The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the gardens of
Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning, and the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal were taking an airing in the
Royal gardens, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Ly ttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen
in the forenoon, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and
Prince Albert and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe
Cobourg Gotha.
At ten minutes past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the
Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene High-
nesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, left town in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of
Hussars, for Claremont. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were
conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, the Earl of Warwick, Lord in Waiting,
the Vice Chamberlain, and Sir Robert,Otway, the Groom in
Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt-
telton, followed in another Royal carriage. The Royal suite
occupied two carriages and four ' • in one were the Viscountess
Canning, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. C. A. Murray,
Master of the Household, and in the other were Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Suite and
Household attended Divine service yesterday at Claremont.
Archdeacon Wilberforce officiated.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their
Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen
and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, arrived at
Marlborough House, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of
the suite, at half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, from her
residence, Bushy House, Bushy
.Park. Her Majesty and the
Duchess of Saxe Meiningen visited their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and the
Princess Sophia at Kensington.
In the evening the Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess
of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince, honoured the
Italian Opera with their presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Copper, Bart., and
the Duchess and the Princess, Augusta of Cambridge, also ho-
noured the Opera with their presence.
The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen
attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal,
St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev.
Mr. Capel, from Romans, chap. 6, verse 23. The Prayers
were read by the Vey. Mr. Pack, the Lessons by the Rev. Mr.
Povah, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath,
and the Rev. Messrs. Pack and Povah. Mr. Goss presided at
the organ during the musical service, and Mr. Cooper, jun.,
played the anthem, " Blessed be thou" (Kent).
The Viscountess Barrington and the Hon. Sophia Wheatley
were the Lady and Maid of Honour in waiting on her Majesty,
and Mademoiselle de Kaas the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess
of Saze Meiningen.
The Bishop of Norwich, the Clerk , and the Dean of Here-
ford, the Deputy-Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. The
The Duchesses of Bedford and Beaufort, the Duke of Beaufort,
Marquis of Headfort, Ladies Wilton, J. Eliot, and M. Alford;
Lords Wilton, Bandon, Effingham, Harrowby, Bective, Canter-
bury, Wrottesley, Eliot, Sandon, and Alford, were among the
Nobility present.
His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen visited
the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Clarence
House, St. James's.

The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Meiniugen, took an airing in a carriage in the afternoon, and
visited the Duchess of Cambridge at Cambridge House.
The Duchess of Kent attended Divince service yesterday
morning in the Chapel in Kensington Palace. Lady Anna
Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Cambridge attended Diiine service yester-
day morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Somerset
was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave a grand
dinner on Saturday, at Cambridge House, to the officers of the
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, of which regiment his
Royal Highness is colonel. Twenty-eight of the officers were
present._

- The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge went
to Kew yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess
of Cambridge on Saturday.
• The Duke of Cambridge went to Wormwood Scrubbs on
Saturday morning.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the
Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe,
the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of
Haddington, Earl of Ripen, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Har-
dinge, and Sir Edwird Knatchbull. The Council sat two
hours and a half.
The Commissioners for the government of Pentonville
Prison assembled on Saturday at the Council-office, for the
transaction of business. There were present Lord Wharncliffe,
Earl of Devon, the Speaker, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Fer-
guson, Major Jebb, Mr. Crawford, and the Rev. Whitworth
Russell.

Mr. A. Taylor and a Deputation of 142 Anti-Corn-law
Delegates had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on Satur-
day, at his official residence:in Downing-street.
Deputies from the Governors of Jamaica, Trinidad, and
the Bahamas were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday.
An appeal from the Court of Arches, " Harrison v. Har-
rison" came on for hearing ; the Queen's Advocate and Dr.
Harding appearing for the appellants, and Dr. Addams and
Mr. Hope fur the respondent.
Lord Brougham gave judgment on the part of their Lord-
ships, affirming the Decree of the Court below.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with a numerous party
and suite, 'visited Mr. Dunn's Chinese Collection on Saturday.

THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.--Although the weather
on Friday morning was not particularly favourable for observ-
• ing this celestial phenomenon, in consequence of the partial
obscuration of the sun by light clouds soon after his rising,
yet those who had the courage to rise from their bed were not
disappointed of a very beautiful spectacle. The calculation of
the time of the commencement of the eclipse was exceedingly
accurate. Soon after four o'clock one digit was darkeneoand
the obscuration gradually increased, The sun presented a very
curious aspect, and assumed an oblong shape at one period.
Soon afterwards it appeared like a crescent, and at the period
of greatest obscuration the sun's appearance was that of the
moon at about four days' old, Indeed,
the effect resembled
much that of the moon, as at no period were the rays sufficiently
intense to prevent its being looked upon without inconvenience
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to the eye. Occasionally the light floating clouds ajtogether
prevented the sun from being seen, but, upon the ole, the
morning was favourable for the observance of the phenomenon,
and it was no doubt an object of interest to many. At six
o'clock the appearance of the morning resembled the period
when the shade's of evening set in.