The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-26 00:00:00

WINDSOR, AUG. 25.

Yesterday the KING rode out in his pony phaeton, and
the QUEEN took her usual exercise on horseback.

Yesterday Lord and Lady JERSEY arrived, and had the
honour of dining- and passing the evening with their Ma-
jesties

This morning Lady EitsKINE and Sir CHARLES
THORNTON returned to the Castle.

ihis morning the KING inspected the 2d Regiment of
Life Guards, the Grenadier Guards, a tro,,p of the Royal
Blues, and let Regiment of Guards. These reriments
afterwards went through the usual parade movements and
retired.

The ()CIES, accompanied by her Ladiesand Gentlemen
of the Corot, attended Divine Service this morning in
St. George's Chapel. The Rev. J. GORE and the Rev.
the Dean of WINDSOR read the service, and the Rev. W.
LONG, the Canon in residence, preached an eloquent sermon
from the text of the 6th chap. of Matthew, v. 1.1. The
anthem, " I have surely built thee a house," BOYCE. Mr.
SKEATS presided at the organ.
This afternoon at Mur o'clock the KING and QUEEN
rode out in an open carriage, accompanied by Lord and
Lady JERSEY.
To-morrow the KING will review the 2d Life Guards
in the Home Park, and will be escorted to the ground by
a Guard of Honour formed of a troop of the Royal Blues
and Ist of Life Guards.

The company on the terrace this afternoon was nume•
rous and fashionable.

COURT CIRCULAR.

His 3IAJEs.ry, attended by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, left
town twenty minutes before seven o'clock, on Friday even..
ing, on his return to Windsor Palace. The KING gave
audiences in the course of the afternoon, at St. James's, to
the Hanoverian 'Minister and Viscount DUNCANNON.

The KING will hold a Levee next Wednesday, at St.
James's. The following notice was issued on Saturday,
at the Lord Chamberlain's office :—"Notice is hereby
given, that his Majesty's next Levee will be on Wednes-
day, the 28th inst."

The Duchess of CUMBERLAND, accompanied by the
Princes ALEXANDER and CHARLES of Sor.Ms, honoured
the Archbishop of CANTERBURY with a visit on Friday
afternoon, at Lambeth Palace. His Grace conducted his
visiters through the principal parts of the edifice. The
Royal Duchess and the Princes afterwards took their de-
parture for Kew.
A meeting of the Conference on the affairs of the Ne-
therlands, was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign
Office. The Ministers who attended were occupied three
hours in deliberation. There were present the Russian,
Austrian, and French Ambassadors, the Prussian Minis.
ter, the Baron de Wessenbure ; the Austrian Special
Minister ; the two Dutch Special Plenipotentiaries ; Baron
VERSIOLK and M. DEDICL ; and Viscount PALMERSTON.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial
Office from the Earl of 111ULGRAVE, the Governor of
Jamaica; and from Mr. BaLroua, the Lieutenant-
Governor of the Bahama Islands.

The Archbishop of DUBLIN visited Ea') Uocs ou
Saturday.

SURREY THEATRE.

The illaulger of this Theatre (aud deservedly so) con-
tinues to enjoy no small proportion of the public patronage.
On Saturday a new melo-drama was produced, entitled
the Felon of New York, adapted from the French by
Mr. OSBALDI,ION. Like most of the French meld-dramas
it contains improbabilities and exaggerations, hut taken as
a whole, is likely, we think, to become a favourite. The
principle character in the piece Anholt, the Felon, was
sustained by OsitAnnisroN in. his usual admirable
manner; VALE, as Jonquille, was as funny as ever;
ROGERS, though out of his line was perfectly at home.
Mrs. WEsi, and Mrs. WILKINSON, made the most of the
little they had to do, and C. HILL, RU FALL, aud the
1 ttle sylph ViNceNr, came in for their share of the
applause of a house crowded to the ceiling. The piece
was announced by OSBALDIsTON for a repetition on
Monday (this day) amidst the most unequivocal marks of
approbation. JONATHAN BRADFORD is still as great a
favourite as ever, and promises fair to verify our prediction,
that it would have as great a run as Black Eyed Susan.
The entertainments of the evening concluded with a laugh.
able Farce, entitled the Lord Mayor's Fool, which
called forth thunders of applause from the gods.

POST OFFICE ABUSES.—HOLBEACH,
AUG. :.?.1.-Notwithetantling the boat of the Duke of
lltcumuzin that every attention is paid to the Post Office
department, it is far from being in a state of perfection.
Th, postage of a letter from Holheach to Wisheach (14
miles), if the letter be legally sent, is 10d. Of one from
Holbeach to Feet (two miles), 1 Id. This is an inconve-
nience which has long been felt, and might easily be
obviated.— Li itcela 3fereury.
GREAT PROPERTY CASE AT CORK As-
,,TzLs.—At the Cork Assizes, on Monday, the great pro-
perty case, between Mr. BECHER and Lord BANDON,
was brought to a conclusion. The Jury returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, Mr. BECHER, 33,'250/., including the
lands of Illthonra, calculated at 19 years' purchase.

. .
According to the last accounts from Toplitz,
the meeting of the Emperor of Austria and the King of
Prussia has been delayed in consequence of both Sovereigns
being suddenly seized with fever.— Times.
NEW STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—
On Saturday evening a number of Gentlemen interested
in Mr. Stevens's New Plan for Propelling Steam Vessels,
met at the National Gallery of Practical Science. Adelaide
street, by the permission of its liberal and spirited pro-
prietors, for the purpose of taking measures to form a Com-
pany, to be railed " The Safety Stem Packet Company,"
which should use Mr. SteVenies patent paddles. About
forty or fi'ty gentlemen, chiefly engaged in scientific pur-
suits, were present. Charles Toplis, Esq., Vice-President
of the Mechanics Institution, having been called to the
chair, Mr. &evens stated to the meeting the advantages of
his paddles, which were at the time working on the piece
of water in the room. He explained the principal ad-
vantages to be, the prevention of swell and of backwater,
the saving of power, and consequently of fuel, and added
that Dr. Birkbeek, in one of his lectures, had styled these
paddles the pie plus ultra of invention ; and that Captain
Durand, one of the Directors of the General Steam Na-
vigation Company, had stated in his evidence before the
Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to in-
quire into Steam-boat Navigation, some two or three years
hack, that his patent paddles were the only ones which
would ultimately be used for propulsion on rivers and
canals, although he had doubts as to whether they could
be made available at sea. He (Mr. Stevens) would not
eta( ^ into the reasons which made bum think these doubts
ill-founded, as all that was proposed at present was, to
establish a Company for the Navigation of the River
Thames. His proposal was to give the use of his paddles
to the Company without remuneration, till each share.
holder had received 10 per cent., when the patentees pro-
posed to divide with the Company the remaining prefies.
Each shareholder was to have the privilege of travelling in
the steam-vessel, first to be started free of cost. Several
gentlemen present expressed their confidence in the success
of the paddles, and resolutions were entered into for rais-
ing a capital of 3,000/, in shares of 25/., for building a
steam-boat, to he propelled by the patent paddles, and to
ply on the River Thames; and a number of ,bares was
subscribed for on the spot. Thanks having been voted to
the Chairman, in making his acknowledgments, be stated
that his favourable opinion of Mr. Stevens's paddle had
been confirmed by experiments he had witnessed, made
with a boat of IS tons, the machinery of which had been
worked by men, and which were decidedly successful. The
meeting then broke up, evidently confident of speedily at-
taining their object of bringing the patent paddles into
beneficial operation.