The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Dachess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in
the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon.
and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.

The Royal Children took their usual airings yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Sey-
mour, Equerry in waiting. His Royal Highness visited
the studio of Mr. John Ternouth, and inspected his cast
for one of the entablatures of the Nelson Column.

The Queen took an airing on Saturday in an open
carriage and four, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the
Princess Alice. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in waiting,
attended on horseback.
Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess
Louisa, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured her Ma-
jesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday even-
ing. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess
Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Earl of Listowel,
General Wemyss, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Augusta Bruce, also honoured her Majesty's Theatre
with her presence on Saturday evening.
Major-General Wemyss has relieved Colonel Buck-
ley i❑ the duties of Equerry in waiting to her Majesty,
and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour has relieved Colonel
Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in waiting to Prince
Albert. _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Baroness de Speth, went on Saturday morning to
Bushy House, Bushy Park, to pay a visit to her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager. The Royal Duchess par-
took of a dejeziner with her Majesty, and in the afternoon
returned to town.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yester-
day, in St. Michael's Church. Baroness Bose and
Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on their Royal High •
nesses. _ _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on
Saturday evening.
Mr. Turner, M.P. for Truro, had an interview with
Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The
Bishop of Sodor and Man, and General Viscount Lor-
ton, had also interviews on Saturday with the Right Hon.
Baronet.

Mr. John Forsyth had an interview with Earl Grey
on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Bishop of
Fredericton had also an interview on Saturday with the
Noble Earl. _ _ _

A deputation from the Light Dues Association, con-
sistiog of Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P.,
Mr. A. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Ogilby, Mr. W. J. Hall,
Mr. R. Pearson, and Mr. Morgan (secretary), had an
interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere and Earl
Granville, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of

Trade.
Sir Thomas Freemantle, Chairman of the Customs,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty,
accompanied by the Junior Lords, Mr. Ward, Secretary
to the Board, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, went on
Saturday to witness the launch of the Mars line-Of-battle
ship, at Chatham.
Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Colo-
nies were sent off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-
office.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday
at his residence in Richmond Park.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday, iu the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
H. Thomas officiated. At the daily service the prayers
were read by the Rev. T. Helmore ; the lessons by the
Rev. J. Haden ; and the communion service by the
Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the
Bishop of London. The chant was the Earl of Wilton's,
and the anthem, " Call to remembrance" (Nares). Mr.
Cooper presided at the organ.

LAUNCH OF THE MARS LINE-OF

BATTLE SHIP.

CHATHAM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—SinCe the launch
of the Trafalgar at Woolwich no similar ceremony has
excited so much attention amongst the members of the
naval service as the launching of the Mars line-of-battle
ship, 82 guns, at the Royal Dockyard of this town to-day.
Being the last ship of the line designed by Sir. W.
Symonds, the late surveyor of the navy, and the fact of
the Lords of the Admiralty having intimated their
intention of being present, gave to the event more than
ordinary importance. We may here state that the keel
of the Mars was laid down in 1840, and her dimensions are
of the following extent :—Length of gun-deck 190 feet;
extreme breadth 56 feet 94 inches ; depth of hold 22
feet 4 inches ; burthen in tons 2,256 ; pierced for 82
guns. At sunrise all her Majesty's ships of war moored
off the dockyard—the Poictiers, 70, flag-ship, hoisted
the signal to dress ships—were gaily decorated with the
several national and signal flags. At half-past ten
o'clock the gates of the yard were thrown open for the
admission of such of the public as possessed tickets.
Shortly after twelve o'clock the Lords of the Admiralty
arrived. On landing they were received by Sir
Thomas Bouchier, captain-superintendent of the
yard, Vice-Admiral Elliott, of the royal yard
at Sheerness, and Sir George Gordon Bremer, the
captain-superintendent of the Woolwich Royal Dock-
yard. At twenty minutes to one o'clock high water was
announced. Sir Thomas Bourchier was then seen lead-
ing Miss Hood, the granddaughter of the late Captain
Alexander Hood—who commanded the ship Mars in
1798, and who gloriously fell in action while engaged
with the French ship Hercules, of 80 guns, off the Pen-
marks—to the bow of the vessel; she dashed the bottle
against the ship, and proclaimed her name Mars. The
next moment the huge vessel was moving, and the
united bands playing "Rule Britannia," she glided into
the Medway in majestic style. She bore the royal en-
sign at the main, the Admiralty at the stern, and the
union jack at the fore, After the ceremony, the Lords
of the Admiralty, with the elite of the company, re-
paired to the captain-superintendent's residence, and
partook of a sumptuous dije4ner. Amonst the person-
ages present were his Royal Highness the Prince de
Joinville, M. Guizot, Mr. Bancroft (the American
Minister), Count de Jarnac, Captain and Miss Eden,
Captain and Miss Charlotte Berkeley, Sir Thomas and
Lady Thompson, and upwards of 100 officers and
ladies connected with the garrison. At the close of the
entertainment the Earl of Auckland, with the junior
Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Ward, made an official
inspection of the depot, and at a quarter to two o'clock,
the Black Eagle having in the meantime steamed round
from Gravesend, they embarked on board of her and re-
turned to London.

EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.—Yesterday the
ship Berenice was hauled out of the London Docks,
having 200 emigrants on board, chiefly agricultural,
bound for the New Zealand Company's recently acquired
settlements, Otago, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Wel-
lington. The Berenice is to be followed by vessels to be
dispatched monthly containing a like number of emi-
grants. Government are holding out very advantageous
offers to such of the Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital
as are fit for emigration, to induce them to proceed with
their wives and families in the capacity of military emi-
grants to this colony.