The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
Wurpnott, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the
(Peen Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of
axe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of iVur-
lvnlh"g, the Mareltionus of Douro, Barone,s de
h 3111?Prilwito, 13ron de Alvonzdeben, XI. de Wangen-
be'in, Capiain Nryoei, Lunt C. Wede,ley, Sir E.
_o%vater, and Mr G. E. Anoll, left the Castle for
fwc, a party of the Royal Horse Guards, corn-
roded by Lieutenant Corbet, forming the escort to
Slough.
...The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel Berkeley
urummond left the Castle soon after the royal party.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were
taken a carriage airing in the forenoon.
His Exellency Baron de Brunnow, the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen, left the
Castle yesterday.
The royal !ifty returned from town at twenty
Itlinutes past four o clock, escorted by a party of the
°AI Horse Guards, commanded by Lord Alex-
Ander Lennox.
The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel B. Drum-
'blond returned to the Castle in the afternoon.
}ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
"he
Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw joined
"Qe royal circle at dinner.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner.
In the evening the Distin family attended, by corn-
!Atid, at the Castle, and had the honour of perform-
lug before her Majesty, and Prince Albert, and the
royal circle. The following is the programme :
vverthre, "Figaro," her Majesty private band—
Mozart.
'iiintette, "Robert toi que j'aime," Saxhorns,
a.Messrs. Distin—Mayerbeer. •
441nuetto and Trio, her Majesty's private band—
w d
1* ° '3e*
°mil Serenade, Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—MS.
Scherzo, her Majesty's private band—Mendelssohn.
1141:41e, " Vanne a colei the adoro," Saxhorns,
ktMessrs. Distin—Costa..
11, "Les deux Journees," her Majesty's private
latr„And*
-.action and La Chasse, Saxhorns, Messrs.
istin_Mendelssohn.
The performance took place under the direction of
—`l4,.Anderson, qf her Majesty's private band.
The Queen and Prince Albert were graciouslyple s
to express their admiration of the perform-
:Loa of the Distill, Family, and her Majesty corn-
4n,bded them to repeat the last piece by Mendelssohn.
bThis morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the
,_".
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest
"urtemberg, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
%ult.) and the domestic household; attended Divine
e44ice in the private chapel of the Castle. The
. and Rev. Charles Leslie CoUrtenay officiated.
b=ier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
t eft vine Service in the afternoon, in the private chapel
Castle. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting
.14,1%,.114/1. Royal Highness.
R.:.Ler Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Dukes of
er Coburg and Wurtemberg, took their accustomed
7ciee in the afternoon.
Queen and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
114) attended by the Marchioness of Douro, and
goo Baroness de. Wangenheitn, left Windsor Castle
e:l;_after nine o'clock on Saturday morning in a
eorga and four. Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe
teh,Prg and Gotha, and Ernest of Wurtemberg, at-
% ged by the Baron de Alvensleben, following in
440ther carriage and four ; and Mr. George Edward
to 8", Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward
fenwriat,er, M. de Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner,
i;•twing in a third carriage and four.
ti1041„,..e illustrious party, escorted by a detachment of
left•"°Yal Horse 'Guards, proceeded to Slough, and
w than station by a special train on the Great
to stern Railway for Paddington. On arriving at that
of 'nuel Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dukes
the
Bazaar
and Gotha and Wurtemberg went to
144.13ailtar in King-street, Portman-square, where
fr-General Wemyss received his Royal Highness.
cob er Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
rya and Gotha, and attended by the royal suite,
part‘'ed Soon afterwards at the Bazaar, escorted by a
of Lancers, and was received by Prince Albert.
ortioic royal and august visitors, remained upwards
in au hour viewing the Smithfield Cattle Show,
Pel„,Ten Proceeded from the Bazaar to Buckingham
tin: Where they arrived soon after eleven o'clock.
ke.lll%al Highness Prince Albert, attended by
cftee-'neoll and Sir Edward Bowater, went to the
i/eq.the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House.
tll,l,l%tajesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
llareut,..‘ttended by the Marchioness of Douro, the
Lea de Wangenheim, and Lord Charles Wel-
t-2,
'cucesterfed her Royal Highness the Duchess of
At tea' at Gloucester House.
Party ieft ri„inutes past three o'clock the illustrious
linekingham Palace, on their return to
tort F.."' Castle, a party of Lancers forming the es-
the rom the Palace to Paddington. The Queen,
Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Mar-
-11;i fleas of Douro, and the Baroness de Wangen-
Dl,ll, were in the first carriage; Prince Albert, the
ukes of Saxe Coburg and Wurtemberg, and the
Rren de Alvensleben, were in the next carriage; and
kt Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater,
rd
Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner, were in the
"4 carriage.
special train conveed the ral party from the
'''"4ll3gton terminus to the Slough station.

'n,, from Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Saturday morn-
s visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Re Right Hon. Baronet immediately proceeded to
Q terminus of the London and Birmingham Rail-
beltY in Euston-square, and took his departure for his
!1 Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
1144 he Marquis of Downshire and Sir J. M'Neill
%.t an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on
lirdaY at the office of the Board of Trade.
14 tit is P.' Xcellency the Hanoverian Minister arrived
Sithe
on Friday from the Continent.
" Duke of Wellington, the Hon. Mr. Best, and
ter Frederick Trench, attended the early service ves-
br.t in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.Sloaeiley preached the sermon. The Rev. Dr.
Tht`r." preached the sermon at the daily service.
tr. -r,"ey• Dr. Knapp read the prayers, and the Rev.
at trking the lessons. Sir George Smart presided
t (Irgan. Lady Stuart de Rothsay was among
Iszotalobility present. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist
(.1, w, preach the sermon on Sunday next, in the
'j Royal, Royal, St. James's.
Ivith Earl of Powis had an interview on Saturday
She
Earl of Dalhousie.
o/1 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
,kers'_aturchy. Dr. Addams and Sir Thomas Wilde
heard Bonan appeal from the Prerogative Court,
cm:Ter v.kett.”
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441'31115CW AND YORK RAILWAT.—Every share. in
oh tktindertaking has been allotted, and the deposit paid
litie;ge,,Whole number of 100,000 shares, producing the
°' 250,0001, which has been temporarily invested
teeirlthterbst for the benefit of the Company till required
litte-e Purpose of being deposited on presenting to Par-
Pte,,at the petition for the incorporation of the C0m-
....--teeds Mercury.
"tt rh-EN DEATU AT' HAMPTON COURT PALACE:—
vto „,„-allday morning, at halt-past six o'clock, Harriett
?pcutfshTr, a cook in the service of Miss Pottinger, who
Ni" apartments in Hampton Court Palace, was found
t lid„° the kitchen by the housemaid. Mr. Baker, the
t',:141,,-,;'t surgeon in the Palace, was sent for, but he could
assistance, as life had been extinct some time.
ta4,,, eased was only 25 years of age, and was in !p-
-at b; tuod health on the previous night. Information
tetal.:l forwarded to Mr. Manning, the Queen's Co.
IV,
tete,:„3°Eclt.—On Wednesday morning the brig
Polle-,,t'lizo? laden with corn, was removing for the pur •
she sailing, the rope slipped, and by the tide sad ice
vecias driven up the river, endangering the smaller
k;
iQh's in her course, until she reached the bridge,
iktteLat which she struck so powerfully as to break her
Ivkilt`aast into two pieces, and greatly damaged
.her bul-
tq tia‘: No injury whatever was done to the bridge,. or
eikee'.cof the other vessels in the river.—Canibraye
TH4F,' let;
`-'IIuRtecr.—DUMFRIES.—At the meeting of
1ik,,„';,",11 Council, held on Friday, Mr. Archibald
deer ton brought forward a set of resolutions strongly
Pres„eestiag' the interference of the Legislature with our
4(4;44 currency and banking system ; which resolu-
were seconded by Mr. Dunbar ; and, after a short
the cresol , unanimously adopted. Petitions founded on
Ott
eti to both Houses of Parliament for presentation.
btthIPOUTATION OF PArEß.—Great complaints have
belt aside by the exportersof paper for the Excise draNy-
N of the inconvenience to which they are subjected. in
the N'teuee of the recent new regulation transferring
to tiellanaination of the cases froni.the Excise department
Nity° Customs' officers ; the packages, which •are gene-
iles fastened in a secure manner, having to be entirely
a.ed just previously to shipment in presence of the
Thithetng valuesoftearhers are thereby much deranged, and
the 'property considerably deteriorated.
the 3 alteration in the regulations was professedly for
shinPurNse of ascertaining the actual quantity of paper
chi
wefur the drawback, the examining officer on the
aa'nia destroying the official marks on the packages,
taektK,ing a return of the quantity to the Excise depart.
Perfgh for what reason this could not be as well
reiliZtd by the Excise officers themselves on the pre-
aliipta_°` the party, previously to the final picking for
kitt 'tit, as is done in the case of plate glass, the
end-set' then and there finally packed for shipment,
sealed •f
to oft . t considered necessary ny the Excise, with
44,"
beikl stamp, to prevent the practicability of the pack-
Qu,to ei_ng re-opened, 'does not very clearly appear. The
toe, !las' itutboritit a are evidently aware of the great in-
utnutieuces to which merchants are subjected in conse-
pe,u;
"! of this new regulation, as well as the almost ira-
te 4,-IltY bf a compliance with it, without serious injury
tppliProperty, for in numerous instances have they, on
Pirtier°n, allowed the packages to be shipped on a
pepea examination only, the parties urging that as the
• the:. was closely packed and secured for a long voyage,
,on,
ixiiposure of it to the damp atmosphere at this sea-
of the addition to the injury caused by the unpacking
reader eases, would 80 materially deteriorate it, as to
it unfit fer the intended Purpose'