The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert still continues in the strictest privacy.
Sir Henry Wheatley arrived to-day at the Castle. Sir
Henry will dine this evening with the Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Royal Suite, and will also remain to sleep at the
Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended a
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England yester-
day, in Hanover-square. In the evening, his Royal High •
ness, attended by Colonel Keate, dined at the Hall of Com-
merce, Threadneedle• street.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Woodham, Mr. Hanley,
Mr. Hawant, and Mr. Alhx, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
Mr. Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps and
Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
The Hon. Manners Sutton had an interview with Lord
Wharncliffe yesterday at the Council-office.
Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations for a grand Parlia-
mentary dinner, on Saturday, the 17th inst., at his residence
in Whitehall-gardens.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Dean,
Chairman of the Customs, had interviews with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. The Lords present were the Lord Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, Lord Brougham, Lord Abinger, Lord Campbell, Mr.
Baron. Parke, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the
Judge of the Admiralty Court.
The Solicitor,General was heard on an appeal from the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The Right Hon. John
Wilson Croker, one of the executors of the late Marquis of
Hertford, and also a legatee named in a codicil, dated 28th
October, 1838, at Milan, v. the Most Hon. Richard Seymour
Conway. Marquis of Hertford, and also the Right Hon.
William Baron Lowther, E. Hopkinson, Esq., S. H. de
Horsey, Esq., and H. Meynell, Esq.
Dr. Harding followed on the same side. Lord Brougham
then intimated that their Lordships would adjourn the further
hearing of the case until Wednesday the 14th inst.
Sir Glades Wetherell, Mr. Kindersley, Queen's Counsel,
and Dr. Addams, attended for the respondent.
Baron Koller, first Secretary to the Austrian Embassy, sat
in Court during the proceedings.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough arrived at Far-
rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesday evening.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at:ten minutes before Four
o'Clock.

Several petitions for private Bills were presented.
The Earl of LINCOLN brought up the First Report of the
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Donnington, in
Northamptonshire, praying for protection to the agricultural
interest.

Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from the
licensed victualleri of Northampton and Stoney Stratford.
praying that the dues now paid by them for the shops and
warehonsesittivbinh their stock in trade was stored, might be
repealet.
NOTICES OF MOTION—SLAVE-TRADE.

Lord PALMERSTON said, that in consequence of the
unsatisfactory statement recently made in another place on
the part of the Government, with regard to the negotiations be-
tween this country and France on the subject of the Slave-trade
Treaty, it was his intention to move on Monday, the 19th inst.,
that an humble address be presented to her Majesty representing
to her the deep abhorrence with which the people of this coun-
try regard slavery, and beseeching her Majesty not to consent
to any alteration or modification of any of the treaties now in
force with foreign countries, which would tend to render more
easy the commission of so detestable a crime.
EDUCATION.

On the motion for the Order of the Day being read, for the
House going into a Committee of Supply,
Mr. W YSE said he wished to ask a question of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. The Right Hon. Gentleman had already de-
clared that the great ignorance which privailed through-
out England could only be eradicated by education ' • and,
having yesterday declared that it was not his in-
tention to add any clauses to the Factories Bill
respecting education, or to propose any measure to Parlia-
ment on the subject, he begged leave to ask whether it was the
intention of her Majesty's Government to ask, during the pre-
sent session, for any enlarged grant of money, or whether they
would adopt any other means to extend the benefits of educa-
tion ?

Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was not prepared to answer
the question of the Right Honourable Gentleman. It
was not the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to ask for any increased grant of money. With
regard to the Orders is Council passed on the subject of educa-
tion, there were come orders on the subject which would be
produced if the Right Hon. Gentleman chose to move for
them.