The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Prince of Leiningen, arrived in town in a car
riage and four, at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning
from Claremont. The Princess Alice, the Countess of Moon
Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Kerr, Lord
Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Wylde, followed
in two carriages and four. A party of Light Dragoons formed
the escort. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at
Buckingham Palace by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-
Chamberlain, the Marquis of Granby, and Captain Francis
Seymour.
The Queen went at twelve o'clock to the Hanover-Fquare
Rooms, to be present at the rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient
Music. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Lord Byron, and Lord Charles Wellesley. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of
Leiningen, and attended by Colonel Wylde, preceded her Ma-
jesty to the Hanover-square Rooms,
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Printers
Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, arrived
at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, from Claremont.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Haymarket
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening, to witness the
performance of the distinguished American artiste Mr.
Hackett. The royal suite included the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Lord *Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colo-
nel Wylde.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, arrived at her residence, Clarence House,
St. James's, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, frost
Claremont.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited he
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson, and Col. Sir George Couper, honoured
Drury-lane Theatre with her presence yesterday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Cadogan, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, honoured
the performance of the French Play with her presence last
evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Baron Knesebeck, went yesterday evening to the Jews' Hos-
pital dinner.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge honoured Messrs. Daniells' establishment with a visit
yesterday, to inspect the royal dessert service for the Emperor
of Russia.
A deputation on the affairs of New South Wales, consisting
of Lord Polwarth, the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Mr. Den-
nistoun, M.P., Mr. Oswald, ALP., Mr. Sutherland, Mr.
Donaldson, Mr. Mackillop, Mr. Armitage (Huddersfield), • r.
Mark Boyd, Mr. C. Enderley, Mr. Samuel Browning, Mr.
Buckle, Mr. Marsh, and Mr. Donald ( Glasgow), had an in-
terview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting
yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There
were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of
London, Durham, Winchester, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester,
Chichester, St. David's, Gloucester and Bristol, Lichfield, Lin.
coin, and Worcester ; the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of
Chichester, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon.
John Nicoll, the Right Hon. H. Hobhuase, and the Dean of
Westminster.

Lord Belhaven and a deputation had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade.

Lieutenant Dayinan, R.N., had an interview yesterday,
with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo-
nial•office, for the Governor of Gibraltar.
Mr. Christopher had an interview yesterday with the Earl of
Dalhousie.

CONFIRMATION OF SOLD'Ens—Sunday, a very
interesting ceremony took place at the Royal Military Chapel
St. James's Park. The Lord Bishop of London held a confirma-
tion, for the first time, especially for the army, and i6O non-
commissioned officers and men, belonging to the Ist and 2d Life
Guards, and the Grenadier and Scots Fusilier Guards, at present
quartered in London, who had voluntarily come forward as can-
didates, were confirmed. Prayers were read by the Rev. R. W.
Browne, M.A., chaplain to the forces, the Epistle by the Rev. H.
Dakins, D.D., assistant chaplain, and the Gospel by the Rev. G. R.
Gleig, chaplain-general ; and a plain, simple, and most impressive
address was delivered by the Bishop to the candidates. The
attention paid by the men to the service was most exemplary, and
we may hope good fruit will follow this public profession, by so many
brave men and Christian soldiers, of their faith and obligations as
members of the Church of England.
EXTRAORDINARY INFLUX OF STRANGERS IN
LoNDoN.—At no period, with the exception perhaps of a few days
before and after the coronation of her Most Gracious Majesty, was
London so full as at the present moment. The cause of the ex.
traordinary influx of strangers is principally owing to the present
extraordinary rage for railroad speculations, and the desire to give
all the principal cities and towns in the United Kingdom the benefits
derivable from this great modern improvement. For one Irish
line alone there are nearly fifty witnesses in attendance to be ex-
amined before the Committee, besides the numerous solicitors,
agents, &c., to support and oppose the Bill introduced ; and the
benefits derivable to the hotel and tavern keepers are very consi-
derable. The theatres, too, are reaping a profitable harvest, as
well as the various exhibitions in the metropolis, by railway
witnesses.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER THAMES.—On
Saturday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Vestry.hall,
Fore-street, Horsleydown, on view of the body of Martin Hogan,
aged 30, who was drowned in the river Thames on the Ist of
May, off Pickle-herring-stairs. It appeared that about seven
o'clock on the morning in question, the deceased was in a ship's
boat with two other men, and in the act of putting a weighing ma-
chine of about four cwt from the boat into a ship, when in conse-
quence of the boat not being moored with ropes, it suddenly
sheered off, by the effect of which the deceased and another man
were prccipitated into the water. The other man was picked up,
but net the deceased, and his body was not found till Friday at
noon; when his body was observed iloating near the spot where
the accident occured. Verdict, " Accidental death."