The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

COWES, MONDAY.—This morning the ceremony of laying
the foundation-stone of the new building about to be erected
at Osborne House took place.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, together with their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal,
the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Portman, and the Royal Suite as-
sembled at the spot selected for the corner stone at ten o'clock.
A full set of proof coins of her Majesty's reign were placed
under the stonein a small glass-box, and the masonic opera-
tions attending the ceremony, under the superintendence of
Mr. Cubitt, were most skilfully performed by her Majesty,
assisted on either aide by the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Royal.
We earnestly trust that this calm retreat, which her Majesty
has fixed upon as a place to which she may occasionally retire
from the cares of her high station, may more than realise the
bright anticipations which the extreme beauty of the stivation
and the tranquillity of this Island residence would seem so
amply to promise.
That they
of the inhabitants of this Island, but the earnest prayer of all
may be realised, is we are sure not only the desire
her loyal and affectionately attached people.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, Lady Portman, the Earl of
Aberdeen,
house at 11 o'clock, in three open carriages, for the purpose of
and the gentlemen of the Royal suite, lett Osborne-
embarking in the Royal Yacht.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their
usual walks and rides to-day.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday, from
Kew, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House. In the evening her Royal
Highness, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Marquis
of Londonderry with his company at dinner, at his residence,
Holdernesse House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived in
town yesterday evening from Kew, and honoured the Marquis
and Marchioness of Londonderry with her company at Holder-
nesse House, at the evening party given by the Marchioness.
A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yesterday after-
noon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel and most of the Ministers.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman, and Mr. Timm, Solicitor of the
Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing..
street.
Sir Henry Watkin Wynn transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
Mr. W. 0. Stanley had an interview with Sir George Clerk
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

Baussar,s, JUNE 21.--M• Nothomb, who has been
Minister of the Interior since 1941, retires. The resignation of
the five other Ministers is in the King's hands; but they are to
continue to exercise the fonetionsot their respective departuieuts.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
If we may judge from the numcer of subscribers present
yesterday afternoon, speculation at Newcastle will be con-
fined to a very limited circle; nor was the attendance alto-
gether without effect, the betting, if on a moderate scale, hav-
ing touched upon all the races now in the market—the gene-
rally small amount of the investments, renders it unnecessary
that we should append any explanatory observations to the fol-
lowing return of the closing prices:—
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
7 to 4 agst Dawson's lot
7 to 2 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning—taken
11 to 2 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress
7 to I agst Lord Zetland's Coheiress—taken
8 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Pagan—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Shafto's Porto Bello
10 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Little John, 3 yrs
20 to 2 agst Captain Potts' Northumbei land
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey
25 to I agst Mr. Standish's Little Hampton
GOODWOOD STAKES.-- (ACCEPT OR NOT.)
16 to 1 agst Mr. V. Gould na Pine Apple—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Vaughan's ns Bob Peel
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's ns. Winesour
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—taken
25 to 1 agst Payne's Queen Mab—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wesley's ch g. by Mundig—taken
Even betting on the field agst 22.
GOODWOOD CUP.
7 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster.
The Golden Rule was backed at 18, 16, and 14 to 1, but
was afterwards declared to have been scratched, at eight
o'clock on Friday evening last.
ST. LEGER.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
7 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwtcke's The Merry Monarch
10 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England
10 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor
21 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
2:5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas
THE DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Sting
25 to 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Tug Net
40 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Traveller
50 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Cambaucles
NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE RACES.
NEWCASTLE, SUNDAY EVENING.
ARRIVALS SINCE FRIDAY. —Poussin, Mentor, The Best of
Three, Mid Lothian, Lightning, Trueboy, Sir Harry, Nor-
thumberland, Perriwinkle, Malcolm, Badinage, 'Sir C.
Monck's filly, and seven of Hesseltine's lot.
LATiesr BETTING. —7 to 1 agst Pagan, 7 to 1 agst Light-
ning,B to 1 agst Inheritress, 10 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne, 12 to 1
agst Little John, 3 yrs ; 16 to 1 agst Best of Three, and
20 to 1 agst Brevity. Very little doing.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

M. Arnal, of the Theatre Vaudeville, the most humourous
of French actors, made a most successful debut here lastnight.
The first piece was L' Humoriste, in which he acted
the part of Remy, the cunning, simple servant of an old
humourist with great gusto. .His song "Je suis jaloux,"
and his account of his visit to the opera with sa
chere Dorothte wish a billet de favour (an order)
for which be had to pay in the . shape of fees about twice as
much as he would have had to disburse had he paid regularly
at the doors, and after all, got the very worst place in the
house, where he could see nothing, was given with the most
exquisite humour imaginable. He afterwards appeared as
111oquet, Tailleur en Alsillots, and the husband of a rising
opera-dancer in " Le Mari de la Dames des Chceurs," and in
this he was admirable. Never has the union of love, confi-
dence, and jealousy, been more humorously developed than it was
by M. Arnal, in this alrnostexclusively Parisian character. his
almostneeessary to have lived for some time in Paris to enjoy
thoroughly the acting of M. Arnal in these characters ;
they are as exclusively Parisian as Liston's Lubin Log was
exclusively Cockney ; but those who know Paris and the
Parisians will acknowledge that M. Arnal's delineation of
Parisian life is quite as great as was Liston's delineation of
London life. M. Arnal is a great actor, the greatest de-
lineator of Parisian cockneyisms, perhaps, in existence. We
expect great things frem his L' Homme Blasi. The theatre
was well and fashionably attended. M. Arnal made an un-
doubted hit.