The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Wmpson, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert took their usual walking exercise this morning, in
the new grounds of the Home Park.

At fivc;-o'clock in the afternoon the Royal Party rode
out, taking the road to Frogmore. In the first carriage
and four were her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their
Majesties the Kirg and Queen of the Belgians. In the
second carriage were the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the
Viscountess Palmerston, Madame Van de Weyer, and
Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister (who arrived yes-
terday). - In the third carriage (a pony phmton), were
Lord and Lady Jocelyn ; and in the fourth carriage were
the Earl of Fingal and Colonel Buckley. Colonel Bout
eerie rode on horseback.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken her
usual drive.

The Earl and Countess of Surrey, and Lady Dlary
Howard; and.the Right Hon. F. J. and Lady A. Baring,
left the Castle to-day.
The Queen honoured Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A., with
sittings for a minature portrait yesterday and today ;
and the Queen of the Belgians also honoured Mr. Ross
with a sitting for her yortrait yesterday.
Mr. George E. Anson will have the honour of joining
the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner in the evening.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians will, it is ex-
pected, take his departure from the Castle to-morrow
for Woolwich.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge did
Mr. Hay ter the honour to sit yesterday for her portrait
in the picture of her Majesty's marriage.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge, and Prince George of Cambridge. attended by
Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, were

present yesterday forenoon at the marriage of Miss
Peel, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Peel, with Vis-
count Villiers; eldest son of the Earl and Countess of
Jersey, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. Their
Royal Highnesses afterwards honoured Sir Robert and
Lady Peel with 'their company at the dejeune given at
the residence of the Right Hon. Baronet in Whitehall
Gardens.

The Duke of Sussex had a select party at dinner on
Tuesday at his residence in Kensington Palacp.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Somerset, and Baron Knesebeck, ho-
noured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with their
company at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence,
Staltird House.

His EXcellency Andrew Stevenson, the American
Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-
office and the Home Department.
Mr. Richard Thornton, Chairman of the Committee
of Portuguese Bondholders, transacted business at the
Foreign-office yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Arabella
Baring returned to town yesterday from a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.

THE CONVICT MEDHURST.-HIS A NTICI-
PATED RELEASE FROM THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—
For some considerable time past a great change has been
visible in the health of Medhurst, who is at present
confined in the House of Correction, Cold Bath-fields,
and of late he has been much depressed in spirits, and
within the last few days his indisposition has soin-
creased, that it was found necessary to place him in the
infirmary of the establishment, where he has been at-
tended by Dr. Wakefield, the prison surgeon, and some
of the most eminent of the faculty, who have paid the
greatest attention to him ; but he is at present suffering
under illness to that degree, that it is conjectured he can-
not survive if he continues much longer in confinement.
This illness is said to have been increased through his
anxiety and excitement occasioned• by the recent affair
between himself and Mr.Moreton Dyer, which has created
such interest in the public mind. The symptoms of his disease
became so alarming that a physician was called in, and
after a consultation, it was pronounced that his death
would inevitably be hastened, were he to be kept much
longer within the walls of the prison, and a certificate to
that effect was immediately prepared, and the Visiting
Magistrates of the prison were communicated with in-
stanter, the consequence of which was that on Tuesday
last the Magistrates held a meeting on the subject, when,
after due deliberation, it was resolved that a speedy com-
munication should be forwarded to the Secretary of
State, stating the whole of the circumstances connected
with Medhurst's case, together with the medical certifi-
cate, and on Thursday evening the proper messenger was
despatched on the subject to the Secretary of State, and
it is anticipated that the result will be an order for the
prisoner's release from the gaol.

The temporary removal of a portion of the fine
specimen of wood pavement in Whitehall, for the pur-
pose of laying down gas-pipes,..at present affords a good
opportunity for those who are sceptical as to the merits
of this mode of paving, to test its durability. It was
found, on taking up the blocks, that their under surfaces
and sides were in almost' every case as clean and fresh-
looking as on the day of their being laid. down (upwards
of two years ago), and that. their upper. surfaces had
only worn away to the extent of from the sixteenth to
the eighth of an inch, notwithstanding the great traffic
in this part of the town. The specimen in question is on
the Count de Lisle's plan. When the street c f L0u,1,-)r,
shall lie' geliefalry paved on this principle, noisy
streets of the metropolis will be almost us much a "silent
highway " as Father Thames himself.