The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the
royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an
airing yesterday in a carriage and four, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales was taken an
airing yesterday forenoon in the royal gardens,
The following had the honour of joining the royal circle at
Buckingham Palace at dinner yesterday evening :—His Ex-
cellency the French Ambassador and the Countess de St.
Aulaire, le Duc de Broglie, and the Earl of Aberdeen.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
honoured Mr. Thorburn with sittings yesterday for their
portraits.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Witley
Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the
Qaeen Dowager yesterday morning, and travelled by the
Birmingham Railway to Watford. The Royal Duchess here
left the train and proceeded in a carriage-and-four to her re-
sidence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor, arriving to dinner,
attended by Sir George Couper, Bart.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden visited her daughter the Marchioness of Douglas yes-
terday, at her residence in Connaught-place. The Mar-
chioness continues in a favourable state.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the
Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffc,
the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley,
Sir James Graham. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Granville Somerset, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
The Council sat two hours.
A deputation on the Sugar Duties Bill, consisting of Mr.
Cave, Mr. Greene, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Davidson, and Mr.
Macgregor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

A deputation of gentlemen eonnected with banking in
Scotland had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Sir John Rae Reid had an interview with Lord Stanley
yesterday, at the Colonial. office.

GENERAL LICENSING DAY IN TEE CITY.---Yes
terday morning the general annnal Licensing Meeting for
the City of London was held at Guildhall ; the Lord Mayor
in the chair; and Aldermen Hughes, Hooper, and Johnson
being present. Major Shaw, the Commissioner of the City
Police, made a report of the general good management
of the houses. There were four applications for licenses
to new houses, the consideration of which was post-
poned till the adjournment-day on the 31st of March. The
licenced victuallers were summoned for ten o'clofzk, but
several were not present until after the proclamation was
made for the adjournment of the Court, and consequently
their licenses could not be granted, and they will have
to close their houses until the adjournment-day. Alder-
man Hughes said that, if on any future occasion they
were so negligent in attending to the Lord Mayor's precept,
they would run a great risk of losing their licenses al-
together.
OMNIBUS RivALßY.—lslington and its vicinity,
from an early hour yesterday, was the scene of considerable
excitement, in consequence of the starting of twenty new
omnibuses, to run between Holloway and Chelsea. Messrs.
Wilson, the well-known omnibus proprietors, but who had
not before run any of their vehicles on the above line of
road, having resolved to start five in opposition to the Pad-
dington and Chelsea Company, the latter immediately de-
termined to put on no less than fifteen new carriages, in
addition to their previous establishment. Messrs. Wilson's
horses were gaily decorated with ribbons, and both drivers
and conductors had mounted new suits of blue livery. The
scene, not only at Holloway and Islington, but all along the
road to the other extremity, Chelsea, presented an animated
appearance, which was enhanced by the brightness of the
day. The worst of competitions of this kind is, that they
almost invariably lead to accidents; otherwise the public
cannot fail to be gainers by them.