The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert went yesterday after-
noon to Westminster Hall, to view the fresco paintings
and sculptures. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
left Buckingham Palace at one o'clock, in an open car-
riage, attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress
of the Robes, and the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in
Waiting.
The Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the Master of
the Horse occupied another open carriage.
The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert, were in a third carriage;
and Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, General
Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert,
Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, and Major-
General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert,
were in a fourth carriage.
Sir Robert Peel, and other Commissioners for encou-
raging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding of the Palace of
Westminster, received her Majesty and Prince Albert at
the Hall, and also Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary of the
Commission. The Commissioners and Mr. Eastlake
conducted the illustrious party through the exhibition.
After inspecting the collection, her Majesty and Prince
Albert took their departure, and returned to Bucking-
ham Palace soon after two o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an
airing yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham
Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Marquis of Exeter, Lord George Lennox, and Major-
General Sir Edward Bowater, left Buckingham Palace
shortly before eight o'clock yesterday evening, for
Exeter Hall, to honour with their presence the perform-
ance of the oratorio of St. Paul, by the Sacred Har-
monic Society.
The following had the honour of dining with the
Queen yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace :
The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the
Earl of Liverpool, and Selina Viscountess Milton, and
Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town
at four o'clock yesterday afternoon for Bagahot-park, on
a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Princess Mary, and attended by
Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured the exhibition of the
Society of Painters in Water Colours with a visit yes-
terday.
A meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers was
held yesterday. Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of
Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Haddington,
and Sir James Graham, were present. The Lord Ad-
vocate of Scotland was in attendance.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.

PANORAMA, BAALBECK.—We had much pleasure
yesterday in examining a view of the magnificent ruins of
the ancient metropolis, now Baalbeck in Syria, which is
opened this day for the public at Burford's Panorama, Lei-
cester• square. The picture has been painted with remark-
able care, from drawings executed by Mr. Catherwood with
the camera lueida, so that the spectator has before him a
most faithful transcript of this vast scene. The ruins lie in
a wide plain, girt by the chain of the Antilibanus eastward,
and to the west by the Lebanon range, the snow-capped
summit of the mountain itself towering above the others.
The vast ruins of the chief temple, and the beautiful remains
of the smaller edifices are finely represented, and the spectator
will recognise among the general ruins specimens of archi-
tecture of several distinct ages. There are parts which are
evidently the work of the Saracen, occupiers of the place,
others of Greek and Roman origin, and others which the
legend assigns to the architects of Solomon. Several gen-
tlemen who had visited these interesting ruins were present,
among others, Sir Robert Inglis, who expressed his admira-
tion of the work, and said it was a perfect likeness.
THE RAISING OF THE BRIG GALENA.—Late on
Thursday night, the brig Galena, Captain Dotching, London
and Newcastle trader, which took fire early in the morn-
ing, whilst lying at her moorings off the Irongate-
stairs, Tower, and which subsequently fell over on her
starboard side, was raised by means of chain lighters, and
warped to the hard gravel in front of the Tower-wharf;
where she presents a distressing spectacle. Yesterday
morning the immense quantity of water in the hold was
pumped out by a large number of labourers and others
employed for the purpose. The whole of the cargo (con-
sisting of teas, sugars, figs, cotton, and other articles) has
been destroyed by the fire and water, and the hold, with the
exception of a valuable log of mahogany, which is only par-
tially damaged by the fire, presents a mass of rubbish. The
fire had raged from stern to stern, but appears to have made
the greatest havoc abaft the mainmast, the cabin being lite-
rally gutted. The mainmast, for nearly 18 feet above the
deck, has sustained much damage, but the forepart of the
vessel, above the deck, has not received injury. A survey
has been held on the brig, but the result of the surveyor's
report has not transpired. She is, however, repairable, but
the expenses of doing so must be very considerable. Part of
her top rigging, sails, &c., have been put on board a lighter
and conveyed to a place of security. When the hold is
emptied of its contents, the Galena will likely be placed in a
dry dock to undergo the requisite repairs. A crowd of per-
i tons proceeded to the Tower-wharf yesterday and inspected
she ill-fated vessel.

An Antwerp journal of the 24th states, that a ves-
sel hasjust left that port with 20 tons of cherries on board for
the English market, and that one of the largest growers in
the neighbourhood of Antwerp has entered into a contract
with a Englishman to supply him with 100,0001b5., at the
low price of four centimes, somewhat less than a halfpenny
per 10.