The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Princess Helena.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took leave
of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday morning,
and quitted Osborne, her Majesty's marine residence,
soon after ten o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, and Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness
crossed• in the Fairy to Gosport, and travelled from
thence by the London and South-Western Railway on
her return to town.
The Royal Children took their usual airings in the
pleasure-grounds of Osborne.
The Court will, it is expected, leave Osborne this
afternoon for town. _ _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, arrived at
her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, soon after
three o'clock yesterday afternoon. _ _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge dined
with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Stafford
House, on Wednesday. evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruee, Sir George Cooper, and Lord
James Murray, honoured the performance at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre with her presence last evening.
Major-General D'Aguilar had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Gordon and Mr. Hodges had interviews with Sir
G. Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office.
A deputation from the various Water-works Com-
panies in the kingdom, had an interview yesterday with
Viscount Morpeth and the Attorney-General, at the
office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted
of Mr. R. Spooner, M.l'.; Mr. J. W. Patten, M.P. ; Mr.
J. Pilkington, M.P.; Mr. G. Whateley, Birmingham ;
Mr. ter. E. Williams, Cheltenham; Mr. W. Hale, Nor-
wich; Mr. R. B. Smith, Sheffield; Mr. G. Emmott, Old-
ham; Mr. W. Hoole, Rochdale ; Mr. Chadwick, Hay-
wood; Mr. B. W. Roberts, Rochdale; Mr. C. E. Cawley,
Warrington•, Mr. J. Worthington, Ashton ; Mr. Davey,
Norwich ; Mr. Vines, Reading; Mr. Hawksley, Not-
tingham ; Mr. Fever, Chester; Mr. Southgate, Graves-
end ; Mr. T. B. Addison, chairman, Preston ; Mr.
Loseby, Leicester; and .Mr. R. Williams, secretary to
the Birmingham Water-works.
Sir Henry Bulwer visited Lord J. Russell yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

MYSTERIOUS ABSTRACTION OF NAVAL STORES...—.
A case involving a serious charge against certain par-
ties, occupied the attention of Sir T. Bouchier, the
Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, assisted
by G. Essell, Esq., solicitor, for several hours, on Thurs-
day last, and which ended in the committal of a person
named Wilmott, a marine store-dealer at Chatham; and
Messrs. Bevan and Troughton, parties carrying on an
extensive business as ironmongers at Gravesend; the
former being charged with having disposed of naval
stores, and the latter with having naval stores found in
their possession. Mr. Frail, solicitor, of Rochester, at-
tended on the part of Wilmott, and Mr. Southgate, of
Gravesend, for Messrs. Bevan and Troughton, and the
accused were liberated on heavy bail to appear and take
their trials at the next assizes at Maidstone. The case
has caused much excitement in the dockyard, and at pre-
sent a great mystery prevails respecting the store from
which so large a quantity of copper metal, some hundred
weights,. can have been extracted; and both Sheerness
and Woolwich, as well as Chatham Dockyard, have
each been named as likely to prove the quarter from
which the plunder bad been obtained.

SOCIETi FOR 'FRE PROPAGLTION THE GOSPEL.
IN FOREIGN PARTS.—Wednesday afternoon, a meeting of
the inhabitants of Westminster was held at Willis's
Rooms, King-street, St. James's, in support of the dis-
trict association acting as an auxiliary to the above
society. The Bishop of London was in the chair; sup-
ported by Lord Lyttelton, the Bishop of Madras, Sir J.
Kirkland, the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, and several of the
neighbouring clergy. The Right Rev. Chairman, in
opening the proceedings of the meeting, remarked, that
though the parish (St. James's) was one of the most
opulent in London, its rental amounting tci 420,0001. a
year, all the money it annually contributed to the society
was only 70/. Several addresses were delivered by the
gentlemen on the platform; and resolutions, to the effect
that it was the duty of the public to provide spiritual
instruction for the settlers in British colonies, were car-
ried unanimously. At the close of the proceedings a
very liberal collection visa made.