The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday
afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
At the Court, Sarin.) Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, had
an audience of the Queen to take leave.
Baron Dedel, Netherlands Minister, hal an audi-
ence of her Majesty on his return from the Continent.
Their Excellencies were resp. ctively introduced by
the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Baronet
fliciating for the Earl of Aberdeen) one of her Ma-
jesty's principal Secreterks of State, and conducted by
Sir Robert Chester, Ma' ter of the Ceremonies. .

Sir Thomas Cattwrighi, G.C.11., was presented to
the Queen, at an audience, by the Eight Eon. Sir
James Graham, on his return, on leave of absence, from
his mission. _ _ .

Mr. Manderille.was presented to her Mojesty, at an
audience, ky the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, en the
return from his mission to Buenos Ayres.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy
Seal, the Commander-in-Chi, f, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Howe and
Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the
Postmaster- General, the Secretary-at-War, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert.
At the Council, the Most Honourable James Marquis
of Abercorn, and the Honourable James Archibald
Stuart Wortley were, by command of the Queen, sworn
of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and
tooli their respective places at the Board.
The Honourable William Bathurst was the Clerk of
the Council in waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to the Lord Chamberlain,
Sir James Graham, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke
of Buccleuch, and Sir Robert Peel.
The Court was attended by the Marquis of London-
derry, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Vice-Chamberlain,
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Yesterday (Ash Wednesday), Divine service was
itnhevjairtienag, raenrdsuocf
performed in the private chapel, Buckingham Palace.
the Hon. Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Divine
service was performed yesterday in the Chapel Royal
St. James's. _ _

The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded in the
garden yesterday morning.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed exercise
yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in
Waiting.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yester.,
day evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis
of Abercorn, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth,
the Earl Delawarr, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh,
Colonel the Right Hon. Cr. L. Dawson Darner, and the
Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, returned to Kew, on
Tuesday evening.

COMPENSATION FOR THE CORN LAWS. Sir Grahame
Montgomery, Bart., has intimated to his numerous tenantry
in Peeblesshire that although he feels confident that Sir Ro-
bert Peel's measure, when once fairly carried into effect,
will produce a result highly beneficial to society at large,
still with an anxious wish to satisfy the minds of his tenantry,
he begs to assure them, should any reduction take place on
farm produce in consequence of these measures, a reduction
will be made upon their rents.—Edinburgh Witness.
NEW ANCHOR. —A few days ago we were favoured
with the sight of a newly invented and ingeniously con-
structed anchor, made under the direction of Captain Jer-
ningham, with stock and flukes, to be fired from Captain
e
Manby's mortar. The peculiarity of its construction coren
Moveable,
in terminating in a ball to fit tic mortar so :1.: P
windage. For this purpose the flukes are ;nen
the mortar.
doubling on the shank, but expanding I
As far as one may judge from had no
answer the desired end, but at present we haveappeaTapeceitis likely to
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oppor-
tunity of witnessing a trial of it.
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169, STRAND.—With a view to
OBSERVER-OFFICE,
furnish p IX 'ling a gratuitous half-sheet Sup-
plementlndia, the Observer P
nrix'sesl nunsison Sunday next, March 1. The
of twenty folio co ttl
price of the Observer (including
server is regularly published
full particulars of the
Mon-
day afternoon Edition of the
for the
the highly Supplement) imr
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at Four
which edition is best adapted
o'clock, .
abroad. The Obserter was
the journal that first announced the in-
tended alteration in the corn-laws, and which paper has in its subse-
quent numbers anticipated all the official movemcnts in progress,
connected with that highly important measure.
COSTOBI-HOUSE DESTRUCTION OF DAMAGED WHEAT.
.—This week a quantity of foreign wheat, which had been imparted
by Messrs. Phillpotts and Co., of this port, but which had since be-
come damaged, so as not to he worth paying 17s. duty upon,
was destroyed under the supervision of a very vigilant Custom-house
officer, by throwing it into the river Severn, and by keeping a very
close official watch till it was carried away by the stream, or so inter-
mixed with the mud. that it could not be in any way used. The
wheat thus destroyed was not of course fit to make bread, but it
would have done very well to feed pigs, 1 &e.' and the wasteful official
ceremony of total destruction is anything but calculated to impress
the spectators of such a scene with the wisdom of our laws.—
Gloucester Journal.