The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-19 00:00:00

part infinitely insignificant—in his hands it be-
came one of the principal characters of the piece;
and nothing could be more telling than his manner
of giving the bits of sarcasm with which the part
abounds. However opinions may differ as to the
merits of the comedy, there could be but one opinion
of the public spirit of Mr. Webster in offering the
prize of 500/. May his efforts in the cause of the
British drama be amply rewarded.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The King of Saxony, attended by his Excellency
Baron Gersdorff, Lord Charles Wellesley, M. de Minck-
witz, Count Albert Vitzthum, Baron de Reichardt, and
Ili'. Carus, left Buckingham Palace, at ten o'clock yes-
terday morning, for the Model Prison at Pentonville,
where the King was received by the Duke of Richmond
and other Commissioners, attended bythe Governor of the
prison, who conducted his Majesty through the building.
The King next paid a visit of inspection to the Gene-
ral Post-office, and afterwards honoured the Lord
Mayor with his company at the Mansion-house. His
Majesty was received by the Lord Mayor, accompanied
by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex.
After his arrival, the King proceeded to the Central
Criminal Court, where he was received by Mr. Sheriff
Moon and Mr. Sheriff Musgrove. The King was ushered
to the Old Court, where a criminal trial was proceeding.
His Majesty took his seat on the bench, and remained
until the trial had concluded, a period exceeding an hour
and a half.
The King then returned to the Mansion-house, accom-
panied by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. A dejeune was
served to the King and a select party, hie Majesty being
seated between the Lady Mayoress and Mrs. Moon.
After the dejeune his Majesty, attended by the Lord
Mayor and the Civic Authorities, went on foot to wit-
ness the inauguration of the statue of the Duke of Wel-
lington, which took place in his presence, the Lord
Mayor conducting the King to the front of the statue.
His Majesty also inspected the Royal Exchange.
The illustrious party then returned to the Mansion-
house, and, after remaining some time, the King entered
his carriage, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, and at-
tended by the Sheriffs in their state carriages, and drove
to the Temple, *here his Majesty and suite were re-
ceived by Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Solicitor-General,
who conducted the King over the Temple church. After
inspecting the sacred edifice, his Majesty visited the
halls of the Middle and Inner Temples.
His Majesty then took leave of the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs, and drove to the Gallery of the Society of Painters
in Water Colours, in Pall-mall East, where his Majesty
and suite alighted, and viewed the exhibition.
The King then proceeded to the British Institution
in Pall-mall, and after inspecting this collection of
pictures returned to Buckingham-palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater.
The Royal Family were taking their usual airings
yesterday in the royal gardens.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord
George Lennox, Lord in Waiting, and Major-General
Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, went yester-
day evening to honour the Duke of Wellington with his
company at dinner at the Waterloo Banquet, at Apsley
House.
Yesterday evening, at a quarter past nine o'clock, the
Queen and the King of Saxony left Buckingham Palace
to honour the Italian Opera with their presence, In at-
tendance on their Majesties were the Marchioness of
Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Earl of Warwick, the
Earl of Morton, M. de Minckwitz, Count A. Vitzthum,
Baron de Reichardt, Dr. Carus, Colonel Arbutnot, and
Lord Charles Wellesley.
The Earl of Warwick and Captain Meynell have suc-
ceeded Viscount Sydney and Admiral Sir Robert Ot-
way as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The annual inspection of her Majesty's body guard of
the Yeomen of her Guard took place at St. James's Pa-
lace yesterday, when the whole of the corps was in-
spected by the Captain, the Earl of Beverley, attended
by the Lieutenant, the Clerk of the Cheque, and the
Exons.
The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting yes-
terday, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commis-
sioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl
of Lincoln, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Sir Henry
Thomas de la Beche, Dr. D. Boswell Reid, Mr. William
Thomas Denison, Mr. James Ranald Martin, and Mr.
James Smith, of Deanston.
Mr. Wallace, Mr. Stovall, Mr. Parker, and a deputa-
tion of wharfingers, accompanied by Mr. J. Trotter,
M.P., Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P., Mr. H. Kemble, M.P.,
and Alderman Humphery, M.P., had an interview with
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the Earl of Dal-
housie at the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir John Franklin had an interview with Lord Stan-
ley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from, the Colonial-
office for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and
the Governors of the other North American provinces.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The Lords present were the Lord President,
the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty
Court.

An appeal from Madras "Moottoo Vyaya Ragha-
nsdha v. Rany Anga. Moottoo," was resumed. Mr.
Kindersley, Q.C., Mr. Wigram, Q.C., and Mr. Jackson,
appeared for the appellant; and Mr. Burge, Q.C., Mr.
Lkyd, and Mr. E. F. Moore, for the respondent.
Mr. Kindersley, Queen's Counsel, was heard in reply.
Dr. Lushington, on the part of their Lordships, gave
judgment, reversing the decree of the Sudder Adawleet,
and dismissing the respondent's plaint without prejudice
to any suit which the respondent may be advised to in-
stitute within three years.
Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard (exparte) on
an appeal from. Trinidad, "Yates v. Ross."

THE KING OF SAXONY'S VISIT
TO THE CITY, AND THE OPENING OF THE
CITY OF LONDON STATUE OF HIS GRACE
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
The Lord Mayor having invited the King of Saxony
on the occasion of his Majesty's contemplated visit to
the public buildings of the City, and his Majesty having
appointed yesterday, and, at the same time, expressed
his wish that ceremony should be dispensed with as
much as possible, the necessary preparations were made
in accordance with that request. The Lord Mayor re-
ceived the King, who arrived a little after ane o'clock, at
the great gate of the Mansion-house, in the neighbour-
hood of which immense crowds were assembled, partly
congregated in consequence of the report of his Majes-
ty's entrance into the City, and partly on account of the
opening of the noble statue of the Duke of Wellington
n front of the Royal Exchange.
His Majesty having viewed the principal rooms in the
Mansion house, and expressed his admiration of the
Egyptian-hall, the lobby, and the far-famed convivial
apartments on the same floor, proceeded, accompanied by
the Lord Mayor, to the Old Bailey, where he sat for a
considerable time most attentively listening to the trial
of a prisoner for housebreaking, and seemed particu-
larly struck with the mode of cross-examination adopted
by the Learned Gentlemen of the Central Criminal
Court. His Majesty, was heard to observe to the Lord
-Mayor that he had often read of the proceedings of the
Court, all he had read could not adequately repre-
sent the practical effect. The length of time the King
remained in the Court, which was until the conclusion
of the case, which was tried by the Learned Recorder
with his usual skill and diligence, prevented his Majesty
from paying move than a very hasty visit to the interior
of the gaol, but he expressed great interest in all that
he witnessed there.
His Majesty then returned with the Lord -Mayor to
the Mansion-house, where a most splendid dejeune a /a
fourchette was prepared in the Long Parlour, in Birch's
most sumptuous style, consisting of the richest deli.
cacies and wines of the highest order. As his Majesty
had expressed a wish that his visit should be treated in
an unceremonious and private manner, the Lord Mayor
limited his invitations to about thirty ladies and gen-
tlemen.
While the King was at breakfast at the Mansion-house,
Mr. John Masterman, M.P. for the City of London, and
Sir Peter Laurie, waited upon his Majesty and the Lord
Mayor, as a deputation from the Royal Exchange and
Gresham Trust Committee, to notify that they were
about to open the statue of the Duke of Wellington, and
to beg that his Lordship would signify to his royal
guest, that they hoped his Majesty would honour them
by witnessing the ceremony. The King, upon hearing
the Duke of Wellington's name, expressed the most
anxious desire to be present upon an occasion of doing
honour to so illustrious a man, and proposed to the Lord
Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and the ladies and gentle-
men at the table,: to proceed immediately to the spot on
which the statue of the Duke was to be unfolded to the
public gaze. •
At this moment the spacious streets of the immediate
neigiabourhood were not only densely crowded, but the
very tops d the houses in the adjoining parts of Corn-
hill, Mansion-house-street, the Poultry, King William-
street, and- Princes-street,"" were occupied by shouting
multitudes. The king walked arm in arm with the
Lord Mayo!, through masses of people from the gates of
the Mansion-house throtigh the entrance to the space
assigned for. the chairman and committee, and was most
warmly recaived.
Here it ig necessary to introduce some account of the
proceedings of the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust
Committee on the occasion of opening the statue of the
immortal Wellington.
At cue o'clock the Royal Exchange and Gresham
Trust Committee, several of the Aldermen, the trustees
for the Statile of the Duke of Wellington, the executors
of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, who commenced and
executed the most important parts of the statue,
and some gentlemen of high commercial eminence, as-
sembled at the Guildhall, with the object of going in pro-
cession ta perform the ceremony. They sat down to a
very elegant dejeune a la fourchette, provided by
Messrs. Staples, of the Albion Tavern, andafterhgavrienagt
drunk " the Queen," and " the Prince," amidst
cheering, were addressed by Mr. Richard Lambert
Jones, the chairman, in a speech eulogistic of the extra-
ordinary man in whose honour they were all assembled
that day. He called the attention of the company not
only to the transcendent national services of the Duke
of Wellington, but to the remarkable exertions made by
his Grace to serve the City of London, by his advocacy
of improvenfents which could not have been accomplished
without his vigorcus, resolute, and powerful aid.—(Loud
hc ha ede rs.) I
stood
tot wasrwa r neverforward
to
procure be
forgottenthat n
di d the
approaches
to London-brige, after having carried the bridge itself
in oppositiop to the strenuous labours of Members of the
same House, who attempted in vain to degrade it as a
job.—(Loud cheerti.)
The toast" was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, as
were thosel'of " The Lord Mhyor," " The Gresham
Committee,'! " Mr. R. L. Jones," " The Executors of
Sir F. Chanry," and " Mr. Simpson.'
The Chateman and Committee and tLe other gentle-