The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting
yesterday in the grounds and preserves in the vicinity of
Claremont. His Royal Highness was attended by Major-
General Sir Edward Bowater and Mr. George Edward
.:..nson. The Royal party returned to lunch.
The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morn-
ing prevented her Majesty taking her accustomed early
walk.

Major-General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the
honour of dining Ishii her Majesty yesterday evening at
Claremont.

A deputation on the subject of the Chester and Holy-
head Railway, consisting of Mr. R. H. Collett, Mr. W.
H. Thomas, and Mr. Duff; - had an interview yesterday
with Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the
First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The
d potation were accompanied Mr. George Carr Glyn,
Chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, Mr.
W. H. Moss, Director of the Grand Junction Railway,
Mr. Creed, and Mr. Tynne. Mr. J. Walker also attended
the omiference.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in town yes-
terday afternoon from Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, the
scat of Sir Stephen Glynne.
Colonel Malcolm transacted business at the Foreign-
office on Tuesday.
Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretary at War, visited Sir
James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office.
Th,, Hon. Robert Clive transacted business yesterday
at the Treasury.
Sir J. Graham and Sir Thomas Freemantle had inter-
views yesterday with Sir Robert Peel.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl
of Aberdeen yesterday evening, at his Lordship's resi-
dence, in Argyle-street.
The Earl and Countess of Ducie and Lord Moreton
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, on Tues-
day evening, from Rufford Hall.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE LONDON DOCKS.—The ex-
tensive alterations making in this great emporium of shipping,
wealth, and the produce of all parts of the globe, are proceeding
rapidly. The splendid entrance will soon be finished, as the
foundation is now nearly completed, and workmen are busily
engaged in pulling down the building recently occupied by the
Government emigration agent, Lieutenant James Sedgwiek
Lean, of the Royal Navy, to make way for the improvements.
The old entrance and the store-shops on the southern side will
be levelled to the ground as soon as the new buildings are se
far advanced as to permit of their being demolished; on whose
site will be erected a most commodious range of warehouses.
The building for the commissioners, committee-room, and
superintendent's offices are to be on a very large scale, and,
when finished, the London Dock will be one of the finest com-
mercial buildings in the world. Notwithstanding that this is
the dull season of the year, there are no less than 30 to 35
vessels fitting out for foreign ports.
Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an adjourned
inquest at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of Johannah
Mahoney, aged 51, a fruit-woman. It appeared in evidence
that early on Friday evening last deceased, whilst crossing
Regent• street, near Conduit-street, was knocked down by one
of Pickford's vans, in which were two men named Hewitt and
Crundell. She was knocked down by the pole, but the van did
nut pass over any part of her person. She was picked up in a
state of fright, and led to the Shakspeare public-house, Tyler-
street, where for same time every attention was paid to her. It
being seen, however, that she was lapsing into insensibility, she
was removed about eight o'clock to the Middlesex Hospital, in
which she died in about an hour after her admission. Mr.
Corfe, the house-apothecary, who had opened the body, said she
died of apoplexy, caused by a sudden shock to the system, for
there was no external or other injury, the effect of violence.
The van was going slowly when it knocked her down, and the
jury, attributing no blame to the driver or his companion, re-
turned a verdict—" That deceased died of effusion of Wood on
the brain, from having been accidentally knocked down by a van."
BRIGHTON.—COMMENCEMENT OF THE MACKEREL
FISHERY.—Within the last few days several of the Brighton
boats have left for Plymouth, to commence the mackerel
fishery. Some of the Hastings boats have also shot their nets
off that town, and on Monday two of them brought in the first
mackerel caught this season; one boat having taken 1,300 and
another 600, which fetched on the beach at Hastings 545. per
100. They were bought up for the London marker. Up-
wards of 200 sail of French fishing boats are reported off
Erightwi dial trw otiglibuuibu,,d, and having Htly flown a
di:vmition to vccroa,b, 72,1,:j.,61)'6 brig N.utilui, Lieute-
nant Paulson, has been sent round to protect our boats, and is
now cruising in the Channel. On Monday the Nautilus an-
, chored 'off Drighteu.