The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen went in state yesterday to the House of
Lords to close the session of Parliament with a speech
from the Throne.'

The state procession left Buckingham Palace at a
quarter before one o'clock, in the following order:—
A carriage drawn by six horses, conveying the :Hon.
Frederick Byng, Sir John Strachan, and Mr. Alfred
Montgomery, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, and Sir
William Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen Guard.

A carriage drawn by six horses, conveying Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Groom in
Waiting, Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the
Prince, Messrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages of Honour in
Waiting.
A carriage drawn by six horses, conveying Captain
the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to the
Prince; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour,
Groom of. the Robes, and Colonel Smith, Silver Stick in
Waiting.
A carriage drawn by six horses, convoying Lord Alfred
Paget, Clerk Marshal; Colonel Colville, Field Officer
in Waiting; and the Right Hon. William &bright Las-
celles, Comptroller of the Household. -
A carriage drawn by six horses, conveying the Mar-
quis Donegal, G.C.11., Captain of the Yeomen of the
Guard; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; Viscount Clifden,
Lord in Waiting to the Prince; and Lord Marcus Hill,
Treasurer of the Household.

A carriage drawn by six horses, conveying the Coun-
tess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting; the Earl For-
tescue, Lord Steward ; and the Marquis of Anglesey,
K.G., Gold Stick in Waiting.
The Queen's Marshalmen.
The Queen's Footmen, in State liveries.
A party of the Yeomen Guard.
The State Coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured
horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal
Highness the Prince Albert, K.G., the Duchess of Nor-
folk, officiating for the Mistress of the Robes, and the
Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Master of the Horse.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to
their carriage by the Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain,
and Lord Edward Howard, Vice-Chamberlain.
_ _ _

The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by
Sir William Martins.

Ilex' Majesty and the Prince, attended by the Royal
party, returned to Buckingham Palace at ten minutes
past two o'clock, -and were received by the Lord Cham-
berlain and the Vice-Chamberlain.
The Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards were on
duty on the Palace lawn.
Earl,Spencer had an audience of the Queen, and re-
signed his Gold Key of office as the Lord Chamberlain.
Tho Marquis of Breadalbane had an audience of the
Queen, and received from her Majesty his Gold Key
of office as the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day morning at a meeting of the Commission for pro-
moting and encouraging the Fine Arts` in the rebuilding
the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived
at the New Palace at ten o'clock, attended by Captain
the Hon. Alexander Gordon.
The Commissioners present were—the Right Hon.
the Speaker, Viscount ➢lorpeth, Sir R. H. Inglis, Ur.
Wyse, and Mr. Hawes. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake,
was in attendance.

The meeting broke up shortly before twelve o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Pa-
lace, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Reyal, in an
open carriage and four, at twenty minutes past three
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Woolwich to embark
for Scotland. The Countess of Gainsborough and the
Viscountess Canning, Ladies-in-Waiting, followed in
another carriage and four; and Lord Alfred Paget and
Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerries-in-
Waiting, occupied another carriage and four.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted
to their carriage by the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke
of Norfolk, Earl Fortescue, Lord Byron, Viscount Clif-
den, Major-General Bowles, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Colonel Wylde,
and Colonel Bouverie.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday
from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness, accom-

panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Besse, went
to the House of Peers to attend the ceremony of the pro-
rogation of Parliament.
A deputation from the Art Union of London, consist-
ing of Lord A. Compton, Mr. Britton, Mr. Auldjo, Mr.
Gaskoin, Mr. L. Pocock, Mr. Zouch Troughton, Mr.
Morris, Mr. G. Godwin, and Mr. Donaldson had an in-
terview with Earl Granville yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.
Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal Secretary
of State for the Home Department, left town yesterday,
to attend the Queen during her Majesty's excursion to
Scotland.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SC

LAND.

WOOLWICH, SEP. s.—The arrangements fur the em
barkation of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, and
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, were completed
yesterday; and the instructions issued by Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, G.C.H., commanding the Royal squadron,
were communicated to the officers of the respective ves-
sels appointed to accompany her lilajesty to Scotland.
The officers of the Woolwich Dockyard have ex-
pressed their desire to the .Lords of the Admiralty,
throu,gh their Colonel-Commandant, Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.8., K.C.H., of being permitted to do duty under
arms, and form a guard of honour on the occasion of the
Queen's embarkation at Woolwich Dockyard to-day,
the following answer was received yesterday evening:—
" Admiralty, Sept. 4.
"My Lords'direct me to acquaint you that they have
much satisfaction in complying with the request of the
officers of the Woolwich Dockyard Brigade, that the
corps -should be under arms and on duty. on the occa-
sion of the Queen's embarking from Woolwich Dockyard
to-morrow; but my Lords are unable to disturb the gar-
rison arrangements already made for furnishing the guard
of honorer on the occasion.
gCyaaotillonel Breret
" By command, " W. A. B. HAMILTON."
At an early hour this morning strong posts were
erected along the wharf wall and rope barricades carried
round to the entrance to the anchor-testing room to keep
back the crowd, and on the east side the nine-pounder
field battery guns of the artillery companies of the
Dockyard Brigade were drawn up on the parade ground,
afternoon previous to the arrival of her Majesty. The
whole of the artillery and infantry companies assem-
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.Lord of the Adrei-
.s, C. 8., First Naval
one of the Lords.
nce of Commodore
tore four-o'clock,
P.M., and shortly afterwards appeared at the landing-
place in full naval uniform with tho Commodore. Super-
.
intendent of the dockyard.

At precisely a quarter past four o'clock, a royal salute
fired from the mortar battery announced the near ap-
proach of her Majesty, and in about two minutes after
the Royal carriage containing her Majesty, his Roya
Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal,
entered the dockyard, and proceeded to the place of em-
barkation between two lines of the infantry, and aleng
the artillery companies of the Dockyard Brigade.
Her Majesty alighted at some distance from the land-
ing-place, and was rcceived by the Earl of Auckland
and the other Lords of the Admiralty, Commodore Sir
Gordon Bremer, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Down-
man, and Brig,,ade-Major Cuppage. Her Majesty ap-
peared in excellent health and spirits, and leaning on the
arm of the Earl of Auckland, walked along the green
baize carpeting, and descended the steps to the barge of
the Royal yacht, in waiting at the place of embarkation.
Her Majesty was handed on board by the Earl of Auck-
land, and was immediately joined by Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. The Countess
of Gainsborough and Lady Canning (Ladies in. Waiting),
and Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon
(Equerricsin-Waiting), also entered the barge, and were
steered to the Royal yacht by Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, G.C.H. The guard of honour of-the Royal
Marines presented arms, and the band played the National
Anthem at her Majesty walked along the wharf, and the
Boat Brigade, drawn up across the river, above the
Fisgard frigate, fired a Royal salute from four 24-pounder
guns. Hundreds of boats were on the river, and her
Majesty reached and ascended the steps leading to the
Royal yacht--amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the thou-
sands of well-dressed spectators on the dockyard wharf
walls and on the river.

At forty minutes past four o'clock the Royal yacht
left her moorings, and proceeded slowly down the river
under a Royal salute, fired by a party of the Dockyard
Boat Brigade from the 32-pounder guns on board the
Fisgard frigate. Her Majesty continued on deck in
conversation with Prince Albert, the Earl of Auckland,
and Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and the even-
ing being very fine, and the Fisgard and other vessels in
the river decorated with numerous colours, the scene
was of a very animated description.
The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander S.
B. Cook, with four of the carriages on board; the
Vivid steam-vessel, Captain Smith, with a Queen's mes-
senger and an inspector and a party of the A division of
the metropolitan police in plain clothes; and the Undine
and Trinity yacht steamers, followed, and will be joined
at the mouth of the river by the Virago steam-sloop,
under the command of Captain Harris, of too Ganges.
Each of the vessels of the Royal squadron have ben
supplied with one.of Porter's anchors, and will anchor
with them to-night in the Swin, some distance below the
Nore, their holding powers being highly approved of by
the officers commanding these vessels. At an early hour
to-morrow the vessels will proceed for the North Sea,
and steer direct for the Bay of Aberdeen, where they
may be expected to arrive between three and five o'clock
on Thursday afternoon.
Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, with his Flag-Lieu-
tenant Fowler, and Mr. Dyer, secretary, went down the
river with the squadron in the Monkey, and will return
to-night with the Lords of the Admiralty.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, SEPT. 5.
The Hermann, having taken in 40 tons of coals, sailed
this morning at four o clock for Bremen. It is a sur-
prising thing that knowing that the north shore of the
Solent has-regular soundings, that the shore is all mud,
and that a vessel going on it could take no harm, that
these large vessels should take the south shore, where
the soundings are so irregular and the whole coast so
rocky. The Pottinger, Cyclops,and Hermann fortunately
missed the rocks, and took good berths; the latter vessel
struck just to the westward of Gurnet Ledge. The
bottom proved to be soft clay, and her weight sent her
two feet into it, which accounts for her slipping off be-
fore high water, though the tides were taking off; she
.had made a deck for herself, and obtained thereby two
feet more water, and there being nearly six feet more
water aft than forward she was got off without assist-
ance even from the tug-boat.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
MAIDSTONE.—We have some better accounts of the
hops, as the late few warmer days, where they are
kindly, have improved them a little. The backward
hops are still backward, and will no doubt remain so.
The mouldy ones are more mouldy, and will be worth
little or nothing, indeed, no wise man will pick them.
Hops soon after their first appearance look better than
at any other time. They do not show the incipient
disease, which appears as they ripen— thus they are
overlaid. Comparing the different accounts given by
our correspondents, our conclusion is that the crop must
fall short, and that it will prove a very inferior one,
though at one time it looked well. When the picking
commences then the shortness of the crop will be felt.
FARLEIGH, YALDING, AND CHART.—There is an ap-
parent improvement in the plantations, but it is a ques-
tionable whether it will prove to be real.
MEREWORTH AND PECRHAM.—The find warm weather
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last week has very much improved the hops. Some of
the grounds are looking very bright and fine, but some
are very mouldy, scarcely worth picking. The picking
will commence in about a fortnight.
ULCOMBE.—We have a decided improvement where
the mould has not taken too much hold, but still the
hops will be short and the picking late; it will com-
mence here from the 17th to the 20th.

WROTHAII, SHIPCORNE, AND IGHTHAM.—The fine
weather of the few past days has caused great improve-
ment in good grounds, but there is very considerable
mould, perhaps, iu Wrotham alone 40 acres that will
never be picked.
SEVENOAKS.—We have to report a decided improve-
ment in the -hop plantations since our last, the four or
five sunshiny days of the past week having done much
for the plant, and caused the hop to come away much
freer. Still, at places there is a large proportion of
mould, and decidedly on the increase. We have several
gardens in this parish looking beautiful, particularly ono
immediately adjoining the town, belonging to Mr. /31igh,
of the Rose and Crown Inn, which is a perfect picture,
and seven acres of which are laid at eight tons. Thefe
are several other good pieces ; but " below the hill," on
the wet cold clay, the bine is weak and the hops do not
grow out well. A continuance of this fine weather would
do wonders.

CHEVENINC.—SeveraI pieces in this parish are looking
remarkably well. There is a small amount of mould, but
" nothing much to signify."

BRASTED.—The upland hops are looking well; a little
mould and in the exposed parts not recovered from
the battering they got a fortnight ago, still they improve
daily.
CHIDDINGSTONE.—Except in a few favoured situa-
tions, the bine is poor, and the natural consequence, the
hop still hangs in burr, although the last few days has
done much for them.
llEVER.—Rather better; the mould, however, is mak-
ing considerable strides at places.
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t is very much too high.
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3i,ttle. Upon the whole, we shall be
RociTESTER.—The hops in this neighbourhood have
considerably improved within the last few days.
WILMINGTON.—The hops of Mr. George Russell hero
are looking splendid, and promise a full crop. They are
laid at eight bags per acre.—Maidstone Journal.

ETCIIINGS EY HER MAJESTY AND TUE PRINCE
CONSORT.—The great interest which every loyal and
affectionate subject of her Majesty cannot tail to feel in
all that relates to works of art executed by the (Queen
and his. Royal Highness Prince Albert, induces us to re-
fer to one of the most interesting collection of etchings
which ever came under our notice ; the whole of which
have been executed by her Majesty and the Prince
Consort, We understand that this perfectly unique col-
lection will shortly be exhibited to the public, and thus
enable the whole nation to form an opinion of her
Majesty's and the Prince Consort's great merits in a
branch of the fine arts in which it is so difficult to excel.
That both the Queen and the Prince rank very high in
this department of art, their united and separate produc-
tions (nearly 100) most amply testify. This collection
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braces portraits of the Prince Consort, the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, and of other members of the
royal family and personal friends of the Sovereign, many
the
of which were drawn by her Majesty from life, and
afterwards transferred to copper, and most admirably
etched.hy the Queen and his Royal Highness, It also
contains portraits of the favourite doigsino ila thetoo
dr:: Qteseiargui
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esteemednnodf and
the Prince, taken by the. royal artistsgpdif:rhee.:_senit_ipifne:
cresting works (some
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works contain the autographs
executed) with the dates when
and skill on the part
The two two first etchings (which, as
indicate considerable judgment
Highness), both have-t doatel,lefAti;;.i.e'2sBtyth,alnBd4ol.l's rill'h°jerac!
arel several portraits p.loiratilli4s.,of the Princess 'Royal, taken from
previously to her king weaned;
and, up to a more mature period, represented her Royal
Highness in the arms of her nurse, pia) ing and rolling
on the carpet with her doll and other toys, amusing her-
self with the Prince of Wales, and pourtraying other do-
mestic and interesting scenes in the royal nursery. Some
of the heads executed by the Prince Consort are of a
very Rembrandtrali character, partaking greatly of the
spirit, boldness, and fieedom of the etchings of that cele-
brated artist. We may have time again to refer to this
royal and interesting_collection.—Berkshire paper.
SOUTHAMPTON, TVESDAY EVENING.—The Ame-
rican steam-.ship 13.4*4_,*tat4:s
,having proceed(-d as far
as the SZ;illy: isks, sustained some slight damage to
her machinery, and has returned hero to have it made
good.