The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the Queen yesterday morning at Buckingham
Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
paid a visit to her Majesty in the afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day afternoon. at a meeting of the Commission for
promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-
building the Palace of Westminster.
His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Commissioners
present were Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne, the
Speaker of the House of Commons, Viscount Mahon,
Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr.
Hallam. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in at-
tendance. Mr. Bezzi, Assistant Secretary, also at-
tended.

The meeting broke up at five o'clock.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her
Majesty the Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at
Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa,
took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of
Buckingham Palace.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen
paid a visit yesterday to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert.

We are authorised to state that, upon the return
of the Court from Osborne, about the middle of June,
the Queen will hold the usual drawing-rooms, and
that it is also her Maejesty's intention to give
balls, Sce.

A very numerous deputation of chairmen, di-
rectors, and officers of the railway companies of
England and Scotland, had a conference yesterday
with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere and Sir
Edward Ryan, Commisioners of Railways, the Right
lion. M. I'. Baines, First Commissioner of Poor-
laws, and Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Under Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, on the sub-
ject of the! rating of railways. The interview took
place in the Privy Council Chamber, Whitehall.
Lord Kinnaird, Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., Sir
Charles Douglas, M.P., Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Mr. Ed-
ward Ellice, jun., M.P., Mr. Greene, M.P., Mr. Mar-
shall, M.P., Colanel Reid, M.P., Mr. Stanford, ALP.,
and other Members of Parliament, accompanied the
deputation. _ _ _

Mr. Bagley had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Houle-office.
The Earl. of Zetland had an interview with Earl
Grey,yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

The anniversary meeting of the Westminster
Ragged Dormitory and Colonial Training School was held
yesterday, at St. idartin's Hall, and presided over by Lord
Ashley. Che grateful thanks of the society were returned to
the committee of the Leicester-square soup kitchen, for the
abundant supply, during the last three months, of 576 gallons
of meat soup awl 144 quartern loaves of bread. It appeared
that among the ragged schools, whose destitute children are
now enjoying the bounty of this admirable kitchen, is the
ragged and industrial school in Pye-street, Westminster, and
it is pleasing to know that the generous continuation of this
timely relief is a great incentive to the little half-starved
outcast seeking the shelter, protection, education and train-
ing of a ragged school. So good and practical a devotion of
food will serve as the best answer to those who think the
poor are not hungry in warm weather, and, at the same time,
it is hoped will establish a good reason why the useful
kitchen in Leicester-square should now receive the hearty
support of the wealthy and the benevolent.

SALE OF THE ADVOWSON OF BRAINTREE, ESSEX.
—Yesterday the perpetual advowson and next presentation
n
titont
to the vicarage of Braintree, Essex, was put up to auction tio
The
the Auction Mart, by the Messrs. Hoggart and
apresentge.
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left 168/. clear, with the parsonage
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valued the property at 2,1001.,
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Hall. The room was filled withemillefdaie ery
asnansnsettsn, someblage of whomprincipt-
composed of respectable
was stated are to emigrate to Australia in the course of a
few days. The Rev. J. Brown was in the chair. The Se-
cretary (the Rev. Mr. Simpson) read the report, which
stated that the number of female servants received in the
Home of this valuable society, now in existence for a period
of fourteen years, has been, during the past year, 423, of
whom 398 were provided with situations. On the 31st of
March last there were 34 servants in the Home; Since
1835, the year of its foundatitn, the society has extended its
aid to 3,500 servants. From the commencement of the re-
gistry system, in 1814, 17,000 servants have placed their
names on the books, and 5,180 families have applied to be
provided with domestics by the society. During the last
year 3,041 servants have registered, and 1,080 families have
made application. The total receipts have been 5411. 14s. 3d.
Ilalanc in the banker's hands on the 31st March,l6l.l9s. sd. ;
1001. of the mortgage of 7001. with which the society is en-
coutnbered has been paid off. Four servants, who had ob-
tained situations from the Home, and retained them with
good characters for three years, were presented with a hand-
somely bound Bible and a sovereign. Their names were,
Hannah Raymond, Ruth Gray, Sarah Morie, and Sarah
Richardson. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J.
Hutchin, Rev. W. Sloman Rowe, Rev. W. Hall, Mr. J.
Rock, Mr. C. Cochrane, and other speakers, who dwelt at
length ou the advantages afforded by the society and its
clams upon public support. The proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the chair man.
DIRECT \VEST-END AND CROYDON RAILWAY:;
After much deliberation, the Master in Chancery Turner l_
' decided that Mr. Alderrn tr. Hooper must Iv: held liable as
contributor in connexion with this concern, princi,l
it
vi"a'wa
evidence of a letter written to the secretary,
stating'aenat com-
mittee, that his name should he on the provniso
rnittee, although he took no shares, attended no
nor consented to act on the provisional conimschanrbg'ieilenttgi:.tight;le
others in that capacity p.id 75/. towards di
8,,,,,The Down
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died on Thursday last,
bounties at many agricuitne I
inflammation of the
her back.
with seven years' isuhcolorrnf
shorn,
let ttli celebrity ffraornff:
d weighed forty-four pounds.-- Wilt-
tl tgisnNcvhaess tihnelecnagutswhe::af!eath. The wool measured twenty-
five
I shire Independent'

PLYMOUTH MAY 9.—Her Majesty's steamer Fire
Queen arrived yesterday afternoon from Pembroke,
and proceeded this morning for Portsmouth.
The Hamoaze and Devon lighters are ordered to
take on board jury masts and gear and proceed to
Liverpool, to bring to this port the lazarette frigate
Lavinia.
The packet brig Seagull, having been repaired, was
taken out of dock on Wednesday.
The Gladiator steamer arrived on the 4th of March
at Madeira, and on the sth, having in tow the Jackal
steam tender, sailed for Sierra Leone, where they ar-
rived on the 16th.
On Tuesday last a boat, belonging to Mr. Rae,
tide-surveyor of her Majesty's
.Customs, picked up
31 kegs of white spirits of brandy on the beach at
Drake's Island; and on Wednesday Lieutenant Cot-
grave, Coast Guard, Devil's Point, secured 59 tubs in
the canteen of the island, and five in the apartment of
the Master Gunner. The French sloop Virginie,
23 tons, has been seized by the Tide-surveyor. She
had five men and a boat capable of containing 260
tubs.

The merchant barque Stratford, Captain Squire,
from the Mauritius, with sugar fur London, passed
up channel this morning, and landed here Mr. Lvin,
with whom she left the Cape of Good Hope on the
13th of March. This gentleman was chief officer of
the Lady Flora, which took out duplicate dispatches
for the removal of the Neptune convict ship, the ori-
ginals of which were conveyed by the Glentanner
emigrant ship. The wool and other description of
trades were dull at the Cape. There was some talk
of removing the Government Dockyard to St. Helena,
and it is said that the East India Company have stopped
their contract for the supply of horses from that co
bony. At Table Bay—The Hindostan steamer, with
the crank of her engine gone; the Eclipse barque and
Tory barque, both for London. The Lady Flora sailed
on the 2d March for Madras and the East Indies.
The Stratford spoke, lon. 39 30 W., lat. 26 31, the
Emma Watts, from Bordeaux for New Orleans, 23
days out; also (no dates), outward bound, the
Compeer, English; Sardinia, America; Princess
Royal, German ; Chorister, English ; and Viscount
DowneP, English; and, homeward bound, the Bru-
net; e, English.
Wind N.W. ; light breeze.
Cukruem, MAY 10.—A fatal accident occurred on
Sunday forenoon to Mr. Thomas Williams, super-
numerary boatswain of the Poictiers, 72, doing duty on
board the African. Mr. 'Williams was in the act of
leaving the ship for the purpose of attending the
dockyard chapel, and as he was descending by the
side of the ladder, his feet slipped and he fell to the
bottom striking his breast on the stancheon of the
manrope. The severe injury he sustained (the breast
bone being broken) rendered it necessary to remove
him immediately to Melville Hospital, but he died in
a few hours. An inquest was held on Wednesday
the qi inst., when a verdict of 16 Accidental death '
was returned. The deceased has left a wife and four
children.

The Vernon, 50 guns, will be put out of dock on
the 11th inst. and placed in ordinary, and the Presi-
dent, 50 guns, will be taken into dock on Monday,
the 13th inst., to undergo a thorough repair.
The Aid naval lighter has arrived with stores from
Deptford. As soon as she has discharged her cargo
she will load at the Gun-wharf with guns and car-
riages, &c., for conveyance to the Essex coast, where
temporary batteries are erected for the purpose of the
Coast Guard men practising the great gun exercise.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, NAY 10. - Masters—Thomas Ed.
wards (1846) and Richard T. Godden (1841) to be
chief officers in the Coast Guard.

Masters' Assistants—Jasper Fittock to the Centaur
steatn-frigate flag-ship, on the west coast of Africag
John A. Bull to the Comet steam-vessel, commis-
sioned for surveying service.
Clerk—Charles Torbet (1847), to the Centaur.
None of the officers appointed to the Prometheus
having arrived at Woolwich this morning, Lieut.
Robertson hoisted the pendant on board that vessel,
and sent on board stokers, and will remain in charge
of the vessel to enter men until the arrival of some
of the officers appointed to her. She is under orders
to be ready to leave Woolwich on the 29th inst. for
Plymouth, where she will take on board the mails of
June lst for the coast of Africa.

The Onyx steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Raymond, was taken out of the basi❑ to-day, and
left for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted
by Captain Johnson, and she will leave Greenhithe
to-morrow fur Dover.

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BIVI King Hal will be probably
Honey, a couple of seasons since, pre-
sented revived,
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soul tour. In
a gorgeous impersonation of the burly tyrant.
GROCERS' AND TEA-DEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRO-
TECTION SOCIETY.— The thirteenth anniversary dinner ot'
this society was held at the London Tavern on Thursday
evening, Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Deputy Governor of
the Bank of England, in the chair, supportei by Matthew
Forster, Esq., M.P., Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Henry
Kemble, Esq., president of the society, the members of
several of the first mercantile firms in the City, and upwards
of 150 gentlemen connected with the trade. The report
shows the receipts for the past year to have been nearly
1,700/., including about 840/. annual subscriptions. Sixty-
three pensioners have been elected on its funds, receiving
from 181. to 301. per annum. Thirty-seven are now living
and in receipt of 822/. annually. The society's funded pro-
perty is 12,600/. The usual loyal toasts were given with
great eclat, and the chairman, in referring to the soundness
of the institution, bore witness to the benefits which resulted
from the exertions of the committees and officers. Among
the stewards' lists of contributions announced during
evening, the more prominent were the lists of H. Bellamy
Webb, Esq., 1261., and the secretary's list 1641.,e Including
30 guineas from Messrs. Travers, and 30
chairman's firm, Thomson, Hankey, and Co.g
col-
lections were 654/. of which 90/. were newannual
toastmaster.
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SUICIDE AT AN HOTEL.--ThUrsisayot
tTiounrns.er,Tahned vocalir. 1 intker departmentoofficiated
altveads
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vered that a gentleman,known, had
pink bars, together
Ityoict,
hanged himself in the course of t the
Wandsworthnightg rla w ae tr
anthe, ,Sh
spe
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'petersham paletot, blue
Eagle Tavern, in the. High-street,
when found
black
lack
swasilk
His clothes, consisting o
de-
ceasedt
row se r'sv,
with a black satin stock, wereine•turned silver lever watch,
four holes, with minute and second
capped and
jewelled
1.133, with the letters " W. H." or
ibnladeesngat one.end, and at the other a
hands, and
woren
numbered
maker's name ; a mother. of-pearl and
The maker's , .
Nit,
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Baker,"
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nariliSN.vas.'ri grayed
and on apiece of silver let
- pencil.
on,
1 rnitiish. Information has been forwarded to Mr. W. Carter,
silver knife,ptwohßiernort
' ' for East Surrey.
the coroner
iswni 1.:(t,
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evei,ri-o
IVRITsUN VACATIoN.--The Registrar-General of
the Court of Chancery has just issued a notification remind-
ing the legal profession that, pursuant to the 2d article of the
Bth of the General Orders of May, 1845, the Whitsun vaca-
tion couthwnces 015 tile 11th of May (this day), and tenni-
mites on the 20th, both days inclusive.
SOMETHING NEW 'UNDER THE SUN.—Another
comet is announced shortly to make its first appearance these
three hundred years. It all the cornets arrive that are pre-
dicted, we doubt it the ,kv will be large enough to hold such
a Posse Comet-atus! - Punch.

The fares by rail from Shrewsbury to Wellington,
11 miles, are now reduced to 6d. first class, 3d. second class,
and third class Id. !

GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—Mr. Healy Almond io
the successful candidate for the valm)ble exhibition (150/.
per annum for ten years) from Glasgow University to Balliol
College, Oxford. Mr. Almond is the son of the Rev. G.
Almond, of Costock, in this county, and grandson of the late
George Almond, Esq., Nottingham.—Nottingham, Journal.