The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning
in the S►opes and Windsor Park.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the grounds around the Castle.
His Royal Highness Princ• Albert rode out on
horseback this forenoon, attended by Colonel Bouverie.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party en
Monday evening.
The guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards
on duty yesterday on the arrival of her Majesty at
the Great Western Railway station was commanded
by Lieut.-Colonel Micklethwait.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
received their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam•
bridge and the Princess Mary and a select party at
dinner yesterday evening, at her residence, Gloucester
House. _ _ _

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A deputation, including Mr. Gurney, Mr. Foster,
and Mr. Dunn, had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday.
Mr. Christopher, M.P., transacted business yester-
day at the Railway Board.
The Committee on Machinery of the Commission
for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday in the New
Palace of Westminster. The members present were
Sir John Rennie, Mr. Pusey, M P., Professor
Walker, Professor Willis, and Mr. Brunel. Colonel
Reid, R.E. (chairman), and Mr. Dilke, attended on
the part of the Executive Committee. Mr. S. Russell,
secretary to the Commission, was in attendance.
The Committee on Sculpture of the Commission
Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday in the New Palace
of Westminster. The meeting was attended by Vis-
count Canning, Lord Ashburton, Sir Richard West-
macott, Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. William Wyon,
and Mr. D. N. Maclise. Mr. Cole attended on be-
half of the Executive Committee. Mr. Stafford
Northcote, secretary to the Commission, attended.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle,
the Countess of Carlisle, and Lady Mary Howard,
and Lord Eddisbury, visited the Museum of Practical
Geology, in Jermyn-street, yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a committee meeting yesterday.
Earl Grey left town yesterday for his seat, Howick
Hall, Northumberland.
Sir George Grey left town yesterday fur his seat,
Fallsdon, Northumberland.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town yesterday, for their residence, Mickle-
ton Hall, near Doncaster.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of South Australia, the Cape
of Good Hope, and Gibraltar.

WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTION,

LEICESIER-SQUARE.
PEOUT'S DIORAMIC VIEWS OF AUSTRALIA: --We
were on Monday evening present at the private view
of the exhibition of Prout's Dioramic Views of Aus-
tralia, which is to be opened to the public to-day, in
the theatre of the Western Literary Institution, Lei-
cester-square. These views are painted by Mr. J.
Skinner Prout from sketches made by himself on the
spot, and their accuracy may be therefore depended
on. These dioramic (or, to speak more properly, dis-
solving views) are twenty-four in number, and illus-
trate every phase of emigrant, convict, and aborigi-
nal life, while they, at the same time, convey a much
more lively, and a much more accurate idea of the
splendid scenery of these magnificent colonies
than can possibly be conveyed by any ver-
bal description. The scenery of Van Die-
men's Land is of a very grand and sublime
character, consisting of bold headlands, lofty,
mountains, and towering precipices ; that of Norfolk
Island is beautiful exceedingly—it is a paradise, of
which man has made a hell—while that of new South
Wales, combining the sublimity of that of Van
Diemen's Land with the beauty of that of Norfolk
Island, possesses greater variety than either. Mr.
Prout WAS present, and explained the different points
of interest in each view as it was exhibited, im-
parting,
in a pleasing manner, a variety of useful and
entertaininginformation on colonial matters, manners,
and people. All who intend to emigrate—all who have
friends in the Australian colonies—all who take an
interest in our colonial empire, or on the subject of
penal discipline, should.pay a visit to this very inte-
resting exhibition.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
From the establi,hment of the Messrs. Ackermann
and Company there has very recently issued a series
of most exquisite sketches, lithographed from original
drawings taken by Lieutenant W. H. Browne, R.N.,
Enterprise, representing
late of her Majesty's ship
the sublime and extraordinary scenery witnessed by
himself and his brother navigators in their recent
voyage to the north in search of the Arctic expedition.
In noticing the admirable panorama now exhibiting
at Mr. Barford's Gallery, in Leicester-square, we in-
cidentally mentioned that the paintings had been
copied f.oin drawings made by Lieutenant Browne ;
consequently, it only remains for us to announc
briefly the fact of the present interesting publication.e
The series consists of ten beautifully coloured engrav-
ings, the illusion of which is wonderfully successful.

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BOLTON'S PENNY OMNIBUS GUIDE FOR LONDON
END THE Surtunns.—The appearance of this cheap and
useful little book supplies a desideratum which has long been
felt by the metropolitan public. In addition to a complete
and accurate list of all the conveyances, their routes, times,
places of departure and arrival, together with the various
fares, there is appended a list of stage-coaches running to
and from London, cab fares, 8.c., combined with a mass of
general and interesting information, such, for instance, as a
list for public and gratuitous exhibitions, a table of the
racing and steeplechase fixtures for the current year, Ste.
This little book cannot fail to command a most extensive
circulation, and no one in London should be without a copy.
GAME CERTIFICATES.—The net produce of the
duty paid on game certificates of each class and on licences
for the sale of game, acrording to a recently published re-
turn, amounted in 1844, to 139,5921. ; in 18,45 it amounted
to 136,3271.; in 1846, to 140,613/. ; in 1847, to 145,3271.;
awl in 1848, to 126,8821.