The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked to the ice in the Home Park this morn-
ing. Her Majesty was upon upon it in the chair after
the German method. His Royal Highness skated, as
did some of the Gentlemen of the Suite.
Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Sand-
wich, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Caven-
dish'; and with his Royal Highness were the Duke of
Buckingham, Sir Edward Bowater, the Earl of Liver-
pool, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Dr. Prcetorius.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny
Howard, took walking exercise this morning.
The Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Rosslyn, and the
Right Hon. Sir James Graham, arrived this afternoon
on a visit to her Majesty.
Mr. Harcourt, St. Leonard's, will have the honour of
joining the Royal Dinner Circle this afternoon.
Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A., had the honour of attending
to-day on her Majesty with the miniatures of the King
and Queen of the French, which he had painted in Paris
by her Majesty's command.
Congratulatory addresses were this morning presented
to her Majesty by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and
the Mayor and Town Council of the Borough.
Her Majesty, who received the parties in the most
gracious manner, was attended by Viscount Sydney, Sir
Robert Otway, Colonel Arbuthnot, Captain Francis
Seymour, and Sir Edward Bowater, the Countess of
Sandwich, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss
Cavendish.
Her Majesty received the addresses in the Red Draw-
ing-room.
The following is a copy of the Address from the Dean
and Canons :

" TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
" May it please your Majesty
" We, the Dean and Canons of the Queen's Free Chapel
of St. George, within her Castle of Windsor, humbly
beg leave to approach your Majesty with our respectful
and sincere congratulations on an event which has dif-
fused a feeling of heartfelt joy throughout your Ma-
jesty's dominions. That Almighty Power which has more
than once preserved your Majesty's sacred life in the
hour of peril, has vouchsafed to answer a nation's pray-
ers on the birth of an Heir to the Throne of these
realms. We fervently pray that the same Almighty
protection may ever be extended over the Prince of Wales,
and that your Majesty and. your Royal Consort may
witness the development of every quality that can pro-
mote your own domestic happiness, and fulfil the fondest
hopes of a loyal and affectionate people."
Her Majesty returned the following most gracious an-

surer :---,

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" I accept, with particular pleasure, this Address,
which conveys the expression of your gratitude to Al-
mighty God, for the birth of the Prince, my son. Be
assured that it is my intention to educate him in the
principles of Christian piety and of moral virtue, and to
inculcate on his mind the sacred duty of transmitting to
posterity the religious institutions of these realms."
An Address of Congratulation from the Dean and
Canons was also presented to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert. The following is a copy :

" TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.

" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Dean and Canons of the Queen's Free
Chapel. of St. George, within her Majesty's Castle of
Windsor, with the strongest feelings of respect and at-
tachment, beg leave to offer to your Royal Highness our
sincere congratulations on the birth of the Prince of
Wales.

" Your Royal Highness has been placed by the Provi-
dence of God in a situation which must materially in-
fluence the welfare of this kingdom, and the nation bails with
delight and confidence the pledge which your Royal
Highness has already afforded, that the infant Prince
will derive, no less from yourself than from his August
Mother, the advantage of all that is wise in precept and
pure in example. We pray that the blessing of God may
attend'your united efforts, that when your Illustrious
Offspring shall be called to fulfil his high destiny he
may be enabled to preserve the people committed to his
charge in wealth, peace, and godliness, and to maintain
throughout the world the lustre of the British Crown."
To which Prince Albert made the following gracious
reply :
" I thank you most sincerely for the Address which
has just been presented to me by the Dean and Canons
of Windsor upon the birth of the Prince of Wales. I
cordially join in the fervent prayer that the blessing of
God may attend our arduous and responsible duty in
fitting our beloved child for his future destiny, it is most
gratifying to receive this first Address at the place en-
deared to us by so many ties."
An Address of Congratulation was also presented to
the Duchess of Kent, of which the following is a copy:—
" TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF RENT.
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Dean and Canons of her Majesty's Free
Chapel of St. George, within her Castle of Windsor,
heartily desire to approach your Royal Highness with
our respectful congratulations on the Birth of a Prince
of Wales; an event which has awakened a feeling of
heartfelt joy through all classes of her Majesty's subjects.
" We are very sensible how much this important event
must have affected your Royal Highness's feelings, and
we are aware that we cannot better testify our own on
this occasion than by heartily praying to Almighty God,
that, for a long succession of years the Throne of Eng-
land may afford, in your Royal Highness's descendants,
an example of all that is great and good, that you may
long witness in the persons of your Royal Daughter and
her august Consort the model of conjugal and parental
happiness."
Her Majesty's Royal Bounty was distributed on Mon-
day and Tuesday last to 900 poor and aged persons, who
received five shillings each. The recipients are recom-
mended by persons of known respectability.
The Royal. Gate Alms was also distributed to 168
persons, who received each thirteen shillings. This
ancient charity was formerly distributed to the poor at
the gate of the Royal Palace to the above number of per-
sons, who each received sixpence per week ; but the
bounty has, within the last century, been consolidated

into two payments of thirteen shillings each, at Christmas

and Easter:

The distributions were made by Joseph Hanby, Esq.,
Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry, under the im-
mediate orders of the Lord Archbishop of York, the
Lord High Almoner to her Majesty.

Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon for his
seat Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Right Hon.
Baronet travelled by the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, and left the terminus in Euston-square by the two
o'clock train.

Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
Sir James Graham left town yesterday on a visit to
her Majesty at Windsor Castle. '

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Brighton Gazette.) •
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22.—The brig Snake, 16, Com-
mander the Hon. W. Devereux, arrived on Sunday, from
Chatham, and has been paid the usual advance of
wages. Her destination is the Mediterranean, whither
she will preceed in a day or two, calling at Plymouth for
final orders.

The Crocodile, 26, recently returned from the West
Indies, is ordered to be again brought forward for com-
mission.

The Hastings, 72, on her arrival at this port, will pro-
ceed to the eastward to be paid off, and her crew drafted
into the ships fitting out.

The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Lapidge, and Rapid, 10,
Lieut. Earle, will proceed shortly to the coast of Africa,
for the suppression of the slave trade.

The Heroine, 10, Lieut. Stewart, arrived on Sunday
from Chatham, and is ordered to Plymouth to await orders.
The corvette Dido, Captain the Hon. Henry. Keppel, is
at Spithead, on her way to Plymouth to receive final or-
ders. She has embarked a few hands at this port
The Carysfort and Tyne, 26-gun ships, are preparing
for commission here ; the former will be commanded by
Captain Lord George Paula.
The new steam-ship, Geyser, has been commissioned at
Sheerness by Commander Edward Carpenter, it isSre-
ported for the West Indies.
The Formidable, 84, Capt. Sir Charles Sullivan, is or-
dered to be expedited at Chatham to proceed to the
Mediterranean, calling at Spithead.
The Thalia, 46, Captain Hope, may shortly be ex-
pected from Leith to complete her equipment, destina-
tion unknown.

The Seringapatam 46, has been undergoing survey to
ascertain her fitness for re-commissioning at Sheerness.
The brig Ferret, 10, Commander Oake, will soon be
ready at Plymouth to proceed to the Coast of Africa.
The Conway, 26, Captain Bethune, may be expected
from the East Indies about the middle of January, ac-
cording to private letters.
The Resistance, 38, is ordered at Plymouth to be fitted
as a troop-ship, and the Owen Glendower, 44, at Chat-
ham as a convict ship, to proceed to Gibraltar.
Capt. Sir Francis Collier, K.C.8., has had the ap-
pointment conferred on him of Superindendent of Pem-
broke Dock-yard, vice Jackson, promoted to be Rear.
Admiral.

At Spithead—Dido, 18, Snake, 16, and Heroine, 10.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, Warspite,
Vindictive, Hazard, Pantaloon, Rapid, Echo, Atholl, Ex-
cellent, and Royal George yacht.