The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an
open carriage on Friday afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Waie3,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took airings on Friday afternoon.
The unfavourable state of the weather on Satur-
day prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert and the
royal children fro►n taking their usual walks and rides.
The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay and Sir
J. Clark arrived at Osborne on Saturday, on a visit
to her Majesty, and had the honour of joining the
royal dinner circle in the evening.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies
and Gentlemen of the royal suite, attended Divine
service yesterday, at Osborne. The lion. and Rev.
C. Leslie Couctenay officiated.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived in town on
Saturday, from honouring Colcnel Wyndham with a
visit, at his seat, Petworth House, Sussex. Ilis Royal
Highness visited the British Museum in the afternoon.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after-
noon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were—Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palinerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the arl of
Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon: T. B.
Macaulay. The Council sat two hours and a half.
Courts of Sewers for the metropolitan district
were held at Gwydyr House, on Thursday, and by
adjournment to one of the Committee-rooms of the
House of Commons. The Commissioners were sworn
in for the Courts of Sewers of Kent, Surrey, and
Greenwich. Lord Morpeth presided as chairman in
the first instance, and Lord Ashley afterwards. In.
the Courts for Kent, Surrey, and Greenwich, the same
resolutions were adopted that had been adopted in the
other districts of the metropolis.
The Committee on Education of her Majesty's
most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on
Saturday, which was attended by the Lord President,
Lord John Russell,.. the Earl of Auckland, the
Viscount Morpeth, Sir George Grey, and the Chan-
cellor. of the Exchequer. Mr. Kay Shuttle worth was
in attendance. ,
A deputation of the Committee of the Spanish
Bondholders' Association, consisting of Mr. James
Capel, Mr. Henry Chard, Mr. C. W. Stokes, and Mr.
A. M‘Mullen_, had an interview with Viscount Pal-
merston, on Saturday. .
A deputation, consisting of . Lord John Chichester,
M.P., Hon. ' Francis Scott, M.P., Sir Edmund
MacNaghten, Bart., M.P., Mr. Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, Mr. Elliot Lockhart, M.P., Mr. Shafto
Adair, M.P., Mr. Alexander, M.P., Mr. Bateson,
M.P., Captain Archdall, M.P., Mr. Boyd, M.P., Mr.
Archibald Boyd, Captain Trevelyan, Captain H. G.
Hamilton, R.N., Mr. J. Montefiore, Mr. Montgomery
Martin, and .Mr. Samuel Sydney, had an interview
with Earl Grey on Saturday, on the subject of emi-
gration to Australia.
Mr. Bellew had an interview with the Right Hon.
H. Labouchere on Saturday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.
Mr, Charles Buller, on Saturday, took his seat at
the Board-room of the Poor-law Commission office,
Somerset House, as President of the new Board of
Poor-law Commissioners. He was received by Mr.
Nicholls and Mr. Chadwick, the former of whom took
his seat at the Board as one of the Secretaries, and
the latter of whom transferred his accounts as Secre-
tary to the previous Board. The subordinate officers
were re-appointed. •
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of the Cape of Good
Hope, Sierra Leone, and the Falkland Islands.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Ceylon.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Baron Rothschild's stag bds., Thurs., Mentmore-11.
The Berkshire lids., Wed., Bradley Farm; Fri., Had-
cott Bridge.
The Puckridge Ads., Wed., Manuden.
Mr. Fane's harrs., Thurs., Haddenham Field.
The Suffolk hds., Tues., Shadwell Park; Fri., Thur-
low Town-101r.
The South Berkshire hds., Tues., Bladebone Buckle-
bury; Fri., Streatley-14
Sir John Cope's hds., Wed., Golden Farm, near Bag-
shot; Fri., White Watham-101.
The Craven hds., Tues., Henswood; Thurs., the Bell,
Wickham; Fri., Great Shefford-10L
East Kent hds., Wed., Gorsley •' Fil., Horton Park.
Lord Southampton's hds., Wed., Salcey Lawn; Fri.,
Syresham Hatch-11.
The Surrey ,Union hds., Wed., East Claudon Downs;
Fri., Abinger Hatch.

HERE'S MERRY CHRISTMAS
COME AGAIN.
(From the Weekly Dispatch.) ,
Here's merry Christmas come again,
With all it ever used to bring,
The mistletoe and carol strain,
The holly in the window pane,
And all the bloom from hill and plain
That winter's chilly hand can fling.
It must be welcomed with a song,
Though nothing new may fill the ditty ;
Old-fashioned feelings may be*wrong,
But prejudice is very strong,
And dear old Christmas, woo'd so long,
Shall find us faithful, if not witty.
It comes with roar of city hell:, ;
It comes with many ft Y';dage chime ;
And many a village granchlame tells
Of places where the white ghost dwells,
Of demon forms;
a robbers'- cells,
And all tlab
..".;tes for Chris:mas time.
It with music in the hall,
That stirs the old man in his chair,
And when the midnight measures full
He'll lead the blythest dance of all,
Spurning alike tae chimney wall,
And seventy years of wear and tear.
It comes with frolic, feast, and mirth,
It sings the chaunts it used to sing,
And makes the yule-log on the hearth
An altar forge where links of earth,
That bound and broke in strongest girth
Arc welded fast in Memory's ring.
Here's merry Christmas, and methinks,
Although it seems an olden story,
There's something pleasant in the winks
Of blue-eye'd fire that boils and blinks,
Mocking the palm that .naps and shrinks
Above the tempting plums of
glory.
Here's. merry Christmas, and it seems
To call back Childhood to the breast,
With kindly words and laughing screams,
With le,..,pi„g
steps that shake the beams,
Wit:a noisy games and happy dreams,
And all of Life that's bright and be,t.
Bring fragrant bay with laurel tied,
Bring shining chesuuts—how we'll roast 'em;
Bring forth the bowl in wassail pride,
Bring sack and brown ale, side by side,
Bring foaming flip
in endless tide,
Bring friends around—and how we'll toast 'em;
Here's merry Christmas come again,
Cling heart to heart and hand to hand.
" Love one another," was the strain
Of Him who never taught in vain;
And let it sound o'er hill and plain,
And rule the feast in every land.
ELIZA 'COOK.

THE TAmwolurst
ELECTION.--The election of a
representative for this borough, in the room of the Right
Hon. W. Yates Peel, who has accepted the Chiltern
hundreds, took place on
Saturday last, in the Town-
hall. Captain Townsend (who was the only candidate)
was put into nomination by blr. Ingley, and seconded
by Mr. Knight, who, in the course of his address to the
electors, paid a tribute of respect to the memory of the
lhaitsegLraeralyt
inflJanueenPee upon Peel, and expressed his conviction that
on the present occasion Sir R. Peel had made no use of
the electors. Captain Towns-
choandferred caused them to assemble, alluded to
his
end, who on presenting himself after being declared duly
returned was loudly cheered, after thanking the electors
fo
on him, and regrettit, the
am
e
on a former occasion, and
tarta having honour
l come,
of the school of the cele-
brated Charles Fox, remained unaltered. The Hon.
;
Gentleman then expressed his admiration of Sir R. Peel's
conduct during the present election; it had been straight-
forward, marl}, and honest and concluded by again
principles, before
them
those
thanking the electorsfor returning himas one of their
representatives. A vote of thanks was then passed for
the mayor, and the court dissolved. The new Member
was chaired through the principal streets of the town.
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS RORBERY OF CASH AT
THE PADDINGTON TERMINUS OF
TIIE GREAT WEST-
ERN RAILWAY On Saturday information was circu-
lated throughout the various divisions of the metropo-
litan police, relative to another very mysterious robbery,
which took place on the previous evening, at the Pad-
dim„ton Railway station. It appears that Mr. Fryer, a
a part of whose duty it is to pay the men belonging to
the locomotive department, left his offi,T, adjacent to the
entrance gate's, at six oclock, to go to tea, and 00
quitting locked as usual, the outer door. On his return,
after an absence of not more than twelve minutes, he
discovered that the office had been entered, no doubt by
means of a skeleton key, and that upwards of sig. in
gold and silver, had been stolen trona a drawer, the lock
of which had been forced. Inf,rmation of the robbery
was promptly communicate'( to Mr. Collard, the super-
intendent of the compan)''s police, who is using his
utmost endeavours to trace out the guilty party.
On Saturday afternoon the British and North
American royal mail steam-ship sailed from Liverpool
for Halifax and Boston, with the usual United States
and Canadian mails. She takes out a full complement
of passengers.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and the Ladies
Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, have left Norfolk
House, for Arundel Castle, Sussex, where a distin-
guished circle will assemble for the approaching
Christmas.
Lord Sandal is to be a member of the Ecclesiastical
CODIIIIiE4OI3, in the room of Lord Ashley,--Observer.