The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, tuntsDAY.—The Queen walked this morning
for some time in the pleasure-grounds adjoining to the Castle,
attended by the Counteza of Gairsborough and the Hon.
DE is Kerr.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken an airing in a pony carriage this
afternoon, and the Princess Alice for her usual exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert drove her Majesty out
in a pony phaeton this afternoon, attended by the Hon.
Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting, on horseback.
Colonel Bouverie arrived at the Castle this morning as the
Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert.

His Excellency. the Spanish Minister transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent
off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office.

Miss CLARA SEYTON.—This very talented young
lady has been giving her entertainments at Dover, Deal,
Hastings, and other towns in Kent, where she has attracted
crowded audiences, who have been delighted with the versa-
tility of talent which she displayed. At St. Leonard's her
entertainment was patronised by his Serene Highness the
Prince of Oldenburgh. She is at present at Tunbridge Wells,
where she is winning " golden opinions," in every sense of
the phrase.
READING AND REIGATE.--It appears that the at-
mospheric principle is to be adopted on one of the proposed
lines from Reading and Reigate, of which Mr. Sandforth F.
Griffin is the engineer. This line, although but forty miles
in extent, passes in its course through the important towns
of Guildford and Dorking, thus connecting the Great
Western and the Northern lines with the South-eastern and
Brighton lines. The promoters contend that, on account of
the undulating character of the country, by no other system
than the atmospheric will the difficulties in the shape of
severe gradients be surmounted, or the beauty of the Kea ery
be kept open to view. Much stress appears to be laid by the
promoters upon the fact of the great safety which the atmos
plieric system promises to secure.—Post.
RAILROAD EXTRAORDINARY.—We learn from au-
thority, which we cannot distrust, that a plan of railway is
now in active contemplation, and in highly influential hands,
which bids fair to be one of the most imposing adventures of
this adventurous era. It is one which, if accomplished (and
we see no reason to doubt its practicability), must create im-
mense interest in these districts, where it is calculated to work
a sort of revolution in commerce. It has been already ascer-
tained by Mr. Pease and others, that coals may be carried by
railway under arrangements most beneficial to all parties.
This being the case, it is proposed to complete a double line of
railway from Newcastle to the metropolis for the carriage of
goods only; these goods being coals chiefly upwards, and
miscellaneous packages downwards. As this eine would
exclude passengers, great speed is not an object. The
coals would be delivered in a condition far superior
to that which goes by sea, and the metropolitan market
would by this means he regularly supplied, at all times, with
superior coals, on terms that would hardly vary, and which
would be lower than any that London has yet seen. We
have been favoured with an outline of some of the calcula •
tions for this scheme. As to the cost of the railway we can-
not judge. It is estimated, however, at somewhat above
four millions, and it is proposed to obtain a subscribed capital
of five millions to meet all contingencies. The consumption
of coal, in London alone, is about 4,000,000 tons annually.
The carriage upon three millions tons of coal, alone, would
yield a handsome profit, even at rates very low indeed. As
far as the coal trade of Northumberland and Durham is con-
cerned, a transit like this, if once effected, would be a great
safeguard. They might thenceforward defy all competition,
and enjoy a monopoly of the supply of the metropolis.
We look with great interest for further details as to the gigan-
tic •undertaking.—Tyne Mercury.
FOREIGN FRUIT, CATTLE, &c.—The General
Steam Navigation Company's ship Countess of Lonsdale,
which arrived from Hamburgh within this day or two,
brought, in addition to 21 oxen in good condition, 765 sieves
of plums, 65} sieves of the same, and 110 baskets of other
descriptions of fruit, and a large, quantity of seeds, plants,
and
,other produce. The Sir Edward Banks also brought
18 cases of live poultry, a large quantity of eggs, &c. The
same Company's ship Soho, trim Antwerp on Monday,
brought the large number of considerably more than 2,000
packages of ripe walnuts, a large quantity of ripe pears, &c.
The Columbine, from Rotterdam, which arrived at the
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, on the same day, brought 5
oxen, 19 cows, the large number of 240 sheep, a large quan-
tity of yeast, cheese, and a variety of every description of
Dutch produce. Neither this vessel nor the Company's ship
James Watt, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Wharf
on the same day, from Havre, brought any fruit of either
description; so that it would appear that the importations
of ripe fruit, eonsisting of plums, pears, &c., from Holland
and France, have, in a great measure, ceased for the season.
The fruit from these places was the first in the markets, and
now they giVe place to Hamburgh, from which a later crop
of ripe fruit is now arriving, and Belgium, which is very pro-
lific in the produce of walnuts—a scarcity elsewhere—and
' from which country large quantities, as will be seen, arrive,
which are of excellent quality, and completely supply our
markets with the article. We understand that the crop of
English walnuts this year is generally bad, in consequence of
the great quantity of humid and wet weather which has been
so prevalent, and that the samples of this nut of home
growth, which are generally considered very Superior to, are
this year completely beaten by, those brought from Belgium
, and other parts of the Continent. Our walnut season should
now be at its height, whereas there has as yet scarcely any
been seen in the markets or elsewhere. The walnuts brought
from abroad are imported in the husk—for which an allow-
vice is made by the revenue officers at the time of landing,
by mutual agreement or experiment, according to the wish
of the importer—which insures their delivery in a fresh state.