The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen
and Prince Albert walked in the slopes and grounds
around the Castle.

Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their accustomed walking and pony exercise.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also
taken for an airing yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
Count Alexander Mensdoi ff. and attended by Lord Ca-
moys, Hon. Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Seymour,
enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning.
The Earl of Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir
Hamilton and Lady Seymour, arrived at the Castle yes-
terday on a visit to the Queen.
Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner left the Castle yester-
day
The Royal dinner party at the Castle last evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the
Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of
Liverpool, Lord John Russell, and Sir Hamilton and
Lady Seymour.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during
dinner, and her Majesty's private band performed the
remainder of the evening.
This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort
took their usual early walk.
The Royal Family took walking exercise in the
grounds adjacent to the Castle.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at-
tended Divine service this morning in the private chapel
of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay
officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken
also attended the service.

The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House. _

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of
Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount
Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Counsel sat two hours and a half.
Lord John Russell left town after the Council for
Windsor Castle.
Mr. Labouchere left town after the Council for
Brighton.
Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and
Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted busi-
ness at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Mr. Oswald, M.P., and the Hon. Mr. Bouverie, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Buckingham had an interview with the Earl of
Clarendon on Saturday, at the Board of Trade.
Lord John Russell will have a Parliamentary dinner
party on Saturday next, the 6th of February, at his resi-
dence in Chesham-place.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of COM•
mons had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday.
The Earl and Countess of Minto and family arrived
at their new residence in Eaton-square on Saturday.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
Mr. Haden officiated and preached the sermon. At the
daily service the Prayers were read by the Rev. G.
Repton, and the Lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore.he
sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The
anthem was, "In thee, 0 Lord." Mr. Turle presided
at the organ. The Marquis of Anglesey, Lords Gran-
ville and W. Graham, and the Bishops of Ely and Here-
ford, were among the nobility present.

THE WEST INDIA COLONIES.
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN

IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The Petition of the undersigned Agents appointed
by the Legislatures of the West India Colo-
nies hereinafter mentioned.

Showeth,
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1. That your petitioners feel called upon to express,
on behalf of the Colonial Legislatures, by whom they
are accredited, their gratitude to nur
House for having been pleased to entertain the
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positions that sugar may be used in the public breweries
and distilleries, and that a reduction in the present duty
on rum imported into Great Britain and Ireland shall
forthwith take place, approximating to an equalisation
of duty with that on British spirits in this country.
2. The undersigned deem it a matter of sincere con-
gratulation that the principle of treating the colonies as
an integral portion of the empire is thus practically re-1
cognised as a principle which they confidently howil
be speedily and substantially carried into effect in all its
bearings.
3. Your petitioners may, neverthet Iheessp,
the colonists,
observe that the permission prayed. for y
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able House will be pleased to take the ino
your favourable consideration.
T. P. MAYERS, Agent for ar B badoes.
E. L. NUGEN r, Agent for
Montserrat. Antigua and
T. COLQUHOUN, Agent for S
phers, St. Vincent, Dominica,t. Christo-
and the Virgins. Nevis/
St. James's-place, Jan. 25, 1847.

ANOTHER DISASTER AT. SEA.---LIVERPOOL, FRl-
DAY.—Another melancholy disaster at sea is to-day reported
the captain, mate, and two seamen of the ship Eliza War-
wick, arrived from New York, havirg been lost at sea—
swept overboard. The crew of this ship, we find it stated in
our American files, mutinied shortly after leaving New
Fork ; and, according to the statement of the crew of the
steamer which towed the vessel to sea from New York,
several pistol-shots were heard shortly after she left the
Warwick. Our statement with regard to the arrest of the
crew of the Columbia was incorrect.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ADELPHI TERRACE.--
On Friday the dilapidated balustrade on the Adelphi-ter-
race, that has for some time past been in a very danger-
MIS state, W4VS remeyed. It is to be replaced by a light iron
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