The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

ADELAIDE GALLERY.

Last night the orchestra had an unusual accession of
talent for the promenade concert, and on account of
Covent-garden being otherwise occupied there were
more of Jullien's best men enabled to attend in company.
Mons. L. Z. Remy officiated as conductor.
.There were
several .very pretty features in the concert, but the one
upon which had been placed the greatest strain was
"Jullien's English Quadrilles ; they were rapturously
encored. In the second part of the concert, his " Royal
Irish Quadrilles" were equally successful. The entire of
the musical performance seemed to elicit the approba-
tion of the audience, which was numerous. Mr. Green's
exhibition of his balloon occupied the attention of the
company before the entertainments began, and Mr.
Monk Mason's Aerial Machine was suspended from the
ceiling throughout the evening. There were other ob-
jects in succession to employ the minds of the visitors,
among which was a lecture in the theatre upon Payne's
Patent Process for the Preparation of Wood.. The 'lee-

turer demonstrated the process by the operation of the
air-pump, by which the vessels of the wood can be im-
pregnated with iron, and thereby renders even common
deal incombustible, and imparts to it a durability of wear
and hardness of surface, so as to make it capable of re-
ceiving the most brilliant polish. The lecturer showed
that the invention was one of great importance to society
as regarded preservation of buildings or vessels from fire,
as well as adding to the strength of timber, and the adap-
tation of more ordinary woods for the formation of orna-
mental furniture.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Ills RoYal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting
yesterday morning, attended by Major-General Sir
Edward .Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, Lord Rivers,
and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Royal party left
Claremont on horseback at elefen o'clock for the
preserves, and after remaining near four hours returned
to lunch.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday forenoon
in Claremont Park.

Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure from
Claremont yesterday morning.
Her Majesty. and Prince Albert walked in the grounds
in the vicinity of Claremont on Sunday afternoon.
The Marchioness of Douro, and the lion. Mrs. G. E.
Anson, took an airil',. in a pony phaeton.
Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of
dining with her Majesty at Claremont.
A Cabinet Council was. held at, three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of
Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, and other Cabinet Ministers. The
Cotn:cil sat three hours.
Sir Frederick Pollock, AttOrnei-Generil, visited the
Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Sir
Frederick had also an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Sir Moses Montefiore had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A meeting of the Revenue Inquiry Commission was
held yesterday at GwyclaT House, Whitehall.
Lord Stanley and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman .of the Excise, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday
at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Gladstone had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday. at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, Mauritius,
and Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were also received. from the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

The Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday morning
from a visit to Earl Cowper, at Panshanger.
The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at his residence in
Old Burlington-street. on Sunday night, from Woburn
Abbey.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Earl of Cardigan, in Portman-square, from Deene
Park, Northamptonshire ; Lord and Lady Shrewsbury,
at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton ;
the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. William Best, from a visit to
Lord Wynford, at Chiselhurst ; the Hou. Mrs. Horton,
in Bolton-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Charles
Gore, from the Marquis of Lansdowne's, Bowood ; Lord
Charles Wellesley, at Apsley House, from Strathfield-
say-e • Sir George Talbot, Bart. and Miss Talbot, from
S. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Sir David Davies, from her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court ; the Hon.
Captain Francis Villiers, at the Earl of Jersey's, Berke-
ley-square ; Captain and Mrs. Wilkinson' at the Glou-
cester Hotel,- Berkeley-street, Piccadilly ; Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart, at. ditto ; Captain Mainwaring, R.N., at ditto.
DEPARTURES.

Sir C. Napier, M.P., from the Gloucester-hotel,Berke-
ley-street, Piccadilly, for Merchistoun-hall ; J. Ander-
son, Esq., and Misses Anderson, from ditto ; Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart, from ditto ; Rev. F. Hewson, from ditto ;
the Hon. Miss Eden, for the Queen Dowager's, Witley-
court, near Worcester ; the Hon. William Edwardes,
from Fenton's-hotel, for his seat in Lincolnshire ; the
Hon. Berkeley, on a visit to Lord Fitzhardinge, at
German Cottage, Cheltenham.