The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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Yesterday was her Majesty's birth-day, which 1515
observed at Claremont. The Band of the Coldstreato
Regiment of Foot Guards arrived at Esher on Thursdai
evening, and went to Claremont at an early hour yester"
day morning, to perform a Serenade, under her Yr
jesty's window.
Precisely at seven o'clock the performance commenced",
the band being conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
The following is the programme :
Reveille,
Morning Hymn," God of Israel," ........ .. Welch.
ehol
Romance, . . H. R. H. Prince Albert. .
Glee, " Blow gentle gales,"
Madrigal, " Awake music's measure," ............ Barnett.
Valse, "Princess Royal," H. R. H. Duchess of Kent. ,
.......... itt
.....
" The Prince of Wales's March," ..................... Costa

National Hymn, " God save the Queen.
The Serenade occupied three quarters of an hour
its performance.
The Royal standard was displayed yesterday worm
from Eton Church. Flag-s were also displayed at ell::
ferent places in the vicinity of Claremont, m honour of
the day.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Walzbaneft:
Princess Royal were taken out on a pony .
noon. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice wan al'
taken an airing in Claren iont Park.
His Royal Highness rince Albert rode cut on horse'
back in the morning., attended by Colonel Wr°'7s
Equerry in Waiting. 'l' he Prince returned to Clarenl
at
The two o'cloc to l. •
Earl Delawarr., th e unch
Earl of Liverpool, and tbo:.
Earl of Jersey, arrive d. at Claremont, in the atterne°
to pay their congratulta.tions to her Majesty.
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The Queen and Prince Albert took an air-e.
pony carriage, in the afternoon. v cal
The following had the honour of joining the
circle at Claremont, at dinner, yesterday eveniegid,
The Earl of Liyerpool, the Earl Delawarr, the E,,,r,„.1.
Pe
Jersey, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Sir it
Wheatley, the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtene9;
Robert and Lady Gardimer, the Misses Gardiner, Gel°
Berkeley Drummond, and 'Captain Francis Sgrout% st
Her Majesty's privute band was in attendsll,l
Claremont yesterday evening. The band, conduen. ,
Mr. Anderson, performed during the evening the
lowing pieces :
Overture, "Leonora, No. '2."
Minuetto, "Iphigonie"
Schonbrunner Waltzer
Adagio and Allegro ala Russe Reissiger•
Grand Triumphal March Ries.
Neuer Immergrunn. Galop
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied 'bee fore,
Princess Royal, arrived at Claremont at a quarter..." 04
five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, in a carrietVocsp
four, from town. The Prince of Wales, the rll/#l,l
Alice, the Viscountess Canning, the Dowager ?Of
Lyttelton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss 100
Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel '
followed in three Royal carriages and four. t
The Hon. C. A. Murray arrived at Clarete°°
Thursday afternoon from. town.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited ber.
Highness the Duchess of? Cambridge yesterday 4' 1
bridge House. t, ate
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
the Duke of Wellington with his company last e
at the grand ball given by his Grace at Apsley o°4 fr
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloueest" ,41$
sited the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Maribor°
House.
The Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Devoe, !ar
Adare, and a deputation respecting the Ordnance' j•er
moir of Ireland, had an interview with Sir It Fee •
terday, at his official residence in Downing-streer•_,„san
The Commissioners' of Metropolitan Improv;01,
had a meeting on Wednesday at the office in NVll.'O,llOl
place. The Commissioners present were the iStriel
Lincoln; Lard Colborne, Sir R. IL Inglis, Sir vgo.
, Lemon Mr. H, Gaily Knight, Mr. Alderraall.,., fir
phery, Milne,
Mr. A. lion. Charles Gore, and P"
bert Smirke. .n 1°
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-Lie-J.tp,-
the Commissioners for the Reduction of thee
Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of "
chequer yesterday. a Pill
The Ecclesiasticpl Commissioners for Engleljuatbi
meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in vv
place. There were present the Bishop of Ifooliellv'
Bishop of Rochester, the Earl of Devon, the
Besborough, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had a dinner P,,0
Thursday at Lambeth Palace. The compell r
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge repo
Thursday
Harewood, the Lord Mayor, Sir George
Claudius Hunter, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Mr. Sheri !A
grove, and Baron Knesebeck. 1. goon
Sir Robert Peel, accompanied by Lady Peel, Je,
Mr. Burford's Panorama of Hong-Kong. vritt'a;
yesterday. The Right Hon. Baronet entered
of
interest into the various details of the picture, °
he kindly expressed his warmest admiration-
The Duke of Buckingham had a party yeeterTrale
ing at his residence in Pall malL The
Dwarf, General Tom Thumb, accompanied by r
dian, Mr. Barnum, had the honour of attending
evening.

THE NELSON PILLAIL '
TO THE E 7 "t THE SO
SIR,—I am
day, upon the Nelson • . I-do hope ,
greatlYPWS Vow observe
appeal will not be in vai , and that the natio I
grace (for it is nothing less) will be wiped out t '
second subscription completing the sum require4,;llll4,
as far as the relievos for the base of the column i_A I,l'
concerned. Don't let us allow that to be proton,'"
Parliamentary grant. Your obedient serves' ffr
Friday Evening.
The patent constituting the new Board of •Ifiel
ralty was yesterday read at the Board, witr. i.,,
Admiral Bowles took his seat, vice Sir G. SeYtai le'
Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor-General 0
90 ea;
had a long interview yesterday with Sir Jaltoreo7,
ham, at the Home-office. Both Right Bon' j.l
afterwards visited Sir Robert Peel at the omc 011
dence of the Premier in Downing-street. tout
The Marquis of Downshire, and a depu
West India affairs, had an interview with Sir
..„.'
Peel yesterday in Downing-street. (ii
Mr, 'Brotherton, M.P , and Mr. Milner sisi
UP., transacted business. with Mr. Manners ~14
yesterday at the Home-office. for
The Lord Chancellor leaves town this JAY v
seat, Turville Park, near Maidenhead. pot,t__4o,ol.
DUBLIN, MAY 21.—THE PosTrosED iltids rr, •
—lt is probable that the Judges of the Quenotieo lbe
will not pronounce their judgment upon the In
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new trial until Thursday, the second day of ter;otit
,0.16
Courts will not be formally opened until about
o'clock, and the routine business, which is "their 1170°I
will very probably occupy a few hours after ~...„(0, 0
ships take their seats on the bench, so that Ora 000
have sufficient time to give their opinions seri° of
length, as it is expected they will. titi
uso int
Some evil-disposed persons set fire to a qv 00044
gorse and ling, on Mansfield Forest, on Stied°ire qo
The wind being very high at the time, the cio, ar°,4l
with considerable violence, and tinged theiLn prAO
with intense redness. The fire might have u—totiestWal'
tive of much damage, especially had it coulliiresV
any of the plantations in that part of the rest
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tinghani Review. bell
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A BROAD HINT.—The great man of avi fili the
at dinner, allowed one of his tenants to stailide 50,4 eta
conversed with him. " What news, my fries the ts?..ite.
squire. " None that I know, of," replied of owe
" except that a sow of mine has had a lit,,terbo 00 re'
pigs, and she has only twelve teats." " a, I. 4(11/', t/ig
thirteenth do ?" asked the landlord. "Pe `"- iclP'"
turned Hodge ; "it will stand and look co 1
others eat." he PV
AN IRISH WAGER.—Two natives Of t
tbiittlictr
Isle, who were travelling together, finding of tird .
run short, and being in want of a fin ding
resind
thur," devised the ways and means for eof ,wod
supply. Catching a frog in a ditch, elieniethel,l
went on with it in advance of his corePe te,;;llieeA
stopping at the first public-house he cate_f iia .
the landlord if he could tell what sort re„ to
real that was. "What sort of an animal to 41
Boniface,' " why, you booby, it's a •ti riislllo#
sure." " Booby here, booby there," sales fee ieo,
sthrikes me you're mistaken, for as 'cute ...hig4ol;
yourself. I'll bet you the price of a pint filer tos vile
mouse; and I'll lave it to the first traveie Jotej °I
up to decide betune us." " Agreed," said the
Pat's confederate soon arrived; and heilge%aral,Polo9,
say what sort of animal it was, after Ouse and aloe
and deliberation, declared it to be a mousks,lol
landlord, in spite of the evidence of his sense .. ti/e,
the wager. bee"
lot Bay lane sod °liij
SHOAL OF WHALES.—Bantry
ut, f . j
scene of great excitement, high eojellet ioealititllorop
valuable occupation to the people of th :al of If 0.
of
week, in consequence of a very lar:g. sh t bOr/bifid
grampus species—which entered t aromoßti.ob vio
Monday, and found their way to the of Ti? ije 0.,
Glengariff on Tuesday, the evening
and 00100;e0-
found all kinds of boats, weapons' PI 17 tll,Ol,
requisition for the attack on the "'Alnt still Ovef
belool
number were secured. A correspond urea S,et,
hundred, the value of which be eel, OAP" ad,
Nothing could exceed the spirit-stirrib, the aei,ofF,
the whole scene, enhanced as it was "Coeit ;ts
weather and splendid scenery of the baP.OOl Iv
gb tio
Cuttious FACT.—A short distance i..ed oreorooXis
ton, the Bristol and Exeter Railway is,
_eigetilbove it)
White Ball-hill by means of a tunnel, nvT_ut. At o ,t,
in length, and completely bricked thronedvalui.otti ; cop c
great bore, before its commencement sn
a water wl the er
centre, there was a deep well of capit _
_ear it ordesttes;
failing spring, which supplied the use po
__"-;:h the i5.....,a v." 41;•
the hill. In the contract entered into with ter 'le cvoef
hat:fa:li:of tuolliee,rl o,lo° t 1
special agreement was made, t
away by the boring for the tunirl,
to the Vireos° . lit'
pensation should be paid in addition
ue
_.. such e abg Av.
for the land—and as a natural conseq ref ea thieiorfr
to be expected ; but as yet there t A
wilhiCht S-ride 3120.5
diminution of the pure liquid stream.
_,_ is rod 00
is as full as ever, though this great dra". 01 IV
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