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COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THIIRSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert, accompanied by their illustrious foreign visitors,
and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, went to-
day to Ascot Races.
he Royal cortege quitted the Castle at a quarter past
twelve o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert and the illustrious
party returned to the Castle at half-past five o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her re-
sidence, Froginore House, this morning at ten o'clock,
for town.
The Duke of Wellington took his departure from the
Castle this afternoon, for town.
The Royal Children took their usual walks and rides
to-day in the Slopes and pleasure-grounds of the Castle.
The Queen gave a grand banquet in the evening in
St. George's Hall. The table was covered with the
splendid service of gold plate, with the magnificent "St.
George" candelabrum in the centre.
The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards attended
and played during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance during
the evening.
General Sir George Anson and Mr. Richard Hodgson
had interviews yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-
office.

CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.
Tin, LONDON AND WESTMINSTER
BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES for the use of Travellers
and Residents on the Continent. These Notes are payable at every
Important place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his
route without inconvenience; no expense whatever is incurred, and
when cashed no charge is made for commission.
These Notes may ce obtained either at the Head Office of the Lon-
don And Westminster Bank, in Lothbury ; or at the Branches of the
Bank, viz. : —l, St. James's square ; 213, High Holborn ; 4, Strat-
ford-place, Oxford-street ; 3, Wellington-street, Borough ; and 87,
High.street, Whitechapel.
By order of the Board,
JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS,
TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
ACmission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue,
One Shilling.

JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. See,

RAMSGATE DIRECT, from LONDON.
BRIDGE WHARF, and BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACK•
WALL.

The COMMERCIn STEAM COMPANY'S favourite and splendid
Steam-vessel, DUCHESS OF KENT, will commence running from
the above Wharf, for Ramsgate, on MONDAY next, May 31st, at
Half-past Nine precisely, and lllackwall at a Quarter-past Ten, and
continue on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, until further notice.
Saloon, Gs.; Fore Cabin, ss. ; Chi:dren, 3s. Offices, 17, Fish street-
hill, and Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus.

A deputation from the Birmingham Water-works
Company, consisting of Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. G. F.
Muntz, M.P., Messrs. W. Haines, F. J. Welch, W. H.
Osborn, and C. Edge, had an interview with Lord Mor-
peth yesterday at the office of Woods and Forests, re.
spectinEr, the Health of Towns Bill. A deputation from
Oxford, consisting of Mr. f_angston, Mr. Alderman Sad-
ler, and Mr. Morrell, had also an interview with his
Lordship on the same subject.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
and Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, at his official residence, in Downing-
street.
The Marquis Camden had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways. Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Swift
had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Sir Thomas Tancred and Sir Richard Vyvyan, had
interviews yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home
Office.

The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had
a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall place.
There were present Visconnt Morpeth, Lord Lyttelton,
Sir Robert h. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Hope, the
Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. Milne.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial
Office to the Governor-General of Canada, and to the
Governors of the other North American Provinces.

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NTERTAIIO4IIIIIT TO MAJOR-GRIMM SLR RABIC!' •
GEORGE Saarri, BART., -G.C.B:—A splendid entertainment. "--
\vas_given to Major-General Sir H. G. Smith, Bart," G.C.B.
on Wednesday evening, by the members of the Junior United.'
Service Club, at their club-house in Regent-street, as a mark s -
of respect for the gallant general's military achievements in
India, more particularly his brilliant victory at Aliwal.
Major-General Sir H. G. Smith, accompanied by his Aide-
de-Camp, Captain Holdicht, arrived shortly before eight
o'clock, at which hour the banquet was announced in the
spacious drawing-room. The repast was of the most sump-
tuous description, and served in a style of elegance redound-
ing to the reputation of the establishment. Captain Boldero,
M.P., presided, supported on the right by Major-General Sir
H. G. Smith, and on the left by Mr. J. S. Douglas, M.P.;
and we observed among the gallant company Colonel Powell,
M.P. ; Colonel Bloomfield, Colonel Wilson, 35th Regiment;
Colonel F. Ward, R.A.; Colonel Thomas Reed, C.B. 62d
Regiment ~Colonel Goodsman, Colonel Macadam, Colonel
Warren, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Bunbury, C. 8., 80th
Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Petit, C. 8., 50th Regiment;
Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Smythe, C. 8., 16th Lancers ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, late of the Rifle Brigade ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Dixon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gloster, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel F. Townshend ; Major A. Gemmel],
Major Sir H. Dalrymple, Major Fyler, 16th Lancers ;
Major Vassal], 78th Highlanders; Major Gibson, Major J.
Macpherson, Major Nokes, Major Cradock, Major Krylor,
Major Stock, late 24th Regiment ; Major Elsey, Major
Neville, Major H. B. Harvey, Major Lewis, Major Dickson;
Captain Groves, vice-chairman ; Captain Knowles, 50th Re-
giment; Captain Pattiason, 16th Lancers; Captain James
Cook, Captain H. Eyre, Hon. Captain W. Gore, Captain
Williams, RE., Captain Battersbee, Captain Smith, 65th
Regiment; Captain Johnson, Captain Barron, Captain Mac-
pherson, 42d Regiment ; Captain H. Boys, Capt. S. Richards,
R.N., Captain Freer, Captain Sinclair, R.N., Captain W. H.
Hall, R.N., Captain Stewart, Captain Keating, Captain Rey-
-1 nolds, 16th Lancers; Captain Leech, 9th Lancers; Captain
Leslie, 80th Regiment; Captain Campbell, R.N., Captain
Moyland, Captain Grantham, Captain Spong, RS, Captain
B. H. Little, Captain Taylor, R.A. Captain Cheny, Captain
Philips, RA.; Captain Grant, 12th' Regiment ; Captain Bon-
ham, late 16th Lancers; Captain Littlejohn, Captain Quan-
toe, Captain J. S. Manning, Captain Stirling. RN., Captain
Ellis, Captain Bassett, R.A., Captain Jesse; Messrs. E.
Baldwyn, D. Holmes, C. S. Tinling, J. Bayley, E. Robertson,
Cracroft, Cubit, and Wilson. The number of members who
attended was limited to 80, the size of the room not affording
facilities to dine more than that number of persons conve-
niently, otherwise there would have been a much larger party
of officers present on the hospitable occasion. In the course
of the evening a number of toasts—some loyal, others more
peculiarly appropriate to the occasion—were drunk with the
utmost cordiality, anti the party did not break up until mid-
night. 1
The following paragraph, regarding the state of
the leather trade during the past month, is from the circular
of Messrs. T. I. and T. Powell :—" The amount of business
in leather during the past month has been exceedingly
limited compared with that of the same month in the pre-
ceding year; this, however, is not at all surprising. The
high price of food is alone suflicknt to account for an im-
mense falling off in sales, as it must be remembered that the
great consumption of leather is by the working classes ..
when therefore the absolute necessaries of life are so high that
they cannot purchase shoes, the demand for leather is neces-
sarily reduced. This consideration, combined with the high
rate of interest, caused chiefly by the extended calls for rail-
way purposes, and which restricts the monetary accommoda-
tion to the trading comrnunitss, may easily account for the
diminished transactions in leather; but as there is now a
prospect of an abundant harvest, and as trade generally is
improving, we may very soon expect to be able to give a
more cheering report."
PROGRESS OF FEVER IN GLASGOW.—It is indeed
raging at a fearful rate, and no sufficient accommodation is
vet provided. Up till Wednesday, the 26th ult., there were
417 cases on the lines of the district surgeons of the Poor
alone. On that day there were 38 cases of fresh lines ! la
simple statement carries its own tale. Since the above was
in type we regret to learn that four of the Catholic clergy..
men in Great Clyde-street are now laid up with fever, and
amongst them is the Rev. Mr. Gordon, whom we had the
pleasure of seeing officiate as chaplain at the Sunday Soup
Kitchen a few weeks ago. Their unremitting attention to
the poor, the destitute, and the dying, is no doubt the cause
of so many of these truly Christian clergymen being laid up
with the dire malady now so prevalent in Glasgow.—
Reformers' Gazette.
Two items of commercial information, mentioned
in the Indian journals which came to hand by the last semi-
monthly mail, deserve passing notice. The first relates to
the improvement of trade at Kurrachee. It appears from the
list of imports and exports recently published, that the for-
mer amounted in value to 46,29,000r5. last year,. against
31,40,000r5. in 1845, showing an increase of about 14,89,000r5.;
and that the latter amounted to 10,49,000r5., against
6,01,000r5. the previous year, also showing an increase of
about 4,48,000r5. Some of the papers attribute the increase
to the wants of a large standing army, hitherto maintained
in the province, and there does seem reason to believe that
this circumstance has in a great degree helped to swell the
account. The gross amount of exports, stated at
10,49,181.46r5., was made up of 4,40,747.46r5. merchandise,
3,23,434r5. treasure, and 2,85,000r5. horses. The other sub-
ject relates to the increase of the cultivation of rice at A/Til-.
can. Fifteen years ago, it is stated, this place produced only'
enough of the article for the consumption of its scanty popu-
lation, but such has been the success of the trade since car-
ried on, that during the season of 1845-46 the experts of the
pulse exceeded 12 lacs of rupees, or 120,0002 in value. The
shipments, which, it is understood, were first limited to the
Coromandel coast and the settlements in the Straits, have
at last extended not only to China, Bourbon, and the Mau-
ritius, but also to the European markets of France, Belgium,
and England.
THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 3. --- The
Royal West India mail packet the Great Western, Captain
G. Abbott, left this port yesterday with the West India and
Gulf mails-33 passengers and a full general cargo, including
1,650 bottles of quicksilver, value 27,780/. ; also 49,7001. in
specie. Quicksilver is now ',imported from Seville to this
port, and ready for reshipment by the West India packets,
thus making a great saving in railway transit with mud' less
risk than heretofore. A small schooner arrived here a short
time since with 2,900 bottles. The Oiitutal Company's
steam-ship Erin, Captain Russell, l€ft the docks, at three
o'clock P.M. this day, with East India and China mails for
Gibraltar and Malta, en route for Constantinople, The Erin
takes out a very full cargo of bale goods and above twenty
passengers.
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A COMMERCIAL NOVELTY.—It is said that the
celebrated banker, Rothschild, has two cargoes of American
flour on their way to this country, which are to be unloaded in
the Birkenhead Dock, and forwarded by rail to London.
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Strand.
The chair was taken by John Beadnell, Esq. The report
WATERLOO-BRIDGE. -- Yesterday afternoon the
bridgeannual
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the tolls received for the half-year ending the 23d of
February last amounted to 11,024/. 12s. Bd., and those for the
agsenheerldd & meeting
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corresponding pegrAioafdetecoroflpitnahyteeidnpgrfoetsrhiboe3u: year to 7,1521. 15s. Od.,
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i.n6si ednt ne.crThrtseihed egebeiminnnPuainan'etsbienntdebruanand-, there
plus of 2,485/. 4s. 6d. Including the- sum received fer the
rent of arches, interest, &cthe total receipts were 11,5141.
lls. lid., and the expenses tithe bridge 1,6901. 45. 2d. Mr. Bird in moving the adoption of the
pot, observed that it.
report,
was the most favourable one made
since the formation of the
company. After the adoption of the report it was resolved
that the salary of the secretary, Mr. Powell, should be
increased by 100/, per annum. The meeting then adjourned.
THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM —A special general
meeting of the supporters of the above asylum was held
yesterday, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street,
a thatw after
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for the purpose of electing eleven boys and five girls inmates
of the institution. George Lindsay, Esq., was in the chair.
After the disposal of some business connected with the
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day,asylum,
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children isladirden thin
walls would be 135—viz., 90 boys and 45 girls. There was
accommodation for 200 children; but the committee could
not venture upon admitting so many while the funds at their
disposal v; ere
- so low. The poll opened at one o'clock, and
closed at four o'clock, when the meeting separated.
PROPOSED MONUMENT TO CAXTON.—WE are re-
quested to announce that a public meeting in furtherance of
the plan for erecting a monument to William Caxton, the
father of printing in England. will be held at the SoCiety of
Arts on the 12th inst. Lord Morpeth has consented to pre-
side on the occasion, and it is hoped that the meeting will be
numerously attended. Liberal subscriptions have been al-
ready tendered, and amongst the names we find that et
Mesare. Clowes, the eminent printers, for 1006