The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the
Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and the Prince
of Leiningen, and attended by the Viscountess Canning,
the Marquis of Ormonde, Major-General Bowles,
Lieutenant. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer, left Claremont at
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for town.
The Royal party occupied five carriages and four, and
was escorted by a detachment of the 12th Lancers. Her
Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales and the Prince of Leiningen, occupied
an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting
followed in a chariot and four. The rest of the Royal
Harty occupied three open carriages and four.
The august party arrived at Buckingham Palace at
half-past four o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert
were received by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon.
Misses Stanley and Dawson, Sir Frederick Stovin, and
Captain Francis Seymour.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine,
of Russia, was presented to the Queen, at an audience
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, by Viscount Pal-
merston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs. His Imperial Highness was
attended by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister,
Vice-Admiral F. B. Lutke, (Aide-de-Camp General
de S. M. l'Empereur de toutes les Russies,) and Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry to the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and their Serene
Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, visited the Queen and Prince
Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the
Officers of the Scotch Fusileer Guards, of which regi-
ment his Royal Highness is Colonel, with his company
at dinner last evening, in Willis's rooms. The Prince
arrived at half-past seven o'clock, attended by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-
Colonel F. H. Seymour.

The Band of the regiment attended during dinner, and
performed the following pieces, under the direction of
Mr. C. Boose :

Overture--" Semiramide"—Rossini.
Edinburgh Wall zes—Labietzki.

Selection—" Robert le Diable"—Meyerbeer.
Matilda Quadrilles—C. Coote.

Duetto—•` Bondman"—Balfe.
Overture—" Oberon"—C. M. von Weber.
Prince Albert afterwards joined the Queen at Her
Majesty's Theatre. _ _

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen,
honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence last
evening. The Royal Suite consisted of the Viscount
Canning, lien. Miss Stanley, Marquis of Ormonde, and
Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager. her lt,,yal Highness the Duchess et
Kent, and their Royal Highn,:sses the Hereanar) Grand
Duke and Grand Due, ess of Saxe Weimar, also
honoured the performance with their presence yester-
day evening.
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Queen DvAager at Marlborough flouse, and her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, St.
James's.

fler Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by \
by their Roytl Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke ,
and Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, took an airing
yesterday in a pony phaeton.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
11+-r residence, Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday
1 morning, from Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester,
and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, ♦isited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.

The Earl of Clarendon (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
left his residence in Grosvenor-crescent, at nine o'clock,
yesterday morning, for Dublin.
Mr. Selby had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday at the Home Office.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from
his seat, Broadlands, Hants.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SETTLING FOR THE DERBY AND OAKS.

The winners of the above races, having at the time
been generally supposed to be " harmless" horses, we
fully expected to have to speak of an easy settling. We re-
gret to say that it has turned out quite the reverse—not
merely a bad one, but one of the worst that has been
known since Cotberstone's year. Two parties were non
cst, whose losses cannot be stated at less than 20,0002 ;
one of them, who is connected with the highest families
in the kingdom, is a loser of about 12,0002, of which
there is no immediate prospect of payment ;—the
other is a Mr. P * * • * *, of whom there is no hope
whatever. It appears that this worthy, not satisfied with
drawing all he could on Monday without disbursing a
farthing, enclosed a list of debts due to him on the race,
to one of the parties from whom he had received, beg-
,Ting him to " collect all he could; and retain the half for
his trouble," adding that he was" utterly ruined," and
concluding by graciously per acing his victim to make
any excuse he might think fit▪ for collecting for him !"
Of course, this impudent,,attempt at swindling was im-
mediately, made publ.m. It is almost needless to add that
these heavy defalcations seriously embarrassed the set-
tling, and that many parties who entered the room with
balances in their favour, qui▪
tted it losers. Sir Joseph
Hawley, Mr. Pedley and their hi,- nds are good winners.

Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial
office, from the Governors of the Mauritius and Sierra
jeoae.

'HE ,LATE FRIGHTFUL ACCI-
DENT ON THE SHREWSBUPY AND CHE;;TEP.
LAIL
FROM A. CuLRESPONDENT
CHESTER, MAY 25, 4 P,141.-7-411_ My last corarnunica
tion, which was written in a hurried manner to save th,
post, I
,omitted to state that the Chester and Shrews-
bury is 'a double line; and is complete asfer as Rhuabor,
and which was opened a few months ago to the public
under the inspection of General Pasley, who pronounced
it safe.

I ought here to explain that all the carriages were
not literally smashed, but at the time I visited the srct,
from the tide coming in very strong, they were not very
distinct to be seen ; however, two or three were actually
so, and a first-class carriage which was floated in pieces
on to the race-course, bore evidence of what an awful
crash it must have been. It was fortunate it was such
light train, otherwise the consequences must have been
terrible in the extreme. I should also state that the
bridge is a horizontal one, and hence the greater pres-
sure. It is certainly a neat affair, and that is all that
can be said about the structure, which required a vast
deal more strength to support heavy trucks carrying iron
and ballast, one of which, with ten to twelve carriages,
only two hours before. passed over, and no doubt had
caused the girders to give way. This seems to be the
general opinion, that the girders had snapped asunder,
as evidenced from a boy who was fishing close by and
witnessed its opening and the falL The part that fell.
as I stated in my last, is on the opposite side of the
river from the race-course, and on the south side. The
northern part of the line still remains perfect. The
engineer showed the greatest presence of mind and
courage, for on finding the engine sinking, he in
an instant put the steam in full force, which caused
the engine to spring forward like an arrow, clearing
herself from the tender in a most miraculous manner,
the chains and bars of iron attaehed to the tender snap.
ping like glass; this caused the tender to twist against
the buttress of the bridge, pitching the poor stoker (who
bad one foot on the tender and the other on the engine)
on his back, and the engineer saw that be was killed in
stanter! The engine, of course, broke away for some
distance, and on the engineer having at length stopped
its further progress, he with great forethought turned
on to the down-line, went over the other part of the
bridge (which none but a courageous man would have
attempted after such an occurrence), and down to the
station to give information to the officials. The poor
fellow could hardly give utterance to a word, but said—
" My mate is killed, and all the carriages in the Dee !"
It is reported that Mr. Stephenson, the engineer to the
Holyhead Company (to whom the bridge belongs), was
on the bridge yesterday, and pronounced it safe.
From Mr. Hill, the able and active superintendent of
police (who is always at his post when required) I have
gleaned the following particulars:—
KILLED.
Mr. J. Matthews, coachman.
Mr. Nevitt, ditto, of Chester.
Thomas Anderson, stoker.
George Roberts, guard.
PERSONS IN THE INFIRMARY.
David Evans, of Llangollen, labourer, thigh broken.
Mr. J. Edward Town, of rexham, concussion of the
brain.
Miss Town, his sister, slightly injured.
Mrs. Ibbotson (or Iveson), of Eyton, near Wrexham,
dislocation of the hip.
A boy named Stephens, from Gresford, eight miles
from hence, concussion of the brain.
Mr. Isaac Jones, tailor, Wrexham, ditto, not expected
to survive.
Mrs. Jones, supposed to be his wife, fractured thigh,
and collar-bone broken.
Mr. J. B. Ford, Bridge-street, Manchester, contusion
on the bead.
Mr. J. Jones, farmer, Llangollen, ditto.
Mr. A. M‘Gregor, engineer, ditto.—(This gentlercan
had a miraculous escape, being in the luggage-van with
Matthews, Nevitt, and the guard, all three killed; he was
pitched on to the bridge !)
Ann Roberts, servant to Captain Hopkins, R.N., frac-
tured thigh.
A woman (supposed name Roberts), fractured skull.
NOT HURT.
Chapman, the engine drsver.—(This man deserves
reward, as he hits three times before cleared himself with
the engine from difficulties like the present.)
ESCAPED WITH SLIGHT INJURIES.
C. Walmsley, Eaq., Chester.
Mr. Warburton, Chester, tailor and draper.
Mr. Tomkinson, of Liverpool.
Miss Worthington, of Manchester.
W. W. Wynne, Esq., Wrexham.
Mr. Proud, Chester.