The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and their Majesties the King and the
Queen of the Belgians walked yesterday in the garden
of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham
Palace for Oxford at niae o'clock yesterday morning,
attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel
Bauverie, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
His Royal Highness went to the terminus of the Great
Western Railway at Paddington, where he was joined
by his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar, attended by Count de Beust. Their
Royal Highnesses left by a special train at twenty-five
minutes past nine o'clock.
Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar left Oxford at half-past four o'clock ; in
the afternoon he returned to Paddington by a special
train at six o'clock, Prince Albert proceeding to Buck-
ingham Palace, and the Hereditary Grand Duke to
Marlborough House, the residence of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager.
Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Saxe Weimar visited the Queen yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians yes-
terday at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal took a carriage drive yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings
yesterday in the Royal pleasure-grounds.
The Roynl dinner party }esterday at Buckingham
Palace included the King and Queen of the Belgians, his
Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Duke of Wellington,
the Marquis and Marchioress of Douglas, the Countess
Vanderstraten, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon,
Vi.,eount Melbourne, Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady
John Russell, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Major
de Moerkerhe, and Dr. Carswell.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during
dinner.

The following had the honour of receiving invitations
for the evening :—Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis
of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady
Byron. Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust,
and Mrs. Bouverie.

The Queen had a musical performance for the gratifi-
cation ot• the august party. Mrs. Anderson presided at
the pianoforte.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance, under
the direction of Mr. Anderson.
Lord Kingston had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home Office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off last evening frcm the Colo-
nial•office, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. Judgment was given on an appeal from Jamaica,
" Gordon v. Horsfall.' An appeal from the Court of
Arches, " Phillips v. Phillips," was part heard. The
Master of the Rolls, Lords Brougham and Campbell, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judges of
the Admiralty Court were present.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—HIS Royal Highness
Prince George of Cambridge honoured the performances
at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with his
presence. The Queen's box was occupied by a party of
the royal household. There were also present—the
Prince Louis Napoleon, the Conde de Montemoin, at-
tended by Don Juan de Montenegro and Don Francisco
Merry, his Excellency the Comte de St. Aulaire, the Count
Louis de Noailles, Baron Nicolay, Count Strogonoff,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, the Marquis
of Huntley, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of
Douro, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl and Countess of
Sheffield (who occupied her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger's box), the Earl of Munster, the Princess Juka
Gagarin, Count de Barke. the Prince Troubetshoi, Lord
Templemore, Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, Lord and
Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Quentin, the Count de
Revel, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Lord Otho Fitzgerald,
the Lady Clementina Villiers and party, Lady Hastings,
Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Southampton, Lord Gardner,
Lord Harry Vane, Lady Howard, Mr. Broadwood,
M.P., Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, Lady, and the Misses Carroll, Sir H.
Webb, Sir W. and Lady Fremantle, Sir R. Howard, Mr.
Bridgeman, Hon. Miss Irving, Mr. T. Duncombe, M-P.,
Colonel Wildman, Mr. Bateson, M.P., Hon. General A.
P. Upton, Hon. G. Byng, Mr. H. Baring, Sir G. Womb-
well, Major Baring, Colonel Bowers, &c.
Mdlle. Jenny Lind has been engaged by Mr.
Howard Glover for two concerts to take place at Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, at the enormous sum of 4001.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.—
The third promenade of the season at the Zoological
Gardens, Regent's Park, was well attended on Saturday.
The stillness of the day gave great effect to the very ex-
cellent selection of music performed by the band of the
Grenadier Guards. Much has been done of late to make
these gardens attractive, both on the promenade and on
ordinary days. In the former a great improvement has
been effected by the substitution of one large band for
two or three small ones. The public, who can only hear
one at a time, are much the gainers by the change. The
efforts of the present management are unceasing to ob-
tain the rarest and most :..urious animals which our' com-
merce brings constantly within the reach of science; and
their endeavours are nobly seconded by the liberality of
their chairman (Lord Derby), himself the possessor of
the finest zoological collection in the world.
LOSS OF A PICTURE OF NELSON.—Prior to the
battle of Trafalgar, Lord Nelson presented to the
Nelson Hotel, at Milford Haven, a fine full-length por-
trait of himself (said to be the only one for which he
ever sat), by Leonardo di Paluzzi, en condition of its
not being removed, but to remain an heir-loom of
the house for ever. About two years and a half
ago the painting was taken away, in order
sent to London to be cleaned, and it
hai n.ottobe.ebne
returned to the hotel to this day, 9
jury of Mrs. Pritchard, theof persons visiting the
and to the great nt
espondents give any
house. Can Can any of our.
ctourr.e, so as to lead to its resto-
worthy botshteesl3:ocfutnhiaerlotienc,
mation respecting this plc
ration / Cambrian.
discovered
as a fisherman
On Saturday ebsotumtintesnero:clrolckg,e,
t b•d he
MUTILATED BoDY FOUND IN THZ THAMES.—
was on the river
and he was surprised at finding part of
something floating with the tide, which induced him to
row to the spot,
n:r°rnnlrg
ear'i Va
he body of a man in a dreadful state of decomposition,
Ind almost in a state of nudity. With assistance he got
it to the dead house in High-street, where it was found
to be the body of a man who had been in the water ap-
parently about eight or nine months. The left leg from
the knee was quite gone, while the ribs were also bare,
and the chest could be seen through. Whatever cloth-
ing the deceased might have had was gone, except a
piece of old shirt and a boot, the other having probably
gone with the leg. It is impossible to account for the
body being in such a state of mutilation, for it is seldom
they remain for such a length of time in the water as
this has evidently done, and there is Dot the slightest
clue ii to 17)&9;11 tilt party rarY

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 27.—The Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., hoisted his flag in the
Oudine steam-vessel this morning, and proceeded, soon
!-:Fter seven o'clock, on his visit to the Channel Islands.
`The command of the port now devolves upon Rear-
Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., superintendent of the
dockyard.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, was
placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.8., and changed her ensign from white to
blue. She wants hands sadly.
It is reported that the Admiralty intend ordering the
construction of several line-of-battle ships of 80 guns,
with steam power of 700 horse.
Mr. J. Newey, master of the metal mills and foundry
in this dockyard, has been superannuated on 125/. per
annum. Ten of the working men in the same depart-
ment have also been superannuated, and the remainder
have been transferred with the establishment to the new
metal mills at Chatham, under the direction of Mr.
Jeremiah Owen, formerly of this dockyard.
A contract for 850 sacks of dressed biscuit meal was
taken at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment,
Gosport, on Thursday, at 565. 6d. and 58s. 6d. per sack
of 2801 b., being about ss. less than on the 13th ult.
The Orestes, 18, in dock here, is ordered to be fitted
as a depot, to be stationed at Cove.
The Committee of reference on ship building, sitting
in this dockyard, having submitted to the Admiralty plans
and drawings for the construction of a 90-gun ship,they
have been approved of by the Board, and orders were re-
ceived on Friday for a ship of that class, to be called the
Caesar, to be built on the slip on which the Royal
Frederick, 110, is now building.
The Mediator, American line of packet ship, Captain
Stark, arrived at this port yesterday from New York in
16 days, bringing dates to the Bth inst. She landed
passengers and a file of papers and passed on for the
river.
The Larne, 18, Captain Brisbane, arrived at Shithead
this morning, at five o'clock, bringing news from
the coast of Africa, to the 18th of May. She left As-
cension on the sth, and the Banana Islands on the first-
named date.
The Commodore, Sir C. Hotham, K.C.8., in the
steam-frigate Penelope, 22, Captain Giffard, and the
Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel, were at Ascension. Two
courts-martial had been held on board the latter ship, of
which her captain was President, to try Lieutenant
Alston, late of the Pantaloon, fur unbecoming conduct,
and Mr. John Wilson, acting purser of the Favorite, for
drunkenness. Both officers were adjudged guilty and
dismissed from her Majesty's service.
The Courts were composed of Captain Mansel, Pre-
sident ; Captain Hutton of the Tortoise ; Captain
Brisbane, of the Larne ; Commander Newton, of the
Lily ; Commander Murray, of the Favourite ; Com-
mander Douglas, of the Pantaloon ; and Mr. George
Hickman, acting Paymaster and Purser of the Panta-
loon, acting Judge-Advocate ; neither of the prisoners
were defended.

The Actwon was about to sail for St. Helena.
The following was the disposition of the squadron at
the last dates:— _

At Ascension—The Penelope (Commodore), Actmon,
and Tortoise.
At the Bights of Benin (northern division)—The
Favourite, 18, Commander Murray (spoken off Sierra
Leone, by the Larne) ; the Albatross, 12, Commander
Fargativx ; the Wanderer, 16, Commander Alontresor ;
Rolla, 10, Commander Ellicombe ; the Contest, 12,
Commander M'Nlurdo ; the Syren, 16, Commander
Chaloner ; the Bittern, 16, Commander Hope ; the De-
vastation steam sloop, Commander Crouch ; the Hound,
10, Commander Wood ; and the Grappler iron steamer,
Lieutenant- Commander Lysaught.
Congo Division—The Heroine, 6, Commander Ed- '
munds ; the Sealark, 10, Acting-Commander Whyte ;
the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch ; the Ferret, 8,
Commander Sprigs ; the Rapid, 8, Acting Commander
Bill ; the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Dyke ; and the
Styx steam sloop, Commander Chads.
At Benguela—The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Hor-
ton.

The Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay; the
Kingfisher and Ranger were daily expected at As-
cension.

The Pantaloon, 10. Commander Douglas, had sailed
on the 3d of May for Bermuda, to join the squadron on
the West India station.

The Island of Ascension was very healthy, water was
not scarce, and there were 500 turtle in the pounds when
the Larne left.

The French were very sickly at the Prince's Islands.
Mr. M'Cra., surgeon of the Actwon, at the request of
the French squadron, went on shore, with permission of
Captain Mansel, and administered to the sick, and also
supplied them with medicines, they only having an
assistant-surgeon of their own to attend upon them.
The slave trade was very brisk, nor is it considered
possible to regress it until that traffic is treated as piracy.
The high priest of the Bonny had been taken prisoner
by the Waterwitch for the murder of three British sub-
jects belonging to a palm oil trader in that river, and at
the date of our advices was on board the Tortoise store
and guard ship at Ascension, awaiting orders from the
Admiralty as to his disposal.
Trea•ies have been effected by Captain Murray of the
Favourite, in the river Nunez and Rio Grande, for the
suppression of the slave trade.
Lieutenant Vesey, and slr. Spain, master of the He-
roine; Lieutenant Strangways, of the Favourite; Captain
M`Killop, of the A etmon, on promotion; Dr. Gil-
bert King, inspector of hospitals and fleets, and the late
tieting purser of the Favourite, dismissed by court-mar-
tial, have come home in the Larne.

Mr. Eversfield, clerk of the Promotheus, is appointed
acting paymaster and purser of the Favourite, vice
'Wilson.

Lieutenant L. W. Peyton had joined the Favourite
from the Penelope.

Lieutenant Whyte, senior lieutenant of the Sealark,
had been confirmed in the command of that brie by Inc
Commodore, for the very efficient manner in which she
was found on inapection, after Commander Gooch had
invalided.

Lieutenant rowel, formerly in command of the King-
fisher, has remained out on the coast and joined the Styx
as senior lieutenant.

The Larne has been ernpl-yed upon the coast upwards
of three years, and has been very healthy, hay.ng only
lost one surgeon and one man from fever, and invalided
two lieutenants and a few seamen.

Commod ire Sir Charles }loth= had inspected all his
divisions, ,ind on visiting the southPrn subdivision, under
Captain Brisbane's command, was pleased to express to
that gallant officer in the m-st gratifying terms his
highest approbation of the state of the Larne and the
other vessels under his command generally.
The Philomel, 6, Commander W. C. Wood, has not
arrived on the station.

The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, arrived at Spithead
on Saturday afternoon from the above station, bringi;:g
dispatches for the Admiralty from the Commodore and
numerous invalids. She has b-en ordered borne some
time .ince (upwards of twelve months), in order that
sundry courts-martial may be held on her officers. The
tirst trial on the roster is Lieutenant Branch, second
lieutenant, whom we are informed has already been
under arrest seventeen months. The day she left
Sierra Leone the Bound sent in a slave felucca taken
in the Bights, fitted fur the traffic, but with no slaves
on board.

The Grappler also took a prize the same time as the
11!vastation (4n account of which we gave on Ssturdy)
—a fine schooner fitted for slaves, but with n(nie on
board—which was also sent intu Sierra Leone fur adju-
dintion.

We have letters from the squadron under Rear-Ad-
mrral Commander-in-Chief on the Gape stari,,n,
to the 18th of April inclusive. One of them, dated the
loth, expresses tears of the renewal of the Kafir insur-
rection, and says:—
" The I'ottinger arrived yesterday, and also to 0
Spanish steam.a,saels. They bring no news.
" The Rattlesnake, 26, surveying vessel, Captain
Owen Stanley, having refitted, sailed yesterday fur the
Mauritius and Sydney.
" The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres, sailed this
day for Table Bay, to embark the new Lieutenant-
Governor, and then she proceeds to Algoa Bay. She
is doing the duty of the late Thunderbolt. A steamer
to replace her is very much wanted."
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote,
arrived in Simon's Bay on the 12th of April, from
England.
The Helena, 16, Captain Sir C. Ricketts, Bart., ar-
rived at Simon's Bay from the Mozambique on the 17th
of April, en route to England.
The Medea steam-sloop, Commander Mason, arrived
in Simon's Bay on the 18th of April, from Spithead.
The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, having been relieved
at the Mauritius by the Eurydice, 26, Captain T.
Anson, sailed on the 13th of April for Spithead, to be
paid otf:
The Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, was, at the last
dates, cruizing in the Mozambique, as was the Snake,
16, Commander Brown.

The squadron generally is reported " all well." No
rues had been taken since the capture made by the
Brilliant.

The following are the promotions and appointments
for the past week :

PROMOTIONS.
Irate—Henry John Blooiniietd, for proficiency in hi,
atudies at the Loyal Naval College, to the rank of lieu-
tensnt,

c___uluma APPOINTHENTS.
,d --C. 1. A. Shadweli, to study steam at the
factory,
Lieutenants—Wm. R. 13ronman and James R R
bilburn, to command r,venue cruisers.
R. R.
Acting Second Maiter —Janles S. Collins to the
Vangeance. ,
to the. Vengeance ; *Joh.l
Assistant- Surgeon--D, r. Denhohn, to the Ocean
Clerks—..us J. Gr:q,
Shepherd, to tile Fearless.
Midshipman—Edmund Walsh, to the Rowe.
Naval Cadet—Walter T. Arnold, to the Avenger.
Masters' Assistants—H.V. Batson,
William Pearce,
to the pain ;
Edward Wilds, to the Seringapatam ; y i
to the Caledonia ; R. D. Spear, to the Vixen.
Pr.ymourx, JUNE 25.—fler Majesty's ships Queen
anti Caledonia went oil' the harbour on the 22,1 inst. t
ext•t-eise shot and perform evolutions. They sailed
begrn or eight miles to the south west of the break-
water, and each ship fired about 200 sIL,t from brass 6 -
pot:ndi rs. The targets were fixed in ballasted barrels,
..ad after they were thrown overboard, the ships sailed
.0 a distance of half a mile, and then fired. The mark
was hit on most of the trials with very great precision,
and it is said that from that distance a bottle or a hat
*mild have been skilfully struck by a ball from a six-
plunder on board either ship. Tile bottom of the Gibe-
d( is 1..a1; sbe was outsailtd by the Queen on all

WOOLWICir, JUNE 26.—The Garland stPam-vessel,
o,tail, Stu' i,et;, ten. Wuolwich ou Thursday morning
• ,
go regime her dqty.
The Monkey ste am-vessel retureed. from Harwich on
Thursday, haying towed the old Dover packet, the

Charon, to that port to be sunk at the mouth of the
hat b)ar to serve as a breakwater.

Tne Triton steam-vessel, of the same cln6s as the
Oberon iron steam-ve=sel, is to be taken down the river
from Blackwall to Woolwich to-day, to be fitted fur
sea.

The Xfileman wooden steam-vessel and the Sharp-
shooter iron steam-vessel, both fitted with screw propel-
lers, are ordered to Portsmouth to be fitted for service
on the coast of Africa.

The Minx and Tenzer st am-vessels, fitted with screw
propellers, are ordered to Chatham to be fitted at that
port for similar service.
A Russian frigate and war steamer, with two other
vessels, are expected at the Nore, to embark the Grand
Duke Constantine, Lord Iligh Admiral of the Russian
navy, on his return to the continent.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ordered a
trial to be made yesterday of a portable smith's forge,
submitted by Mr. Haig, the blast of air being caused by
a fan-wheel, worked by hand, and dispensing with the
use of a bellows. The fire was lighted, and a good weld-
ing heat produced on a piece of round iron 21 inches in
diameter, and 12 inches long, in seventeen minutes. The
apparent simplicity, and the great power and utility of
the invention, surprised the workmen in the blacksmiths'
shop where the trial was made. The forge is very com-
pact, being only three feet long, by two feet six inches
wide, and two feet four inches in height, and gave great
satisfaction to the scientific gentlemen present to witness
the effects produced by it. The fan-wheel is 15 inches
in diameter, and revolves with a rapidity of 1.000 turns
in one minute. The blast is uniform, and the introduc-
tion of the invention on board vessels of war and others
would be of great advantage, as it is so portable and not
liable to get out of order, while it gives a great welding
heat in a very limited time, and is capable of heating
larger bodies of iron than could be effected with the usual
portable bellows forge.
Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H.,
commander of the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-
yacht, the Hon. IL G. Ward, secretary to the Admiralty,
and a party of friends, arrived at 9 o'clock .s t., in the
Woolwich Company's steam-vessel Dryad, and without
landing at the Dockyard, went on board the Black Eagle
Admiralty steam-yacht, for a passage down the river to
Sheerness.

Ships-in Harbour—William and Mary yacht, carrying
the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.B. and K.C.H., Superintendent of the Dockyard;
the Dee steam-troop ship, Master Commander T.
Driver ; the Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Dunlop, and Ceres tender. The Rifleman, Sharp-
shooter, Oberon, Triton, Minx, and Teazer steam-vessels
not in commission.
In the Basin.—Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall;
Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryder; Kite steam-
vessel, Master Commander Filmer; the Gorgon, Hecate,
Dwarf, and Ariel not in commission.
In the Docks.—Hydra and Niger steam-vessels.
CHATHAM, JUNE 26.—The Antelope steam-packet, in
dock, fitting for the lonian Isles, is ordered to be paid
over with a coat of linseed oil and red lead, and the Fort
side with a mixture of coal tar, tallow, and arsenic, by
way of experiment. Previous to this vessel arriving at
this yard it was paid over with a composition not
approved of, and on Thursday last several labourers
were employed in getting it off. The method adopted
was the application of fire in pans, which they applied
to the bottom and sides of the ship; and as the vessel is
of iron, and cased withinside with wood, the fires over-
heated the iron and ignited the interior, and the whole
of the vessel, particularly the fore part, was densely
filled with smoke, which was not discovered until Mr.
Scott, a leading man of shipwrights, went round the ship
to see that the candles were extinguished previous to the
men leaving the yard for dinner. Mr. Scott immediately
made the circumstance known to the proper authorities,
and the master shipwright and other officers were prompt
in their attendance. The engines were soon put into
play, and by the exertion of the shipwrights the fire was
safely extinguished in half an hour. The damage
sustained was made good the following day.
The Rochester sailed on the 24th for Portsmouth,
Plymouth, and Pembroke yards, with stores; and the
Batt arrived from Portsmouth with stores. _

The Black Eagle steam-yacht, Commander Wood, ar-
rived this afternoon opposite the Queen's stairs, and dis-
embarked the Lords of the Admiralty, consisting of
Admiral Dundas, Captain W. F. Berkeley, Captain H.
Eden, Private Secretary of the First Lord, Lord A. Fitz-
clarence, G.C.H., and other officers, with several ladies.
A guard of honour, consisting of the Grenadier corps of
infantry, under the command of Captain Moore, of the
dockyard battalion, saluted their Lordships on binding.
Their Lordships proceeded in front of the Captain-
Superintendent's residence and inspected the battalion,
drawn up in line, consisting of 15 companies—viz., 4 of
artillery, 8 infantry, and 3 boat brigade, under Lieute-
nant-Colonel Karley, Master Attendant. The Adjutant
then put the battalion through their manual exercise,
forming quarter distance, deploying into line again, and
other manceuvres. The able and steady manner in
which these men performed their duty called forth some
very high complimentary observations from their
Lordships. Their Lordships then left the yard by the
Lower-gate for the purpose of witnessing the siege
opera:ions under Sir Frederick Smith.