The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

COURT. CIRCULAR,

The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open
carriage and fcur yesterday. The Equerries in Waiting,
Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, attended on
horseback.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an
airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount and Vis-
countess Emlyn, and Celonel the Right Hon. George and
Mrs. Dawson Darner,
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under
the direction of Mr. J. R. 'Litton, was in attendance at the
Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overtme—" Fra Diavolo,"—Auber.
Selection—" Daughter of St. Mark,"—Balfe.
Musicalischer Steckbrief—Zuhlner.
Polonaise—Nemetz.

The Hon. Miss Paget and the Hon. Miss Kerr have suc•
ceeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier as the Maids of
Honour in Waiting to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town yes-
terday morning for Frogmore House, Winisor. Her Royal
Higness returned to her residence, Clarence House, St.
James's, at a quarter before six o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr. Clive had an interview with the Earl of Dalhoniie
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia,
New Zealand, the Mauritius, and also of the Falkland
Islands.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The greatest attraction of
this season, and one of the greatest ever offered in this
Theatre, takes place to-night. Madame Thillon will play in
the Crown Jewels and Les .Danseuses Vienswises will dance
some of their most beautiful pas.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.—SAGACITY OF A
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Doo.—Butpationssf, THURSDAY.—This morning, at one o'clock, a
fire took place on the premises of Mr. John Sutton Nettleford, an
extensive screw manufacturer, of Baskerville, Birmingham, and 54,
High Holborn London. At eleven o'clock the person whose duty it
was to examine the premises every night went round the manufac-
tory, and finding all safe, went to bed in one of the workshops ; but
about two hours afterwards, he was aroused by his dog, who jumped
on his bed and commenced scratching his face until he awoke, when,
to his great astonishment, he found a portion of the building in
flames. He then raised an alarm, and information was immediately
sent to the district and other offices, from whence the engines were
dispatched. On their arrival, some difficulty was experienced in
obtaining water, but in a short time a copious supply was obtained
from a canal, which is near the works, and the engines then played
with effect. About four o'clock the fire was subdued, but not until a
very large screw and turning shop were destroyed, and a large por-
tion of valuable tools rendered useless. Had it not beea for the
great exertions of the firemen, the flames would have extended to a
far more valuable part of the establishment, where the finished work
was kept. The exact amount of the loss is not known. but it is
roughly estimated at 1,0001. The cause of the fire is not known, but
it may have been occasioned by a spark from a smith's forge in the
screw shop. The occurrence has thrown 200 persons out of employ-
ment, and it will be some time before they will be able to resume
work again.

_ This morning, shortly before one o'clock, an alarming
fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mrs. Sarah Brown,
grocer and tea-dealer, carrying on business at No. 6, Great New-
street, Fetter-lane, immediately opposite Trinity Church. It was
not until past two o'clock that the fire was safely subdued, and not
until the shop was burned out, and the stock-in-trade destroyed.
SERIOUS FIRE IN THE HARROW-ROAD.—Yesterday
morning, shortly before five o'clock,
an alarming fire suddenly burst
forth upon the premises belonging to Mr. John Price, an omnibus
proprietor, at 20, Hermitage-street. Harrow-road, Paddington. The
flames, when first discovered, were raging in the stabling, a range of
buildings nearly fifty feet long by thirty wide, in which about a
dozes horses were deposited. Alarm being given, the proprietor
of the premises rushed into the stables for the purpose of saving
the animals. The smoke, however, being so dense, he was
obliged to run out of the place, and it was expected that the
whole of the horses would, together with the stables and
contiguous buildings, have been destroyed. A number of po-
lice-constables, with the tenants of the adjoining habitations,
succeeded, after considerable trouble, in rescuing from the flames a
animal,
engaged, the fire fell
number of the horses ; but, whilst they were
upon the hind quarters of a valuable and, on its reaching
the street, it ran against a lamp -post and broke its head in, and
shortly after
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late of Clifton, Yorkshire, edp, Mason,
Assizes,lB43,
unjustly sentenced to twenty years' transportation,
reached London
on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th ult. and on the following
day appeared at the Home-office, where sufficient money given
him to convey him to his home, near the city of was
York, where he
arrived on Saturday night. He was welcomed by his wife and
children, and, as may be naturally supposed, both husband and wife
were very much affected after so long and so unjust a separation.
Before Mason left London he waited upon his benefactor, Mr.
H. R. Yorke, M.P., to express to that gentleman his gratitude for his
unwearied exertions on his behalf. On Sundaylast a party of Mason's
relatives arrived in York to welcome his return, and were delighted
to find him in such good health and spirits.
REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.—A requisi-
tion Is in course of signature, calling on Captain Edward Somerset
to oiler himself, in the Protection interest, as a candidate for the
representation of the comity of Monmouth. Lord Granville Somerset,
aware of the active canvass carried on against himself, has already
issued an address to the electors, in which he says—" I am unwilling
to disturb the county of Monmouth, when Parliament may continue
for a considerable time. But lam fearful lest my silence should be
misconstrued. I now, therefore, take the liberty of informing you
that when the time to enter upon a contest shall arrive, I shall appeal
to you to decide upon my merits as your representative."
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAVALRY AND
INFANTRY BARRACKS AT WINDSOR —A splendid banquet was given
at the infantry barracks on Tuesday by the officers of the Grenadier
Guards, to the colonel and officers of the 2d Life Guards, and many
of their respective friends. In the evening the nobility and gentry of
the neighbourhood, to the number of nearly two hundred, were pre-
sent, by invitation, at the performances of the Ethiopian Serenaders,
who had been expressly engaged by the officers of the two regiments
for the occasion, at the theatre. A grand ball was afterwards given
by lry
the officers of the 2d Life Guards at the cava barr. Be
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tween 300 and 400 of the principal families in Windsor and Eton
were present.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.—
was publicly
Yesterday the 145th anniversary of the society
His Grace the
cele-
brated by Divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral.
at
half-
past three,
Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the
o cathedral
ed into the church, where
and a procession was formed which m
wv ere present eleven bishops,
the dignitaries took their seats. There
eryor, eight aldermen, the
four deans, five archdeacons, the
Loren in full canonicals. Full
sheriffs, and a large number of clergy
d the sermon was preached by
cathedral service was performed, an
the Bishop of St. ravids, ' from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel,
was entered into at the close of the
verse 6. A liberal collection
service.
GENERAL NOTT s T •
' omn The tomb of the lamented
m eted
veteran, at Carmarthen, haajnat been co 14 .