The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WrNmson, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, walked this morning
about the grounds in the vicinity of the Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princesses were taken into the Park to-day.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians went in the
afternoon to St. George's Chapel Royal, and inspected
the sacred edifice. On leaving the Chapel, her Majesty
accompanied the Queen and Prince Albert, and the
Prince of Leiningen, for a drive, in an open carriage and
four.

Count Loewenstein arrived at the Castle to-day, on a
visit to her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken a carriage drive this after-
noon, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Count Bjornstjerna, General Stjernerona, Sir Robert
Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen, took their departure
from the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her
Lady in Waiting, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, will join
the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
illustrious visitors, the Queen of the Belgians and the
Prince of Leiningen, will leave the castle to-morrow, for
town, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Royal suite. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, will accompany the Royal party.
The Court, it is expected, will leave the Castle for
Buckingham Palace after lunch.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday, in a carriage, and visited their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ar-
rived at Cambridge House, from Kew, yesterday morn-
ing. The Royal Duchess returned to her residence at
Kew in the afternoon.

The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel returned to
town yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty, at
Windsor Castle. Sir Robert arrived at Windsor Castle
on Sunday evening, from town.
Mr. George Mathew, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Bahamas, bad an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Lord Nfonteagle had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in
Downing- street.
The Earl of Dalhousie has returned to town from the
North.

His; Excellency Count Bjornstjerna arrived in town
yosterday from a visit to her Majesty at
,Windsor
Castle.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S--YESTERDAY.
SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES (BATH).
2 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 on Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble—taken
10 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Graydon's Roscius—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn
28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Vakeel—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Wrather's Nutwith—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Sirdefield's The Prior
33 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cooke's What
40 to 1 agst Mr. Owen's Xanthus—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Quebec.
The claims of Bramble and Pagan to the premiership were so
nicely balanced, that we cannot do better than quote them at
the odds at which they were backed, leaving the point an
open question. Cattonite was backed at 12 to 1 for all the
money that could be got (no great amount), and left off with-
in a point of the two favourites. 25 and subsequently 28 to
1 was laid against Jamie Forest, 25 and 30 to 1, to a good
sum againstVakeel, and a few bets against others at outside
prices.

DER/SY.
12 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken
28 to 1 agst Ford's lot—do.
3 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's the Ugly Buck—do.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan
20
toto agst Cl. P
agst Sir G.
.oel.s Orlando
Healhcote'sCampanero—t. & aft. off.
25
30 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies
33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—t. and aft. off.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken freely
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Copeland's Imaum—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Etwall's Mainstay
1000 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Cook's Phalaris—taken
3000 to 30 agst Mr. Forth's Ashtead Pet—taken
500 even between Akbar and Apprentice
400 to 200 on King of the Gipsies agst Mainstay.
Very little was done on the two leading favourites ; enough
however, to enable us to quote the ugly Buck at 3 to 1
(takers) and Ratan, (hitherto mispelt Rattan) at 3 to one
layers, even between them and the field. If we add that
Campanero rose to 20 to 1, that Qui Tam was backed freely
at 50 to 1, and that the prices given against King of the
Gypsies, Orlando, and Mount Charles, were taken, we shall
have completed our notice of the betting.
Lord Orford's colt, Boots, who has frequently appeared as
an outside favourite for this race, fell in a trial, on
Saturday last, at Newmarket, broke his leg, and
we are informed, was afterwards destroyed; Wakefield,
who was riding, had his collar bone fractured, his shoulder
dislocated, and his foot crushed ; it will be many months be-
fore he can ride again. An accident of a more serious nature
occured on Frid, at Beverley, to a son of Mr. Peck, the
trainer—Aurora (Sister to Lasso), an Oaks filly, fell in her
gallop, rolled over him, and injured him so seriously that he
died the same evening.

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OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterffeld's Bee—taken
10 to 1-agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken
12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Princess—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken.
The following sporting match was made in the course of
the afternoon.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1844.
DIESDAY.-Mr. Crockford's Ratan, Bst 71b, agst Mr.
Ford's The Odd Mixture, by lon, out of 'Mary Ann, 784 both
3 yrs old, A.F., 500, h. ft.

RATS TN THE HEBRlDES.—Generations have passed
away without seeing a rat on the small island of Tarin-
say, on the west coast of Harris. An innumerable
swarm of these annoying and destructive vermin have
of late spread over the island, notwithstanding the efforts
made by Mr. Macdonald, the tacksman, to extirpate
them. They appear to be increasing so fast that they
threaten to overrun the whole island, and keep violent
possession of it. They are supposed to have come from
the island of Soay, which lies at the distance of about
three miles from Tarinsay, and into which the Earl of
Dunmore, some years ago, ordered rabbits to be sent.
Soon after this, the rats, which were formerly very nu-
merous in the Island of Soay, completely disappeared,
having removed in a body to the neighbouring Island of
Tarinsay, from which they are not inclined to take their
departure in a hurry.—S'cotsman.
His Royal Highness Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria
has left Munich for Florence, where his marriage with the
Princess Augusta of Tuscany is to be celebrated in the month
of May.