The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAT.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their accustomed early walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exer-
cise to-day on the eastern trace and slopes of the
Castle.

Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon,
attended by Captain the lion. A. Gordon, his Royal
Highness's Equerry in s% aiting.
Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner
in the Castle this evening.

A deputation, appointed to present to Lord John
Russell a memorial upon the subject of the duty upon
Tea, adopted by a public meeting of the inhabitants
of Liverpool, had an interview with the Noble Lord
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The deputation was accompanied by Sir Thomas
Birch and Mr. Cardwell, and consisted of the fol-
lowing gentlemen :—Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr.
Harold Littledale, Mr. Brodribb, Mr. J. R. Jeffery,
and Mr. Crossley.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the
Council, will give a grand dinner on Wednesday, the
9th inst., at Lansdowne House, to the Cabinet
Ministers, and also to the Great Officers of State of
the Queen's Household. The roll of Sheriffs for the
present year will be settled at the meeting.
Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Colvile, Mr. Ilib•
bert, Mr. Anderdon, Mr. C. Marryat, Mr. Higgins,
Mr. M'Chlery, and Mr. Macgregor, had an interview,
yesterday, with Lord John Russell.
Mr. Hastie had an interview with the Right Hon.
Edward Strutt, on Tuesday, at the Office of the
Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- sti eet.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of Ceylon and
Malta.

Mr. Adair had an interview with the Right Hon.
11. Labuuchers yesterday, at the Office of the Board
of Trade.

Her Majesty has bestowed the blue riband, vacant
by the death of the Earl of Yowls, upon the Duko of
Norfolk.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The Grand
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha are expected
to arrive at Windsor Castle on Suuday or Monday next,
on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort. There have been no arrivals at the
Castle to day, and the only guests at the royal table this
evening will be the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay and
Dr. Meyer. Her Majesty's private band only will be in
attendance.

E GREAT TUBULAR RAILWAY BRIDS II FOR
THE CONWAY. CHESTER, SUNDAY EVl{NlNG.—Yes-
torday an important experiment of the great iron tube
for the Chester and Holyhead Railway bridge over the
Conway, took place in the presence of Mr. Stephenson
and a large number of engineers, together with a party
of directors. The tube is the first completed, eight of
them being required for the bridges thrown across the
Conway and the Menai Straits. Early in the week the
wedges supporting the tube upon the platform, upon
which it was erected, were removed, leaving it to rest
solely upon temporary stone piers, erected under each
end, and having a hold of six feet only on each pier.
with a clear span over the river of 400 feet. Thus
situate, it was put to the severest test, with a success
beyond the expectations of its most sanguine advocates.
Yesterday an experiment was made by running loco-
motives and heavily-laden ballast waggons through.
One of the trains consisted of 28 waggons filled with
iron, weighing upwards of 300 tons, and, notwithstand-
ing this enormous mass, there was scarcely any per-
ceptible difference in the external outline of the tube, or
the least strain in any way. The deflection while
supporting this mass, we are informed, was not more
than three or four inches. Another account said that it
was as much as eleven inches, but it is very doubtful.