The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness, Prince Albert, attended by Major-General
Sir Edward Bowater and Dr. Prcetorius, left Osborne House, for
Ryde, on Monday afternoon, embarking at Meade's Hole, in the
Fairy steam yacht, soon after two o'clock. The Prince disembarked
at the same place between four and five o'clock.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and
attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took a carriage airing on
Monday afternoon. Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting,
was in attendance on horseback.

The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting, left Osborne
House on Monday, in consequence ef the illness of the Lady Elizabeth
Fielding, her mother. The Countess crossed, by steam-packet, to
Southampton, and proceeded to London.
There was ne additiou to the royal dinner party at Osborne House
on Monday evening.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early prome-
nade yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House.
The Royal Family were taken on the beach yesterday morning.
Iltr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday. Ells Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited the Royal Duchess on Wednesday at Gloucester House.
The Earl of Aberdeen and the Earl of Ripon had interviews with
Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
was rather better yesterday.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had as interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Dispatches for the Governor-General. of Canada, and also fbr the
Governors of the other North American provinces, were sent off yes-
terday evening from the Colonial-office.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The news from America, published this morning, took the
City completely by surprise, and produced a fall of almost 1 per cent.
in Consols, from which they but slightlyrecovered at all in the coarse
of the day. The closing price of ye-terday for the Account was 96%
to 97, and the concluding price of to-day 961,{ to %, but they were
done at 95% . With the exception of this very marked effect, it has
been unusually difficult to collect in detail any opinions respectiug
this news. People here are mostly disposed to regard the whole as a
cohtinuation of that tone of bravado which the House of Representa-
tives, under the auspices of the President, Mr. Polk, has hitherto
maintained ; and to hope, therefore, that the same feeling will not
be exhibited in the Senate. But the most anxious question discussed
here to-day has turned upon what course is likely to be taken by our
Government, should the notice to abandon the Oregon territory be
actually given—that is, whether such notice would be followed by an
immediate hostile manifestation, or whether that would be reserved
till the twelve months had expired. From observations that have
dropped from Sir Robert Peel it is erroneously inferred, that, in how-
ever courteous a manner this notice might be conveyed, it would be
immediately resented ; and therefore the feeling which the news has
produced was, ou the whole, a very uneasy one.
The premium on gold at Paris is 12% per mile, which, at the
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives
an exchange of 25 46 ; and the exchange at Paris en London at short
being 25 6.5, it follows that gold is 0.74 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434% per mark,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9% ; and the exchange at
Hamburgh on London at short being 13 11%, it follows that gold 11
0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 106% per cent.,
and the par of exchange between England and America being
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent.
against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for
bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above
difference.

DOVER, MARCH 3.—Yesterday evening a great ban-
quet was given at Ostend by the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
at the Town-hall, in honour of the inauguration of their post-elEce
packet service between Ostend and Dover. layitations were kindly
sent to the Mayor and Aldermen of Dover, tb. Belgian Consul, tothe
collector of customs and others, also to the directors of the South-East-
ern Railway Company. It is to he regretted, however, that from un-
avoidable circumstances none of the members of the corporation were
enabled to attend ; and absence from Dover on official business pre-
vented the collector of the customs from attending the summons.
The Belgian Consul, with some few others, among whom was Mr.
Waghorn, crossed the water yesterday, and had the houour of being
present at a most sumptuous and hospitable entertainment. The
Town-hall was handsomely decorated, and the spacious and elegant
suite of apartments which it contains brilliantly lighted up. About
sixty sat down to dinner at half-past six o'clock, at which the Baron
Serclaas, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, presided.
The company comprised the heads of the several public departmeats
in the town, naval and military officers, the Mayor of Ostend, and
civil authorities; and the band of the Ist regiment of the line at-
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DETENTION OF TRAINS.—On Sunday afternoon an
accident occurred on the Great Western Railway, which. although
not attended by serious consequences, occasioned considerable in-
convenience to passengers wishing to proceed upwards on the line
from Bridgewater to Paddington. It appears from what can be
ascertained, that the train which left Exeter at a quarter to one
o'clock T.M. met with an accident at Bridgewater, in consequence of
the in
by which the train was detained for two hours and a quarter, wait-
ing for engine from Taunton to convey it to Bristol. The
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passengers at the Bath station, who were anxiously waiting for the
up-train, having complained loudly of the inconvenient position they
were placed in by its non-arrival, were forwarded to Swindon Junc-
tion, to meet the branch train from Gloucester and Cirencester. On
their arrival the Swindon engine conveyed them to Paddington,
where they arrived at about half-past nine ; the Exeter train did not
arrive at its destination (Paddington) until nearly a quarter to eleven
o'clock, its time being thirty-five minutes after eight, making a delay
of two hours and ten minutes.

STRANGE AFFAIR ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
—At about midnight on Monday the policeman who has charge of
the Abbott's Cliff tunnel, near Folkstone, in passing through towards
Dover, was startled on seeing a white figure about the centre of the
tunnel. He immediately hastened to the spot, and on coming up to it
discovered it to be a female, standing between the rails on the down
side of the line. For some time she rettsed to answer any questions
as to how she became in so dangerous a situation, and appeared to be
in a very desponding state of mind. Eventually, however, on her
way to Folkstone, she stated that she had gone into the tunnel to be
killed by the train. It has since been ascertained that she is of
weak intellect, and had escaped from some private lunatic asylum in
the vicinity of Folkstone. It was a fortunate circumstance that the
policeman discovered her at the time he did, as the up train from
Dover shortly afterwards passed, and from the position she was found
in, had she remained, she would have been cut to pieces. It is sup-
posed that she must have got access to the tunnel by climbing up the
sea wall from the beach. Her Mends are said to live at Dover.

We are authorised to state that a vote of censure has
been passed by the Council of the College of Surgeons upon Mr Law-
rence for the intemperate expressions made use of by him in his
late Hunterian oration.—Times. _ _

SIR ROBERT SALE —The death of Sir Robert Sale,
head Colonel of the 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, has cast a
gloom on the whole regiment, he having been much respected and
beloved by all of this brave regiment who had the honour of serving
under him. The following is an extract from regimental orders:—
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of honest pride to every soldier of the 13th to remember that Sir
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his guidance ant' gallant leadership it won those badges and
honours which now so pre-eminently distinguish Prince Albert's
Light Infantry.
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ment that he fell in so glorious a manner; and our regrets must be
doubled that it was not our proud fortune to have been in our old
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The three standards taken by the 13th in Affghanistan were con-
veyed by their gallant captors to London on Monday last, and lodged
in Chelsea Hospital, amidst the colours of all nations, some of which
were taken at an early period of our history. The band of the 13th
played the two brave sergeants out of Weimer barracks on the
Dover-road to the tune of " See the conquering hero comes."