The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen went in. State yesterday to the House of Lords
to opal the Session of Parliament with a Speech from the
Throne. The Royal Procession was formed at half-past one
o'clock in the following order. A carriage drawn by six bays,
conveying Captain Green and two other Gentlemen Ushers,
Captain William Bellaire, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard,
and'a Page of Honour. A carriage drawn bt a set of bays con-
veying the Groom of the Robes, Captain F. Hugh Seymour,
the Silver Stick-in- Waiting ; Colonel Reid, the Groom-in-
Waiting to the Prince; Captain Francis Seymour, the Equerry
to the Prince ; Colonel Wylde, and the Page of Honour, Mr.
Wilson. A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying the Comp-
troller of the Household,-Colonel the Right Honourable G.
Dawson Darner ; the Clerk Marshal, Lord Charles Wel -
lesley ; the Groom-in-Waiting, Honourable Captain bun-
combe ; and the Equerry-in-Waiting, Colonel the Honour-
able Charles Grey. A carriage drawn by a set of bays conveying
the Captain of the Yeomen; the Earl of Beverley, the Groom
of the Stole to the Prince ; the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., the
Treasurer of the Household, the Earl Jermyn: and the Lord in
Waiting to-the Prince, Lord George Lennox. A carriage,
drawn by six black horses, conveying the Lady in Waiting,
the Viscountess Jocelyn ; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Liver-
pool ; the Gold Stick in Waiting, Viscount Comberrnere,
G. C. 8., anti the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton.
The Queen and Prince Albert quitted the State Rooms,
and descended the Grand Staircase at twenty minutes
before two o'clock, preceded by the Vice-Chamberlain and
other Officers of the Household, and conducted by the Lord
Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Groom of the Stole

to the Prince. Her Majesty wore her Splendid Diamond Cir-
clet, and her State Robe was borne by the Pages of Honour in
Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert appeared in a
Field-Marshal's uniform, and wore the Collars and other En-
signs of different Orders of Knighthood. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness entered the State Coach, and opposite sat
the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of I3uccleuch, and the
Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey, G.C.H. The State
Coach was drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, and was pre-
ceded by the Queen's Marshalmen, two and two, the Royal
Footmen in State. Liveries, and a party of the Yeomen of the
Guard in their Coronation costume. A party of the Life
Guards formed theeseort from the Palace to the Ilouse of Lords.
A short time previous to the departure of the Royal cortege,
their Serene Highnesses Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and
Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, left the
Palace for the House of Peers to witness the ceremony of her
Majesty opening Parliament. Their Serene Highnesses were
followed by his Majesty the Kingof Prussia and his suite, who
left the Palace at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock, escorted
by a party of the Life Guards, in three of the Royal carriages,
that of the King attended by four of the Queen's footmen, in
state liveries. His Majesty wore the same military uniform
(the first Regiment of Prussian Horse Guards) as at the Royal
Christening, decorated with the Collar of the . Most Noble
Order of the Garter and other insignia of Knighthood. His
Majesty was attended by the Earl of Ilardwicke (wearing his
Peer's robes) and Captain Meynell, and also by several Noble-
men and Gentlemen of his suite. The band of the First, or
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, composing the Queen's
guard on the Palate Lawn, receiving his Majesty on his ap-
pearance with a Prussian march, and playing " God save the
Queen" on his departure.
The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir Wil-
liam Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting.
His Majesty returned at tett minutes before three o'clock,
attended by his Suite, and escorted by a party of the Life
Guards. His Majesty was received by the Lord Chamberlain
and the Vice-Chamberlain, at the entrance to the Grand Hall,
who conducted the King to his apartments.
The Queen and Prince Albert returned to the Palace soon
after three o'clock, and were also received by the Lord Cham-
berlain and Vice-Chamberlain.
The Queen's Guard and the Band of the Grenadier Guards
received bo'h his Prussian Majesty and the Queen with the
usual honours.

The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. Mr. El-
lerthorpe, Clerk of the Cheque of the Corps, was in attendance.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Earl of Jersey.
The King of Prussia was visited yesterday morning, at
Buckingham Palace, by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge.
On the return of the King from the House of Lards, a De-
putation from the General Body of Protestant Dissenting Mi-
nisters of the Three Denominations, consisting of the Rev.
Dr. Vaughan, the Rer. John Howard Hinton, M.A., Rev.
Edward Steane, and the Rev. John Young, M.A., waited
upon his Majesty to present an Address of Congratulation.
His Majesty received the Deputation, attended by his Ex-
cellency the Chevalier Bunsen and the Earl of Hardwicke. The
Address was read by the Rev. John Young.
The King, attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, afterwards
visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough
House, and honoured the Earl and Countess Jersey and the
Duchess Dowager of Richmond with visits at their respective
residences. His Majesty also went to Cambridge House to
-"visit their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and before returning to Buckingham Palace, proceeded
to Apsley House, to pay a visit to the Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
consisted of his Majesty the King of Prussia, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses Prince
Ferdinand, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe
Coburg, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Viscountess Jocelyn,
Lady Fanny Howard, Honourable Miss Paget, Honourable
Miss Liddell, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Exeter, Earl
of Liverpool, Earl de la Warr, Earl of Jersey, Baron
Bunsen, the Earl of Aberdeen, M. le General isTatzmar,
Baron de Humboldt, Count de Stolberg, M. le General
eumann, M. he Conseiller Muller, M. de Meyerinck, M. de
Brauchitsch, Earl of Hardwicke, Capt. Neynell, Baron
Stockmar, Captain Count de Dagenfeld Schonberg, Count
Zaitsch, the Eail of Morton, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon.
Capt. Duncombe, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel
Wylde, Capt. Francis Seymour, Dr. Prtetorius, and Sir
George Couper.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner,
and in the course of the evening played a new March, com-
posed by Signor Costa, and performed for the fiist time.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Wylde,
rode out on horseback yesterday.
The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards attended dur-
ing dinner at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty yesterday forenoon at Buckingham Palace. Their So-
rene Highnesses the Duke Ferdinand and the Princes Augus-
tus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg returned with her Royal
Highness to Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke, ac-
companied by the two Princes, visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager at Alarlborough-house, and also paid visits to their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at
Cambridge House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glouces-
ter House.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND
LOSS OF LIFE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

The street where the melancholy accident happened, is one
of those densely populated places in St. Giles's, chiefly occupied
by the lowest class of Irish, and the beggars of the Metropolis.
Many of the houses have no legitimate owner, and have been
allowed by those in occupation of them to fall into extreme
decay, so much so, that the attention of the parish •officers was
called to the subject; and the Leet Jury condemned three of
the houses. The overseer also directed that every part con-
sidered dangerous, should be taken down, and, in consequence
only the lower parts were left standing. When this bad been
done, the inhabitants of St. Giles's considered what was left be-
longed to no one, and, therefore, that it was the property of all.
They have ever since been getting all the beams and other
wood- work, lead, &c., away, in short, every thing that could
be turned to any account, and, as may be supposed, the walls had
no support whatever. Several persons have been taken into
custody for the robberies committed, but as no one came for-
ward as the owner, the charges fell to the ground. At the
time the loss of life took place, a man of the name of Miller
and several others were trying to remove the door-posts with
crow-bars, and had nearly succeeded when the bressames gave
way, and the whole of the walls fell in. As soon as the alarm
had in some degree subsided, several of the neighbours com-
menced removing the brick-work, and in about an hour the
body of Miller was taken out. Life was quite extinct, and it
appeared as if the beam had fallen on his neck and bent his
head en his chest. The exact number of persons killed has
not been ascertained.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

A number of workmen are still employed in digging out
the ruins of the houses, and it is still feared there maybe one
or more persons buried in the rubbish. We are glad to state
that the number of persons killed is not so great as was statrd
yesterday. As far as has been ascertained yet, onlyalP 0111'
and a boy of the name of Smith are dead. By a typogrhi";
error in the heading to this fatal occurrence, which appeared
in The Sun yesterday ten was substituted for tiro.

A Toulon letter, in the Courrier Francais
next
month,
says :—" The extraordinary commission appointed to examine
the cravats which were twice rejected by the ordinary com-
mission has decided that the articles in question are not in ac-
duet
cordance with the terms of the contract, nor in anywise suit-
of Lieuten t
able for the corps to whose wear they were destined; and it
has, therefore, definitively refused thern.heTlie previous exa.
of the eteamane;
minations as to the late inalprareoticesn t
_Arsenal are still
going on, but a great numb° witnesseshave already been
i.ssietaired.tuhpeencotuhreseeuonf
examined, and the court-martial upon the supposed
squupeenrti
Munster have left
—.nth. A
The Earl and Countess of
Brun, of the navy, who had the command
Brandon, when she was lost off Mahon."
suri'coeuxrptecmtedarttl
Pala for Leaden.