The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took
walking exercise this morning early in the grounds, near the
Castle, and returned in a pony carriage.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left the Castle this morn-
ing, at ten minutes past eleven o'clock. Her Majesty was
handed to her carriage by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and was accompanied by his Serene Highness the Hereditary
Prince of Saxe Mervin en. There were present at the prin-
cipal entrance to take leave of her Majesty, the Marchioness
of Douro, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Napier, Viscount
Sydney, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Hon. Colonel Grey,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour.

The suite of-the Queen Dowager consisted of the Countess
Howe, the Earl Howe, and Sir Andrew Barnard.
The Royal Family went out for their accustomed exercise
this morning.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the
Marchioness of Douro, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon.
Miss Murray. lion. Miss Napier, Viscount Sydney, Colonel
Bowles, Colonel Drummond, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Lieut.-
Colonel Seymour, left the Castle at twenty-three minutes
past three o'clock iu the afternoon, for town. The Royal
party left the Castle in four carriages and four, escorted by a
party of the 2d Life Guards, under the command of Lord
Neville, for the Slough station of the Great Western Rail-
way, and left by a special train for Paddington.
iscOunt Canning, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady
Peel, and the Rev. Henry Liddell, left the Castle, to-day.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal, arrived at Buckingham
Palace, at twenty minutes before Five o'clock, yesterday
afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of
Light Dragoons, from the Paddington terminus of the Great
Western railway. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were
received at the Palace by the Master of the Horse, the
Vice-Chamberlain, Sir Henry Wheatley, Lord George
Lennox, and Colonel Wy !de. Prince Alfred and the
Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton
were in another carriage, and the Marchioness of Douro,
Hon. Miss Murray and Napier, Viscount Sydney, Colonel
Bowles. Colonel B. Drummond, Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, followed in two carriages
and four.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his
Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen
and attended by the Countess Howe, arrived at her residence,
Mat lboroUgh House, Pall- mall, at half-past one o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, in a carriage and four, from WindserCastle.
Earl Howe and Sir Andrew Barnard followed in another
carriage and four.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge arrived in town yesterday, from their residence at
Kew. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Ste-
phens, honoured the rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient
Music at the Hanover-square Rooms with his presence
yesterday.
Mrs Alexander Stewart had an interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Gladstone yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel returned to their residence in
Whitehall Gardens yesterday morning from a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Dispatches from the Governors of Hong-Kong. Ceylon,
and St. Helena were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Mr. C. Buller, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Mr.
Secretary Gladstone.

this splendid property,
day, in our journal
A FAR-FAMED MONASTERY AND ESTATE, THE FORD
to cull, for the benatfirnti
.initE.—Our attention has been called to
announced for the first time, this
ABBEY IN Do a.sETs
authentic records, some of endea-
vourtlioef:tmaorneeraermly,irdkaaybwlesewveilnitseoil-
afgonuiticent structure ; and
con-
nected with this ancient an
which, it may be
George Robins, who plays the princindalfull of intere4. Mr.
trans-
ferring this fine estate into other hands,) will,ch airnacter in
his researches
(we suspect) render our commentary a very
A few words are all we can now find room for, The concise sAe
bobnee;
was founded in 1142, when it contained an abbot and twell:e
monks of the Cistertian order, but it now presents the most
Preinie,,d, willobmuer learned readers, and from
perfect remains cf a monastery throughout the empire; the
front extends to 300 feet. The monastery, whose antiquity
we have traced, was, in its early stage, occupied by
a famous soldier of Normandy, who married the niece of
William the Conqueror, and it is then traced onwards of
Richard Pollard, Esq., through the instrumentality of
' Henry VIII., in the 234 year of his reign, thence to Ed-
mund Prideaux, the Attorney-General of Oliver Cromwell,
whose genius and exertion caused the completion of this
once magnificent structure. We afterwerds trace it through
a long list of occupants to Francis, second son of Francis
Gwyn, Esq., M.P. for Wells. He was succeeded
in the family name and estates by the late oc-
cupant, John Francis Gwyn, the last of a very long
line of ancestors. It is recorded in history that this
monastery contained more learning than ANY THREE IN ENG-
LAND. The elaborate tracery andcarving throughout the exten-
sive cloisters, and the interior, it will be found is highly classi-
cal, but the magnificent tapestry which adorns the splendid
hall and state apartments, presented to Mr. Gwyn's ancestor
by Queen Anne, is unsurpassable throughout the world.
Jeremy Bentham rented this abbey so late as in 1818, and
from thence issued sonic of his best works. We suspect that
this sale will call up all the latent energies of the Catholic
body with a view to possess it.
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In
several
cg OF MUTTON.—We have observed paragraphs
~ e_7_e_ini journals throughout the kingdom alluding' to the high price
usually
"T',4.ll"l,,taLt We are informed by a friend, who dwells north of the
tmvitnh,e scarcity of mutton in England is owing to the Scotch
plo ulrorndg into
part
wt,itrhetaine.i possession of multitudes of sheep which they
they have
animals will totLlitstosiestri
market
tdln abundance.
aatbucurdeallowneg. these The
'eltb'een compelled to keep the sheep to eat them, otherwise
cothmeyummuedit, Pltears, had such heavy crops of turnips last year that
have been bEednp
fog,. eaervotelnlt :::tw.l2o4Theadraturancuipsojaartne wtheell.prinigelei
shortly sent forward grown fatter an heavier, and will be
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