The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, JUNE 11.—The first chamber of the
States-General is convoked for Tuesday, the 17th inst.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Frederick
of the Netherlands and their children arrived at Berlin
on the 7th instant. We are assured that the debates
in the project of law for the budget of 1846 and 1847,
will take place in the course of next week. The
sections have terminated their examination of the pro-
jects of law, and the report is very shortly expected,
after which the debate will commence immediately.
The section will begin to-morrow the examination of
the project of law relative to the elective franchise. The
Committee of the Second Chamber, in whose hands is
the petiticn from Amsterdam, respecting the affairs of
Surinam, met the day before yesterday.

COURT f-!1,71;1)14.A.R.
WINDSOR, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's private band at-
tended yesterday evening in the Castle, and performed the fol-
lowing pieces :
Overture—" La Part du Diable "—Auber.
Fantasia, on Airs composed by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert.

" Themia Festklange Walzer "—Labitzky.
Minuet Iphigenie "—Gluck.
" Triumphal March "—Ries.
This morning her Majesty and her illustrious guests walked
and rode in pony carriages in the pleasure grounds of the Castle.
The juvenile Royal Family were taken their usual early
airings.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence,
Frogmore Honse, at nine o'clock this morning in a carriage
and four, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at
Bushy House, Bushy Park, and afterwards to proceed to town.
The Duke and Duchess of Buecleugh, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Exeter, and the Earl of Liverpool, took their
departure from the Castle to-day.
Shortly before five o'clock this afternoon the juvenile Royal
Family, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, left the
Castle for the Slough station.
At. five o'clock precisely the Queen and Prince Albert, their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Royal suite, left the Castle in four carriages
and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, for
the Slough station. The whole of the Royal and August
party were conveyed to town by a special train on the Great
Western Railway.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and
the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, arrived at Buckingham
Palace in an open carriage and four, at ten minutes past six
o'clock on Saturday afternoon from Windsor Castle. A party
of the 4th Light Dragoons formed the escort from the railway
terminus at Paddington to the Palace. Prince Alfred, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in another carriage, and his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Countess of
Gainsborough, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Liddell, La
Baronne M. de Finguerlin, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel
Berkeley Drnmmond, Hon. Colonel Grey, Major-General Sir
Edward Bowater, and M. Borel de Bretizel, followed in
other Royal carriages.
Her Majesty and the Royal party were received on alighting
from their carriage, by the Master of the Horse, Lord George
Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, and the Master of
the Household.
His Ecellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambas-
sador, paid his respects to their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess de Nemours soon after their arrival at Buck-
ingham Palace.
The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buckingham
Palace. The company included Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess de Nemours, his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Portuguese Minister, and Baroness de Moncorvo ;
the Brazilian Minister, and Madame Marques Lisboa, Prince
Castelcicala, the Sicilian Minister, Baron Gersdorf, the Saxon
Minister, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Earl of Liverpool, the Countess of Wilton, the Countess
Granville, Lord and Lady Stanley, Viscount and Viscountess
Canning, Lord Brougham, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, La
Baronne M. de Fiuguerlin, and M. Borel de Bretizel.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the
Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended
Divine Service in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated and
preached the sermon.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk
yesterday in the gar&ns of the Palace. The Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princes.s Alice,
were taken airings yesterday in the Royal Gardens.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the
Duke and Duchess de Nemours yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours
visited her Royal Highness the Do; hers of Kent yesterday, as
Clarence House, St. James's. The Royal Duke also visited
his Royal Highness Prince George, and his Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, at their respective residency-s.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past twelve
o'clock on Saturday, from the residence of her Alajesty the
Queen Dowager, Bushy House, Bushy Park.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at. Kew.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert Peel, the Duke
of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Earl of Haddington, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of
Lincoln, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and other Ministers attended.
he Council broke up at half-past five o'clock.
The Chairman of the Customs, and the Chairman of the
Excise, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday. Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Works
Loan Of South Sea House, had also an interview with the
Right Hon. Gentleman.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner
and peformed the following pieces under the direction of Mr.
Schott :

Overture, " Oberon,"—C. M. Weber.
Waits, " Die Mozarti3cheu,"—Lanner.
Pot pourri. " Les Martyrs,"—Donizetti.
Polka, " Hymens Feyer Klaetwe,"—Kuhner.
Galop, " Vorwaerts,, —H. R. 'H. Duke Max. of Bavaria.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards, attended under the
direction of Mr. Anderson, and performed the fallowing
pieces :

Overture, " Libella,"—Reissiger.
Air and Rondo alla Turca—Mozart.
Terzetto' " Nights lingering Shades,"—Spohr.
March—Benedict.
Lorley Rhein Walzer—Strauss.
Mr. Cane and a deputation had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday.
Mr. Pendarves had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie
en Saturday.
Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also
from the Governor of the other North American provinces,
were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committees of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord
Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge
of the Admiralty Court.
An appeal, Faulds v. Jackson, from the Prerogative Court
of York, and other cases, were heard by their Lordships.
The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, and Sir Frederick
Trench, attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr.
H. Dakins, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Hook. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of
Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the
Marquis of Lorne, the Countesses of Wilton and St. Germans,
Lords Bandon, Gostord, Cawdor, St. Germans, Sheffield,
Zetland, Sandwich, J. O'Bryen, Ebrington, Cantilupe, and
Ernest Bruce, attended the daily service yesterday in the
Chapel Royal. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr.
Vivian, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the com -
munion service by the Rev. Dr. death. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook. The anthem was, "We will
rejoice" (Croft). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ.

DEATII FROM SUFFOCATION.-CAUTION TO PA-
asNiTs.—On Friday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Fighting
Cocks, St. John-street, Bethnal-green, on the body of Joseph Ri-
chard Webb, aged eleven weeks, the son of a toy dealer, residing
at 26, Winchester street, Bethnal-green. On Saturday night
last the child was taken to bed as usual. When the mother awoke
on the following morning, about fire o'clock, she found him quite
dead. A small portion of the pillow had got over his face, and it
was believed that he had been accidentally suffocated by that means.
A surgeon was sent for, but all efforts to restore animation were
ineffectual. Verdict—" That deceased was found dead, apps-
Gently from suffocation."