The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-29 00:00:00

Total Collection £15,384,125 15 0
This Account is made up on the Amount of Duty collected to the sth day of April, 1844, in respect of the year, 1842, ended
April, 1843.
* The Amount collected in Scotland cannot at present be distinguished in Schedules.
Accountant and Comptroller-General's Office,
Stamps and Taxes, 21st May, 1844.

THOS. LIGHTFOOT.

A Return, showing the Number of Claims of Exemption under the Property Tax Act received at the Tax-office up to the
20th of May, 1844 ; the Number on which the Duty has been repaid ; the Amount of Duty repaid ; the Number of
Claims in which Orders have been issued by the Board of Taxes for discharging the Property of the Claimants from
Assessment; and the Number of Claims now remaining in the Tax-office for Examination and Inquiry.
Number of Claims received
Number of Claims on which Duty has been repaid 75,500
Amount of Duty repaid
Number on which Orders have been issued for discharging the Property of the Claimants
from Assessment ...... .. .........
Number of Claims remaining in the Office for Examination and Inquiry
* Of these about 6,000 claims have been found defective, and returned to the Surveyors for correction or amendment.
f These claims will be disposed of during the present week.
Special Commissioners' Department,
Stamps and Taxes, 21st May, 1844.

JOHN FULLER,

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Mr.
George Edward Anson (Treasurer), Lord George Len-
nox (Lord in Waiting), Captain Francis Seymour
(Groom in Waiting), and Colonel Wylde (Equerry in
Waiting), left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes
before ten o'clock, yesterday morning, to attend the
Triennial Festival of the Eton Montem. His Royal High.
ness and suite went in two carriages and four, to the
terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington,
and travelled by a special train to Slough. From that
station the Prince and suite proceeded to Windsor
Castle, where the Royal party arrived at twenty minutes
before eleven o'clock.

After remaininz an hour at the Castle, his Royal
Highness went to Eton College, and subsequently ho-
nourned the Provost with a visit, partaking of a dejeune
at his residence. The Prince, on quitting the College,
proceeded to Salt-hill, and afterwards returned to town,
via Slough, by a special train on the Great 'Western.
Railway. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Pa-
lace shortly before three o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Vis-
countess Canning, Lady Caroline Cocks, Honourable
Miss Frances Devereux, Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuth-
not, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the Italian Opera with
their presence yesterday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, were taken their
accustomed daily airings yesterday in the Royal Gar-
dens of Buckingham Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Countess of Sheffield and Earl Howe, honoured the Ita-
lian Opera with her presence, yesterday evening. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
also honoured the Opera with their presence.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
yesterday at Cambridge House.

Mr. Everett, the AMerican Minister, and Mr. Murphy,
the Mexican Minister, transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town on Monday.
Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, left town on
Monday evening to receive his Majesty the King of
Saxony, upon his arrival in this country.