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

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house-
hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the
private chapel, Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev.
Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Lady Fanny Howard
was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries
in Waiting, took equestrian exercise in the riding-school, on
Saturday.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday.
his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meck-
lenburgh Strelitz visited Prince Albert on Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess
Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were
taken an airing in a carriage on Saturday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an
airing in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on
Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty on Saturday.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Danish Minister and the Countess Heventlow,_ the Duke and
Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, the Dowager Countess
of Pembroke, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord Ernest Bruce, and
Sir George Anson.
TIIE GRAND DECIIESS OF BADEN.—lier Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness on
Saturday, at the residence of the Duke of Hamilton, in
Portman-square.
The Grand Duchess, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder,
and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, dined with their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchessof Cambridge on Saturday,
at Cambridge House. In addition to their Royal Highnesses
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, the following were present :—His Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Austrian Ambassador
and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Marquis of Douglas,
Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, the Earl and
Countess of Lincoln, and Lord and Lady Beauvale.
In the evening the fo!lowing joined the illustrious circle,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady
Georgiana Bathurst, the French Ambassador and the Coun-
tess St. Aulaire, Count and Countess &Harcourt, the Ba-
roness Brunnow, the Saxon Minister and Baroness Gers-
doff, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine
Villiers, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lord and Lady
Leveson.
The Grand Duchess visited her Majesty at Buckingham
Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday
morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street.
A deputation on window, crown' and sheet glass con-
sisting of Lord Ingestre, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bell, Mr. Metcalfe,
Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Ross, Mr. Wawn, Lord Sandon,
Mr. Liddell, Mr. A. Nichol, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Wort-
ley', Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Wadland, Messrs. R. Chance, W.
Chance, J. Chance, John Cookson, Shutridge, Christie, Ridley-,
0. Crathupe, and C. 'f. Crathupe, had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday, at his officiarresidence in Downing-
street.
Mr. Colvile and a deputation respecting sugar had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. Featherstonhaugh,
and Mr. Horn, of Sunderland, Mr. Ridley, of ,Newcastle,

Mr. Christie, of Dumbarton, and the Hon. Henri' T. Liddell,
M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel.
Mr. Ralph Price, Mr. John Eccles, and Mr. John Jolthson,
on behalf of the turpentine manufacturers of Louduo, ha:l an
interview with Sir George Clerk un Saturday, at the Office
of the Board of Trade.

Dispatches for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong
were sent off on Saturday from the Colonial-office.
Mr. Wallace. \,.P., Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard
Douglas, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday.
Mr. Joln, Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early Service yes-
terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr.
Wesley officiated. The Marquises of Anglesea and Salis-
bury, Ladies Palmerston and Wharncliffe, Lords Palmerston,
Bective, and Ernest Bruce, attended the daily Service.
Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the Lessons by
the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Communion Service by the Bishop
of London and the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was
preached by the Bishop of St. David's. The anthem was—
•' 0 Lord give ear," (Greene). The Sacrament was admi-
nistered by the Bishop of London assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Sleath.

FASHIONS FOR MARCH.
(From the World qf Fashion Monthly Magazine.)
CAPS.—The chsktige most perceptible in this style of
head dress is their being made very short at the ears, the
lace will which they are decorated being put on nearly
plain all round, the manner of placing the ribbons is;
varied, elegant, and oricinal, rendering them always la
mode. For instance, they are formed in rosettes, toques.
or pompons, prOucing those pretty little caps denomi-
nated Fermie:e, Pompadour, Alsacien, Marquise, Char-
lotte Corday, &c.
Embroideries are now in great request both for even-
ing and out-door costume, as well as those charming
little novelties, such us mittens, &c.

Ball head-dresses are composed simply of the hair,
arranged a l'Anglaise, a single rose being placed on each
side, and attached with nceuds of ribbon, the ends of
which arc finished with diamonds, forming a kind of
pendant to the ears.
BALL DRESSES.—The most striking and novel of those
that have recently appeared, are :—A robe of white
moire, over which is worn a tunique of ciOe lisse,
opening in the front, and descending a little below
the knee, embroidered all round, as we l as the two
sides of the front, with sweat peas, brode in red silk,
edged with gold ; plain corsage made low, and deco-
rated with a berthe, rounded in the front, and et:abr.&
&red to match the tunique. A robe of pink satin,
trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with two
rows of plaited ribbon, put on the one from the other, at
about the distance of ten centimetres ; tunic of verdant
green c:epe, raised on each side above the knee, with a
large ly aiquet of variegated daisies ; plain low body
ornamented all round the top of the bust with a narrow
plaiting of green satin ribbon, attached in the centre
with a cluster of daisies ; the short sleeves ornamented
to match, with two rows of plaited ribbon.
Trimmings of ball dresses are now of a very rich de-
scription, being principally composed of open-worked
fringes in gat and silver.
Ceintures tied in a nmud, with long ends floating., are
often worn with double robes of gaze lisse, trimmed
with tunings of the mime, through which is passed a
ri!ihou, caught at regular interval, with a rose.

TOILETTES DE VILLE.—Those of si k are mostly
made ait,r the tOltowing- fashion:—For instance, a dress
of gre,n moire, tritnrmd en tablier, with two broad folds
of velvet on the cross, the corsage plain and high upon
the shoulders, opening en cceur, and faced with velvet,
which joins those on the skirt; plain sleeves rounded over
th hand, and edged wiih velvet. joek, y- a dents, bordered
with vials. t; pimp: of muslin, divided with embroidered
inlet; under s?eoves of muslin, and manchettes of lace.

Bonnets have not varied much shit!, last month, either
as to size or material. We observe that feathers are only
ased for ufiernoon costume. Those which we have prin-
cipally remarked tre in satin or velours 6pingle, pink,
white, mauve, and ?•ltv blue. .

SuEDotsEs:— This 'name is given to those beautiful
...I.saks decorated with rich furs, the sleeves of which ar,
ornamented with broad facinv, which fall back so as to
form a kind of muff.

FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—There is no perceptible
change in the colours intended for out-door costume.
black still being in the majority. For evening toilette,
on the contrary, the colours are most mixed and va6 d ;
pink, blue, jonquil, the morning and evening primrose,
violet, and light shades of green, being the most pre
dominant hue,.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD
RAIL WA V.

The usual half-yearly Genera Meeting of the Share-
holders in the Cheater and Holyhead Railway, was held
on Wednesday, at the Office in Nlo .rgate-street ; Mr. W.
R. Collett, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in
the Chair.

The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting having
been read and confirmed,

The CHAIRMAN said he would pursue the plan which
had been generally adopted at most railway meetings
of introducing the report with a few preparatory re
marks. The report which would be read to them was
of so explicit a nature that it would reader it unneces-
sary for him to detain the meeting for more than a few
minutes. A rumour had got abroad, but trim what
source it proceeded he knew not, that the Directors
bad applied to Government for 80,0001., as a re-
uneration for carr ing the Irish mails. Now,
as one of the persons who conducted this
negotiation, he could state pasitii ety that no such a sum
as EO,OOO/. was ever mentioned—at all events, if it had,
the amount would have included the expense of conveying
the mails by steam-packet from Holyhead to Dubin.
The sum, however, which they asked was 40,0001., and
the Government had determined upon giving them
30,0001. for five years, and at the expiration of
that time the same sum would be continued upon
certain contingencies fora further period of seven years.
This arrangement the Directors thought extremely liberal,
and they trusted it would prove satisfactory to the Pro-
pristers generally.—(Hear, hear.) He could refer with
no loss satisfaction to another rumour which had gone
abroad, namely, the surtuises respecting their share re-
gistry. The registry was now complete in every parti-
cular, and the meeting would remember that the whole
of their shares had been allotted with the aid of
a single advertisement, so firm was the confidence of the
petilc in the feasibility of the undertaking.—(Applause.)
It had been said that the Directors had unnecessarily
declined opening their line, but when they looked at
the difficulty of the works, could the Sharehollers blame
them for adopting more than ordinary elution in this
instance ? —(hear, hear.) S me of these difficulties had,
however, been overcome, and two contracts had been ac-
cepted-o%e, fur contracting eight miles of the line out of
Chester; the other, for making the Pentnaen Bach Tunnel.
It had been currently reported that their bridge actress
the Menai Straits could not possibly be accomplished
under five i ears, and at a cost of half a million. Now
he could state, on the authority of their engineer, that it
would not take more than three-fourths of this expense;
indeed, it was estimated that the cost would not exceed
350.000/., and the works would be completed in some.
thing less than three ears. - (Hear, hear.) The ex-
penditure had fallen far short of wh. t had b,en
originally estimated. The expenditure attending the
formation of the Company, which was stated at the last
meeting to be upwards of 20,0001. had not exceeded
19,0001, while the expense of the Mould Junction only
amounted to 23,1991. 15s. 2d., leaving a balance in hand
of 250,000/.—(llear, hear.) Reference had lately been
made to the purchase of the Chester and Birkenhead
Railway. Soule there were who doubted whether this
agreement would be carried out, but he was
in a position to state that the Bill was
now before Parliament, and the Chester and
Birkenhead Company were determined to carry the
arrangement through.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish Rail-
ways were likely to bring the traffic from the south and
south-western parts of that country to Dublin, and
then it would have to pass over their line. He hed,
therefore, thought it advisable to connect himself with
some of these undertakings, because there were some
people who desired that the traffic should be brought
to Wexford, and transported into the interior of
England by means of a railway intended to cross
the river Severn ; but, as there were more difficulties in
the way of a bridge being thrown across the Severn than
the Menai Straits, he thought their line would have the
advantage.—(Hear, hear.) A new railway had
lately come under the notice of the Directors,
called the North Wales Railway, and as it would
commend a large slate traffic over their line, they
were inclined to regard it favourably, as one of their own
branches. They were no doubt all aware of the inten-
tions of the Government to make Holyhead a packet-
station and a harbour of refuge. He believed within the
present year a sum of money would be voted for the
purpose. Holyhead would be immediately converted
into a packet-station, and in the course of five years no
doubt it would become a harbour of refuge, capable of
containing the American packets, and all vessels that
enter the port of Liverpool.—(Applause.)
The SECRETARY then read the report. It stated that
" the Proprietors were aware that, at the desire of her
Majesty's Government, the Bangor portion of the line
approaching the Menai Straits, and the passage over the
Straits, have been omitted from the Company's Act of
last session, in order that further consideration might be
bestowed on the important points connected therewith.
Two routes had at that time been surveyed,—one,
by the Company's engineer, laid down with the greatest
regard to economy in construction, but objected to by
the Bishop of Bangor, on account of its proximity to his
palace—and by her Majesty's Government on public
grounds, as taking too circuitous a course for a line of
so great national importance. The Directors considered
the latter route as absolutely inadmissible, on account
of the formidable nature of the works, involving a very
heavy amount of expenditure and great loss of time
in construction. The intermediate line which has been
since proposed, the Directors were happy to state, in no
way interfered with the Bishop of Bangor, and it was
trusted that it would also meet the views of her Ma-
jesty's Government. The Bill for powers to make it
was now before Parliament, and it was expected would
be passed without opposition from any quarter.
" The description of bridge and site at the Britannia
Rocks, as proposed by the Company's engineer, for
crossing the Mcnai Straits, had undergone the most
rigid scrutiny of the Lords of the Admiralty, and with
the modifications proposed would, it was hoped, re
ceive, before the Bill was in Committee, their final
concurrence and approval. The first eight miles ou•
of Chester, of which the works for the first portion
were peculiarly heavy, had been contracted for, as also
the tunnel through the Headland of Perimaen Bach, near
Conway, with the adjoining embankments. A further
length of twenty-two miles, in continuation from Ches-
ter, would be contract, e 1 for next week, the remainder
of the line towards Bangor, as far as the Parliamentary
powers extend, in the month of April—and the Angle-

sey portion immediately atterwards. Your Directors
are al.-no eh:tem:tiring to make! urrangwrents to procured
at once ivit;i tile line at 13uhaor and the bridge across
the M.,nai, i:eridi?l.; the progress of the Bill—so that
they had full confidence that in their next hail-N early
reprrt they would be in a condition to state that the
works o the railway, from one end to the other, were
in active operation.
"Your Directors, after mature consideration, have
come to the conclos on that it will be the most judicious
course to so make their arrangements that the whole
line shall be ample ed and opened simultaneously.
" The expenditure hitherto has been very small. But,
as the works would henceforward proce,d rapidly, the
Directors purpose making a call of 51. per share, payable
on the 21st of April next.
" The Directors, knowing from exp::rience the damage
inflicted on property adjacent to the line— the annoy-
ance experience I by the resident gentry—the delay in
the progress of the works-- and tte loss sustained by the
contractors—from the loose and unsettled habits of the
description of men engagel in railway works—had felt
it to be their rimy to hold out inducements to constant
and steady industry, and to promote among them the
growth of moral habits. They had, thereire,matle pro-
vision in the contracts entered into.-1. For proper ac-
commo;lation being secured to them, where the villages
and towns contiguous to the line might not afford it, by
the erection of huts, and having regard in fixing the site
of the same to th-ir being available when the line was
completed. 2. For the due payment of their wages on
stated days and in money.
• In addition to these precautions, the Directors be-
lieved that very many anti great benefits would arise to
the Company, no 1: as than the men themselves, if some
suitable means were adopted, under due authority and
supervision, for enabling and inducing the men to attend
divine worship on Sundays. It was obvious that the
existing places of worship, even where accessible to
them, and the service in their own language, would not
be sufficient for the numbers abiut to be thus suddenl::
brought. into the country, in addition to the present.
population. But there would be erections on the works
which might be made use of for the purpose. if a
minister were found to officiate. After full consideration
of the subject, the Directors begged to recommend that
a sum not exceeding 3001. for the current year be placed
at their disposal to promote this object.

" The Directors recommended the construction of a
line of railway to Mold, that district abounding in
minerals, coal, iron, and limestone, which would form a
most important addition to the estimated traffic. The
line, as laid out. was proposed to join the Chester and
Holyhead line about 21 miles from Chester, and was
94- miles in length, making the entire distance from
Chests to Nfold 124 miles."
The report having been adopted, a resolution voting
300/. for the purposes named in the report, was agreed to.
Thanks were then voted to the Directors and the
Chairman, and the meeting seplrated.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
FRIDAY, FED. 28.

The following Bills were read a first time:—
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway (Heywood
Branch).
York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch).
Petitions for the following Railway Bills were referred to
the select Committee on Petitions fur Private Bills :
Guildford Junction Railway.
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway.
London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway.
Eastern Union Railway.
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Companies.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch).
Taw Vale Railway and Dock.
London and South-Western Railway (No. 2).
Aberdeen Railway.
Cork and Bandon Railway.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester junction Railway.
St. Helen's Canal and Raiiway.
Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported;
1. " That, in the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail
way petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permittec to proceed with their
Bill, upon a memorandum of the radius of the curve reported
on, not exceeding one mile in length, being noted on the plan.
2. " That, in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway
(Hertford and Biggleswade Line) petition, the Standing
Orders ought to be dispensed w'th :—That the parties be Fer-
mitted to proceed with their Bill upon amending their plan.
by marking the tunnel by a dotted line thereon."
" That the Committees on this and the prec ding Bili do
examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have been
complied with, and do report the same to the House on the
report of the Bill."—Resolutions agreed to.

COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS
FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.
MONDAY, MARCH 3.
Ulster Railway Extension.
West Cornwall Railway.
Trent Valley Railway
Oxford and Rugby Railway.
Manchester and Buxton Railway.