The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY,: This morning his Royal
Highness Printo Albort rode out on horseback. His
Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Wylde,
Equerry in Waiting.
Her • Highness the. Duchess o Kent will dine
in private with her- Majesty and her Illustrious Con-
sort at the Castle this evening.

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The 'Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, visited the
rail of Aberdeen yesterday,.at the Poreignoffice.
Sii.Robert Peel left 'town yesterday morning, by. the
Great Western Railway, for Windsor Castle. The
Right Hon. Baronet returned in -the afternoon •to his
residence in Whitehall-gardens., , , •
Baron de Cetto, Bavarian. kfinister, and Count Kiel-
mannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister, transacted busi-.
;less yesterday, at the Foreign-office.:.
Lord Sandon, M.P., had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yeSterday. -

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JOURNALS of Messrs. GULLY cIiatiDENHAAL

Chapman and Vag:London; 1844.
This is the journal of tw•o British officers during a
captivity in:China in the year 1842. It is exceedinlgy
minute in its details, and bears every appearance‘of
authenticity; but there is rather too much sameness
about it, the record of one days suffering being as
like as possible to its successor. • -

, CHEERFUL CHERRY—WIT BOUGHT.
Darien and Clark, London, 1844.
These are two prose tales intended for the in-
struction and entertainment of the nicrre juvenile class
of readers. They are written with great. clearness,
and simplicity. of language ; have jUstisuffici- Tit in-
cident. to excite _the curiosity, without -fatiguing-the
attention :Of. the...young ;. and are embellished with
nuinerons wood-cuts, engraved with' a skill that
would have delighted' old Bewick—the father of this
species- of engraving.. The tales are from the pen of
an author who, under. the quaint, name of Peter
Parleyi" has gained no slight popularity as a writer
of children's story books... •

EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY.
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1844.
The -present volume of this cyclopeedia contains
the Second Part of. the history of the 'United States
.
of America, from the earliest period: The work is
carefully condensed,- and gives accounts of the com-
merce, banking transactions,. political, literary, and
social institutions, laws, and,religious establishments.
of the, lanited States, together, with a brief sketch.of
the circumstances that led to- the War of Indepen-
dence, of the progress of that -war, and its successful
matterilalre rarelyc o n e i sneeedn
result under the auspices of -the illustrious Washing-
ton. Wein so
sgoresamtaalnl
aamspoacunetasanind
this little volume.

HISTORY .OF
.BACKGAMMQX
Bogue, London, 1844.
Those who desire to 'become proficients in the
popular game of backgamMon, cannot do better than
peruse this little treatise, which explains the whole
character of the game, and the means of acquiring ex-
pertness in playing it, in a very terse and perspi-
cuous manner. The voluMe 'is embellished with
three or four ingenious wood engravings.

CYCLOPiEDIA'OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Chambers, Edinburgh, 1844.
We have here the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif-
teenth Parts of this monthly Cyclopedia, containing
brief memoirs of some of our most eminent authors in
verse and prose-of the last century and a half, toge-
ther with copious extracts from their works. The
Cyclopedia is well suited to the lounging tastes of the
day, and is therefore likely to maintain its popularity.