The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Colonel Seymour, Everry
in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal took an airing yesterday in an open
carriage and four.
Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Alfred, and the
Princess Alice took their accustomed pony and walking
exercise yesterday, in the pleasure-grounds of Bucking-
ham Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured
the performance at her Majesty's Theatre with her pre-
sence yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness was at-
tended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and
Lord James Murray.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Serene High-
ness Prince Frederick of Hesse, honoured the perform-
ance of the Royal Italian Opera with their presence yes-
terday evening. Their Royal Highnesses were attended
by Baroness Bose, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond
Mildmay.
A Cabinet Council was held, at twelve o'clock yester-
day, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Auck.
land, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, and the
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours.
A deputation from Norwich, on the subject of the Poor
Removal Act, had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home-office. The d, putation consisted
of the Mayor of Norwich, Mr. G. L. Coleman; the Go-
vernor of the Court of Guardians, Mr. A. A. H. Beck-
with; Mr. J. G. Johnson, Mr. J. Sultzer, Mr. Robert
Chamberlin, Mr. R. N. Bacon, Alderman Sidney,
Mr. Henry Hansek, the Marquis of Douro, M.P., and
Mr. S. M. Peto.
The Commissioners for tlia Reduction of the National
Debt had a meeting yesterday, at the Treasury. There
were present the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England,
and the Deputy-Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and
Comptroller-General, was in attendance.
A deputation from the Blackburn Commercial Asso-
ciation, consisting of Mr. James Pilkington, M.P., Mr.
Montague J. Fielden, and Mr. D. C. Aylwin, had an in-
tsrview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Duke of Buckingham and Earl Spencer had inter-
views yesterday with Sir George Grey.
A deputation, consisting of Lord Falmouth, Sir
Charles Lemon, Mr. Pole Carew, and Mr. Kendall, had
an interview yesterday wish the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.
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A deputation from Leicester, consisting of Mr. J.
Biggs, Mayor of Leicester, Mr. J. Whetston, magistrate
of Leicester, and Mr. J. Millica, accompanied by the
Richardßorough
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Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the Falkland
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REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—Frorn
the report of the Committee of the Philanthropic Society
fur the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, in St.
George's-fields, Southwark, it appears that--" Out of the
200,000 offences that every year occupy the attention of
of our courts of justice, one-tenth, or nearly 20,000, are
committed by children, and one fourth, or nearly 50,000,
by youthful transgressors under twenty years of age. In
such a state of things thousands of young, ignorant, and
helpless beings, who might be trained to be benefactors
and blessings to their country, are left to become its
curse. It is felt that no system is so costly, none so
wasteful, as the present plan of sending the childish
criminal time after time to prison—thus leading him step
by step to graduate in crime, till he becomes at length a
confirmed and convicted felon, a burden for years or for
life upon his country."
A DUEL PREVENTED.----Tire hear that a duel be-
tween two gentlemen of this neighbourhood has lately
been happily prevented by the interposition of friends,
who caused the intended combatants to be bound over
in heavy penalties to keep the peace. The origin of
the quarrel is curious. One of the gentlemen, whom
for the nonce we will style Mr. Jones, finds that he is
unable to repay his friend Brown 100/. he had borrowed
of him. Brown, a choleric man, comments in strong
language on Jones's defalcation, whereupon Jones, by
way of satisfying Brown for the loss of his money,_ chal-
lenges him to mortal combat.— Plymouth Journal.
WHOLE AND NOT HALF MEASUEES.—A certain
carter who lives on the north side of the hill of Garvo_ack ,
and who is truly an eccentric character, when one dy
driving his cart over the bill, met the Laird of on
horseback, who very rudely accosted bim with " Take
the half of the road, sir;" to which the independent
carter replied, as sharp as he had
,L,l,een commanded,
" Stop till mut bye an yell
get it a . —Scotch paper,