The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
The Marqus de Viluma, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from her Majesty the Queen of
Spain, had an audience of her Majesty. His Excellency
was introduced by. the Earl of Aberdeen, K. 'F., her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master
of the Ceremonies.

The Queen was attended by Viscount Hawarden,
Lord in Waiting, and Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in
Waiting.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Royal suite and the Household, attended
Divine service yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal,
Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by MC.
George Edward Anson, went on Saturday morning to
the office_of the Duchy of Cornwall in Somerset House.

Her Majesty and' Prince Agiert walked in the
royal gardens on Saturday.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily
airing .on Saturday in the royal gardens of Bucking-
ham Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager returned to Marl-
borough House, attended by her suite, at half-past seven
o'clock, on Friday evening, from her residence, Bushy
House, Bushy Park.
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel,
South Audley-street.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the De-
puty Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing -street.
The Duke of Wellington, h Duke of Rutland, and
Sir F. Trench, attended the early service in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. . The Rev. Dr.
Wesley read the prayers, and the Rev. T. Mills preached
the sermon.

The Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquises of Salis-
bury and Northampton, Lords Devon, Wilton, Howe,
Colville, Ingestre, Alford, Palmerston, and De Manley,
Ladies Wilton, Palmerston, and C. Sanfofd, attended the
daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yester-
day. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and
the lessons by the Rev. C. Packmaa. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. T. Mills.
The anthem was " I have set God " (Goldu in). The
musical service was Nares, in F, and the Sanctus,
Hawes, in F.

The agent for Jamaica, accompanied by Mr. M‘Gre-
gor, and a Deputation on the subject of Sugar had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sa-
turday.
The Lord Chancellor has left town for Turville Park.

Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and
also from South Australia, were received on Saturday, at
the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday, and resumed the appeal " William Meddow-
croft v. Harriet Huguenin." from the Prerogative Court
of Canterbury. Dr. Addams was heard for the re-
spodent, and Dr. Phillimore was heard in reply. Lord
Brougham gave judgment on the part of their Lord-
ships, affirming the decision of the Court below with
costs. The Court then rose.

Lady Peel has issued invitations for assemblies on
Saturday, the 18th, and on Wednesday, the 22d instant,
in Whitehall-gardens.

IRISH SOCIETY.—The supporters of the above As-
sociation, establiShed for promoting the education of the Irish
peasantry through the medium of the vernacular language of
the country, held their twenty-second annual meeting yester-
day afternoon, at Hanover-square. George Finch, Esq.,
presided, and called upon the Rev. Secretary for the report of
the Society's operations during the past year. The report
furnished a detailed account of the proceedings of the Society
in the sister country, and stated that in the King's County
district, notwithstanding the hostility of the priests, the pro-
gress of the Society, and consequently of Scriptural instruc-
tion, had much advanced during the past year. In that dis-
trict alone were no fewer than 8,000 scholars, not one of
whom had been found in possession of a repeal card, to attend
a repeal meeting, or to be in any way favourable to the move-
ment. A favourable report was also made of the state of
affairs in Donegal, where against threats of violence and
punishment the teachers were resolved to proceed. The
Society's schools in Drumclair, Cork, Kerry, and other parts
of the country, were also in a satisfactory condition. The
schools in Ireland numbered altogether 797, containing
17,301 scholars, of whom 1,235 were adults. The total in-
come of the Society during the past year amounted to
4,1071. 13s. 6d., a sum exceeding the expenditure by
121/. 6s. Ild. On the motion of Viscount Bernard, M.P.,
the report was adopted, and the meeting, after hearing
speeches' from. several reverend gentlemen, and passing reso-
lutions favourable to the cause in which the Society was en:
gaged, separated.
A FACT FOR TEE LEAGUERS.—At a recent meet-
ingsitu situate in the midst of an
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the ofcharitytrustees the
agriculturalbc,ro ugh
doifsict, Faversham,there
were no less than 154 applications for assistance, and
although the funds at the disposal of these gentlemen
are very ample, yet such is the constant and pressing
demand on them, they had only the means of relieving
three very distressing cases. Se much for the benefits
of protection to the agricultural part of the. community.
—Dover Chronicle.
EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE BOILER.—On Wed-
nesday morning last, great alarm was created in the station
yard of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, at Lon-
don-road, near Carlisle, by the explosion of a boiler
of the Adelaide locomotive engine. The engine had
just arrived in the station yard, with a train of empty
coal waggons, from the Canal basin, and having
taken in a supply of coke, the engine-driver was about to
start forward, when a terrific noise was heard, and the whole
train became enveloped in a dense cloud of steam and smoke.
On examination, it was found that, owing to some cause not
yet precisely' ascertained, the upper part of the' fire-box of
the engine had burst, and that with such tremendous force
hid the steam rushed forth, that it had lifted the engine
bodily from the rails to a distance of eighteen inches, and
striking the engine-man between the legs and on the lower
part of the body, had thrown him backwards a distance of
several yards; he was found at the bottom of the fourth coal
Waggon from the tender. The stoker, who was standing on
the top of the coke in the tender, was thrown into the first
coal waggon. The engine-man was insensible; the lower
part of his body was dreadfully scalded, his head much bruised,
and he had several contusions about his face. The stoker
was severely, though not dangerously, injured. The engine-
man was on Friday going on favourably, but not out of
danger. The stoker is rapidly recovering.—Leeds Times.
B.INGWoon.—A fine covey of eleven partridges
were discovered e few days since on Potterne Farm, by
the keeper at Verwood, Dorset. The birds were strong,
and must have been- hatched, full ; a fortnight, as they
could fly a short distance; so early a brood is considered
of rare occurrence.—Hampshire Independent.