The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - The following bulletin of
the Queen's health was issued this morning :
" Windsor Castle, Aug. 8, 1844, 8 A.m.
" The Queen has slept perfectly well.
" Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on
quite favourably.

" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
"ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D."

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert yesterday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airing in an open carriage this morning. In the after-
noon the Royal Family were taken in the gardens.
The Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton,
Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, left the
Castl6 this morning, the former for town, and the latter
for St. Leonard's.
The Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting, and Mr.
R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting on her Majesty,
also took their departure from the Castle to-day.
A number of the Nobility and Gentry called during
the day, at the Castle, to make inquiry after the health
of the Queen. Among them were, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Thomond, Sir Edward and Lady Disbrowe
and Miss Disbrowe, Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. La-
bouchere, Lady Grenville, Lieut.-General Lord Charles
Manners, Lord George Manners, Colonel Sir George,
Lady and Miss Couper, Sir W. Fremantle, Miss Her-
vey, Miss Hervey Bathurst, Captain Copeland.
R. N., Countess of -Ripon, the Honourable the Dean
of Windsor and the Honourable Mrs. Hobart,
Colonel Wood (of Littleton), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas
Wood, General the Hon. Sir William and Lady Lumley.
Hon. Emily King, Captain and Mrs. Forbes, Rev. R. J.
Gould, Rev. Charles W. Knyvett, Hon. W. and Mrs.
Fitztnaurice, Hon. Henry and Mrs. Ashley, Mr. Har-
court, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gosling Captain and Mrs.
Bulkeley, vid Captain Howard Vyse.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back in the afternoon, attended by Major-General
Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince returned
shortly before seven o'clock.
This evening the Queen is going on in every respect
as well as possible.

A bulletin of the health of her Majesty is daily sent
from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, and is
shown at the porter's-lodge, in the south wing, as well
as at the equerry's door in Pimlico.
The Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess
Mary left town yesterday evening for Kew.
The Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Sax(!,
Weimar, honoured the Marchioness of Londonderry
with their company at the fête given at Rose Bank
yesterday. In the evening, the Duke of Cambridge and
the Grand Duke proceeded to Kew.
Lord Stanley returned to town from Tonbridge Wells.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
offiae, froM the Governor of Gibraltar and the Mauri-
tius.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, AUGUST 8.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 2.—Xarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, from Plymouth ;
Fanny cutter, Sir E. Scott, Bart., from Southampton ;
Flower of Yarrow cutter, Marquis of Conyngham, from
Kingstown, Ireland.
3d.—Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Houghton, Bart., from Dover.
6th.— Falcon yawl, John Beardmore, Esq., from Ports-
mouth ; Naiad cutter, John Quantuck,Esq.,from Weymouth.
7 th.—Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., from Plymouth.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Galatea, Xarifa, Ariel, Georgian, Flirt, Bril-
liant, Camilla, Gem, Fairy, Resolution, Zeplivretta.
Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, iiebe, Emerald,
Petrel, Reindeer, Whim, Aurora, Corsair, Nymph, Witcb,
Osprey, Ariadne, Flower of Yarrow, Fanny, Ganymede,
Naiad, Owen Glendower, Noran, Spider, Medina, Adelaide,
Wave, Dove.
Yawls—Claude, Breeze, Stormfinch, Eagle, Falcon.
IN HARBOUR.

Schooner—Hawk.
Cutters—Therese and Will-o'-the-Wisp.
The following fashionables are residing here :—Sir Belling-
ham Graham and family, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Mar-
quis of Blandford, the Marchioness Wellesley, Lord Dillon,
the Duchess of Montrose, Lord Clonbrock, Sir William Mon-
tagu, Lady James Graham, Sir H. Webster, Thomas Halli-
.fax, Esq., Thomas Legh, Esq., Powell, Esq., G. H. Ackers,
Esq., John Mills, Esq., Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Esq ,h
Lady Cadogan, A. Hill, Esq., John Congreve, Esq., Alfred
Montgomery, Esq., Lady Stradbroke, Lady Fitzgerald,
Spencer de Horsey, Esq., Lady Isabella Blachford, Mrs.
Amphlett, H. Hope, Esq., George Norbury, Esq., and family,
and Captain G. St. John Mildmay.
The 501. Cup was won on Tuesday by the Corsair cutter
yacht, of 84 tons, beating the Ariadne 35 minutes in the
sail round the islanl. The next match is on Tuesday next,
for another 501. Cup, between schooners of 150 tons and up-
wards. _

On Wednesday the R.Y.S. annual dinner.
On Thursday the fireworks.
On Friday the ball.
On Saturday her Majesty's Plate, value 100 guineas, is to
be sailed for by cutters of 105 tons and upwards. Minor
sports fill up the week.
Lord A. Fitzclarence arrived this day, and has taken apart-
ments at the Globe, on the Marine Parade; as has several
other noblemen and gentlemen. The Royal yacht is ex
petted down early next week. Preparations are also making
at Osborne, and it is said Lady Lyttelton, the Prince of
Wales, and the Princesses, will take up their abode there in a
few days.

BRIGHTON, THURSDAY.—The race week has not
brought us so large an influx of fashionable company as
usual. We never saw such a paucity of patrons of the
turf on the Brighton course the first day as we saw yes-
terday, and it is very evident that the Brighton meeting
is declining. ; and the absence. of gambling booths and
thimble tables contribute to the prevailing dullness.
The Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Chesterfield, the
Marquis of Exeter, Lord Maidstone, Captain Rous, Mr.
Gratwicke, the Hon. Mr. Petre, the Hon. Captain
Fitzroy, Mr. Scott Stonehewer, Mr. Baldwin, the Hon.
Mr. Ongley, and the officers of the Enniskillen Dragoons,
were among the company. We believe the Earl of
Chesterfield, who has been for some time indisposed,
intends to remain here at :present for the benefit of his
health. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea are pro •
tracting their stay at the Bedford Hotel, where the Earl
of Ilehester is also staying. Sir Thomas and Lady
Baring have taken a house in Brunswick-terrace, and
Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, has taken a

house in Kemp Town.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Yesterday the
half-yearly meeting of this Company took place at the
London Tavern .and was numerously attended. The
Chair,was taken by Henry Bosanquet, Esq. The meet •
ing was also made special for consolidating some of
the new shares into capital stock, to decide on the devia-
tion of the branch from Ely to March, there to meet
a direct extension line from York by Doncaster, Lin-
coln, Boston, and Spalding, to be constructed by the
Midland and York and North Midland Railway Com-
panies, and also for limiting the projected line from Hert-
ford to Hitchin and Bedf )rd, to Hitchin only (the Lon-
don and Birmingham Company having agreed to form
Bletchley to Bedford), towards which the Directors pro-
posed to apply the extension stock No. 2, which will not
now be required for the proposed line from Ely to Lin-
coln. From the report it appeared that immediate mea-
sures were being taken for constructing the branch line
from Stratford to the Thames. An Act of Parliament
had been obtained for certain deviations in the Newport
line. By the union of this with the other rival company
the branch railway from Colchester to Harwich would
be secured by an Act in the next session. The Direc-
tors recommended a dividend at the rate of four shil-
lings per share on the new shares, and three shillings per
share on the old shares. From the balance sheet it
appeared that the half-year's receipts amounted to
63,43 g. 16s. 2d., which left a net balance of 20,5911.
14s. 5d., which was the Colchester line. This, with the
net balance of 051/. 4s. 9d. from the Cambridge line,
and another balance, left for a dividend 25,2761. 16s. 3d.
The balance in band on the capital account was
18,3571. 10s. 2cl. After some discussion amongst the
proprietors the report was adopted, and the various reso-
lutions founded upon it were passed unanimously. It
appeared from the engineer's statement that the line
from Hertford to Hitchin would now only cost 200,0001.,
and that the whole communication to Cambridge and
Norwich would be completed in the course of next year.
On the motion of Mr. Kettricx, seconded by Mr. E.
Whittle, thanks were voted to the Chairman and
Directors, when the meeting separated.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A correspondent,
who dates from the Yate station of the Bristol and Glou-
cester Railway, communicates the following unfortunate
accident:—" There was a man killed near here on the
railroad on Saturday. The accounts vary, but the most
consistent story I have heard states, that on the above
evening he was coming down by the Gloucester train,
and either forgot or was too late to get out at Charfield;
he called to the engineer to stop, but his request being
unheard, he got out of the carriage, either to induce him
to stop or jump off, when his foot slipped and he fell on
the rail, and the wheels severed his head from his body
instantly."—Bristol Journal.
FIRE AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STA-
TION.—Last night, shortly after eleven o'clock, consider-
able alarm was created at the western portion of the
Great Western Railway, by a fire breaking out in the
premises connected with the station at Paddington. The
cause appears to have been from the spontaneous igni-
tion of some cotton wipings. The building in which the
fire broke out contained a great quantity of the most
inflammable articles, such as turpentine, oil, rope, and
cotton waste. The Company's servants having exerted
themselves to the utmost, succeeded in extinguishing the
fire before the brigade engines arrived. The damage
was confined to the destruction of a quantity of cotton
and the binns, the storehouse being only triflingly burnt.
FIRE AT CHELSEA.—A fire broke out last night, in
the premises occupied by. Mr. A. Roman'l, tailor and
clothier, carrying on business at No. 35. King's-road,
Chelsea. It was caused through a young female passing
through the shop with a lighted candle in her hand, a
spark from which fell upon a pile of wearing apparel,
setting the whole in a blaze. The stock being of that
easily ignitable nature, a great quantity was consumed
before the fire could be extinguished. The parish and
King-street brigade engines were promptly on the spot.
Mr. Rommel is fully insured in the *uu Fire-office.