The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR 11ittilitit4i.--; The Duke
Spanish Minister, and de' Sotomayof,
attiyed at the Castle to-day, on a visit the Queen.
'he Prltite _-Obert, accompanied by the PlRrquis
of Exeter, and atterl6d by Mr. G. E. Ansot;
General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, left the
Castle in the forenoon in an open carriage and four
for the meet, to hunt with his Royal Higtness's
harriers. The meet was at Mr. Trumper's farm at
Ritebings.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took equestrian
exercise in the riding school this evening, attended by
Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie.
The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Cottenham,
and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, arrived at the
Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty.
Httr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady
Fanny Howard joined the royal circle at dinner.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in
attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private
band afterwards attended.

His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei-
mar visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, yes.
terday.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir R.
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the L)rd Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord Granville
Somerset.

Lord Wharncliffe arrived in town on Wednesday
evening, from Witley Court, the residence of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager.
Sir J. Graham arrived from Netherby yesterday
morning, to attend the Council.
Mr. Gladstone arrived in town yesterday from
Hawarden Castle, Flintshire.

The Council sat three hours.
Mr. Gladstone left town, after the Council, for
11 indsor Castle.

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Great
Yarmouth, Mr. C. J. Palmer, and Mr. C. S. Gilman,
attended yesterday at the Railway Department, Board
of Trade, and presented a memorial from the Mayor,
Sheriff, and 6,678 inhabitants of the city of Norwich,
in favour of the London and Norwich direct line.

Also a memorial from 142 agriculturists in Nor-
folk, owners and tenants of about 40,000 acres of
land, in favour of the same.

Also a memorial from the Magistrates and prin-
cipal Bankers, Merchants, and traders of Yarmouth,
in favour of the same line.

The Mayor of Yarmouth presented the resolution
of a public meeting in favour of the London and
Norwich Direct Railway.
M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, left town
yesterday evening for the Continent. His Excel-
lency will not return before the middle of the season.

Baron Peyronnet had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Sir James Graham, Mr. Gladstone, and other Ca-
binet Ministers visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
The Earl of Liverpool had an interview with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
Rear-Admiral Bowles, M.P. for Launceston, and a
deputation from the Launceston and South Devon
Railway Company, had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, the
Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and Malta, were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

MILITARY FLOGGING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
have just been favoured with .tre sight of a
circular letter which has been kindly sent to (I suppose)
all the overseers in every parish throughout the king-
dom, by some humane society, exposing the horrors of
British military flogging ; indeed it is most dreadful.
Is it possible that any Christian government can tolerate
such a horrible mode of corporal punishment ? Death,
I should think, in most instances, would be preferred by
the poor sufferer. Is it to be borne in a land of Bible
societies, missionary societies, and tract societies ? Is
Sir Robert Peel any longer to boast of being the patron
of everything that is good and religious, for the benefit
of the poorer classes, and still permit such a horrid mode
of military torture, that would actually disgrace the
most savage nation ? Forbid it, gracious Heaven ! Is
there not one bishop among the spiritual Lords of Par-
liament who will humanely attempt to abolish such
bloody work among professing Christians ? Where are
my Lords Congleton and Teynham ? Surely it is a
subject deserving their best and most untiring attention.
It really makes the heart sick to read of punishment so
severe as to require the presence of a surgeon to prevent,
if possible, the poor sufferer expiring during its horrid
infliction ; no wonder that officers have been known to
faint away after witnessing such a disgraceful mangling
of human flesh. Let every man in England, and more
especially Christians, do justice to human nature, bad as
it is, and lose not another hour in doing all in their power
to wipe such a "damned spot" from England's statute-
book. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ROBERT TOSSWILL.
The Lodge, Upper Brixham, Jan. 8.