The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.-'ne Queen and Pri
Albert walked this morning in the pleasure groin
adjacent to the Castle. 4
Lord George Lennox left the Castle to-day. -0
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived nt the Castle
this afternoon, on avi .it to the Queen. Earl Spencer
and the Viscountess Palmerston are also expected to
arrive this evening on a visit to her Majesty.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the, Bet-
glans left the Castle shortly before four o'clock this
afternoon for Frogmore House, and paid a visit to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their
usual airings to-day in the Castle pleasure grounds.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out
this afternoon.

The Countess of Desert has left the Castle. The
Viscountess Jocelyn has arrived from her residence
at Richmond, and has succeeded the Countess as the
Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
The Earl of Morton and Sir Edward Bowater
have taken their departure from the Castle, and have
been succeeded by Lord Byron and Mr. R. Orinsby
Gore, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Excellency ➢lons. Van de Weyer, La Mar-
quise de Trazeynies, the Lady in Waiting of the
Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Earl
Spencer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord
and Lady John Russell, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.
Anson, and Major de tioerkerke.
The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend
during dinner. The Queen's private band will after-
wards attend in the Castle.

The Bishop of Manchester had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl of Harrowhy
had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon.
Baronet, at the Home- office.

Mr. Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday, at the Colonial-office.
Lord and Lady John Russell left their residence in
Richmond Park yesterday afternoon, for Windsor
Castle.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius.

THE ANTI-GOLD LAW LEAGUE.
MR. COBDEN AND MR. BENNOCH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—Why did Mr. Bennoch disguise from Mr.
Cobden, that one of the objects of the Anti-Gold-law
League is to substitute a silver standard at the fixed
price of ss. 6d. per oz. for the present gold standard
at 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. ?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
R. W. DICKINSON.
Ilfracombe, Jan. 25, 1848.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER TUESDAY.
CHESTER CM-20 to 1 agst Blaze (taken), 30 to 1
agst Jonathan Wild (taken), 33 to 1 agat Swallow
(taken), 40 to 1 agst Clumsy (taken), 40 to 1 agat Swiss
Boy (taken), 40 to 1 agst Stultz (taken), 50 to 1 agst
Cracow (taken), 50 to 1 art War Eagle (taken).
I)Ennr.-9 to 1 agat Surplice, 13 to 1 agst Glendower
(taken), 20 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken), 20 to 1
agst Assault, 30 to 1 ap,t Beverlac, 33 to 1 agat Cervus,
35 to 1 agst Sesostris, 35 to 1 agst Keraun.
LEAMINGTON AND SOUTHAM STEEPLE-

CHASES.
The stewards have decided that all bets made upon
these chases prior to the frost shall " stand," whether
the races come off next week, or in the event of a further
postponement becoming necessary.

TilE WEATHER.—Yesterday morning the guards
who arrivel at the General Post-office by the different
railway mail trains stated that many parts of the country,
especially in the north, are covered several feet deep
ith snow, and the water completely frozen over several
inches thick; so that in all probability canal communi-
cation, should the present frost continue a few days,
will be closed to navigation in the eastern, western, end
midland counties. The fall of snow has been very
heavy also in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and parts of
Surrey. Yesterday numerous cart loads of ico from the
environs of the metropolis were shot into the ice-houses
of the confectioners and fishmongers. The Serpentine
in Hyde Park. the pieces of water in St. James's Park
and Regent's Park denoted the probability of soon
affording amusement to skaters. In the north of France
the fall of snow during the present week has been very
heavy, and the waters in the vicinity of St. Omer, Ber •
guns, and Calais are frozen, forming an immense sheet
of ice.
RUMOURED ROYAL VISIT.—It is stated that the
King of Prussia will pay a visit to Queen Victoria in
the course of the spring, when the " Shield of Faith, "on
which the artists are busily engaged, will bo presented
to the Yrince of Wales.

IMPORTANT EXPEDITION IN
SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
The public will learn with great satisfaction that
the Government having determined that no expense
shall be spared in providing an efficient expedition to
proceed in search of Captain Sir John Franklin,
K.C.8., and his gallant companions in the arctic
regions, the Admiralty have spared no pains, and
have lost no time, in meeting the wishes of the Go-
vernment and the public generally by providing
superior ships, and selecting an efficient officer to
command this perilous enterprise. With reference
to ships, we may state that two vessels have already
been purchased, one of 420 tons, from Messrs. Green,
to be called the " Resolution," the well-known name
of Captain Cook's discovery ship ; and the other,
of 470 tons, from Messrs. Wigram, of Blackwall,
to be called the " Endeavour," the name of
the famous circumnavigator's first ship. They
are entirely new, and the names of the builders
are a sufficient guarantee of their qualities in every
respect essential for such a service as that to which
they are to be devoted. -With respect to the office:-
who is selected to command this expedition, when
we mention that it is the gallant and distinguished
Captain sir James Clark Ross, Knight, D.C.L.,
F.R.S., who returned about four years since upon
a polar voyage (and who is the nephew of that
other celebrated arctic voyager, Captain Sir John
Ross, C.B ), the most unanimous confidence will
be reposed in him as an excellent seaman, an effi-
cient officer, and a most skilful and experienced
navigator. In his appointment to command ail I
conduct such an expedition, an assurance will he
felt that everything that can be done will be ac-
complished to gain tidings of, and to afford succour,
if required, to Sir John Franklin and his gallant
band of adventurers ; while at the same time we
shall have the satisfaction to know, that what by any
possibility can be effected in the way of solving the
grand problem, the pursuit of which has already cost
so much, and in which so many gallant lives have
been sacrificed, will at least be bravely attempted by
Captain Sir James Clark Ross, in the Resolution and
the Endeavour. Already we have heard that many
of Sir James's old shipmates, who are not with
Franklin, are desirous of casting their lot with him a
second time amongst the eternal ice fields, and we
are certain that by the time the ships are ready fitted
by Messrs. Green and IVigram, which by their
contract will be about the Ist of April, as efficient a
complement of officers and seamen will be collected
as ever devoted themselves to any national enterprise.
The Resolution and Endeavour will follow Sir John
Franklin's track as close as possible.—Herald.

DEATH OF lilt. JOSEPH BELL,

OF EDINBURGH.

It is with sincere regret that we have to announce
the death of one of the most distinguished medical
practitioners in Edinburgh, Dr. Joseph Bell. The
melancholy event took place in his house in George-
street, on the evening of Saturday last, about nine
o'clock. The cause was, we believe, typhus fever,
caught in the discharge of his professional duties.
Up to Wednesday the 12th, Dr. Bell was in the enjoy-
ment of his usual health ; on the following day, he
was seized with illness, which continued to increase
until he was cut off in the midst of his fame and his
usefulness. The present season, it has been remarked,
has been peculiarly severe on the members of the
medical faculty, several of whom have been attacked
by fever; but perhaps the heaviest blow they have
sustained is the loss of Dr. Joseph Bell. By the
public and the profession he was universally
esteemed. Few stood higher, or enjoyed a wider
reputation than he did. By his brethren he
was held in the greatest respect. The public
placed every confidence in his skill and abilities, as
was testified by his extensive practice. By the poor
his death will be sincerely lamented, for his charity
was unbounded. Ilis professional eminence, com-
bined with the pleasing and gentle amiableness
of his character, endeared him to a wide range
of friends, amongst whom his memory will long be
cherished. Dr. Bell had a sort of hereditary claim
to distinction in his profession. He was the youngest
son of the late Dr. Benjamin Bell, the Liston of
his day, one of the most celebrated operators and
practical surgeons that Scotland can boast of. His
mother was a daughter of Professor Hamilton, who
filled with distinction the Chair of Divinity in the
University of Edinburgh ; so that, by parentage, as
well as by professional celebrity and personal labours,
the name of Dr. Bell has loag been intimately
connected with the medical renown of the Scottish
metropolis. He was warmly attached to the Esta-
blished Church, of which he was an active member,
and, at the time of his death, an elder in St. George's
Church.—Edinburgh Advertiser.