The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning
iu the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal, and attended by the Viscountess Canning,
Lady in Waiting, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and
four, at a quarter before three o'clock yesterday afternoon,
escorted by a party of the 17th Lancers, for the terminus of
the Great Western Railway at Paddington. Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, and Major- General
Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert,
followed in a carriage and four. Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, occupied the
next carriage and four; and the Hon. Miss Stanley and the
Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the
Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, were in another carriage
and four.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to their
carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain,
and Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting to the Prince.
The royal party left the Paddington terminus by a special
train for Windsor Castle.

WurDson, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and
the Princess Alice, and the royal suite, arrived at the Castle
a few minutes before four o'clock this afternoon, in four of
the royal carriages and four, escorted by a party of the Royal
Horse Guards, under the command of Lieut. Bastard.
Soon after the arrival of the Court at the Castle, her Ma-
jesty, attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess
Canning, rode out in a pony phreton to visit her Royal High.
ness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore House. • •
His Royal Highness Prince Albart walked out, soon after
his arrival, in the Slopes and pleasure-grounds.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken a walk
in the grounds adjacent to the Castle.
The royal suite at the Castle includes the Viscountess
Canning, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, llon. Misses Stanley
and Hamilton, the Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Meynell,
Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, and Sir Edward Bowater.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess
Wratislaw, and the Lady in Waiting on the Royal Duchess,
will join the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening.

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and
the Marquis of Douglas, and attended by Baroness de Strum-
feder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, honoured the Sacred
Harmonic Society with her presence, at the performance of
the Messiah, at Exeter-hall, last evening. The Grand Du-
chess visited her daughter, the Marchioness of Douglas, in the
afternoon, at her residence in Connaught-place. The Mar-
chioness is going on most favourably.
Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation
,
had an interview will Sir Robert Peel Y64*.-erday.
The delegates of the Hand•loomy,:wers,
their Secretary, Mr. W. IL Lowe, of Tanners
accompanied by
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Earl of Dalhousie yoteram—., , nad an interview with the
at; the office of the Board of
''...,n was headed by. Mr. Brocklehurst,
M.P., AIVI Ilse lionbv M.P.
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.e.rican Minister transacted business yesterday at
Mr. Pellatt and Mr. Christey had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
denceft° I:
oreig-n- -office.
in Downing-street.

Mr. Egerton, M.P., Mr. TollQmache, M.P., and a deputa-
tion, had an interview with Sir It. Peel yesterday.
Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off yes-
terday evening, from the Oolonial-office.

RE TA WELL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slll,—ln your issue of yesterday, No. 16,406, I find in
column 5, page 1, the following paragraph :
" In deference to the wishes of the members of the Society
of Friends, he will not be executed in the garb of a Quaker.
Well knowing that you have ever stood the firm friend of
toleration and religious liberty, may I, as a Dissenter, inquire
why se small and respectable a body of Dissenters should be
allowed to cast the stigma upon Dissenters generally ?
I would in all Christian charity ask the Quakers whether
they would be contented if an Independent, and a true one,
without any nonsense, was to ask the executive power to
allow a Protestant Dissenter, and not a Quaker, to assume
the garb of a member of that body, under such circumstances,
"in deference to the wishes" of the aforesaid members. What
would be said by the purities?
My conviction, and that of many of my friends, is, that
some one more qualified than ourselves should take the mat-
ter into consideration ; and, whether Jew or Gentile, let each
bear their opprobrium.
The honest press is, we feel satisfied, the best qualified to
bring the matter before the public.
I remain, yours most respectfully,
AN INDEPENDENT DISSENTER,
Manchester, March 18. And a lover ofFairplay.

Osborne House, with its prettily timbered demesne
and pleasure farms (recently purchased by the Queen,
but, it should seem, is not quite large enough), is, through
the instrumentality of Lady Isabella Blackford, placed
in Mr. George Robins's hands, to sell by public auction
in June. In the mean time Thornhill Park estate, upon
the purchase of which, and the completion of the splen-
did mansion, it is said 50,0001. was expended by Mr.
Barlow Roy, late M.P. for Southampton. Mr. Robins's
commentary in respect to the next vacant seat, shall
speak for itself. Thus it is—" It is a fact not to be im-
peached—that if the new purchaser partakes of his hos
pitality, and be of sound political creed, lie will walk
over the course, whenever the next election arrives."

DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS.-39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors,
when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncom-
fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of
wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad-
vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex-
treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation,
and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at
church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into
the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases
deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor-
nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and
improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
3f those instruments have received the approbation of
:he Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri,
•ain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately
:hey are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it
's brought to its youthful; natural, and original state.
Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro-
scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
)pticians and Aurists, are not in any way eonnected with
person of the same name in their immediate neigh-
)ourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent
nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at
ig. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL CARPENTER.—We regret to
announce the death of Admiral Carpenter, which took place
at his residence, on Sunday last, in Cumberland- street. He
was in his 86th year; was the senior admiral of the white,
and the eleventh from the top of the list ; and had been an
officer in the Royal Navy for nearly 69 years. Admiral
Carpenter entered the Royal Navy on the 11th of April, 1776,
and was midshipman of the Sultan, in Lord Byron's action,
off Grenada; he was made a lieutenant on the 18th April,
1782, and as such served in Lord Hood's action off St. Kitt's,
and in Admiral Groves's action of the Chesapeake. He also
was at the reduction of Martinique, in the beginning of 1794,
serving there with a detachment of seamen, under the orders
of Capt. E. Harvey. His commission as a commander was
dated the 9th January, 1794, and for his gallant services he
was made a post captain on the 25th of March of the same
year. He was appointed captain of the Alarm, and with that
vessel co-operated with the army of Sir Charles Grey and Sir
Ralph Abercrombie, in the reduction of the Caribs, at St.
yincent and other West India islands, in 1795. He attained
the rank of rear-admiral 12th August, 1812 ; vice-admiral,
12th August, 1819; and full admiral, 10th June, 1837.