The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, accompanied by her august visitors, the
King and Queen of the Belgians, promenaded yesterday
forenoon in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham
Palace at twenty minutes before six o'clock yesterday
morning for Liverpool. His Royal Highness was attended
by the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the Stole;
Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer; Lord George
Lennox, Lord in Waitinc, ; Captain Francis Seymour,
Groom in Waiting ; and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh
Seymour, Equerry in Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena, took .airings yesterday in the garden
of the Palace.

The royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, included their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
their Excellencies Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer,
the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenhatn, Countess
Vilain XIV., Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de
:ipeth, the uke and Duchess of Norfolk and Major A.
d'llanins de Moerkerke. _ _

The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
was in attendance during dinner (under the direction of
Mr. J. R. Tutton), at the Palace, and performed the
following pieces :
Overture and Selection, "Domino Noir "—Auber.
Waltz, " OrientaleC—Labitzky.
Selection, " Linda de Chamouni "—Donizetti.
Die Fanenwacht—Lindpaintner.
The Hon. Miss Napier has succeeded the Hon. Miss
Devereux as one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting to
the Queen.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the He-
reditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz left town
yesterday morning for Goodwood.
Mr. Andrew Tennant and Mr. Peter Drew, of the
North British Bank, Glasgow, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence in Downing-street.
The Metropolitan Improvements Commission had a
meeting on Wednesday, at the office in Whitehall-
place. The Commissioners present were Viscount Mor-
peth, Viscount Canning, the Earl of Lincoln, the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humpherey, Sir Robert Inglis,
Sir Charles Lemon, the Hon. Charles Gore, and Mr. A.
Milne.
Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, had an interview
with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr.
Warburton had also an interview with the Noble Earl.
The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir G.
Grey yesterday at the Foreign-office.

CHOLERA IN THE METROPOLIS.
The Lord Mayor, in consequence of information his
Lordship received publicly from Sir Peter Laurie, im-
mediately gave directions for the following letter to be

sent :
" TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NEW RIVER.WATER
COMPANY.

" Mansion-house, July 30, 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor to state that, as chief magistrate of this city, he
has recived information that the cholera has made its
appearance in some part of the suburbs of London, and
that it is, therefore, of urgent importance for the safety
of the inhauitants, that every measure which prudence
can suggest should be adopted with the utmost prompti-
tude. Under these circumstances, the Lord Mayor
considers it advisable that you should, with the least
possible delay, submit to the Board of Directors of the
New River Company, the propriety of directing their
engineers to let out water during the night, so as tho-
roughly to flush and clear the several gulleys and drains
within their districts, and thereby prevent in a great
measure those noxious exhalations in the atmosphere
which are constantly emitted from the decayed animal
and vegetable matter in the sewers, and which are con-
sidered by the highest medical authorities the chief cause
of the formidable disease above referred to.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" S. R. GOODMAN, Chief Clerk."
To which his Lodship received the following answer:
" New River Office, July 30, 1846.
" Sir,—Your letter of this day's date, by direction of
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, came just as the Board
had broken up. Be pleased, therefore, to assure his
Lordship that I will lose no time in communicating his
wishes in the proper quarter, and that every attention
will be paid thereto.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
"Your most obedient servant,
" FREDERICK INGLIS, Clerk.
S. R. Goodman. Esq., Chief Clerk, &c."

CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES.
The following account, taken from the tables pub-
lished by the Board of Trade, of the deliveries of the
first four months of the present and two preceding
years, ending on the sth of May, is important, as providg
the increased prosperity of the labouring classes :
" The quantity of sugar delivered in the first four
months of 1844 was 1,181,747 cwt. ; in the correspond-
ing months of 1845, 1,496,404 ; and in the present
year, 1,617,084 cwt.
" The tea consumed in the same periods was respec-
tively, in 1844, 12,445,527 lb. ; in 1845, 14,191,359 lb. ;
and in the present year, 15,214,806 lb.
" The coffee entered in 1844 was 9,452,254 lb.; in 1845,

11,757,881 ; and in the present year, 12,121,396 lb.
" The currants entered for consumption in 1844 were
71,788 cwt. ; in 1845, 72,269 ; and in the present year,
86,830 cwt.
" The eggs entered in 1844 were 24,265,975 ; in 1845,
25,172,480 ; and in the present year, 29,121,067.
" The cheese entered in 1844 was 60,865 cwt. ; in
1845, 88,103 ; and in the present year 92,332 cwt."
Other articles may be added bearing upon the same
point, but enough is above shown to clearly establish
the fact that the power of consumption by the aggregate
of the population, so far from being diminished or in
abeyance, has been progressively in active developement.

SALE OF AN ESTATE IN DORSETSIIIRE.—Wednesday
at Garraway's, Mr. Alderman Farebrother offered for sale a
valuable estate, situated at the western extremity of Dorset•
shire, and bounded by the river Axe, about three miles
from Axmin3ter. It was divided into several extensive
farms. containing nearly 1,000 acres. With this was to be
sold the extensive manor of Chardstock, with heriots, quit-
rents, &c., farmhouses. and lands, the whole about 2,000
acres, many being held by the copyholders, on advanced
lives, and extensive commons. The entire property formed
about 3,979 acres, yielding rent now payable of about 1,5461.
Per annutn; but the estimated annual value of the copyhold
estates, for which head rents were paid, was about 2,6991
The first offer was 21,0001., and the highest bidding was
29,900/. ; but at which sum the auctioneer said the property
was unsold.

MEDICAL MEN AND LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICES.-At
the Provincial Medical Association, now meeting at Nor-
wich, several professional gentlemen complained of having
been put to great inconvenience, and injured in their calling,
in consequence of the authorities of life assurance offices
giving up the confidential communications required from
medical practitioners, as to the health of their patients about
to effect insurances on their lives. The members present
debated the subject of the propriety or impropriety of fur-
nishing the necessary statements, and eventually resolutions
were unanimously adopted, to the effect that the members
were of opinion that the insurance offices had no claim what-
ever on the private medical attendant of any candidate for
life assurance for an opinion on the state of his or her health,
every office having medical referees of their own, on whose
opinion they ought to rely. It was also resolved, that copies
of the resolutions should be sent to all the offices for life
assurance.

DEATH OF A FEMALE IN A SEDAN CHAIR.—On Wed-
nesday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Cooper's Arms
Tavern, Russell-street, Bermondsey, respecting the death of
Sarah Kendall, aged 94 years, lately residing at No. 4,
White's-gardens, Bermondsey. The deceased was the wife
of a Greenwich pensioner, but for some years had been in
the receipt of parochial relief. She was very infirm, and had
been confined to her bed for the last fortnight in consequence
of her bodily weakness. The deceased consented to be re-
moved to the workhouse of St. Mary Magdalen, Ber-
mondsey, and on Saturday last the medical officer,
Mr. IL T. Tovey, granted a certificate for her removal.
About four o'clock four men proceeded to her resi-
dence with a sedan chair, in which she was placed by her
daughter and others. Tbey proceeded with safety to the
workhouse, and on opening the door of the sedan chair she
was found to be quite insensible. The deceased was carried
into the house, and was seen by one of the surgeons, but life
was quite extinct. The deceased had died on her way to
the workhouse from her extreme age and infirmity of body.
The jury being satisfied that every care had been taken by
the parochial officers in the removal, unanimously recorded a
verdict of" Death from natural causes." .
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A GENTLEMAN EIGHTY YEARS
Or AGE CURED OE A vat BAD LEG BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND
OINTMENT,—Mr. Richard Stephen, residing at Saxmundham, Suf-
folk, had a very bad leg, which he was apprehensive would cost him
his life, although attended by an eminent surgeon ; yet the danger
became so great that it was deemed necessary to use Holloway's
Pills and Ointment under the surgeon's inspection. By these cele-
brated remedies alone a perfect cure was effected in a few weeks.
The age of the gentleman makes the cue most extraordinary ; but
he is well known, and the fact may be inquired into, as he is even
new a clerk to the commissioners of taxes. These medicines are
sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment,
344, Stroud, Loudon.