The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 8.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot.
ing this morning, accompanied by his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord John Russell,
and the Right Hon. C. Shaw Lefevre, and attended
by Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B.
Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson
Gower, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Rev. Lord
Wriothesley Russell, and the Right Hon. the Speaker
and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner. The Queen's private band
afterwards attended in the Castle.
Lord Waterpark has relieved Lord Camoys in his
duty as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore has relieved Lieut.-General Sir Edward
Bowater, in his duty as Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The bind of the Coldstream Guards attended
during dinner in the Castle yesterday evening, and
performed the following selection :
Overture, " Joseph" Mehul.
Valse, "Ls Cot beille Fleur" Barret.
Selection, " La Figlia del Regi-
mento"
Quadrille, "Ernani" Jullien.
Glee, "Blow gentle gales" Sir H. Bishop.
Dlarch, " Carl Baron Prandau.
Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in at.
tendance, and played the following pieces :
Overture, " Stradella" . Flotow.
Melange, "Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer.

Her Royal Highness toe Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Baroness de Speth, arrived at Clarence
House, St. James's, at half-past eleven o'clock yes-
terday morning, from her residence, Frogmore. Her
Royal Highness paid a visit to her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and
in the afternoon left town on her return to Frogmore.

THE LOBSTERS. A FABLE.
(From Punch.)
As a young Lobster roamed about,
Itself and mother bt,th being out.
Their eyes at the same moment fell
On a boiled Lobster's scarlet shell.
"Look," said theyoungster, "is it true
That we might wear so bright a hue?
No coral, if I trust mine eye,
Can with its startling brilliance vie;
While you and I must be content
A dingy aspect to pr.,sent."
" Proud heedless fool," the parent cried;
"Know'st thou the penalty of pride?
The tawdry finery you wish
Has ruined that unhappy fish.
The hue so much by you &Bind
By his destruction was acquired.
So be contented with your lot,
Nor seek to change by going to pot."

.....on Friday iast
FATAL POACHING AFFRAY.
rley, William Chew,'
y tbe amt keeper of
about noon, three men named GeorgebDa
and J. M. Rennison, b engaged in poaching on
were observed b 3
Sir Thomas D. Legard, Bart., to
Scarborough. The game-
keeper, estate at Canton Wold.he
assistance of Eix other men,
with the poachers upon land
keeper, having procured i
and came up
.who held. a gu in his
went in pursuit,
in the lord,hip of Foxhole. Chew,_
hand, presented it at the keeper, desiring him to stand off or
other, however, rot daunted, seized hold
he would fire. The _
~,,, .
!:ndeavot.r.... to wrest it from the poacher,
of the weapon and
an attempt in which he was seconded by his assistants.
Dailey then came forward with a large and extremely sharp
knife, and while he caught hold of the muzzle of the gun
with his loft hand, attempted to cut the men's hands so as
to force them to relinquish their grasp. lie was, however,
pinioned from behind by another of the keeper's assistants,
and just ift, this moment the gun went off, lodging its con-
tents in the lower pat of Darley's body. The unhappy man
instantly fell back mortally wounded, exclaiming, "D-
-thee, thou halt done for me now :" lie expired in a few
minutes afterwards, before any medical or other assistance
could be procured. On Monday last an inquest was held on
the body of the deceased, before Mr. E. D. Conyers, coroner
of the district, when the facts above cietailed were de, osed
to by the nifferent witnesses. Neither the keeper nor the
other men engaged in the affray could account for the gun
going off, but expressed their belief that the trigger was not
intentionally pulled by any one. The jiry hereupon returned
a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure." Deceased was a
labouring man) Pun, ad unmarried. ____