The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Alhert, accomeaniod by the
i•rinee i,fLeiningen. honoured the Fancy R9Z in the
Reglit's Park Barracks, with a visit yesterday. The
Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon.
Miss Stanley, Hon. is s Dawson, Marquis of Ormonde
Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir Frederick Stovin. Lieutenant-
Col,eA the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the am.
A. H. Gordon.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales. the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by
the Hon. Miss Dawson, took an airing in an open ear
riage and four, yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince
Albert and his Serene Highness the Prit.ce of Leiningen
were on horseback. The Equerries in Waiting, Lieu-
tenant Cwonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horseback.
The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the
Emperor's Vase and the Royal Hunt Cup, which have
just, been completed for the Ascot Races, and which were
submitted by:Messrs-Hunt and Roskel.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena took airings
yesterday in the gar& ns of the Palace.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buck-
inham Palace. The c,-,mpany included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his imperial frighnes.
the Gram! Duke Constantine, their Roe al Highnesses the
Hereclit4ry Grand Duke and Grand IThichess of Saxe
Weimar. his Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, his
Serene HiAtness the Prin,!e L.iningen, the Duchess
of Sutherland, their Excellei.cies Baron and Barones,;
de Brunnow, his Excellency Count Sehimmelpenninclt,
their Excellencies Blron and Baroness de Rens% Count
Revel, Lady Augusta Bruce, 13aroress de Sped), the
Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl Spencer, Viscount Pal-
merston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Vice-Admiral de
Lutke, Le Cnse-ller d'Etat Hon-owiz. Baron de
Frio-Hits (Aide-de-Camp to his Imperil
the. Countess of Assenburg. Count de Beust, Baron
Zigisar, and the Varcplis Provenr.li.
The Rend of the Coldstream Guards was in attend
ante during dinner, and perform, d the following
nip ces.

Grand Fantasia, Homage to the Emperor Nicholas.—
Coott..
Guadrille. The Phantom Dancers, from Alf.red Melon's
Melodit s
Allegr tto. Szchetztoll from 9.h Sincon;a Presto
ion,•ot, from Choral Si•ifoniA.—Beethoveti.
V-ilte et. (;hl-p—" Alan'."--Cosra.
GI 4., Slew }gentle Gales."—Sir R, H. Bishop.
Polka, Nlitvirka.

tier Maj- ty the Qaeen Diwaqer, accompanied by
their Royal iiighne..le, th. Tler.ditary Grand Duke a d
Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, took an drinz in
po,y pha, ton y-,t.r(lay. Her Niqiesty and their n.val
visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
at tlnmhridg. Fl _ _ _

Ttie 11.-,r dusty Grand Duke and Grand Duehess or
Saxe Weirnar, attended by the C,tintess of Assnnhon.r.
Earl H-.we, Count (I, alisr, and Baron Zigesar, visited
nd inspeetud the Colosseum yesterday. Their Royal
ilighnes.es also honoured with a visit exhihition of
Na-h's Drawings of tho Interior and Exterior of Wind-
sor gastlo, at Nir. 1,11.-an's gallery in the fraymark?t.
Trio Grand Duke Constantine inspected, yesterday.
Emp.,ror of Russia's vase, of which his Imperial
Highness was pleased to express his admiration.
Th.. (Trani Duke Constantine of Russia, ettended by
the Rut.sian Ministt-r and Vie,- Admiral Lutke, and also
by Li- tretiant lolonel the lion. Charles Grey (Equerr‘
to the Qap,n), visit.d their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at Cambridge
Iltinsv.

His Royal Highness Prince Genrme visited her Vft-
j,sty the Quern Do wag,r an,l the 11,-rdirary Grarrl
Doke ar d Grand DuAress of Saxe Weimar yesterday at
M,rihr wow: h riff,tbie.

Their It nal Highnes,,es the Duke and Duehess of
Cambridge. Prince Goorfze, and the Pritiee-,s Nfary, vi.
site the Fancy Thzaar in Regents Park vestrrday.
Her noya, flivht+ms the Duchess of Kent visited the
Qu .en Dowarw yesterday.
His Royal 11,.,.:h0e5s the Duke of qambridge. attended
by Baron KZlc'Se beck, presided yesterday at the Covent
Garden Th..atrical Fund dinn,r, in Freemasons Hall.
The Earl of Bradford had an interview with Sir
!3el.rge Grey yesterd,y. Earl Fortescue had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-
office.

A deputation, including Mr. Saunders, Sccretary to
the Eistern Union Railway Company ; Mr. Few, Soli-
citor to the Company ; Mr. Rusk, Sf)cretary to the Har-
wich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway Company;
and Messrs. Rourdillon and Turner, Solicitors to the
Company, had an interview with the Right Ron.
Edward Strutt, ye,terday, at the Office of the Coinmis-
:,imiers of Railways, in Great Gi,orge-street.

ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH

A N,) GRANTON RAILWAY.

One of those accidents or fatalities against which the
only st,carity is the incescant vigilance of wt-11-trained,
skilful , ffieers.ve,urrid on the Edinburgh and Grantor
line, betwixt three and four o'clock on Friday last
Yr :videntially no lives were lest, though three individuals
were mere or lees injured ; but the warti'ng thus given
to the comnan, promises onc:= and for all to prevent. any
sitnatr CASU thy. Toe quarter-past three o'cl.!ck down
train, consisting of three carriages. hid reached the
Sc:,tiand-street station, a here it sin d awaiting to he
attacht.d to the locomotive to proceed anton. Wv
chanced to b- present at the time, and observed one of
the guards on the top of the train arran;:ing the luggage;
suldenly a rumbling, noi,e was heard the tunnel.
which waxi d Lind, r and louder, dernling the quick
approao-, of a earriag ; the alto% e guard locked round
for a moment in the direction of the tunnel, and then
hastened from the top of the carriage, but with such
lightning rapidity did the card ,ge descend tht,'
towl, that the guard almost instantly distil)
pearel from our sight betwixt the wreck of
the l
t ,c;a_ terri4acg,,,,,,onf
tt,h. etuttda
with whichthe toharebeepiratg,ss,tnrt4i,crk was
side throwtphie.intti..haien pwlaft,rf.i.rrrop;opl:lhh,edtwroorwraerudia.itbiity,
wc.srre-
unn.jured. It was found that the break truck with
pree‘les the trains whilst cl,scentline• the turn. is in the o;urse-tir adjustment the succeedinga
beenreet,
w" in hitwactd
theto slip on nantdo,fithne:liina
clinet,!a. ,taittlic.L,7barittskt
the truck •cotnrneij:eing.o7,4sC'end,..he applied_ himself to •
the b:cak. but turned the-. screw the wrong way, so that
inst,a,l of checking. he ,pen-d out the moil m, Pro-
o- bly he iml2iiird that. the iiresk was ineffectual, but at
tol events he lost is presence of mind, brut leaped from
Ihe truck sust,:ining seine injury from the shuck. Th,-
traek, which weighs abut st-ven tons, bein., thus left
uncontreileil roiled sewn the tu,nel with an inereasine
vel,city, and must have rtainel the rate of at least sixty
miles an hoar when we saw it issue forth at the Scotland-
street end of the tunnel, and the next instant dash into
the train.

The line was soon cleared, and working as usual in the
course of an hour from the cAlision. A medical gentle-
rn-n, residing in Scotland-street, was immediately in
attendance, and, along with another surgeon, who was
also promptly on the spot, lent the requisite aid to the
sufferers, one of whom was severely cut and contused,
and atter having his wounds dressed, was conveyed
home in a carriage. The remaining two were not so
severely hurt; but we are happy to learn that all are in
a fair way of recovery. It is, therefore, so far satisfac-
tory, that we have no fatal case to record, and we trust
nothing farther will occur to shake the confidence in this
line, the general arrangements of which, with the excep-
tion of this untoward occurrence, have been anxiously
and skilfully devised ; and this disaster, too, might have
been avoided had the party only known how to apply
the break, which shows what care should he taken in the
selection of the subordinate officers. The parties who
have the principal charge of the incline, we are happy t,
say, were expressly brought from England, where they
had been similarly engaged, but, as it happened here, all
depended on a breaksman after the lapses occurred, and
who, if he had been equal to his duty, could with com•
parative ease have recovered matters.—Coledoniun
Mercury.

GENERAL FALL IN PROVISIONS.—Tuesday morn-
ing the price of bread was reduced in several places in
the metropolis a halfpenny in the 41b. loaf ; many of the
under-priced bakers announc,d the gratifyin, fact by
large placards, having the words "Glorious news, down
again to 10Id.," inscribed. The general pride ofseconds
bread is from 10fd. to 1 lid., and the L agn C,,,npa„y
are selling. at 10(1. the 41b. loaf ; interi,.r can b- obtained
a penny less, and the best bread sells at Is. ld.; fl,ur
has been reduced in proportion. A redueti:.,n of a penny
.
in the pound has taken place the prices of butcher's
meat of all descriptions, and in consequence bacon and
other cured provisions have been reduced. The fine
weather has caused a large supply of fish,. which is sold
remarkably cheap; small soles can be had from 2d. to 3d.
parr pair,
andmackvrel five for ls. Vog4:!.:oh's, particu-
krly tzrein'ilfind cabb3gvs, are very plenfr'el; f Tuner,
whien ab•iut a week ago sold at 7LI a bUiieri, can now be
had at 2d., and early York cabbages at lfd. each; early
foreign potatoes sell at 3d. per lb.