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

CQURT CIRCULAR

The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords
to open the session of Parliament with a speech from the
Throne. The. Royal processioa was formed at Buckingham.
Palace in the following order :
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Sir Frederic
Smith, Sir Noel Harris, and Captain Green, Gentlemen
Ushers ; Captain Parker Naftali, Exon in Waiting ; and
Mr. Wortley, Page of Honour in Waiting.
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Colonel Smith
(Royal Horse Guards), Silver Stick in Waiting ; Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting ; General Sir George
Anson, G.C.8., Groom to Prince Albert ; and Mr. Wilson,
Page of Honour.
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A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying Lord Charles
Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting; and Colonel
Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on the Prince.

carriage, drawn by sus bays, conveying the Captain of
the Yeomen Guard, the Earl of Beverley ; Viscount Ha-
warden, Lord in Waiting ; Earl of Jermyn, Treasurer of the
Household ; and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to
the Prince.

A carriage, drawn by six black horses, conveying the
Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting ; the Earl of Liver-
pool, Lord Steward ; Colonel Bouverie, officiating for the Gold
'tick in Waiting ; and the Marquis of Exeter, 1.G., Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert.

The Queen and Prince Albert left the State-rooms at half-
past one o'clock, her Majesty wearing her magnificent circlet
of diamonds, and the Prince, habited in a Field-Marshal's
uniform, and wearing the collars of three Orders of Knight-
hood, the Pages of Honour bearing her Majesty's train. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to the State
coach by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain.
The Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes, and the
Earl of Jersey, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, occupied seats
in the State carriage. The Royal procession then quitted
the Palace, the Queen's Marshalmen, two and two ; the
Queen's Footmen in State liveries ; and a party of the Yeo-
men of the Guard, preceding the State coach, which was
drawn by eight cream-coloured horses.
A party of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards formed
the Royal escort from the Palace to the House of Lords.
The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir
William Martins, Gentleman Usher.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace, at ten minutes before
three o'clock, and were received by the 'Lord Chamberlain
and the Vice-Chamberlain.

The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. Mr. Geo.
Philip Lee, the Lieutenant, and Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the
Cheque, were present.
The Queen's Guard was on duty on the Palace Lawn, and
was composed of the Coldstream Guards, and, with the band
of the regiment, received her Majesty with the usual honours.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, shortly before twelve
o'clock yesterdayt from Frogmore Lodge. Her Royal High-
ness, visited the Duchess of Gloucester in the afternoon, at
Gloucester House. The Royal Duchess afterwards visited
her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. At half-past three
o'clock the buchess of Kent left the Palace, on her return to
Frogmore Lodge.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of
Dunmore, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux,
Viscount Hawarden, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Col. Wylde,
honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday
evening.
The Countess of Dunmore has succeeded the Viscountess
Cannin.l. as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen.
Col. Wylde has relieved Major-General Sir Edward Bo-
water in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to
his residence at Kew, on Wednesday evening, from Good-
wood, Sussex, the seat of the Duke of Richmond. His Royal
Highness arrived in town yesterday, and visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governors of the West India colonies.

Lord Campbell had a dinner party onf;;Ta;Wii; resi-
dence, Stratheden-house, Knightsbridge. The company
consisted of the Marquis of Norinanby, Viscount Melbourne,
Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Ponsonby, Viscount Howick,
Viscount Palmerston, Lord Methuen, Lord Monteagle, the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Henry
Labouchere, Sir Denis Le Marcliant, Sir John Easthope, Sir
Thomas Wilde, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Fonblanque, and Mr.
Charles Buller, M.P.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTER SALL' S--YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 agst Mr. Milbanke's Sir Robert—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior
18 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew—taken
22 to 1 agst Mr. J. Tuting's Tacita
22 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Winter
22 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh
25 to 1 agst Sir W. W. Wynn's Rowland
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bradford's Reciprocity
25 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's What
30 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Young Lochinvar taken.
Sir Robert opened at the same figure as on Mondry, which,
after a small investment, went begging. The Prim', *ho fol-
lowed close in his wake, was in frequent request, and cannot
be quoted a fraction more than 16 to 1 ; we question, indeed,
if this be not a point above his actual market price. Merry
Andrew, with an influential and rather numerous party, were
supported freely at 20 to 1, and in three or four places at
18 to 1. Winter, Pharaoh, and Young Lochinvar, were also
in some favour, but were not backed to any amount.
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot—taken, and aft. offered
13 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—t. 7to 1
15 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—take 8 to 1
13 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander
17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
20 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone
25 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld 'Squire
25 to .1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein
33 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Voltri
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles
50 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus
1000 to 15 agst Lord Orford's Boots—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Hill's Beaumont—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Forth's Ashstead Pet
1000 to 25 agst Boots and Beaumont--taken
500 even between Voltri and the Vat colt.
Leander again played " first fiddle," and to so lively a tune,
that an outlay of about 5001. at 14 to 1 failed to satisfy his
supporters ; 13 to 1 was the highest offer at the break up.
Orlando was also backed with considerable spirit, and in the
course of the afternoon sprung from 20 to 17 to 1. On the
other hand, Loadstone receded three points, and had not a
voice raised in his support. Takers of 35 to 1 about Voltri,
and of 40 to 1 about Apprentice, the two favourites. T'Auld
Squire, Running Rein, and Cockamaroo, as before. Plenty
of offers to bet against lonian, but for want of backers no
price made. (On dit, that Running Rein has been examined
by a veterinary surgeon, and pronounced a four-year old ! an
opinion directly opposed to the evidence upon which Mr. Good-
man defeated the Duke of Rutland's objection at New-
market.)

OAKS.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's filly—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All. round- my-hat—t
30 to 1 agst Mr. Standish's Susan—taken.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
BATH AND BRISTOL-1844.
Nominations for the Lansdowne Trial Stakes :—The Gene-
ral (late Bother'em, Johnny Broome, Hopbine, Molecatcher,
British Farmer (Brother to Perseus), Sweetsauce, Midnight
Star, Dreamer, Queen Charlotte, c by Elis, out of Odessa, f
by Sultan Junior out of Charlotte, Worthless, Best Bower,
Theseus, Seaport, Godfrey (late Temperance Tom), Bowsprit.
The Bill about to be brought into the House of Lords by
the Duke of Richmond, for the repeal of such portions of the
Statutes of Charles and Anne as are supposed to apply to
horse-racing, for the protection of coursing, cricketting, and
other national amusements, and for legalising betting, is, we
understand, to be termed the " Manly Sports Relief Bill."

LEEDS WOOLLEN MARKETS.—There is a good
amount of business doing at both the Cloth Halls nearly
every market day, and the demand for tweeds and similar
goods seems to be increasing. In fine goods little or nothing
is doing. Numerous buyers have been in the town on home
account, and a fair trade is doing in the warehouses.—The
price of tallow in Leeds remains at 4s. 3d. per imperial stone.
—York Courant.
WHALE FISHERY.—As an instance of the decline
of the whale fishery, it is mentioned that the whole number
of vessels that sailed for this trade in 1843 was 11, whereas
there used to be about 50 per annum.—Ayr Observer.
We understand that the Worcester and Birming-
ham Canal Company mean to make a very considerable re-
duction in their rate of tonnage, on and. after Thursday
next, Feb. 1; and most of our readers are no doubt aware
that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company have
also resolved on adopting a similar step at the same period.
These measures will, in some degree, enable the port of
Gloucester to keep pace with the increasing competition of
other places ; and the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Com-
pany will do well to re-consider the advance which they
made in the rates of tonnage in the canal last year, a course
which, as we predicted at the time, has operated most pre-
judicially to the interests of the port.—Gloucester Chronicle.
TREATMENT OF NERVOUS DEAFNESS.—There are

no cases in which more mischief has been done than in those
now under consideration. It has already been hinted that
functional or nervous disorder, may be readily converted into
active disease, involving the vascular portion of the part,
superinducing inflammation and all its consequences. This,
I fear, has been too frequently the case in the forms of deaf-
ness lam now considering. The application of various irri-
tants, either to the part effected or to parts in its immediate
neighbourhood, produce irregularity of greater or less ac-
tivity, and which ultimately induce tumefaction and other
direful. consequences.—. Dr. Cronin, of Craven-street, on the
4fficacy of Arnica Montana in Nervous Deafness.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--Wednesday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the following very
distressing and fatal accident occurred on the river Thames,
off Thames-bank, near Chelsea College, and by which a re-
spectable young man, named George Gore, aged 23, residing
at Vauxhall, lost his life :—The deceased was proceeding up
the river with a barge, along with a man named Painter, and
when off the place above-named, the unfortunate man was in
the act of passing along the gunwale of the barge, when his
foot slipped :and he fell overboard. Painter used every en-
deavour to save his mate, but in vain, for after a few short
struggles he sank to rise no more. The drags were used to
find the body, but without success. The deceased was sober
at the time of the accident.

Arrangements are in progress for placing steam
carriages on the road from Stortford through Newmarket,
and from Colchester through Ipswich, to Norwich, early in
the spring.
BERLIN, JAN. 23.—The King of Hanover's visit
to this city is deferred for the present. M. Togler, inspector
of palaces at Hanover, left for London some time back to
inspect Kew Palace, and order several alterations and en-
largements, deemed necessary should it be still his Majesty's
determination to make a lengthened stay in London this
season.

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNBTON, BART.—We
have to record the demise of the above respected Baronet, in
of whose death was received on Monday last, by
which we are informed that Sir William expired on the
13th ult., having been seized with illness on the previous
Thursday. The melancholy event happened at the Hague.
The deceased Baronet, who was son of the sixth Baronet,
was in his 84th year. He married first Miss Bacon, daughter
'of Mr. John Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Suffolk, in 1784; and
secondly, the only daughter of Mr. John Bacon, of Friern
House, V Middlesex. His son, Mr. William Bacon Johnston,
succeeds to the family honours and estates.
LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 30.—The following gentle-
men were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law
by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz. Penn,
E sq., Thomas Henry Mackay, Esq., Benjamin Babington
Esq., William David Lewis, Esq., Edmund Grimshaw, Esq.,
Hugh Edward Adair, Esq., Robert Cholineley, Esq., and
William White, Esq.
We understand that Mrs. Christina Gilmourat-
t,-,1-1 ,1,,•:•,1. of p,,!
64,,,,acii week. iLougn Ifie kiiveet., uI utued attentiou and
curiosity, she comported herself with great CiaIRLIOBB and I
composure.— Glasgow paper.