The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of \Vales,
I'rince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alicew
and the Princess Helena, attended by the Countess of
Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting, the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Maid. of
Honour in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Colonel Seymour, Dr. Meyer, and Major-(eneral
Bowles, Master of the Household, arrived. at the
Castle from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne,
Isle of Wight, at twenty-five minutes past six
o'clock this afternoon, and were received at the
royal entrance by Lord Byron and Sir Edward
Bowater.

Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were escorted
by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, commanded
by Lieutenant Sheffield.

Lord Byron and Sir Edward Bowater arrived at
the Castle this afternoon to take their duties, as the
Lord and Groom in Waiting on. the Queen.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen
took leave of her Majesty the Queen Dowager yes-
terday, and took his departure from Marlborough
Douse, attended by the gentlemen of his suite, for the
Continent.

His Serene Highness Prince Gustavus of Saxe
Weimar left Marlborough House on Saturday even-
ing, for the Continent.

Mr. Eastlake had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday at his official residence in Down-
ing:street.

His Excellency the American Minister had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday. Mr. Freshfield had also an interview
with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street.

THE NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—'The Cambria
sailed for Halifax and Boston yesterday afternoon. She
has a full complement of passengers, and the mails for
Halifax and Boston.

MAURITIUS.—Extract from a letter, dated Mauri-
tius, July 22, 1847:—" The new labour regulations have
already had some effect in driving deserters to seek for
employment on sugar plantations ; but, on the other
hand, much derangement has been caused by the old
hands being required to appear before the authorities to
procure their certificates of exemption from the new
stamp duty ; and the duty itself, payable in British coin
at 4 per cent. premium, presses heuvily upon employers,
the more so as the object for which the tax was imposed, '
via., the augmentation of labour, has been so little
attended to by Government."
WEST INDIA YAMS.—Amongst the matters of pre-
sent interest, nothing is more important, or displays
more the character of the commercial enterprise of the
day, than the steps now being taken for ensuring a future
supply of vegetable food to this country; amongst the
novelties of late, has been a large importation of yams,
caused by an anticipated scarcity of potatoes, which has
given a stimulus to the cultivation of this tropical sub-
stitute for that root, some tons of which have been eon-
signed to Messrs. Keeling and llunt, and, from the pre-
sent abundant crop of potatoes in this country, have been
sold for the purpose of cattle feeding. A quantity has
also been sent gratuitously to Ireland, to test their ap
plicability to the feeding of pigs as a substitute for the
potato.
THE CASE OF HUTCHINGS, THE ALLEGED MUR-
DERER.—The warrant fur the execution of this unfor-
tunate man, who still solemnly declares his innocence,
was received by Mr. Bone, the governor of the gaol, and
was read over to Hutchings in the presence of the Rev.
Mr. Winter, the chaplain, on Sunday. The excitement
in Maidstone on this subject is very great, it being the
general topic of conversation. On Friday night a meet•
ing took place, and a memorial to her Majesty having
been taken round the town by, Messrs. Busby, Clayton,
G. Edmett, and C. Peppercorn, on Saturday, received
four hundred signatures in a few hours, and more than
four hundred more signatures have been since appended
to it. A deputation, consisting of the Rev. 11. H. Dob-
ney and Mr. T. Clayton, were despatched yesterday
(Monday) morning to present this memorial to Sir G.
Grey. The Right Hon. Gentleman was in Northumber-
land, but Sir Denis Le Merchant, who was in attendance,
received the deputation most courteously, and promised
that a special messenger should be instantly despatched
to Sir George Grey with the petition, and a faithful
statement of the circumstances that had been brought
under his notice. The prisoner's son has, we understand,
also memorialized, and certificates of previous good cha-
racter, extending over several years of the prisoner's life,
have also been sent to the Home Secretary. Mr. Bak
lantine, the prisoner's counsel, has sent in a statement,
which we understand contains some important evidence
in the prisoner's favour, which evidence would probably
have been adduced at the trial, had the prisoner employed
an attorney instead of drawing up his own brief.—
Maidstone Gazette.

SPORTING IN SKYE.—Mr. Barlow and party, at
Sligachan Cottage, have had good sport this season at
the grouse shooting, and have also killed some deer.
Lord Macdonald has been very successful with the deer,
and has been distributing them to the poor people about
Sconser, keeping up something like a venison soup-
kitchen there. This is a new and interesting feature in
the annals of sporting.—lnverness Courier.
SMALL-PDX IN SußEr..—A very fatal disease, and,
it is believed, new to this country, has lately made its
appearance among sheep. It is the small-pox of that
animal, and in its first stages, more particularly, many
fall victims to it. It is desirable that the public should
be apprised of it, in order that the necessary precau-
tionary measures may be adopted to prevent its further
propagation. It was introduced by some Spanish sheep
imported from namburgh, and has already found its way
into many flocks. Several sheep affected with it have
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instituted, by which its infectious and contagious nature
have been completely proved, and others are being
carried on with a view to check its progress and to
lessen its fatality.—Essex Herald. -
AMERICAN B iscurrs.-The American line of
packet ship Gladiator, arrived in the Docks from New
York, has brought the very large quantity of 1.139
boxes and 40 barrels of biscuits of American manu-
facture. The soda or fancy biscuits, resembling in shape
and quality our biscuits called cracknells, are now, in
consequence of their abundance, sold at a very moderate
price.
NEW MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR.—Lieut.
Griftifths, of the itoyal Stall Corps has been appointed.
one of the Military Knights of Windsor, in the room of
the late Quart•romuter J0)110011, deceased.