The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Wusnson, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the . Queen and Prince
Albert took their customary morning walk.
The Royal Family were taken their usual airings.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to enjoy the sport
of shooting in the Royal Preserves,. attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, Captain Meynell, Mr. G. E. Anson, and the Hon.
C. A. Murray.
The Earl of Liverpool arrived at the Castle on a visit to
her Majesty. i
Her Royal Highness the, Pnches-4 -of Kent and Lady
Fanny Howard joined the Royal.dinner circle at the Castle
yesterday evening. :; '
This morning her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of,the Royal Suite, and
the Household, attended Divine serviee in the private chapel
of the Castle. The Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell and the
Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
The Court, it is expected, will leave the Castle for town on
Wednesday next, and her Majesty is expected to hold a Privy
Council at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended
by Baroness Ahlefeldt, returned on Friday night to her re-
sidence at Kew.

Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted bu-
siness at the Foreicsn-office, on Saturday.
The Commission for improving the Metropolis, and pro-
viding increased facilities of communication within it, had a
meeting on Wednesday, at the office 'in Whitehall-place.
The Commissioners present were, the Earl of Lincoln, the
Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Sir R. 11. Inglis,
Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. H. T. Hope, Mr. A. Milne,
the Hon. Charles Gore, Sir Robert Smirke, and Mr. Charles
Barry.
The Attorney-General had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence
in Downing-street.
Lord Granville Somerset transacted business at the Home-
office; on Saturday.
Mr. Davis had an interview with Lord Stanley at the
Colonial-office, on Saturday.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel will have a grand dinner party
on Saturday, the 10th of February, at their residence in
Whitehall-gardens, to which the principal Foreign Ambas-
sadors and Ministers, and their Ladies, and several of the
Cabinet Ministers, have been invited.

Sir Frederick Trench transacted business on Saturday, ai
the Treasury.

Sir Jame; Graham had an interview with Sir Robert Pee
on Saturday.

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GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN.

The immense size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH has,
hitherto, enabled its Proprietors on all occasions to present a
copious, and, at. the same time, interesting account of the events
of each week. It is, however, now found utterly impossible to
give anything like a faithful report of the Trial of Mr. O'Con-
nell and his repeal associates, without excluding a great mass of
interesting domestic and foreign intelligence ; the Proprietors,
therefore, feel that their journal, which has been for years, and
is new, honoured with more patronage than any other in ex-
istence, should be, in all respects, complete; and, with that
view, they intend to insert a summary of the proceedings
during the progress of the trial in their usual columns, and
present to their friends and subscribers
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One of these Supplements will be published on the Sunday suc-
cee•ding the delivery of the Verdict, and will contain the Speeches
of Mr. O'Connell, IVIr. Sheil, Sir C. O'Loghlin, the Attorney-
General, and other leading Counsel ; together with the Summing
up of the Judge, the Verdict of the Jury, and other matters of im-
portance that may arise up to the latest hour, for which the
services of several short-hand writers of eminence have been
specially engaged. The second Supplement (also of the full
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ceedings of the commencement to that stage at which the
other begins; so that every subscriber to THE WEEKLY
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report of this great national trial—a trial which mast become a
natter of history, and be regarded as an event of no ordinary
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OF MR. O'CONNELL will precede the account of the
Trial, which will be written by a gentleman intimately ac-
quainted with the " great Agitator," and consequently one who
has treasured up many reminiscences that will render the Bio-
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THE FnNDs.—A new feature, indicative of the
presumed determination of her Majesty's Government to reduce
the interest upon the Three-and.a-Half per Cent. Annuities
is, that the brokers for the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
have been directed to commence purchases in the Three per
Cents. of 1726. To the extent of about 30,000/. investments in
this old security have been made in the course of the present
week, by which a saving of one-half per cent. has been effected.
The amount of this Stock at present in circulation is, we be-
lieve, extremely small, and is held, if our information be
correct, chiefly. by the Directors of the Bank of England.
It may be of interest, perhaps, to notice briefly that, at the
accession of George IL , in 1727, a year, therefore, after the an-
nuities named hear date, the public debt amounted to rather over
52,000,0001. sterling ; but, what with conversions and amalga-
mations, it canhardly be considered that the Stock now in exist-
ence, bearing the especial date of 1726, can amount to anything
like a tenth of the sum just quoted. The Government brokers
have been again large purchasers on account of the savings'
banks, and the Three per Cents. are still selected. The Re-
duced Three per Cent. Annuities have reached within of
par, the highest point, we believe, that has been attained for at
least half a century. After so extensive a rise as that which
has occurred in Bank Stock, and very recently too, of little
short of 14 per cent., a reaction was calculated upon as a cer-
tainty, but upon the highest point attained the decline has only
been 2 per cent.— Observer.
The Lyceum or English Opera-house opens this
evening, under the management of Mr. Parrat. Mr. Peaks,
the popular dramatist, howev3r, is understood to be the real
lessee. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley have been engaged. Mr.
Tuckett (formerly Captain Tuckett, 'known from his quarrels
with Lord Cardigan) is also engaged, and will perform the
part of Falstaff, in Shakspeare's Henry IV. Other actors of
well-known merit are also engaged.