The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen, accompanied by their Majesties the Sig
and Queen of the Belgians, took her accustomed early
walk yesterday in the garden of the Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday, and remained to lunch with the-
august circle at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Frill°.
Alfred, the Princess R, al and the Princess Alice, took
an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday, lie"
companied by the Dawager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken
an airing yesterday in the royal pleasure grounds.
The royal dinner party yesterday at BuckingbP;
Palace, included their Majesties the King and Queen 01
the Bdgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Count and Countess
de Jame; the Duke of Wellington, Countess Vilain
XIV., Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de
the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess Sp_reec!,,r;
Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beauvale, °tit,
A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke, and Captain the JO'
James I'. Murray. for
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance after
in the Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to 1311cht
ingham Palace at a quarter past ten o'clock last 11",,"
from Liverpool. His Royal Highness was attende
Speth,
the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord George Lennox, Capp'
Francis Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Sag'
Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloneefr,
and the Duke of Cambridge returned to town yeste,tti
from honouring the Archbishop of York with a Vl5"
Nuneham. The Duchess of Gloucester bad a dieee-ii
party yest: rclay. at Gloucester House. Their n0_.,37 a
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridgerad
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Dil,„cu—ta
of Mecklenburg Strelitz, attended by Lady -A-11Fibe
Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, were present. or
Duck eis of Gloucester had afterwards an evening par
ig;
Her" Royal II ghness the Princess Mary P'
ine
royal circle at Glpucester House.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the
Hereditary and Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz,
to
turned to on Thursday night from Goodwood.
His Ex ency Sami Pacha transacted business Ye'
terday at the Foreign-office.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterdil
afternoon, at the Foreign-office The Ministers pig ht'
were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne'-g"
Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Gre)
of
George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Eavr`
Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the lee
of Clarendon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and
Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat an belie.
A deputation from the Tower Hamlets Court of
quests, consisting of Mr. John Burnell (treasurer), Oad
George Offor, Mr. Charles Jennery, Mr. Brushfieldrso
Colonel Fox, with the Accountant of the Court, hc,aenca,
interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home ul'and
yesterday, and were introduced by Sir William CleY
Colonel Wood. tie°
Mr. Wawn, M.P., Mr. Wilshere, and a deptita in.
on the subject of the Wreck and Salvage Bill, bad e!te•
terview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson Ye'
day at the Office of the Board of Trade. er
Captain Fitzroy had an interview with Earl Greg
terday at the Colonial-office.
The Chairman of the Customs had an interview
Acial
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his r,e'i;i4e.
residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Wood, "I, the
man of the Excise, bad also an interview with
Right Hon. Gentleman. Orel
Mr. Lewis had an interview with Sir George tot
yesterday at the Home-office. The Earl of Deven•ats
Mr. D. W. Harvey had also interviews with the4.-""''
Hon.
Mr. ronet. • h
Ba
Montgomery Martin had an interview wit cote
Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the Office of the 13.
of Trade. 0 the,
Deputations were sent off yesterday evening rf° aeo
Colonial-office for; the Governor of the Mauritital
also for the Governor of Ceylon.
Mr. Travers had an interview with the Right Dt
Milner Gibson yesterday.

14-
EIVRY, ARMAGH, AND LON—
On
DERRY RAILWAY COMPANY. the
A meeting of the subscribers to this undertaiat
Company having been dissolved on the 25th of Apr of
was called yesterday. to have an account laid before ti""
the affairs of the Company.
Earl Charlemont was called upon to take the chair. the
The SECRETARY read the advertisement conveviug
meeting. "ital
The CHAIRMAN then sad it was not his intentl 01.
detain the meeting at any length ; had he risen t; tho
dress them on the prospects of the Company, and,
public advantages likely to arise from the line on the et,
ment of their intention, he would have dee,,..„ir.
in great elation of spirit. Yet even now, tlivT....
they had failed, not through misconduct of their directudie:i
for they had exerted themselves to the utmost, but nn be
circumstances and events which they could not controir for
addressed them by no means under depression of spirit; the
nothing had been neglected which could have advano" tri
interests of the Company, there was no •chicane in the as.
cern, nothing to conceal. A report would be read Mil
tailing the particulars, and a minute statement of the' $
counts submitted to the shareholders.
Mr. OGLE, the solicitor of the Company, then read
tue
report of the directors, which detailed the history of
srs;
undertaking. It stated that the capital of the Company
proposed to be 400,0001., that 13,
and 6,555 paid upon, producing 16°9,385711:1%5e5. ;hthadatbtehe:dairieligtoelt
considering the small amount of capital ctoneipdp
a:eoi
dsl ysith
to
estimated cost of the line, and looking to
h
opfaidDiencteontilib
eerAclacsotu,n tat
on Accountant,-General, erparl,ocieveedrienignsch
bneetdo,reon
stehnle
.224
the notices; that this intention of their's bell
deposits
known in Ireland was deprecated generally by
shareholders there, in consequence of which the direr id
determined to proceed, encouraged as they were to doe
by the hope that Irish lines would meet with facifities of
Commons, and that the standing orders cf the Hou-we tett
Loris would be relaxed in their favour ; that an unext,oft
turn in the money market afterwards produced an ai`7,oo
universal desire on the part of the shareholders themse'..
that the Bill should be withdrawn, which the directors
cordingly did, and dissolved the Company on the 25th Aft)ing
A starteeeneliepntts
amounting
nga cctoouln6t,s39lBali.d3sb.ef,o,rie. the v job
showed
was deducted, for disbursements already made, 4,7f5r47...1;13. 9aci:
leaving a balance of 1i,643/. to meet outst inchugt of
counts, which have been given in to the ann:),.e,ll„e to
10,320/. 7s. Id. from which, however, the directors -"t"-
be able to make considerable reductions. had
Mr. PARSONS wished to know why the direetoni
proceeded at all with a capital so far short of 400,00134,var5'
OGLE said the directors were urged on by the d the
holders themselves. as the report had stated ;
~411 with
directors were induced by the expectation of tueetli?„gtoent"
facilities of which they were disappointed in P8r"" the
The engineer besides found that by making a single litie
ends of the public might be attained and the undertax'"
finished at a small cost.
eserVe
Mr. PARSONS asked Whether there had been any r-
of
shares for the directors,
The CHAIRMAN—NO, not one. that
Mr. FORBES, in answer to a shareholder, said aye 0
directors had generally paid upon their shares, but ,d up,
them, three Irisiunen and two Englishmen, had not ipian,, And.
These parties had been written to, and would be ?rcourse
the directors were in hope they would pay withou.
_A taker/
having been had to harsh measures. Each directorD4'
about twenty shares each. ed sod ar
Mr. CLARK moved that the report read be rece:as
carried
prove of.
Mr.d PARSONS seconded the motion, which
unanimously. merits of
f
Mr. GALT, after some able observations on the
the line, and the attention of the directors to the tuterest9th%
the shareholders, added his hope that on a changeoli, sad,
money market the undertaking might yet be carried
concluded with a motion to that effect.
with which the motion a
to the observations
hope that so good a line would yet
The NoisLE CHAIRMAN, before
duced, and expressed his putting the motion,hdbeeandvinerttreod,
pbeerseaonrriaenddoiunt—putrbsae.t he, at least, would be ready to aid DI
The motion was carried nem. con.
M r.PARSONS moved, and Mr. HOWARD seconded, thatthe
the accounts received be returned to the directors, and t.h..11;
they be empowered to liquidate the same, after every posslvm
reduction, and to return the surplus to the shareholders
'-
the proportion of their shares.
This motion passed nem. con.
The Earl of CHARLEMONT having left the chair,
Mr. FORBES moved a vote of thanks to Earl Char/ell:01°f
for his dignified conduct in the chair, and his unwearied'
in the interests of the Company. 1P1.4
This motion having been seconded, was put bY. by
CLAUDE HAMILTON,
who had taken the chair, and carru,-
the meeting unanimously. , sod
The Earl of MARCHMONT acknowledged the botith-1,011
again expressed his hope that the line would yet b°
up and completed.
The meeting then adjourned.

FORTE. in which FANTASIA
two new "7- '
A GRAND FAA'
Although Beethoven
,TMaAretS introducedC
tCoohnaen
p.
F.OR THE Pieta :
and a Grand March.
;0 dril'
hadßy but
Ferdinand Rees, we 1
a proof that the have,great master's in
this extraordics'or noslng'
according to his own inmaster's principle of Orb° the
mdifficulty, or, if it shoulsdpiration, w.thout reg.s I, other!
rofess-- v Rork'
might find in be im 'l3"lit will° d l'w
, posst t y! eserve
..
thie school, by h'
the execution of his work, is Pr 1 paw
Cohan. Th is favourite Ferdinand's pet Fittesial
but its popularity
rit of genius pervades this
eterdet.'
by the Unparalleled difficulty of the fingering. each
written in
Waltthe key of D. But the third strain °f .
one
-pit flat
Waltz, and some of the variations, are in --- otherennoble
part of the variations in G flat, and noble
psrt in C. The Grand March—in itself ai oily'
pnieceF—is partly in D, partly in B flat, anunr- con'
1. F. The Introduction (Allegretto) in -".' 00$
taming a variation on the first waits,. is
so difficult as the waltz itself, in which the rapid c dialf
of octave in the first strain, render the piece exese_ecer,
difficult. The enormous practice that would bs,_,," ,er..
sary to any person of moderate skill, in order Vogt pro-
feet in the performance of this waltz, would &bo 4.d0,
hibit one from attempting it. Although the first 5"-„ rs
is the most difficult part of the waltz, the remainilig.,,;ore
is tore
is of no ordinary intricacy. The second waltz w
simple, practicable, and intelligible, and is therefore
.rer,
satisfactory, not only to the player, but to the Irii of
This is followed by a startling example of the A gill
the composer ; containing the first waltz in the le'' !Z.
the second in the right hand. Widely different As:er
two waltzes are, the effect produced by the two tog` with
is very pleasing, and they are fitted to one another
..,„
the greatest nicety. It would appear almost inereslT:
but it is nevertheless a fact, that this part of tbe In't;
is so arranged as to be less difficult than the first 7of
airap
as arranged separately. This is followed by a serPiur
brilliant variations, which, however, are " The
practicable to any but professional
e, musicians:
_.......,
" Grand March," which concludes the piec 0,70
brilliant and very lengthy ; it surpasses all the rest woo,
fantasia in difficulty, and would require something the
legerdemain from the performer. On the wilolf, of
work must be regarded as one of the " euriorsitieste
music," and compels one to desire that, 101110_ the
author preserves the excellencies of his school. he "NlP—
juilulge log iii coturoo of aleglialcol such