The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the planta..
tions of Osborne House on Thursday afternoon.
There was no addition to the royal dinner circle in
the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her
Royal Consort took their usual early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princes Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode
on ponies yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess
Helena was also taken an erring yesterday in the plea-
sure grounds of Osborne House. _

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
and inspected the Smithfield Cattle Show yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre
with her presence yesterday evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at
Gloucester House.

Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey. Mr. Wilberforce had also an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday at the
Home office.

The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat 3 esterday, and concluded
the hearing of the appeal—" Her Majesty's Proctor v.
the Solicitor of the Duchy of Lancaster." The Attor-
ney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster finished his
address, and the Queen's Advocate was heard in reply.
Judgment was not given.
Mr. Sergeant Channel, Sir John Bayley, and Mr.
Wigram, Q.C., were heard on an appeal from Bombay—
" Crawford v. Spooner." The case was adjourned.
The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord
Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Mr.
Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall,
and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
DEC. 11.

OSBORNE PALACE.—The Royal Family leave Cowes
for Windsor on Friday next, and are not expected to
return till February, when the season opens for planting.
They have planted an immense number of trees and
shrubs this autumn. The new palace is progressing very
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Air. John Nash's valuable collection of casts and models,
his splendid orange and lemon trees, with sevepal thousand
valuable pl an ts,go to the hammer next. The present proprie%
tor then proposes to pull down the cal and sell the
materials, absurdly thinking that the ruins will produce
him more money than the beautiful pile which is the
admiration of all who have seen it—but there is no .
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fuot threelis. years since eight or ten of
the tradesmen of this town, at their evening meetings to
enjoy their glass, proposed to subscribe sixpence erch
per week to form a fund for the relief of cases of distress
occurring within the town. From this smait. beginning
the present compassionate fund took its rise; ut it is
now subscribed to by almost every inhabitant that has
the means; and from it 150 families were this day sup..
plied with coals, and that number of widows and others
of the deseriing poor will be relieved with bread and
coals fortnightly during the next three months. Every
recipient must pass a strict scrutiny as to character and
means, but no deserving object is refused; and none such
need even apply—it is sent unasked; and the subscription.
still is but sixpence per week. No town in England
should be without such a society of men. The ladies,
not to be behindhand, have a Dorcas society, and next
week give away 300 garments.

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have lately reduced their prices of admission in order
to compete with the innumerable musical and dramatic
saloons and concert•rooms in and about the metropolis.
On Friday week, Mr. Osbaldiston, lessee of the Vic-
toria ; Mr. Robert Honnor, lessee of the City of London •
Mr. Richard Thlrne, lessee of the Pavilion ; Mr. C. J:
James, lessee of the Queen's ; and Messrs. Johnson and
N. Lee, lessees of the Standard, were summoned to
attend at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, to explain to
his Lordship the reasons which had induced them to
alter the prices of admission to their theatres. These
gentlemen, or their solicitors, accordingly attended, and
represented that it was in cortsequoice of the theatrical
saloons and concert-rooms being now licensed by his
Lordship as places of dramatic entertainment, and
posessing advantages which were refused to the
profession, and
considerable interest is
theatres.the theatrical
eand the managers are anxiously
awaiting a final communication from the Lord 0-lam-
b‘alain'6 Office.

REPRESENTATION OF RENFREW.—CoIoneI Murr,
of Caldwell, was yesterday elected Member of Par',la.
ment for the county of Renfrew, in the room of the late
P. M. Stewart, Esq., deceased. There was no opp9Aition.
—Glasgow Courier of Thursday.