The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert walked this morning in the slopes.
Their Royal' Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took walking and pony exercise this forenoon
in the grounds around the Castle. Her Royal
Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an
airing.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Westmorland,
and Sir Robert Peel, and attended by the Earl of
Morley and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of
shooting this morning.
The Queen rode out this forenoon in a pony car-
riage, attended by the Countess of Desart. The
Equerry in Waiting attending on horseback.
Mr. Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, is expected to
arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her
Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her
residence, Frogmore House, at half-past nine o'clock
this morning, for London. The Royal Duchess re-
turned to Frogmore House, in the afternoon, from
town.

The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening,
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and
Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Anna Maria Daw-
son, Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. Sir Robert
and Lady Peel, Mr. Brooke, Lady Emily Seymour,
Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Miss L. Daw-
son Darner, and Sir George Couper.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards
attend in the Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at her residence, Clarence House, St.James's, at half-
past eleven o'clock yesterday morning. Her Royal
Highness left town at half-past three o'clock, on her
return to Frogmore House.
Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Baron Rothschild had
interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday.
Captain Harness, Secretary to the Railway Com-
mission, transacted business yesterday at the Treasury.
A deputation from the Windsor Railway Company,
consisting of Lord Barrington, Mr. Charles Russell,
Captain Bulkeley, Mr. C. A. Saunders, Mr. J.
Pilcher, Mr. A. Fowler, and Mr. Henry Daniell, had
an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at
the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
Sir James Carnegie had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday. Dr. Lushington had also an
interview with the Right lion. Baronet at the Home-
office. _

The Senate of Lubeck has authorised the following
Consular appointments in Ireland :
Mr. Whitmore Scovell to be Consul in Dublin.
Mr. S. King to be Vice-Consul at Cork.
Mr. Wm. Smyth to be Vice-Consul at Limerick.
Mr. John Harrison to be Vice•• Consul at Belfast.
Mr. John Thompson to be Vice-Consul at Westport.
Mr. W. Marchand Ardagh to be Vice-Consul at
Waterford.

Mr. Bernard O'Slaherty to be Vice-Consul at
Galway.
The Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning bad an in-
terview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr.
James Wilson had also an interview with his Lord-
ship yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-
street.
Lord Campbell left town on Saturday, on a visit to
Lord Melbourne, at Brocket Hall.
The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chief Commissioner
of Railways, has left town for his residence, Kingston
Hall, near Derby.
Dispatches for the Governors of Hong• Kong and
Ceylon were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office.

THE LORD BISHOP or LONDON.—We have been
requested to correct a statement which appeared in this
journal a few days since, announcing the serious illness
of the Bishop of London. The facts of the case are
these :—The Bishop's foot having slipped on a polished
floor, his Lordship fell, and received a violent blow on
his right temple, which rendered it necessary for him to
submit to medical treatment, and to avoid unnecessary
fatigue. The Right Rev. Prelate's general health, we
are happy to say, is in no degree affected.—Post.
THE ARMY AT THE CAPE.—The following is an
extract from the letter of an officer at present stationed
near Graham's Town :—" The abominable Kafir war is
not over, nor do I see the end of it. The troops are ex-
posed to hardships that few at home have any idea of
Fancy going on patrole for 19 days, with no tents, no
waggon, wet weather, and nothing but bullocks to eat.
There were at one time 36 officers sick at Graham's
Town. There are very few tents in the country, though
the war has lasted above a year. Such is the bodily
condition of our troops engaged in protecting the
colony ; the spiritual, as may be guessed, is not more
efficient. Here there is no chaplain for the troops, none
to comfort the 'sick and the dying ; alike Sunday and
week- day come round, nothing to remind them that
there is a God above and a judgment to come, a heaven
or a hell ; none to baptize the children—none to bury
the dead. Port Natal, a rising settlement, nothing done
to show that we are a Christian people. Nay, so dread-
ful is the state of this whole colony from neglect, that I
heard it stated a short time ago by the newly appointed
Bishop of Cape Town, that the Mahomedans were
making converts to the creed of Mahomet from among
those who were (nominally) Christians."
A final dividend of sd. in the pound has just been
paid, through the medium of the Court of Bankruptcy,
under the estate of Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt, of
Arundel, Sussex, bankers, who failed in the month of
October, 1641. This, with previous payments, makes a
gross dividend distributed among the creditors of 15s.
11d. in the pound.
With reference to certain acceptances of Mr.
Lackersteen having, on Saturday, been refused pay-
ment at his banker's, we are requested to mention that
such refusal arose from a difference between the parties,
by which anticipated facilities were suddenly withdrawn
On application at the counting-house of the acceptor, it
is stated that all bills were promptly discharged; and
such, we are informed, will continue to be the case.
Mr. Colburn commences his new publishing season,
we understand, on the Ist of November, with the
eleventh Volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the
Queens of England ;" a new work by William Howitt,
called " The Hall and the Hamlet ;" and a new novel by
Mrs. Trollope, entitled " Town and Country." Mr.
Colburn has also several Historical and Biographical
Works of great interest immediately forthcoming.
DRAlNlNG.—lmperfect under-draining is very com-
mon. The following may be taken as a good rule:—
" If water stands on the surface of a field three hours
after rain has ceased to fall, that field is not sufficiently
drained for the cultivation of grain."
Two HOUSES FALLEN IN.—An accident, demand-
ing the most serious attention, occurred on Sunday night
week, about eleven o'clock. Two houses at the top of
Chapel-street, Devonport, upon the building of which
Mr. Weary, builder, and Mr. Grant, builder, have been
engaged about eight months, fell in with great noise ;
the beams and joists were fixed and both houses just
ready for roofing. What could have been the cause of
the disastrous accident it is difficult to say, or whether
blame attaches to the builders, but the middle wall
between the two houses appears to have been the part
that first gave way, and the stones used in the building
were taken from those of the old houses that occupied
the site. Happily no individual was injured by the fall.
—West Briton.
EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE —lt appears by a letter
from an inhabitant of Sierac, in the department of the
Dordogne, that a pretty sharp shock of earthquake was
felt there in the morning of the 15th.
WESTERN JEWISH GIRLS' FREE SCHOOL.—The I
first public examination of the pupils of this institution I
took place yesterday, at Mr. Caldwell's Academy, No.
20, Dean-street, Soho. His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, patron of the institution, arrived at
twelve o'clock, and took the chair amid loud applause,
The attendance was very numerous, and included the
Reverend the Chief Rabbi, the Baroness de Rothschild,
Lady Montefiore, Baron A. de Rothschild, Mr. tI. M.
Johnson. Mr. S. L. de Symonds, Mr. J. P. SalorJons, &c.
The proceedings were of a very interesting character.
The examination continued for three hours, and included
scripture history ; catechism, comPrisn'.g the decalogue,
the thirteen articles of the Jewish fa;Ae, the feasts, and
fasts, &c. ; Hebrew reading, and 'translation of prayers ;
English reading, grammar, ar'Ahmetie, writing, geogra-
phy, history, and needlework. A preliminary prayer
in English, and an ode were also recited by the pupils,
Though the school is, only twelve months in progress.
the responses we're all given without the slightest error
or hesitation, and in a manner which excited the admi-
ration of all present. In no instance do we recollect
having ever seen children display more intelligence, and
the state of the institution certainly confers the highest
credit on the teachers, and the committee of ladies by
whom it is managed. There are at present forty pupils,
s were
sufficient the number would be much larger if the fund -
sufficient to enable the committee to procure a school-
roomere
capable of accommodating all the applicants on
their boolts. Prizes were distributed. to the more de-
serving of the pupils by his Royal Highness.
so After e which the Chief Rabbi addressed the
assemblage at m length on the importance of promoting education among
their poorer brethren,
THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY ALTERATIONS.—The
Dean and eilapter are going their own way, notwith-
standing ',lle tolerably loud dissent from it which has
been expressed in all quarters. Nothing has yet been
done ill the transeptsa but. new carved stalls are being
piseurteeunp: (sloowaus totoangdetagtif
fifty,
the east side of the organ-
y, instead of thirty, as before.
y d
They seem to be nicely drawn and carved. The organ,
which formerly surmounted
the screen, is to be divided,
and placed half on each side of it under one of the main
arches. Additional room is to be gained, they say, for
800 persons, by the alterations in progress,— how many
of them will see and hear what is going tin is another
question.—Builder.
EXTRAORDINARY SALMON.—On Monday morning
a large salmon was caught at Sandstell fishery, at the
mouth of the Tweed, of the extraordinary weight of 3
stones and 3 lbs., or 45 lbs. Its length was 4 feet 5
inches, and the girth at the thickest part 2 feet ei
inches. This immense fish was said to be the largest
ever caught in the Tweed.—Berwick Warder.