The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Earl Delawarr took his departure from the Castle
yesterday.
The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Daw-
son, Baroness de Speth, La Marquise d'Harcourt, and Mr.
Wm. Harcourt.

The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in
attendance during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and
performed the remainder of the evening in the Castle.
• This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort
took their early exercise in the pleasure-grounds in the
vicinity of the Castle.
The Royal Family were all taken their accustomed
airings this morning
The Queen, Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Court, with the domestic household, attended
Divine service this morning in the private chapel of
the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay
:Avis ted. _ - .

•
,Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Augustus of Saxe Cobourg attended Divine service to-
day in the Roman Catholic Chapel, at Clewer.
Madame Angelet was in waiting on the Princess.
The Duchess of Kent attended Divine service this
morning in the parish church. liar Royal Highness
afterwards visited her Majesty and her illustrious visitors.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
Di%ine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
Baron lines( beck was in waiting on his Royal High-
ness.

The Duke of Cambridge went on a shooting excur-
sion to Coombe wood on Saturday. His Royal High-
ness honoured the Duke of Somerset with his company
at dinner, at his residence, Wimbledon Park.
Sir John Pelly had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie en Saturday, at the office of the Board of
Trade. Sir John also visited Sir Robert Peel.
Ilis Excellency Baron Dedel had an interview with
the Earl of Aberdeen last Friday, at the Foreign-
office.
The Bishop of Loudon and Lord Ashley had an inter-
view with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday.
Dispatches from the Cape of Good Hope were re-
ceived yesterday at the. Colonial-office. Dispatches
from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received on
Saturday at the Colonial-office.
The accounts of the health of the Viscountess Vil-
liers, received in town on Saturday, were favourable.
The Duke of Wellington, the Duke 'of Rutland, and
Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the
Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr.
Wesley preached the sermon. At the daily service, the
prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the les-
sons by the Rev. Dr. Vivian. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Sheath. The anthem was, "I will sing
of thy power" (Green). Mr. Turle presided at the organ.
Lord Sheffield, Ernest Bruce, and G. Paulet were among
the nobility present.

Ttis COURT.—Arrangements have been made for
the departure of the Court from Windsor for Osborne
House to- morrow. Her Majesty and bis Royal Highness Prince
Albert who, it is expected, will be accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Prince end Princess Augustus of Saxe-
Cobourg, will leave the Castle in the morning, proceeding
to the Farnborough station on the line of the Southampton
Railway, where the state:carriage of the Company will be
in waiting, and thence to Gosport. Only a portion of the
infant royal family will accompany her Majesty and the
Prince Consort to the Isle of Wight, where the Court is ex-
pected to remain about ten days or a fortnight. Several of
the royal domestics left Windsor for Osborne House
early this morning for the purpose of making the necessary
arrangements for the reception of her Majesty. It is stated
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus
of Saxe-Cobourg will embark off the island in the course of
this week on their return to the continent.

We have much pleasure in stating, for the informa-
ion of British merchants, that, according to official accounts

received from Genoa of the 15th inst., the Board of Health
had abolished the quarantine which, on the news of the sick-
ness on board the Eclair, had been imposed on all vessels
coming from England. This act of enlightened administra-
tion on the part of the Sardinian Government reflects the
highest credit on the authorities.—Observer.
The will of the late Earl Grey was proved in the
Consistory Court of Durhath on the 18th instant, by the
present Earl, the sole executor. The personal effects in the
diocese of Durham were sworn under 30,0001.—Newcastle
Chronicle.

We understand that the late Lady Holland has left
an annuity of 2,0001. to Lord John Russell, as an expression
of the high respect which her Ladyship entertained for the
Noble Lord. On his Lordship's death, the annuity will be
equally divided among the children of her late Ladyship's
daughter. Observer.
THE LATE EARL SPENCER.--A meeting was held
on Saturday last, at the George Hotel, Northampton, to
initiate proceedings for the erection of some testimonial to
the memory of the late lamented Earl Spencer. The meet-
ing confined itself to the simple affirmation of the desirable-
ness of a memorial of some sort, and left the determining what
the memorial should be to the body of subscribers hereafter.
After the business had closed, however, two or three sugges-
tions were thrown out. One gentleman was for an obelisk
on the spot were the Fanning and Grazing Society used to
hold its show, at Chapel Brampton ; another was for a statue
in the centre of the fine market-place of the county town; a
third suggested an asylum for decayed farmers as most con-
sonant with the benevolent nature of the late Lord, and took
the opportunity of stating that since his death he had heard
of instances of his unostentatious generosity for which every-
body must love and revere him. The meeting was suggested
and attended by farmers only. No county gentleman was
present. A subscription was entered into upon the spot.
Lord and Lady'.Brougham are passing the season
at his Lordship's chateau, in the south of France. Mr. and
Mrs. William Brougham are at present on a visit to the Noble
Lord and her Ladyship. Lordßrongham is expected in
town shortly before, the opening of Parliament, but Lady
'Brougham is not expected to return to this country until
May next.
VISCOUNTESS VILLIERS.—We regret to state that
the acconnts received by Sir Robert Peel and the Earl and
Countess of Jersey on Saturday and yesterday afternoon
from Upton House, Warwickshire, are not so favourable. Dr.
Seymour left town on Saturday for Upton House, by direc-
tion of Sir Robert Peel, to consult with Dr. Ferguson, who
was in attendance on her Ladyship. Yesterday Dr. Fergu-
son returned to the metropolis, and we learn that when that
gentleman left Upton the Viscountess was no worse, but it
could not be said that all danger was over. It was judged
that her Ladyship was going on favourably, for such was the
written statement handed to those of the nobility inquiring
at the Earl of Jersey's. The Duke of Cambridge, the
Duchess of Gloucester, and most of the nobility in town,
called yesterday to make inquiries after her Ladyship's health.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The second per-
formance of "Israel in Egypt" will take place at Exeter Hall,
on Wednesday. The number of subscribers to the Society
has this year greatly increased.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton intend to re-
tain their splendid mansion in Lansdowne-crescept, Bath,
formerly belonging to the late Mr. Beckford, and to dispose
only of the Lansdowne Tower and its curiosities.
Mohan Lal has returned to this country from his
continental trip. At Berlin, the King and Queen of Prussia
treated him with marked distinction and kindness, and
during his sojourn in that capital he was invited to dinner
by his Majesty.
The Austrian Ambassador and Countess Dietrich
stein and suite, who hzve been staying some weeks in Upper
Harley-street, remove in a few days to Chandos House, which
is nearly complete in its embellishments.
The Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House
this morning for Hampshire. His Royal Highness
proceeds first to Paultons, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Ger-
trude Sloane Stanley, and subsequently to Cadlands, the seat
of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. The Duke of Rut-
land accompanies his Royal Highness through the tour.
The Earl and Countess of Dundonald have arrived
in Chesterfield-street from Hampshire.
The funeral of the late Earl of Verulam is fixed
for to-morrow. The remains of the lamented Nobleman will
be interred in the family vault at Gorhambury. The mem-
bers of the family circle will alone attend the mournful
ceremony.
CAPITAL RUN WITH HER MAJESTY'S STAG-HOUNDS.
—DEATH OF THE STAG.—The meet of the royal buck
hounds on Friday last, which was at Maidenhead, was at-
tended by a field of upwards of two hundred, including Lord
Rosalyn and several of the officers in the two regiments in
garrison at Windsor. A young stag, which had been once
hunted, at nearly the end of the last season, upon being un-
carted at Maidenhead thicket, went away in beautiful style
to Bisham, crossing the Thames, at Marlow, into Bucks.
The hounds were taken over Marlow-bridge, and upon being
again laid on, the stag made away through Sir W. Clayton's
park at Harleyford, and thence, almost in a straight line
through Hambleton, to Lane End, in Oxfordshire. The run,
which was over between eighteen and twenty miles of
country, was accmplished in an hour and forty minutes, at
a racing pace throughout. When the hounds came up with
the stag, at Lane End, it was found to be in a dying state,
apparently from exhaustion, and it was deemed necessary
to cut its throat. Upon the body being opened, it was found
that a blood-vessel had been ruptured. The carcase was
presented to Mr. Thomas Hussey, a large farmer residing
close to Lane End, and a well-known sportsman. Not more
than twenty out of the large field at the meet were up at the
finish, which was between twenty and thirty miles from the
Kennel. The celebrated deer, Highlander, afforded a large ,
field a tolerably good run (the first portion in the midst of a
pelting rain) on Wednesday last. The deer, which was
turned out at Ickenham-common, aftdr making for Harrow-
on-the-Hill, going direct through the village, and crossing
the Birmingham Railway to Uxendon Farm, was taken at
Winsbley-park, near Kingsbury, upwards of twenty-six
miles from the Kennel, at Ascot. _

THE ALTERATIONS IN THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
—The alterations in the large building of the General Post-
office in St. Martin's-le-Grand are now so far completed, that
it is expected the new rooms over the inland and letter-
carriers' offices will be occupied by the men for the purposes
of the duty during the course of the present week... The
new office embraces the whole span of the building from west
to east, and a new roof has been constructed, which is of
lion. The object of this alteration is to afford more room
for the transaction of the general duty, but especially to fur-
nish additional facilities for the newspaper business, which
has of late so considerably increased. To meet the difficulty
of raising the immense masses of newspapers which have to
pass through the several stages of the duty, hoists, most in-
geniously contrived, are being fixed. These will be raised
and lowered by the steam .engine at present at work in the
basement of the building for the purpose of ventilating the
offices. By this arrangement it is said much inconvenience
and loss of time will be saved both in the dispatch and the
delivery of inward and outward letters. •
THE Nxw BISHOP or OXFORD.—Dr. Wilberforce,
the Dean of Wcs'm'niter, and recently elected Bishop of
Oxford, in the room of Dr. Bagot, translated to the see of
Bath and Wells, will be formally confirmed in his election on
Wednesday next, at Bow Church. Cheapside, with the usual
formalities. His Lordship will be cepsecrated on the follow-
ing Sunday, in the private chapel of Lambeth Palace.

WINDSOU, SllNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen
and Prince Albert walked for some time in the pleasure-
grounds within the Castle precincts. On the return of
her Majesty and her Royal Consort their Royal High-
nesses Princes Albert and Augustus of Saxe Cobourg,
Lord Portman, Lord Charles Wellesley, Colonels Bowles
and Wide, left the Castle on a shooting excursion.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken for their early pony and
walking exercise yesterday forenoon. Their Royal
Highnesses were taken a carriage airing in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and the royal party at the Castle yesterday
afternoon. _ _