The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen
and Prince Albert walked early in the pleasure grounds
of the Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena, took airings yes-
terday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic household,
attended Divine service yesterday, in the private
chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay officiated.
The royal dinner party, yesterday, included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount
Canning, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of
Kent, the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Miss Lyttel-
ton, Baroness de Speth, Lady Augusta Bruce, /qr.
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joining the royal circle after dinner.
This morning the Queen and Prince Albert en-
joyed their accustomed walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
on the Eastern terrace and slopes.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household,
attended Divine service this morning in the private
chapel. The Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Courtenay
officiated. _ .

The finished proof, from Mr. Edwin Landseer's
picture of " The Stag at Bay," engraved by Mr. 'l'.
Landseer, was submitted on Thursday, by Mr.
APLean, to her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who were graciously pleased to express
their approbation.

HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHE-

MENT.

WINDSOR, DEC. H.—The services of Mrs. Lilley,
as her Majesty's monthly nurse, have been again re-
tained. The interesting event, it is expected, will not
take place before the latter end of March or beginning
of April. Her Majesty will be confined at Bucking-
ham Palace.
Shortly after the Christmas holidays the Court will
visit Claremont for a few days. Her Majesty will
afterwards return to Windsor, and remain at the
Castle until the end of February or beginning of
March, when the Court will remove to Buckingham
Palace.

CELEBRATION OF THE FETE-DAY OF EM-
PEROR OF RUSSIA, AT BERLIN.—WO read in a letter
from Berlin, of the 19th inst :—" Yesterday being the
file day of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, a grand
dress dinner was given by the King of Prussia in honour
of the event at the palace of Charlottenburg, at which
the King and tho Royal Princes appeared in Russian
uniforms, wearing the insignia of St. Andreas. The
Russian Ambassador, his lady, and the members of the
Russian embassy were invited, as also all the Russians
who have been presented at the Prussian Court. His
Majesty proposed the health of the Emperor ; after
which being drunk the band in attendance struck up the
Russian national hymn."
THE LATE FIRE IN DURHAM.—Through the re-
presentation of our town. clerk, John Tiplady, Esq.,
James Allport, Esq., manager of the York and New-
castle Railway, has, on behalf of the directors, hand-
somely returned 81. 11s. to the mayor, from the charges
for conveying the Newcastle and North British fire-
engines and firemen to this city on the evening of the
9th November last.—Durham Advertiser.
PRINCE ALBERT A MINING ADVENTURER.—The
Mining Journal has the following:—" Prince Albert has,
with a view to advance the mining interests of the
county of Cornwall, determined on working the South
Towan United Hills, and WheaL Charles mines, being
parallel lodes. We state this on authority, and arc
well pleased to find that the attention of the Prince is
directed to our national and natural sources of wealth."