The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
service yesterday morning in the private chapel, Buck-
ingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courte-
nay officiated.
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Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
walks yesterday and on Saturday, in thd royal gardens.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed exer-
cise yesterday in the pleasure-grounds.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on
Saturday.
The Duchess of Kent took an airing on Saturday in
a carriage and four. Her Royal Highness visited her
Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry
in Waiting. _

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airing i❑ an open carriage and four, on Saturday, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal
Highness Prince Alfred was taken out on his pony in
the royal gardens.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, the Duchess of Buccleuch, his Excellency
Count de Reventlow, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl and
Countess of Heme, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Speth, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord Granville Somerset,
Lord George Lennox, Viscount Canning, Sir George
Anson, and Sir George Couper, Bart.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance during dinner, and performed the following
pieces, under the direction of Mr. Tutton

Overture, Op. 24,—Mendelssobn.
Melange, " Nuit de Grenada,"—Kreutzer.
Bluthen, Krange,—Zuhlner.
Waltz, " Cacilien,"—Strauss.
Tersetto e Chor, " Zemiere e Azore,"—Spohr.
The Queen inspected on Saturday the pictures of Mr.
Valentine Bartholomew, her Majesty's flower painter in
ordinary.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had an
interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday.
Mr. Glyn had an interview with the Earl of Dal-
housie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Hamilton had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence
in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies.

Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party on Saturday- at
his residence in Whitehall-gardens.
The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet and Sir
Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley
officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily ser-
vice the prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton, and
the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath.
The anthem (performed out of respect to the late Mr.
Hawes, upwards of fifty years a member of the Chapel
Royal) was "Lord let me know my end" (Greene).
Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
Among the nobility present were the Marquises of
Northampton, Anglesey, and Granby, Lord and Lady
Palmerston, Lords Cawdor, Foley, Hatherton, Do
Manley, and Cantalupe.
The Bishop of London will preach a sermon on Ash
Wednesday, and the Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Wilber-
force) will preach the sermon in the Chapel Royal on
Sunday next.

DUTCH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 18.—In the Secret Committee of
the Second Chamber of the States-General, on the 16th,
a communication was made from the Government, on
the subject of the negotiations between Holland and Bel-
gium. The Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs
were present at the sitting.
ZWOLLE, FEB. 17.—1 t is said that some respectable
inhabitants of this town have formed a resolution to
leave their own country, and emigrate to the New
World, with a view to settle on the banks of the Mis-
souri. It is added that inhabitants of other towns and
places in our country intend to join in the undertaking,
to form a colony in that country, and that a clergyman
of Arnheim will direct the enterprise.
THE HAGUE, Fun. 20.—The Second Chamber of the
States- General received to-day a royal message, with
a project of law for transferring to the budget for 1846
the sums allowed, and not employed in 1845, for re-
coining certain current coins. The funds allotted for
this purpose in 1845 amounted to 6,212,000 florins,
which sum was sent down in chapter 9 of the budget of
the expenditure for 1845. The operations erected last
year required only about 800,000 florins.
The project of law is to transfer to the budget of the
expenditure for 1846 a sum of 5,706,676 florins, to be
employed in the works begun at the Mint, and for other
purposes, relative to that department.
The Chamber afterwards proceeded to the discussion
of the project of law, on complaints relative to direct
taxes, which was unanimously rejected.
We are assured that a Royal ordinance has been
lately' signed, which authorises the Ministers of
the Interior and Finance to enter into a con-
tract with Messrs Dronckers and Co. for an iron
railway from Flushing and Middleburg through
South Beveland and North Brabant, in the direction of
Venloo and Kuremonde to Maestricht. The chief object
is to form a communication between the German Ocean
and the Rhine. The contract is also to include the
making of a canal from Flushing to Middleburg, and en-
larging the port of Middleburg so as to be capable of re-
ceiving the largest merchantmen, &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.

LYTHAM SPRING MEETING, FEB. 18, 19, ♦ND 20.
The Great Clifton Cup for 32 dogs, by subscribers of
51. 10s. each, with 26 sovs. added, was won by Mr. Thomas's
Agnes; Mr. Richardson's Reserve ran up.
The Talbot Cup for 32 dogs, by subscribers of 5/. 10s.
each, was won by Mr. Craven's Camera; Mr. Ball's Bachelor
ran up.
The Railway Stakes, of I. 103. each (16 dogs), were won
by Mr. W. Hunt's Bonnet ; Mr. Hardmair's Mayflower ran up.
The First Sapling Stakes were won by Mr. Whiteside's
Fan, the Second by Mr. 'Williams's Cambridgeshire, and the
Third by Mr. Standish's Symmetress.
The Ribble (16 dogs) Stake's were won by Mr. Sampson'',
Clown; Mr. Craven's Canto ran up.
THE ASHDOWN PARK MEETING, FEB. 17, 18, 19,