The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on
horseback yesterday, accompanied by his Royal High•
ness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Count Arthur
Mensdortt; and attended by Colonel the lion. C. B.
Phipps.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg,
attended by Madame Is I3aronne de Wangenheim,
Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, and Baron Fritsch,
visited and inspected the Thames Tunnel yesterday.
Their Royal Highnessea the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, rode out on ponies yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken
an airing yesterday.
The royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, included their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, Count Arthur Alens-
dorff, the Countess Grey, Earl de Grey, Madame la
Baronne de Wangenheitn, the Viscount and Vis-
countess Canning, Lord Edward Howard, Lord
George Lennox, the Right llon. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, Sir Alexander Woodford, and Baron
Fritsch.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner, and performed the following
pieces :
Overture, " Maritana"
Swiss Quadrille ..
Grand fantasia,from "Don Carlos" Costa.
Triumphal March . .
- Waltz, " The Douro"
The Queen's private Band attended in the Palace
after dinner, and performed the !remainder of the
evening.
Major Macdonald had an interview with the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, yesterday, at the Office of the
Board of Trade.

A deputation, consisting of Baron de Goldsmid,
Mr. J. Bailer, jun., M.P., Mr. Maynard, Mr. Ben-
del, and Mr. Webster, had an interview with
Vis-
count Morpeth yesterday at the Office of the Woods
and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners fcr England had
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in
Whitehall• place.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday and resumed the hearing of an appeal
from Bengal "Raja Burdahauth Roy v. Ram Tunnoo
Bose." The case was again adjourned.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 17.—
Arrangements have been made for the Court to leave
Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Friday) afternoon for
Claremont, where it is intended to spend a few days
before the Royal Family returns to town for the season.
Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg, at-
tended by La Baronne de Wangenheim, will accompany
her Majesty to Claremont. The Duke of Saxe Coburg
and Count Arthur Mensdorff, attended by Captain the
Hon. B. A. Gordon, and other gentlemen of the royal
smite, will leave the Palace early in the morning of the
same day, to hunt with Prince Albert's pack of harriers
at \Yoking, in the vicinity of the South-Western Rail-
way, between Weybridge and Bagahot, and in the
evening of the same day they will join the Court at
Claremont.
EXETER HALL.—The Creation was performed here
last night. The only novel feature was the first appear-
ance of Miss Wallace, who sarg throughout with taste
and spirit ; she has been well schooled, and will
prove
a valuable addition to our small bend of sacred vo-
calists.
WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU-
' TION.—An animated and graphic lecture on the history
of the window-tax, and on the disadvantages of its
continuance, was delivered here last evening by
Mr.
Malcolm. The lecturer traced its progress from its
origin in 1696, when it was first temporarily imposed for
the purpose of reimbursing the Ministry for the loss
then sustained in calling in and re-coining the clipped
currency, through the various stages of its alteratiom,,
until the present time, when it appears as permam ntly
fixed. The lecture was preceded by a speech from
Lord Duncan, who took the chair on this occasion, in
which the Noble Lord pointed out various anomalies
and disadvantages of the law on the subject, and ex-
pressed his determination to bring forward his motion
for the total hbolition in the House of Commons on
Thursday next, unless the Government financial state-
r ment should in the meantime obviate the necessity of
doing so. A vote of thanks to the noble chairman was
carried by acclamation.
THE LATE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT MAN-
CHEsTER.—The inquest arising out of the fatal boiler
explosion at Manchester, on Friday last, was concluded
on Wehesday. The evidence adduced was of r a very
voluminous character, and tended to show that the boiler
was unsafe, and that Mr. Riley, the owner, had been
frequently warned of that fact. After hearing all the
evidence, the jury unanimously returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter against Mr. Riley."
DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL TFIS HON. JAMES
W. KlNG.—This gallant and distinguished officer die 1 at
his seat, Cranbrook, Kent, on Sunday last, in his sixty-
fifth year. Ho was brother to the late Lord king, and
uncle to the present Earl of Lovelace. His post-com-
mission bore date 1809, and last year ho was promoted
to the rank of Am-Admiral.