The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-12 00:00:00

THE COURT AT BRIGHTON.

BRIGHTON, MONDAY:—Her Majesty took equestrian exer-
cise Colonel Buckley and .Colonel Wylde.
in the Royal Riding School this morning, attended by
The Princess Royal took a carriage airing this morning on
the (Miffs, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure
from the Palace this 'morning. - •
The royal dinner party, by invitation, this evening, com-
prised Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady
Ashley, the Earl of Gainsborough, Hon. Colonel Montague,
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and Captain Seymour.
Her Majesty's private band were in attendance after dinner.
Names have been left at the Palace to-day by Viscount
Seaham (Ist Life Guards), Sir Henry and Lady Bruce, Sir
Jukes and Lady Clifdeni•Brigadier-General Sir H. and Lady
Pynn,, Lieutenant-General Sirr-T..and tLady) Hanbuty; Sir(
IWilliam Abdy and ,Mr.. Sergeant Atckerley, Sir ;Theodore
and Lady Brinckman, the Earl -and-Ciunitess of Chichester,-
Visount and Viscountessf Dillon,• Miss. Burdett Coutts, Earl
and. Countess of Granville, Mr: and Lady G.Tullerton,•and
the Rev..J. S. ,M. Anderson. . .
At the Bench of Magistrates this morning,. Major 'Allen
observed that ;Lathe Courtwas very full he wished, to ' men-
.tion to all present, that it was a' very shameful practice •in
. collect round the gates., of the Palace, in,order to- see her
people to.
..
Majesty
wcon,mme•hoeunte.s.rors
.the local Act of Parliament:which mihjecta everfperson who-
ohwer;4l:traejestwaYs wana'sexlpier:sarfin.' enactment in-
' remains on the. fout,TaVelnerit - and thereby
penalty
.of ant more than 5/., nor less than 20s. ;
passage to a obstructing the
and,if that fine should not,be.paid,. he wasti able to be. sent
to the House of Correction,- He observed yeiterdar (he
. would not go.again into what had occurred on Saturday, be-
-cause it was too, disgraceful to mention), but yesterday he
was expected-to come out. He hen called
could.do so respectfully,,without crowd-
ing Palace,
suffer
ow° nbhs eethernB' here
pdo al
police to i
Majestyebxe re
cu" ; eP et
Th
their sd' e °in
t yi eq
es
tter :IC t :r. )o andund ' tnothe t
any :person to remain on; the pavement... If people wanted to
See
her, as . she. passed. -.He now
called. on the police.to do: their duty. in . future, •by putting '
this section into operation, and if people congregated when
her _Majesty was passing, to bring them before the magis
trates, when they should most-certainly be fined He hoped
that so long as
buepronMahjeerstyorthoeybstructing h
her Majesty remained in Brighton there
would be no more complaints of her having been obstructed
ohprreoruedojo
annoyedotytrei
ooiitw Majesty's
manner whatever. They ought to be
while
ievrie.si4 and do all they could to promote

GREAT WESTER RAILWAY.
The half-yearlygeanervaelrymefeutlilngatofteitihdeanPereoporfiest(h)rasreo-f
the above railway was held, yesterday afternoon, at the
Paddington station, Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., in the
chair. There was
holders. The Chairman, in his opening address, pointed
k.ut the advantages of the various extensions and
branches which this Company had undertaken, and said
that it was the intention of the Directors, with the sanc-
tion of the Proprietors, to go to Parliament upon those
lines of this Company which the Board of Trade had
reported against, provided the Directors should not be
satisfied with the reasons to be given by the Board of
Trade. This statement was received with much ap-
plause. The Hon. Gentleman also stated, that on the
10th of March trains would be started to accomplish the
journey to Oxford in an hour and a half, to Cirencester
in two hours and a.half, to Gloucester and Cheltenham
in three hours, BriStol in three hours and a quarter, and
to Elseter in five hours.

Mr. Saunders, the Secretary, read the report of the
,Directors, which stated that the receipts for six months,
to the 31st of December last, had been 440,046/. is. Id.,
presenting an increase of 62,248/. 10s. sd. over the
former corresponding half-year. It comprised, however,
the income from thirty-two miles of railway which were
not opened for traffic in 1843. The separate receipts on
the Great Wt stern R iilway had been 332,8911. 3s. 3d.,
Bristol and Exeter Railway 9u,5951. 19s. 6d., on the
Cirencester Inc. 10,3721. Is. 7d., and on the Oxford
Railway 6,186 k 164. 9d. The expenditure, the particu
Lars of which were furnished in the accounts, showed a
charge of 143,2791. 13s. lid., equal to 321. per cent.
upon the receipts. The balance in hand was 281,766/.
7s. 2d., out of which a dividend was to be declared of
8 per cent. per annual.' The report and statement of ac-
counts were unanimously adopted, and resolutions em-
powering the Directors to take the necessary Parlia-
mentary measures, with respect to the proposed exten-
sions and brancli,s, were then passed. A dividend of
eight per cent, was declared, after which a resolution
was passed, empowering the Directors to contribute
500,000/. towards the construction of the South Wales
Railway. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and
Directors, and Mr. Saunders, the Secretary, which,
being acknowledged, the meeting separated.

ROYAL MARINES.—The sentence of the recent
court-martial held at Woolwich, on Sergeant Zachariah Baker,
36th company of the Royal Marines, has been promulgated
in general orders, and is as follows :—" To be reduced to the
rank and pay ot'a private; to undergo an imprisonment of
two years, with solitary confinement of eighty-four days in
each year, agreeably to the provisions of the 10th clause of
the Mutiny Act; to be placed under stoppages (at the end of
'his imprisonment) until the amount of his defalcations be
made good, viz. 581. 103. 2id., and further to forfeit all claims
to pay or pension oa his being discharged from her Majesty's
'service." The prisoner Baker has been sent under an escort
`to Maidstone Gaol, where he will undergo the term of his
sentence of imprisonment.
FATAL ACCIDENT. A. SOMERSET-ROUSE.—An in-
quest 'was on Monday held at Mr. Spooner's, the Prince's
"Head Tavern, Buckingham-street, Strand, by Mr. Higgs, on
the body of Sarah Iluson, aged seventy-seven. From the
evidence it appeared that the deceased had, for the last
twenty-one years, been employed as charwoman at the
Stamp-office, Somerset-house. On the morning of Monday,
the 3d inst., she was proceeding to her work through the
square of Somerset-house, which, owing to the rain and sub-
sequent frost of the previous • night, was a complete sheet of
ice, when she slipped down. She got up and walked on, but
on reaching the door of the Stamp-office she again slipped,
and fell with great violence across the scraper, which per-
forated her stays, fracturing several of her ribs, and other-
wise severely injuring bor.. She was immediately placed in
la cab and conveyed • tci Charing-cross where she
lingered and died on Saturday last of the injuries received.
Verdict-is" Accidental death."