The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

THE .BUNr L'ONDON°2 MON'

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at-
tended Divine service, yesterday morning, in the private
chapel, Buckingham Palace. The sermon was preached
by the B.shop of Norwich. Prayers were read by the
H. al. and Rev. C. Leslie ieourtenay.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk yesterday.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the
garden of the Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visied the
Queen, on Saturday, and remained to luncheon with her
Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accus-
tomed exercise in the royal gardens, en Saturday.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked on Saturday
forenoon in the gardens of the Palace. The Prince
afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Major
General Sir Edward Bowater.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace onSa-
tarday included Mrs. M‘Lane, the Lady of the American
Minister, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Earl and Countess Spen-
cer, the Bishop of Norwich, Lord George Lennox, the
Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and Captain Francis
Seymour.
The Coldstream Band was in attendance during din-
ner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture, " Le Colporteur" Onslow.
Quadrille, " The British Navy" Jullien.
Selection from the Cri seders
Va!se, " Fleur de Marie"
March and Chorus, " Nabuco"
Polka, " Jenny Lind's Favourite."
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
Palace, and performed the remainder of the evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the
Marquis of Northampton with his company on Satur-
day evening at his Lordsip's residence in Piccadilly.
His Royal Highness was attended by Lord George
Lennox, Captain Francis Seymour, and Sir Edward
Bowater. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Major Stephens, also honoured the Marquis
of Northampton with his cempany on Saturday evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left Whitley Court,
Worcestershire, for the Droitwich statien,at half-past nine
o'clock on Saturday morning, attended by the Earl and
Countess of Sheffield, the Earl and Countess Howe,
Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley, Colonel and Mrs. Corn-
wall, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir
David Davies, and Mr. Bedford. Her Majesty and suite
left the station by a special train, and travelled via Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, and London and Birmingham
Railways to the Euston-square terminus, and from
thence proceeded in carriages to Marlborough-house,
where her Majesty arrrived at five o'clock.
Yestarday her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her
)yal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine
service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon
was preached by the Bishop of Hereford, who took his
text from St. John, chap. iii., verse 16. The prayers
were read by the Rev. J. Haden, and the lessons by the
Rev. J. V. Povah. The anthem was, "Hear my
prayer" (Stroud). Mr. Turle presided at the organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess
of Sheffield, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, and Earl Howe.
The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny
Cloward, Among the nobility present were the Duke of
Beaufort, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of
Anglesey, Lords Delawarr, Cawdor, Sheffield, St. Ger-
mans, Cantalupe, Canterbury, Foley, Ernest Bruce, and
Ingestre ; Ladies St. Germans, Delawarr, and Ernest
Bruce. The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet, and
Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yester-
day. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the
sermon.
The Dean of York will preach on Friday next in the
Chapel Royal, St. James's, and the Bishop of Ripon will
preach on Sunday next.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes-
terday in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street.
Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and Cap-
tain the Hon. (Tames P. Murray, honoured the Italian
Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge also honoured
the performance with her presence.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Sir
Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Buke of Buc-
cleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Gladstone, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough, the
Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of
Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, and the
Eart St. Germans. The Council sat two hours.
A deputation respecting copper, including Mr. Vi-
vian, M.P., Mr. Manta, M.P., Viscount Sandon, M.P.,
and Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., had an interview with
Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. James M'Queen, Dr.
B)wring, Mr. Nathaniel Gould, Captain R. Cogan (In-
dian Navy), Lt.-Colonel W. Henderson, and Mr. Blunt,
had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Satur-
day, at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
Committee meeting on Saturday. There were present
the Bishops of Bangor, Chester, Ely, Hereford, and
Oxford, the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon. H.
Hubhouse, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
A deputation respecting soap, including Mr. Hawes,
M.P. ; Mr. Masterman, M.P. ; Mr. Lvall, M.P. ; Mr.
Pattison, M.P. ; Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Viscount
Sandon, ALP. ; Sir Howard Douglas, M.l'., Viscount
Ebrington, M.P., and Mr. Crawford, had an interview on
Saturday, with Sir Robert Peel.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
IMPOR PANT RAILWAY MOVEMENT IN
SCOTLAND.
An important movement is now being made, origi-
nated by the members of the Stock Exchange in Glasgow,
for the purpose of putting a stop to the great majority—
upwards of thirty—of the Scottish Railway schemes now
before Parliament. The nature of the movement is thus
described in the Scottish journals :
"At a meeting of the scripholders representing alarge
amount of scrip in the numerous Scottish railway com-
panies, called into existence by the recent mania, it was
considered prudent and advisable, under the altered cir-
cumstances of the country, to adopt measures to put a
stop to further expensive proceedings going on in Lon-
don, and to have many of the schemes, which do not ap-
pear to be at present required, wound up. From the un-
saleable state of the various scrips, and the already em-
barrassed condition of the money market, as well as the
unfortunate position in which the country would be
placed from the extreme difficulty, if not inability, to
meet the unprecedented demand for capital which would
immediately and necessarily arise were any considerable
numbk-r of the numerous new schemes now before Par-
liament to obtain Acts, it must be apparent that the steps
proposed to be taken will not only be attended with the
greatest advantage to all concerned, but to Scotland
generally.
" Those who approve of such a course are revested
immediately to call at No. 45, George-street, Ediniburgh,
where they will find petitions for signature to the various
committees of the railways which it is proposed should
he wound up. For similar purposes is Glasgow—at the
writing chambers of William Steele, jun., 6, South
Hanover-street.

" N.B. Parties residing at a distance may concur in
the above measures by forwarding to either of the places
above mentioned an authority in the following or similar

terms :

-7Slr,—Please subscribe on my behalf, as a holder of
shares of the stock of -- Railway, a requisition
to the directors for winding up the Company.
" I am, &e."
The following is the list of the railways to which the
above notice applies :
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin ; Ayr and Galloway ;
Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir ; Banffshire ; Caledonian
Northern Direct ; Caledonian Extension ; Carnwath
and West Linton ; Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction ;
Deeside Railway ; Dumblane, Donne, and Callander ;
Dundee and Forfar Junction ; East of Fife ; Edinburgh
and Leith Atmospheric ; Edinburgh and Hamilton Di-
rect ; Edinburgh and Peebles ; Forth and Clyde Junc-
tion ; Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction; Glas-
gow and Belfast Union; Glasgow and Dundee Junction,
Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow ; Inverness and
Elgin ; Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct ; Lanark and Lo-
thians ; Morayshire ; Perth and Crieff Direct ; Perth
and Inverness ; Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc-
tion; Scottish Southern ; Stirling and Midland ; Stir-
ling and Dunfermline.

THE POTATO DISEASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ste,—As I know that my authority has been exten-
sively circulated in favour of quick lime as a protection
against the consequences of the disease which has pre-
vailed in the potato crop, and I heard yesterday from
the Duke of Rutland that his experiments have not been
equally successful, I feel it a duty to society to prevent
persons from being misled by the general terms in which
I have circulated the result of the experiments conducted
here.
It is quite true that the lime used here has been in-
variably successful. But it is the magnesian lime, which
abounds in this neighbourhood. In its caustic state it
is fatal to vegetation.
Barren spots are to be seen in many places on the
forest, where limo heaps were placed more than thirty
years ago. It is, therefore, easy to account for the
effect of this lime in stopping the propagation of this
disease.
T
:nh is,oa stlime
therefore,
destructive
adrbocynt
vyt he
necessary
qualities.eDe
eusksae roy
f Rutland I understand
to have been the crich lime, which is very pure lime, and
h a
to account for the difference ; charcoal state
rcoalis thequ distinction i
te as eff ee
tual as the magnesian lime.
(Signed)
Welbeck, March 18, 1846.