The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by t!tn
Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. arrived at
liuckingharn Palace at ten roinuts pact tl,ra, 1)C10,,
yesterday, in a carriage and four, from the Paddington
terminus Of the Great Western Railway. Prince
Alfred and the Princess Alice, were in another car;?f,g
aThe nd four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteitort.
royal suite occupied three carriages and four. ar,d
Consisted of the Vis,ountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting ;
the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Marquis of Or-
gl°nd°, Major-General Sir Henry 'Wheatley, Admiral
Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Buckley,
and Colonel Bouverie. A party of Light Dragoons
formed the escort.
Eft'r Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at
Lute Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
liorse, the Marquis of Granby, and Captain Francis
eYttiour.
, The Queen held a Privy Council at hall-past three
%clock. It was attended by his Rayal Highness Prince
Vbert, the Lord Chancellor. the Duke of Buccleuch,.the
bent"l f Haddington. the Duke of Wellington, Sir Re-
2eel, the Earl of' Ab,rdeen, Sir James Graham, th,
Exchequer
Hon. W. E. Gladst-ne, the Chancellor of the
Th;?(ehequer, the Earl of Elenborough, the Earl of
;Ilion, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln,
Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl St. German's, the
GVgrht Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Lord Steward, the
d Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the
"r,,,,ouni of the Stole to Prince Albert.
Noble Walter
Queen in Council was pleased to declare the Most
Walter Duke of Buccletich, Lord President of her
tooli:stY's most Honourable Privy Council, and his Grace
his place at, the board accolingly.
toPer MajPsty having been pleased to deliver the
cue-
Earlof
of the Privy Seal to the Right Honourable Thomas
s Haddington, the oath of Keeper of the Privy
)Jal was administeled to him, and. the Noble Earl took
lace at the Board.
110,• 1111 Queen having; been pleased to appoint the Right
the Henry Earl of Harewood to be Lord-Lieutenant of
Nest Riding of Yorkshire, his Lordship took the
414;044 g
appointed oaths.
liO"nerj-Majesty having been pleased to appoint theßighot.
Ile • allies, Earl of Verulam, to be Lord-Lieutenant
tohrtrordshire, the Noble Earl took the oaths appointed
taken thereupon.
"e Queen's spch, on opening the session of Pa;..-
14;,n, a this day, was arranged and agreed upon.
0:11e IIon: William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
reeil in Waiting.
I,Lr Majesty gave audience to Sir Robert Peel.
t!s!hold
uo-Court was attended by the Vice-Chamberlain, the
I.,roensurer of the Household, the Compt oiler of the
Waiting. , and the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in

tIIWEDNESDAY.—The unfavourable state of
• _e
quweather throughout the forenoon, pr: vented the
ea egi 11 and the Royal family from taking their usual
r,rtY airings.
thi4h,,,9 Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch left the Castle
T81,4)",..ing at two o'clock.
Prinuo" Ltusen and Prince Albert. aceomp.anipd by the
and e °J. Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
a the Princess Alice, and attended by the Vii•coentess
11(3celYnt the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Mails of
qe°llour in Waiting, the Margois of ()monde, Major-
' Sir al Sir Henry Wheatley, Colonel Bowles, Admiral
.Robert Otway, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bon-
girtite left the Castle, escorted by a party of the 2d Re-
tenhent' of Life Guards, commanded by Lieutenant Tot-
' Itailato, for the Slough station of the Great Western
n,alvaY, to proceed by a special train to town. The
• " Party occupied five carriages and four.
at The nuke of Buccleuch Lord President of the Council,
hatrin-ded yesterday at the Privy Council-office, White-
.l;
et.s, Castelcicala. has returned to town from LTehie-
-I,ri'...rshire to attend the opening of Parliament.
11 ace transacted business at the Foreign•office on
oday.
Trade,
Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of
4cl,e, arrived in town yesterdaymorning from Scotland.
rDeral meeting
p 'e Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
g yesterday at the office in Whitehall-
Lre• There were present the Archbishop of Canter-
-4), the Bishops of Winchester, Ely, Llandaff, Oxford,
e,Vocheterster, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of
thes, and the Right Hon. Sir:George Grey.
of". Freshfield had an interview with the Chancellor
..,.;?e Exchequer yesterday.
the Governor
were received at the Colonial-office, from
siGrovlerinors of the West India Culonie.s.
Clerk "au Hope had an interview with Sir George
sir, Yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Rio
Robert Peel had a full dress dinner party of forty •
meniters of the House of Commons, (including the
tClit,qon. the Speaker, and the mover
.and seconder of
yestZre;seavOeniantg.his residence, in Whitehall-gardens,

C~D ev
T VALLEY CONTINUATION
waaetiling of the
JtNCTION RAILWAY
p y
the shareholders in the above Company
the nueld yesterday, in pursuance of a motion issued by
eeiveminittee of Management, for the purpose of re-
ted.,lng the report of the engineer in chief, and of con-
e i„,lng; what future steps ought to be taken by the
lianY• Donald Maclean, Esq., took the chair.
theThei notice calling the meeting having been read,
le SECRETARY then proceeded to real the report of
in ce.°Eaulittee as also that of Mr. Rennie, the engineer
e "ler. Thos committee regretted the necessity that
°laPell e them to call the meeting together at that tame.
would he observed that they, in the adverti-ement,
adverted to the re-survey of the line, which proved that
e_the measurements made by the assistant-engineer, Mr.
Aliggins, were so inaccurate as to preclude them from
Prosecuting their Bill in that session of Parliament.
liut this, although it delayed their progress
for another year, did not withdraw from them
the patronage of those who were locally interested, and
the demand for shares showed that the public estimated
The advantages which the line held out. They had re
served 9,000 shares, to give to such railways as came in
eentact with them; but only 3,000 of those had been trans-
larred to the f rent Valley Company. On Aug, Bth a report
received from the assistant-eneineer, stating that the
Plats and sections would be read); in a week or so ; but
h this Promise not being fulfilled.on the 2-Ith of December,
requested Sir John Rennie to re survey the line, and
fop' reeeiee,d a report from that eminent engineer, in-
, tiling thea, of a fact, which they exeeedingly re-
ere.ti_tee to be obliged to inform the shareholders, that,
ache measurements were so defective, it would he
...vlsable to delay their application to Parliament for
teother session, as he certainly could not as things stood
rtlareevidence in favour of the line. Negotiations for en
a!genation were then going on but as matters were
ah in the bush the Directors would not further refer to
ni• The treasurer's account, after paying 16,0001. of
ef• tenses, exhibited a balance in favour of the Company
0,450/. Is. 7d.
thy.
'l le, CHAIRMAN, said that the report was so explicit,
e need not offer any observations upon it. He
eie• li`dt however, say that, with respect to the negotiation,
ess wore so favourable an aspect, - that he was sure it
11(7414 be carried advantageously into effect. Such share-
reeera as might dissent from the arrangement, would
extyl,ve the amount of their deposits back, minus the
.4711,,5es already incurred.
. lg fiol, knEaor..DER wished to know what portion of the
eetrug /- expenses was incurred by the blundering of the
The ?
.kftee CHAIRMAN replied, about 2,0001. •
eqe r a very long and angry discussion on the matters
lerd to in the report,
tren,r. ParreeranD wished to know whether or not a
e0;;;Y had been entered into with the Trent Valley
the-P.411Y for an amalgamation. He had been informed
Itt t
ab was the fact by an absent Chairman, and lie
Slot Pritchard) was now prepared to prove that it was
Ileeet°. The report had, however, the effect of causing
the ; Persons to invest their capital in this scheme, and
• • Tristle Of it was before the shareholders.
teee,,4 eCßeeneeeer said he was not the gentleman alluded
t• t he thought the subject more of a personal than
alter matter.
ile a considerable time had been wasted in per-
l'eerimination Mr. TURNER proposed that the
eilte b
eeLlnreceived, recrimination,
having been seconded by Mr.
Nuiztit,..E4LE proposed an additional resolution, that a
44 • ""ee of twelve gentlemen (six from the directors
gatefr eh °n:l the shareholders, be appointed to investi-
ftpeeiteresent position of the Company; to consider
leehe tietil the proposed amalgamation, and to report to
-ture tag eetnmittee and to the shareholders at a
Th.reetitig.
carried, :36111tion having been seconded, was put and
~The fejis was the report itself.
,—;t tee ; rfing gentlemen were then appointed a coin-
-0:-,,',rene the Directors, Mr. Maclean, Mr. Heavy-
Ch r"a`n Uotham, Mr. Gipps, Mr. Parbury, and
rteesdttirehill; from the shareholders, Mr. Neuld, eft.
1)„,c: Warren, Mr. Edward Wright, Manchester ;
`"`10, Manchester ; Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Henning.
Ilireelt,„nesa were then voted to the Chairman and the
"ur present, and the meeting brake up.

bep-jultt;l3BBELS, JAN. 19.—The Belgian Chamber
,of
cliff, -44 voted on the 17th the following salaries te,t,ttin
tr„,,reat Ministers at Foreign Coerts :—For the 13eIL•l
40-.),,,)E!,55y at the Court of St. James's, 80,000 f.; Austria,ou;
Turk' 'lo,ooof.
lirvuf• ;Germanic Confederation, 40.101 f.; France, ;
l),°Y, 47,000 f ;
; Prussia, 50,000 f.: United States,
Pul""or
Brazii 21,000 f.; and 15,000 f. each for
nlark' 8 G 'H. .e Towns, Portugal, Sah
and s_ Pam, recce, an:.
edsu
Att,,, •
meeting
OF LING OF THE IRISH MF.NIBERS.-1-
the
`te Liberal Irish Members took place this day in
ne
°f relisat'lchariFte, to take into consideration their future
Pie--- oflct. The entire proceedings were private.—Dabl
Pmt
tom ak
,r
usE ND DINNER AT THE MANSION HO •--The
ent
Mayer and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid
jadrtainment, on Tuesday, to the Aldermen and their
theea„, and several private friends. The convivialities ot
tn_ alansion-house since the new mAyoralty c2m-
,Vieed, have been almost daily. and upon the most mag-
"-Icent and hospitable scale. Every alderman in town
"as at the dinner on Tuesday, and a number of ladies
traced the table.
hi
Sts ROGER, DE COVERLEY.—The author of the
ROY successful novel " Maids of Honour," of which
a second
at, edition has just been published, has a new work
47. it to appear, with the promising title of "Sir Roger
Coverley; a Tale of the Court of Charles II." A
Thousand
agreeable associations are connected with this
heel:la—associations that at once transport us to an age
Of grallantry and romance, of wit and beauty, of the
Piet •
u, esque in costume and the adventurous in character.
With a hero so identified with an age affording such delightful materials for the historical novelist, in the
hands of a writer who has already proved himself so
capable of infusing into his narrative the spirit of a past
cntury, we have every reason to expect a work of a
vary superior description.