Nine Elms. The Prince was met at the terminus by
their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by their
suite. The illustrious party left for Gosport by a spe-
cial train, arrived at the Clare ce Yard at half-past ten
o'clock, and were received by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle
and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, and crossed to the
Isle of Wight in the Fairy, commanded by Lord Adol-
phus Fizelarence. On landing, Prince Albert and the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess proceeded
to 0-,borne, her Majesty's marine residence.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and at-
tended by the Marchioness of Douro, left Buckingham
Palace, in an open carriage and four, at ten minutes
past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for Claremont.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, Baroness de
Speth, Major-General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and
Dr. Meyer, followed in three carriages and four.
Hi r Majesty was conducted to her carriage by Lady
Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, the Duke of Norfolk,
and Lord George Lennox.
The Queen and the Royal party arrived at Claremont
at twenty minutes before five o'clock, escorted by a party
of Light Dragoons. Her Majesty walked in Claremont
Para after her arrival.

The lion, and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at
Claremont in the afternoon on a visit to the Queen.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at the
Esher station of the South Western Railway by a
special train at seven o'cicz.k on his return from Osborne,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar and
Suite, and attended by Colonel Bourerie, and proceeded
to Claremont.

Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal
Consort took their accustomed early walk.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, took airings yesterday in Claremont
Park.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and
gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yester-
day in Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay officiated.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin-
cess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttel-
ton, took airings yesterday and on Saturday in the
pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine
service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and
Baran Knesebeek, honoured the performance at the
Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on Sa-
turday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rill of Auckland, Sir
John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay,
and the Right lion. H. Labouchere.
The Council sat two hours.
Mr. Mostyn, M.P., bad an interview with Sir George
Grey on Saturday at the Home Office.
Mr. .'Sutherland, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Weems had an
interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt .on Sa-
turday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways,
in Great George street.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial Office for the Governor of Ceylon.
The Rev. Dr. Jerrard had an interview on Saturday
with Sir George Grey.
The Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of
St. Alban's, and Sir Frederick Trench attended the
early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the ser-
mon. At the daily service the Prayers were read by the
Rev. T. Ilelmore, the Lessons by the Rev. W. Hall, and
the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The
Sermon was preached by the lion. and Rev. R. Sack-
ville West. The Anthem was "We will rejoice"
(Croft). Sir George Smart presided at the organ.

The Rev. G. N. Bowers, rector of St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, will be the new Dean of Manchester.
Dr. Bowers has attended with great care and zeal to the
duties of the very important metropolitan parish of St.
Paul's where he is deset vedly held in high estimation.
He is a ripe scholar, and a most amiable man, and has
always attended to the wants of his parishioners with
zeal, and care, and assiduity.—Observer.
We are happy to be able to state that the alarming
rumours which have been circulated respecting the health
Il
His Majesty
of the Belgians, are greatly exaggerated.
i ajesty has been suffering from a billious attack,
the symptoms of which were aggravated by the use of
the Wiesbaden waters, to which he had resorted for re-
lief, but which had the contrary effect of producingAlhh not
con-
siderable derangement of the system.
entirely subdued, the symptoms had yielded tot theug usual
treatment. There was at no time any serious
appre-
hension of danger, and the rumours respectinganyfurther affection of his Majesty's health, beyond what
we hare here stated, are utterly groundless.—Observer.
The Queen of Portugal has written a letter with
her own hand to the Duke of Palmella, in the most
gracious manner commanding his return to Lisbon, and
his resumption a the position which he bad so long and
so deservedly held m the Councils of her Majesty before
he was displaced and banished by the factious and cor-
rupt proceedings which have brought so much trouble
and calamity upon Portugal. The Duke of Palmella
has been long the devoted friend of constitutional
freedom, for which he struggled and risked everything
in the contest between the friends of the Queen and the
pretensions of Don Miguel, to whose usurpation and
despotic rule he was the foremost and most consistent
enemy. The recal of such a man, in a mthe taus e anner so gracious
and so honourable, is a good omen for of con-
stitutional freedom in Portugal, and affords one of the
best evidences that can be given of the intentions of the
Queen and her present advisers to persevere in a course
of national and constitutional government.—Observer.
Accounts have been received of the arrival of Lord
Howden at Bahia, on the Ist May, en route to Monte
Video and Buenos Ayres. Lord Howden is to meet
the French Envoy, Count Walewski, at Monte Video.
Lord Normanby has returned to Paris, to resume
his duties as Minister of England at the court of France.
There is no foundation whatever for the rumours of
I the probable retirement of his Excellency from his high
office.—Observer.
HARVEST PROSPECTS.—After a very long and
severe winter, and one the coldest and latest springs in
memory of most men, which very much retarded vege-
tation, we have had some very warm and growing
weather, which pushed on for a short time vegetation
in a most rapid and luxuriant manner, but the long con-
tinuance of warm dry weather, and the rapid progress
made in the growth of all growing crops, has caused
them to run light and spindly, and it is not unlikely
that on dry light lands the wheat crop will prove shah
in the straw, and a light crop. The barley and oats
have suffered from the same cause, and will certainly be
short in the straw, and on all dry' gravels and chalks,
decidedly a light crop. In some warm lands the bar-
ley and oats look as if they were scorched or burnt.
The potatoes are looking extremely healthy and sound
in the leaf ; but on examining some unsound potatoes
planted for experiment, which came up well and looked
healthy and sound in the leaf, on close inspection the
tubers will be found of a brown colour next the old set,
which in all cases is quite rotten. These discoloured
tubers are evidently diseased, and the disease running
up the stalks, from the connexion with the old set.
I have found the seine appearances, but in a milder form,
in some tubers growing from sound sets. On examin-
ing seine early potatoes in one of my labourer's gardens,
I found them quite sound, and healthy young potatoes
formed. I pray God this calamity may cease, but from
appearances, as far as I can judge, I much fear it. The
beans have suffered much for want of rain, and many
people complain of the green lice amongst the peas.—